Monthly Archives: September 2014

Nominations open for NEPALIAUSTRALIAN’s Blog Award 2014

Posted on September 22, 2014 | 8 comments

Like last year, I am hosting Nepaliaustralian’s Blog Award. I am happy that I discovered so many wonderful blogs last year in this process and I hope to do the same this year too.

Nepaliaustralian’s Blog Awards celebrates the best in blogging with 12 winners being announced at early 2015.

2014 blog awardMore and more people are reading and writing blogs to write about their passions, to further their businesses, and to share their personal experiences and their projects.  Personally, I know so many blogs that have helped me to learn and understand different things in life so I want to celebrate all these blogs with these award.

Please nominate your favorite blogs in following categories.

  1. Best Blog for 2014
  2. Best Photo Blog 2014
  3. Best Food Blog 2014
  4. Best Travel Blog 2014
  5. Best Fashion Blog 2014
  6. Best Personal Blog 2014
  7. Most Diverse Blog 2014
  8. Best New Blog 2014 (Blog must be opened in 2014)
  9. Best Blog Post of the Year 2014 (Post must be published in 2014)
  10. Most Educational Blog Post 2014 (Post must be published in 2014)
  11. Most Witty Blog Post 2014 (Post must be published in 2014)
  12. Best Photo Blog Post 2014 (Post must be published in 2014)

 The rules:

  • Any pages with dated entries that existed at some point during the year 2014 are eligible.
  • Only one nomination from one person per category. You can nominate same blog for multiple categories. Please leave  comments with your nominations as below. Your comment won’t be visible to anyone.

Award category                               Blog name                        Blog/Post URL

  • You can nominate your own blog .
  • Nominations close on 30 November 2014.
  • After nominations close, I will post the top 5 blogs in each category and you can vote for them. The Blog Award will be announced in January 2015.
  • E-mail addresses or blog addresses are required to vote.

Please write a post in your blog about this award or reblog this post so your readers can nominate you for the award. There are buttons at the end of this post for you to share or you can use the link below.

Nominations open for NEPALIAUSTRALIAN’s Blog Award 2014

Also add the image below with the link on the side bar of your blog so your reader can click there and reach this post to nominate you.

2014 blog award small

 You can Facebook or Tweet this post so that many people are aware about your blog and this blog award.

Good luck everyone!!!

M from nepaliaustralian

XOXO

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Back to reality from paradise

Posted on September 18, 2014 | 6 comments

Hello everyone,

How are you all doing? Thank you for all the love you been sending me and thank you for wishes for my blog anniversary.

I am back in Sydney after our incredible holiday to New Zealand. I have so many things to share with you all but it will take me a while to get back to reality after such an amazing time we had in New Zealand. Until then I will let you enjoy some of the marvellous photos we captured on our trip.

Queenstown (3) Queenstown (4) Queenstown (5) Queenstown (1) Queenstown (6) Milford Sound (1) Milford Sound (2)

I have to say things were on our side as we had good weather and a great time the whole time we were there. One of the highlights for this holiday was the view from our hotel room, which was just breathtaking. Here is a short video I took with my phone from the balcony of our room.

Leaving you with a special kiwi treat, I got for my friends and family :).

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Take care everyone,

M from nepaliaustralian

XOXO

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Nepaliaustralian turns 3!!!

Posted on September 12, 2014 | 20 comments

I am very pleased to announce that it is the three-year anniversary of nepaliaustralian tomorrow. As I am going to be away for next few days, I thought I would write a post today.

Right now I am at airport waiting to board :). Feeling exited and happy to be away from daily life. I am already in relaxation mode.

It was on September 13th, 2011 that I first published my first post and to be honest it doesn’t feel that long ago. I guess this is how things work when you love what you are doing, time just flies and you look back and wonder how quick it went.

So many amazing things have happened in the past years because of this blog. Starting a blog was one of the best things I’ve ever done. This little blog has documented so many moments and thoughts of mine over the last three years that I am incredibly thankful to have a little space in this corner of the internet. For me, this space has and will always be a place where I can write and ramble to my heart’s content. Over the years I’ve found that with age, my memory fades and the words and photos here bring back to life little moments that would have been otherwise forgotten.

