Flapjacks / pancakes for breakfast

Flapjacks (known as pancakes in America) is a great easy breakfast where you can go all out. We enjoyed it this morning with a sweet/salt combo, bacon and caramel sauce. We also had… Continue reading →

Pink Oyster mushroom Risotto

The name says it all, this risotto is creamy and packed with taste. It compliments seafood well as the Pink Oyster mushrooms in general is a perfect match for it. This recipe is… Continue reading →

Seared Salmon with balsamic, soya and honey sauce

Our Sunday lunch for today was seared salmon with a sauce mixture of balsamic vinegar, soya sauce and honey. We also had Pink Oyster mushroom risotto with this which complimented it very well. Will… Continue reading →

Growing your own herbs – container gardening

We have been experimenting with growing herbs in a pot on our porch, they were in fact the first addition to our container garden. Lately it has been flourishing and we are enjoying… Continue reading →

Venice, Italy – City of water and bridges – June 2014

From Cinque Terre we took the train to Venice with a stopover in Milan (beautiful building at the train station). When you start walking in Venice you immediately realise you are in a… Continue reading →

Growing salad leaves in a container

As I have mentioned in my previous blog we do container gardening on our porch. It is working wonderful. At the moment we have a good supply of salad leaves, we never have… Continue reading →

Victorinox Angled Y-peeler

The Victorinox Angled Y-peeler is a great basic tool to have in any kitchen. It is nothing fancy and can do no magical tricks, but it is easy to use with a sharp blade. Just… Continue reading →

Container gardening

I love gardening, plants growing and blooming from scratch – it is exciting to see especially if you get to eat the fruit!

Wine

I have decided another category should be added to my home life blog as it actually forms quite a special part of home that I share with my husband. Wine. When we got… Continue reading →

Cinque Terre, Monterosso al Mare, Italy – June 2014

Cinque Terre, beautiful nature, flat oceans, hiking, steep little towns – awesome. We took the train to Cinque Terre, Monterosso al  Mare, and made our way to the old town trough the tunnel where we… Continue reading →