Last Thursday we had some friends round for dinner and we made beef burgers and chicken apple burgers for everyone. It was not the easiest of meals to bulk-cook but it was fun, and I got to try out a new bread recipe for the burger buns. I used this recipe from Smitten Kitchen because…
When we got married two years ago in the UK, we organised an afternoon tea party reception in the Village Hall immediately after the wedding. We were having a big party the next week in Brussels so we didn’t want anything too big or too complicated, so we planned to make most of the food…
Today we are on our way to Denmark, for the baptism of our brand new niece, Madicken, on Sunday. This is particularly special as Rasmus and I will be standing as her godparents, which is such an honour. I’ve also been charged with baking a cake for the reception so I am travelling with all…
We’re in to week two of our month long detox diet. Last week everything was going quite well. I was eating well and regularly and wasn’t getting hungry. We’d not had huge cravings for any forbidden foods and our meals had generally been pretty delicious (did you see the pumpkin, chorizo and chickpea soup from…
So I might be loving the summery weather Brussels is still experiencing, but I am certainly not going to miss out on the joys of pumpkin season! We had friends over for lunch yesterday, and we decided to make soup. Rasmus wanted something with chorizo, I added the idea of chickpeas, and then remembered the…
In this whole detox diet we’re doing this month, there’s lots I could be missing. But cakes and pastries are coming top of the list. I almost cried over a brownie I couldn’t eat on Sunday! And going into this straight from New York where I made it my mission to hunt out delicious sweet…