Yasmin Hakim

Passionate about marketing, the advertising world, and branding. AND a passion for cooking.

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Another brand that does not fail to amaze me is IKEA. Ikea builds a "website" in their Instagram account to show followers of their collection.

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Chicken Stroganoff & Onion Soup

Stomach is full, about to explode, yet the M&M is in front of me and I'm contemplating whether I should reach my hand to take a few bites or sit still. We certainly had too much to eat tonight for iftar. I wanted to try something new today, so I had my mom on Skype and a few online recipes website open to guide me through. 

Day 9

Onion Soup,Chicken Stroganoff ( made with sour cream), Corn with rice and Maghmour (eggplant in tomato sauce)

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Day 7 & 8

Yay!! weekend is here, actually WAS. Which resulted in world cup, take out and sleeping in!

Over the weekend we had Indian take out, butter chicken in tomato sauce and some egg noodle left over from the day before. Last night, we brought lebanese food; falafel and shawarma sandwiches.

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Day 6

Egg noodles with sauce béchamel, mushroom, chicken and topped with shredded cheddar and mozzarella cheese. YUM!

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My husband decided to go on Dr. D'adamo's blood type diet. Which means with his blood type, he should avoid red meat (and Im a big meat lover) and instead include chicken and seafood in his diet (which I am allergic to)

Day 4

For our iftar day 4, I made salmon in the oven with fresh vegetables and sautéed pieces of meat in olive oil with salad on the side.

For our side dish, we had gratinated potato which is a simple, delicious dish that goes with almost every dish.

For the following day I had left over which again a blessing during Ramadan.

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It's been a while since I last updated my blog with Iftar dishes I made last week. But for all of you who fast in Ramadan, between the cooking and the cleaning and working and breaking fast and feeling like a cow after breaking your fast, you tend to feel too darn lazy to do anything and without even knowing you go into deep coma. Well in my case, this is what has been happening for the first week of Ramadan. 

DAY 2

I have an obsession, it's called eggplants. I made my favorite dish, Maghmour for the very first time. It's eggplants with tomato sauce, onions, garlic and chickpeas. Thankfully I had my Skype on, in case of any emergency, my mom was one click away. 

Also for our iftar day 2, we had Shishbarak, Lebanese meat stuffed dough in yoghurt sauce. I can't take all the credit in this one. When visiting my parents, my mom made the meat stuffed dough to take with me to St. Maarten. All what I had to do was fry the stuffed dough and make the yogurt. I had trouble with frying because I left the oil heat for too long which ended in burning a few of the meat dough and my finger. But in the end, it was one tasty meal and worth it. 

I ended up having left over for the next day which was a blessing. 

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Ramadan in SXM

This year I will be spending Ramadan with my husband in St. Maarten where I'll be cooking for the very first time during the month of Ramadan. Usually this time of year I help my mom around the kitchen and by helping I mean setting up the table. 

My advice is to make a Ramadan meal plan calendar. I planned my meals for the first two weeks.

Day #1

For the first iftar dinner, I made Lentil Soup with onion, Tese2ye (also referred as fate) and Roast beef with vegetables. 

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Coca Cola advertisement by Leo Burnett Colombia

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Nar Mobile: Donor Cable

The campaign increased the nation's blood donation rate by 335%

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This sucks. In the nicest way. 

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Powerful drive safely advertisements 

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What a great interactive game by Cadbury for its #freethejoy campaign. Cadbury has planned several events to generate consumers to nearby shops this summer using mostly outdoor media, including the opening of the "Cadbury Joy Boutique"- offering chocolate-crafted footwear by food artist Prudence Staite. 

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This is hilarious! Gillete world cup 2014 ad featuring Messi & Federer

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Nike "Risk Everything" World Cup 2014 campaign

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Coca Cola does what it does best, creating happiness. Coca Cola World Cup 2014, ' The World's Cup' advertising.

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Pepsi world cup 2014 'Live for now' advertising featuring celebrity players and musicians on the streets of Rio. 

"We were inspired by the power and unity that sports and music bring to the world. Our content plan to capture this spirit celebrates the creative passion of footballers with music and how both of these awesome forces inspire us to 'Live for Now,' " Kristin Patrick, Pepsi's global chief marketing officer, said in a statement.