Overall it’s been a very rewarding, challenging and exciting learning curve to share these years with you and I wanted to thank you all deeply for all your interactions. Thank you for reading, thank you for caring, thank you for commenting, thank you for helping make this blog something I love writing. This blog has given me many good friends and I wanted to say thank you to all of you for your love and support along the way. I have the greatest readers, I really do and I am so appreciative of this great blogging community.

Today the blog has garnered 743 posts, 68 pages, have 7654 comments with 677,956 page views and 3455 followers as well as people from more than 220 countries visiting my blog!

So, Thank you!!! Thank you!!! Thank you!!! I promise to continue with this blog, on a frequent or semi-frequent basis as long as I am cable of writing my thoughts. Whether this is your first time visiting or you have been here since the beginning, I hope my posts go on to bring you much insight and joy.

I have a virtual cake for all to hand around! Cheers!!!

nepaliaustralian third birthday

P.S: To celebrate the occasion like last year, I will be opening nomination for Nepaliaustralian’s Blog Award 2014 so watch out for my next post.

See you everyone after my vacation, till then take care everyone.

M from nepaliaustralian

XOXO

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Chicken, cheese and spinach melt

Posted on September 11, 2014 | 4 comments

I think a while ago, I have told you that I am a big fan of gozleme (a savoury traditional Turkish pastry dish, made of hand-rolled dough that is lightly brushed with butter and eggs, filled with various toppings, sealed, and cooked over a griddle). First I was thinking, I should make my own dough like them and but by the time I left work, I was tired and not ready to make it from scratch so I bought Lebanese bread instead.

I am glad it turned out to be nice and both of us enjoyed our dinner.

Servings: 2

   Ingredients

  • 2 Lebanese bread (tortilla is another option)
  • 50g baby spinach
  • 100 g chicken mince
  • 100g tasty cheese shredded
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • Salt according to taste
  • Chilli flake according to taste
  • Lemon wedges, to serve

Method

  • Heat oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Add onion and fry it until it is cooked. Add chicken mince, salt and cook, stirring, for 8-10 minutes or until browned.

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  • Preheat sandwich press and line with alumni foil. (You can use a pan if you don’t have a sandwich press)

Chicken, cheese and spinach melt (1)

  • Place 1 bread in the press. Spread chicken mixture over bread. Then add cheese, chilli flakes and spinach on the top.

Chicken, cheese and spinach melt (2) Chicken, cheese and spinach melt (3)

  • Fold the bread and cook until golden. Stand for 1 to 2 minutes.

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  • Cut into quarters.

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  • Serve hot with lemon wedges.

Chicken, cheese and spinach melt (6)

Take care everyone, have a nice day.

M from nepaliaustralian

XOXO

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Easy Chicken Spaghetti Bolognese

Posted on September 10, 2014 | 4 comments

Servings: 4

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 onion, finely sliced
  • 1 red capsicum diced
  • 100g mushroom, finely sliced
  • 500g chicken mince
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 350g tomato purée or tomato pasta sauce
  • Salt to taste
  • Chilli flakes to taste
  • 500g dried spaghetti

Method

  • Cook pasta in a large pan of boiling water according to packet directions.

Chicken spaghetti Bolognese (1)

  • Heat oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Add onion, capsicum, mushroom, garlic, salt, chilli flakes and fry, stirring often, for 8 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Add chicken mince and cook, stirring, for 8-10 minutes or until browned.

Chicken spaghetti Bolognese (2)

  • Add tomato purée (pasta sauce) and stir until combined well and mixture comes to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes.

Chicken spaghetti Bolognese (3)

  • Add cooked pasta in the sauce and mix well.

Chicken spaghetti Bolognese (4)

  • The pasta is ready to be served.

Take care everyone, have a nice day.

M from nepaliaustralian

XOXO

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