So this was quite the weekend for baking. Saturday morning I made banana cake from my mum’s trusty recipe. Sunday morning I made fastelavnsbolle. And Sunday evening after church I made this cauliflower and caramelised onion tart. It’s from Deb’s recipe on Smitten Kitchen and I’ve made it once before, for a girl’s night in…
It is a stunningly beautiful day today. And I have enjoyed it from inside the whole day. I chose to spend the hour or so that the sun comes directly into our living area lying directly in it, only moving occasionally to ensure I stayed within the sunlight as it moved across the room 🙂 It was wonderfully…
I had never made cheesecake before Saturday. Not the proper baked stuff that you’d wait hours in line for at the Cheesecake Factory (I’m only half kidding about that – we waited at least 40 minutes…) Our family has an alternative cheesecake recipe made – of all things – with lime jelly (American translation: jello)…
On week day mornings I am the most difficult person to get out of bed. Add winter morning darkness and the coldness of our flat and it gets exponentially harder. Weekend mornings it all changes and I am frequently awake first and wondering how much longer until Rasmus wakes up. I put the hours between…
My first morning on my flying visit to Copenhagen ten days ago was spent sleeping in. I awoke at a very leisurely hour to a text from Rasmus who had left on a train to Sweden much earlier, telling me to avoid the hotel breakfast coz it wasn’t worth the money. Always listening to what…
Despite what my weird accent may occasionally suggest to people, I am not remotely American. I have lived there a short ten months while studying but that’s about as close as my association goes. However, we are, for the second year running, hosting an American Thanksgiving at our flat! This is again Marissa’s fault cause….
