Sweetie pie

 Assalamu aleikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh all :) how have you been?

It's been a couple of days, or well, it was the holidays as you know. I don't celebrate Christmas but it's always still a special time of the year. There's so many memories and so many sore spots about past Christmases, from the time I wasn't a muslim yet. Happy memories too of course.

But it does remind me of the brokenness we experience. So I am happy we are past that now and it's time to turn our gaze to a new year in sha Allah.

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Today I was making some meat pies / pastries, however you like to call them. I'll share my recipe for the filling, it's simple yet very delicious. For the pastry you can make any type of butter dough, or also buy a ready one from the market, no judging here.

This amount will be enough for 12-15 pieces.

You'll need

- 250g ground beef or chicken

- salt

- paprika 

- black pepper

- garlic powder

- dried thyme

- hot pepper (I didn't have it today, so I added some Sriracha sauce in the end)

- half of an onion, diced small

- 4 cloves of garlic

- vegetables of your choice, diced small (I used mixed frozen vegetables)

- 0,5 dl water

Start with the minced meat. Fry it on the pan and stir it while it cooks. Add all of the seasoning, mix well, and add the onion and garlic. Mix and let cook for couple minutes and add then the vegetables too. Also add the water. Let simmer for 5 minutes. And ready! You can use this for any type of pastry or also for a bigger meat pie. If you want to make a whole pie, you can add some cream, egg and cheese to the filling.

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Alhamdulillah today has been very nice. I went for a walk in the forest too and I enjoyed so much the fresh air and all the beautiful shades of green. Everything feels good and I start to feel the happiness to lure in again, alhamdulillah. 

Have a nice Sunday!

Aisha