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Kitchen-quicky: cous cous salad

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Hi everyone! Yes, I am still alive and cooking ;–D I admit: long time no see… or read ;–) But now here I am with a delicious 10-minutes-recipe in tow. A kitchen-quicky for maximum enjoy-time at the table. You see, these days I am running a rather demanding “business” that keeps my me-time at an all-time low. Quick recipes are my life-savers right now, among other things like baby carriers and grannies. Luckily, at the same time, it’s the best job I could imagine doing: being a mother of two :–) This spring my second son joined our family. Ever since […]

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Crisp apple treat for cosy Autumn moments

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…and here we are, in the final spurt of 2017. Already November 4th! How many days until Xmas? Well, according to all the Christmas stuff available in shops around here since about 3 weeks ago, one could think, Santa is already on the way ;–) In recent years this early bombardment of Christmas stuff even got me annoyed at times. But 2017 had me come around. Somehow being a mother of an almost 2 1/2 year old little sunshine changes many things. I am really looking forward for him to discover this magical time to come in the last weeks […]

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Autumn inspiration: a granola to Fall for & news

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Finally Autumn arrived with cool, rain-thick air. And although I am not crazy for rain, I have to say, I found it rather refreshing to go out for walks with my little boy in cooler and wetter weather than our last Summer presented us with. Autumn also has it’s comfy sides, doesn’t it? Yes, night is fighting back and stealing a few more minutes of every new day it seems. But the candle lit in the morning at breakfast or in the evening at dinner table shines all the brighter for it. And even though the sky is rather grey and dark […]

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Light summery spinach quiche

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Wow, what a Summer! Minimum 30 degrees C heat waves, sun, sun and SUN. Even though I normally love the warm time of the year, I guess this last heat wave just made me realise that I am not made for this kind of weather. I was staying more inside the house than out and dearly wished we would have included some Brazilian standards when building our house: air condition! Well, we did not. However, on the upside: I came to appreciate an area of our house that so far was treated as the “step child” – the cellar. What […]

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Overripe banana “recycling” = perfect (father’s day-) brekkie highlight

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Have you ever walked past the fruit area in a shop, wondering who on earth would possibly buy THESE bananas? Already brown and even large black dots all over? Well,… I would. What?? Mustn’t they taste horrible? They are practically compost!? Well,… that completely depends on your way to “recycle” that “compost”… There are quiet a lot of recipes that actually ask for an overripe banana :–) This particular recipe that I want to share with you today even needs three. And once you tried it, you will probably want to buy ALL those “ready-to-compost” bananas in the shop, because you will […]

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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 […]

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: […]

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 […]