Just dropping in for a quick “meatless June” update. Rasmus is away in Spain for a few days for work so I’m cooking for one again. I often get really lazy when I’m only cooking for myself. My staple when I lived on my own was pasta with a little parmesan and lemon juice on…
This months’ Daring Bakers challenge was to make tiramisu – from scratch. Including making the marscapone cheese, the ladyfinger biscuits, and the three types of cream that mix together to make the creamy layer. Well, despite loving tiramisu, I didn’t complete the challenge. I don’t mind putting aside a whole afternoon to the daring bakers,…
The January 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Lauren of Celiac Teen. Lauren chose Nanaimo Bars as the challenge for the month. The sources she based her recipe on are 101 Cookbooks and www.nanaimo.ca. And I’m back! After just over an hour sitting on my countertop, the nanaimo bars finally thawed enough to cut…
I did take part in the daring bakers challege this month. I know, I know, it’s been ages. But I blame it on getting married, and then Christmas came along so unexpectedly… The thing is, this one was indeed a challenge for me, which I wasn’t really expecting. But that might be because I bought…
One of the last wedding gifts to arrive is one of the most handled so far… Ottolenghi: the cookbook was a wedding gift from my old youth workers and arrived in the post a couple of weeks ago (sticking half out our mailbox which made me do a excited skip when I saw it). Alice…
Yesterday, 11th November, was a public holiday here in Belgium. Am I the only one who gets all the names of these holidays mixed up? I mean, I knew that yesterday was about remembering those who died in war. But all the public holidays seem to have long names beginning with “A” and I kept…