orange nectarine muffins

  Rasmus’ lovely aunt has been visiting us from Denmark over the weekend, and it’s been nice having another Danish person to practise with. She’s been the perfect visitor too, taking herself of to explore the city with her backpack, map and poncho (it poured with rain on Friday) and bringing me a fantastic book…

weekend snapshot

I’ve become a bit of a fan of the instagram app, for how easy it makes it to capture the little moments in my days that I want to remember, without carrying around our big camera everywhere. This long weekend was made up of these little moments… long breakfasts with eggs and bacon afternoons reading…

birthday coffee cake

It is almost a rule that you need to eat cake on your birthday (except Rasmus who has requested cookies rather than cake – that I can accommodate). And since baking cakes is one of my favourite pastimes and I have far too few opportunities to do it, I decided to bake my own. This…

hot cross buns

I have always loved Easter time. The daffodils are usually in full bloom, the spring is ushering in warm days that make the birds sing and the sun wake me up earlier than normal each morning. And there is so much hope, so much joy tied up in the traditions and beliefs of Easter for…

Friday favourites: breakfast!

I’ve not always enjoyed breakfast. For years I would skip it because I didn’t generally feel hungry until about two hours after I woke up. Now though I am hungry as soon as I’m awake and am slipping down the stairs while Rasmus is still in the shower to see what there is to eat….