The moment the weather got a bit warmer, we rushed ourselves into making delicious homemade ice cream. And to be exact it was Bananas and salted almonds dairy-free ice cream…
sugar-free
Rustic Beetroot and Pear Galette
If you have ever wondered what is the difference between a galette and a tart (or a pie), and, although there is some, I would say it is not that big. Basically, galettes are more rustic, free-formed and usually the sides are folded up forming a top crust. Tarts are usually made in tart tins with the characteristic curved edges and no crust on top. Truth to be told, tarts seem to be the fancy pastry while galettes are the lazy and the easier version. And if you’re anything like me, the galette will look even more appetising to you…
Butternut Squash And Oats Crumble Dessert
After a slow and lazy weekend spent at home, I finally got some time for my little blog, time to share the recipe for this butternut squash and oats crumble.
I woke up very early today with the strange feeling that something was different, something had changed. And it wasn’t the usual Mr D.leaving for work-trying to be quiet-but not quite happening the reason for my early rise and shine today. It was one of those moments when, for the first time, after weeks of nice and warm summer mornings, I felt the need of an extra blanket on top. It was the cool air crawling into the room letting me know that the summer days are almost over and a new season is yet to come…
Fluffy Pancakes With Summer Berries Topping
Middle of August and I can already see the Autumn colours showing in the landscape around us. The trees are slowly shifting their usual green and soon they will be skirted by pools of autumn gold and rust coloured leaves. This only makes me think about time and how quickly the summer is coming to an end. I can’t wait for the next two weeks to pass so we can embrace the sun and the sand of the Italian coast and finally have a proper summer vacation. Time to pack our bags soon cause we are going to Italy…
Fluffy Cherry Sponge Cake
When life gives me cherries, I make fluffy cherry sponge cake. Or, to be exact, when the good people from the farms who work hard, get up early and bring us fresh fruits and veggies to town, I try to make the best of it.
Saturday morning, I also got up early just to make sure…
Sugar Free Strawberry Jam
There’s something quite magical having your days off during the week. The idea of a weekend spent with the family on a nice sunny and quiet Saturday, packing up lunch and heading to the hill over the town sounds just waaay too good to be true sometimes. And when you live in a rather crowded area it is almost every time. All the people gathering at the same places, all the noise and the traffic are more than you can actually handle on a day off.
So here comes the magic and the piece of a nice mid-week getting together…
Easy Vegan Avocado Walnut Ice Cream
I gotta be honest with you – It’s not an easy job to write about how great an ice cream tastes when a proper storm is forming outside. Yesterday when I made this avocado walnut ice cream was too hot to open the windows, now it’s too cold. You’ll never hear the end of that British weather. But what am I complaining about? It’s not like it’s the end of June……
Healthy Spinach Pancakes
Pancakes – all time favourite breakfast.
What is it about them that they bring such a festive mood in the house. Is it just the fact that usually when we make them for breakfast we have all the family around the table, on weekends, in such an idyllic and cosy environment and automatically we link the word pancakes with all those happy memories? I can’t help but wonder – do we make pancakes because we have all the family around or the family comes around because we make pancakes. What comes first – the family or the pancakes?…
Rhubarb and Coconut Cookies
Ok, it’s official. We are moving home.
For the last 4 years that we’ve been living in the UK, the only place we’ve called home is a nice little apartment with huge windows and cozy rooms, situated in a cute area in south London (not counting the first few months that we spent on my brother’s couch).
We’ve had a lot of memories here but it’s time to move on.
And we’re moving out of London.
I am not gonna lie to you …
Rhubarb and Ginger Loaf
This Rhubarb Ginger Loaf is my well deserved treat today after I spent the last few days in a severe depression due to my computer crashing. I have no idea how it happened, why it happened and I still don’t know if I’m gonna be able to recover my data. I know, I know, I should have done the back up that I’ve been putting away for so long. I hope I’ve learned my lesson this time….
