Bradlo

Bradlo is an inconspicuous rock formation in the middle of the forest. Six hundred meters high, it is not just an incredible view, but also eventful history of Czech-German conflicts and passion. Today, Bradlo is our New Year’s Day hill-walking trip destination. It become tradition to make a short trip to the fields on the New Year’s Day, and above all, it is a great way to exercise, especially at the Christmas time.

Peak of Bradlo rock formation (600 metres) is an ideal destination for easy and undemanding walking trip in distance of 3 – 5 kilometres. We have started our walk from the village of Libina, just few kilometres away from Olomouc city. The walk starts at the bottom of a steep field, but soon enough the field changes to a nice forest path. After about 3 kilometres, first rocks can be seen. These are the Three Rocks and they are created from light and solid quartz rock, typical for this area. Initially the Three Rocks used to be single rock formation, but disintegration and erosion split the formation into three huge rocks.

Much bigger is the Bradlo rock formation approximately 1 kilometre away from the Three Rocks. The peak of Bradlo is easily accessible by the steps carved in the rock leading to the summit of Bradlo, offering an incredible view across the surroundings. On the North side you can see the Jesenik mountains with the peak of Kralicky Sneznik (1.424 metres).
Even though Bradlo is not the most popular walking destination, it still has a many years of tradition. By the end of 19th century, when the rock lookout platform has been made at the summit, annual number of people visiting Bradlo reached 20.000.

Sauce Recipes

Sauce – a liquid, sometimes semi-solid food served with other foods or used for their preparation. They are essential elements in many Sauce Recipes in cuisine all around the world as they add flavor and moister to the meals. Some of them may be bought in the shop while others are cooked just before serving.

Antonin Carême classified sauces in the 19th century into four groups.

* Allemande (based on white stock thickened with egg yolk)
* Béchamel (based on milk thickened with roux)
* Espagnole (based on brown stock thickened with roux)
* Velouté ( based on a white stock thickened with roux)

Most common sauces used in cuisine are derivatives of one of the above listed grand sauces. These grand sauces are usually not served as-is, instead additional ingredients are added to make derivative sauces.

Rhubarb Recipes

Rhubarb… you either like or hate it. Nothing between. There are various rhubarb recipes using this succulent stem in pies, desserts or raw in salads and smoothies.

Botanically speaking, rhubarb is considered a vegetable, but its most often treated as a fruit. Just like fresh cranberries, rhubarb is almost unbearably tart on its own and needs the sweetness of sugar, honey, or fruit juice added to balance out the acidity.

Rhubarb is a cool season, perennial crop and requires temperatures below 5 degree Centigrade to break dormancy. It is one of the first food plants to be ready for harvest, usually in mid to late spring. Considering the fact that both leaves and roots contain poisonous substances (oxalic acid) which are deadly poisonous, they should never be eaten.

Even though rhubarb may not be the most romantic looking edible on earth, but it’s a welcome sight in early spring, when everyone’s fancy turns to thoughts of pie.

Coconut Recipes

Coconut is the fruit of the coconut palm (Cocos Nucifera). The origin of coconut plant is unknown. Most claims the home of the coconut is South Asia, while others claim South America. Regardless of its origin, the coconut has spread across much of the tropics, probably aided in many cases by sea-faring peoples, and become very popular in cooking as part of coconut recipes. The fruit is light and buoyant and presumably spread significant distances by marine currents. Some coconuts have been collected from the sea as far as Norway.

The coconut palm thrives on sandy soils and is highly tolerant of salinity. For optimum growth, coconuts need high humidity and prefer warm areas with abundant sunlight and regular rainfall, like shorelines of the tropics.

Botanically, a coconut is a simple dry nut known as a fibrous drupe. It is not fruit. The shell of the coconut has three pores that are clearly visible on the outside surface of the shell. Adhering to the inside wall of the shell is “the coconut meat”, the white and fleshy edible part of the seed.

Glendalough

Deep within the Wicklow Mountains, surrounded by steep mountain passes on each side, one of the most beautiful places in Ireland lies, Glendalough - The valley of the two lakes.

It is one of the most spectacular locations in Ireland and also my favourit one. Glendalough is located in County Wicklow, just about 90 minutes drive from Dublin City. It is a monastic city dating back to the 6th century. The Monastery, the cathedral , st. Kevin’s Cross and the Round Tower, which is the most recognizable structure around, they all are an important monastic monuments in Glendalough. With its more than 30 meters high, the Round Tower is one of the finest of its kind in Ireland. No wonder that thousands of visitors come to Glendalough from all parts of the world every year.

You can start hiking on the Wicklow Way, the most famous walk in Ireland, from Glendalough. It stretches over 130 kilometres from south Dublin to nearby County Carlow across the most beautiful countryside. Stunning array of natural beauty, made up of mixed woodlands with quiet country roads and Glenealo river in an open mountainside, that is “Gleann Dá Locha”, Glendalough - The valley of the two lakes.

My Blog...

I have been working on a few websites for a last couple of months, and I have also set up my new blog, which i am trying to get indexed and pushed through. My blog name is Ales Rybarik and I write about the daily life and stuff.For a last six months, I have been building my first real web site. The site is almost done, and it is already up on the internet and running. Still need to do lots of work on this site, but I am pleased so far.

I have another site just about to launch, and that will keep me busy for the next few months. This site will be about the travelling and I am so keen to have it done and running. But that will take a while.

Fruit Smoothie Recipes

The fact that people don’t eat enough fruit and vegetables, become one of the main subjects these days. Why not start with Fruit Smoothie Recipes?

Colourful fruit and vegetables contain many of the vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals, that our body needs to maintain good health and energy. Many of the phytochemicals and other compounds that make fruit and vegetables such healthy for us, also give them their colour. There are many various compounds associated with the colour, so to make sure you get a wide range of them you need to eat fruit and vegetables of different colour every day. Fruit and vegetables are full of fiber, plus lots of vitamins and minerals, and because they’re low in calories, they make an important and healthy addition to any diet.

Scientific studies have shown that those who eat a lot of fruit and vegetables may have a lower risk of heart disease and some cancers. For this reason, health authorities recommend that you eat at least
5 A Day portions of fruit and vegetables every day, doesn’t matter whether they’re fresh, tinned, frozen, cooked, juiced or dried. One of the popular and easy way to achieve 5 servings of fruit and vegetables, is by making Fruit/Vegetable Smoothie.

Specifically three or more servings of vegetables and two or more servings of fruit. The recommendation of five servings per day is a minimum requirement for good health. It is essential to eat at least five servings a day and ideal if you can eat from each colour group.

A serving of fruit or vegetables is about a handful and everyone uses their own hand, so a child’s serving will be smaller than an adults.

Start now by making the smoothie with Fruit Smoothie Recipes.

That is why we say eat 5 A Day the colour way!