Autumn

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Happy Valentine’s Day! …and lots of (glutenfree-cake-) love :-D

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Wondering what to surprise your loved one(s) with for Valentine’s Day? I have just the thing for you: amazing, delicious coco-choco-cake & cake balls (or pops)! I dare say, this has potential to become your favourite cake! Particularly the frosting is definitely one of my more genius kitchen-creations. And together with this soft gorgeous sponge we have the perfect (Valentine’s) couple :–D I have to admit though, that it is not strictly fitting into my healthy line of food. BUT I believe that in an overall healthy, balanced diet it is absolutely fine, to enjoy a “calorie bomb” now and then. Especially […]

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Delectable glutenfree+vegan soft biscuits & new ways in 2017

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Hope 2017 brought only good things to you so far and that you have settled in well by now. I am starting to actually write 2017 instead of 2016 when I need to date something, so I dare say, I have finally arrived  ;–) And how is it going with all the more or less courageous new year’s resolutions? Still in the game? Not easy, is it, to change one’s habits. Well… my resolutions never work for long. So this year, I didn’t even make any in the first place ;–) But as life goes, strangely, they were made for me. Came upon me […]

Christmas tree pizza

XmasTree in the oven & magical (pizza-)bread dough

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Almost Christmas. Did you find the time yet to slow down a bit and actually FEEL it? And enjoy the good vibes (while skilfully ignoring all the lurking Xmas-stress)? I finally made it to that point :–D My happy Christmas-mood even magically turned our pizzas into Christmas trees last weekend ;–) There is no such thing as magic, you say? But isn’t Christmas all about magic? The enchanting magnificence of glittering snow (it snowed this week – YAY!). How all the Christmas-smells send you on a time travel back to your childhood days. How everyone suddenly finds a free spot in their schedule to meet […]

pumpkin pie roasted almonds

Honey-roasted almonds, pumpkin pie & hopes around Xmas

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Here we are, already in the middle of Christmas season, right in the second Advent weekend. Which means almost half-time for all the Xmas-fun! Seriously, in 2016 time has been moving way to fast for my liking. I haven’t even managed yet to decorate the house at least a bit or take some time to put on merry music and bake our favourite Xmas-biscuits in-between sung along “let it snow, let it snow, let it snow”s and “Rudolph the red nosed reindeer”s. Suppose it doesn’t help that I am not in decent Christmas mood yet. For me, it is simply missing snow […]

healthy chocolate cake & the nature of time

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Sometimes I wonder if time is moving faster as you get older. Do you know this feeling? I remember, when I was a kid, time seemed to strech endlessly in front of me. Especially when there was an exciting event just lurking around the corner. Like Christmas, or birthdays. These days, I feel like I have to set up several reminders in my phone to make sure time is not rushing me past those events, without me realizing! A few days ago I was very aware of this phenomenon again, as it was time to celebrate with my beloved husband Douglas: […]

Hot “cloved” mandarins & the smell of snow

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When I turn the calendar page to November, there are usually a few things going on in my mind simultaniously: Wow, time is going so fast! Another year almost over… I should try to organize the last few weeks of the year, so I can actually use the holiday season to unwind, reflect on this year’s events and maybe do a bit of planning for the coming year, instead of drowning in this massive wave of Xmas-stress that’s just waiting to crush everyone… And: snow :–) If the weather is not deciding to turn on those polluters among us, we […]

Baking sweet bread, reminiscing about our beloved dead

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Hello from the other end of All Hallow’s Eve! Hope you guys spent some fun spooky hours last night :–) Over here in my little hometown it was rather quiet. Not as many trick-or-treaters around as we expected, which didn’t bother my husband in the slightest, as it resulted in more sweets for him… boys… ;–) I guess the neighbouring kids are probably still aware of the potato-scandal from two years back ;–P (see last post for full story). Today, All Saints’ Day, has much deeper roots around here than the present version of Halloween. You might not find too many people roaming the […]

BOOOoooOohHhhh! Happy Halloween!

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Wow, Hallowenn already! Time flies. Feels like last Halloween was only yesterday. Even though this spooky holiday is not as big around here yet, as it is in the English-speaking parts of the world, it already made it into the rank of the well-loved traditions of the darker half of the year. I remember the first time I went trick-or-treating ever with a couple of my friends we had a rather hard time. Instead of already being expected by our neighbours with buckets full of sweets, we were asked to clarify, why we rang the people out of their TV-comfy-mode at […]

(Liquid) golden moment on rainy days

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So… it finally happened. Rain, fog, wind, cold air, less daylight, even snow (!) in higher located areas… Autumn is showing its rough side. Trees are starting to strip off their multicoloured leaves, while we put on more warming layers in contrast. And that last bit is something completely illogical to my little boy. When it’s time to leave the house he is usually quiet happy, until I explain, that we have to put on a jumper and more trousers and a scarf and a coat and a hat and waterproof shoes…. It does seem to be a rather long list, thinking about […]

Therapist? No. Pumpkin!

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Autumn time = pumpkin time, right? Aren’t pumpkins just amazing? How they come in all kind of shapes and sizes and in the most beautiful, BEAUTIFUL colours… Don’t they just act like a motivation-therapist, giving you a visual pep talk, when you leave for a challenging day at work, looking at them as they sit there, radiantly decorating the front door? I was always a big fan of their looks. But it was only a few years ago, when I first ate some. Crazy, right? How could I possibly miss out on that delicate taste for most of my life?!?! Well, pumpkins just never made […]