Smoothies are a great way to start your day, they contain vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and proteins. You can use up your fruit or vegetable and there is no limit to your imagination: spice them up with seeds, nuts, herbs and spices! I use seasonal and regional produce, in winter it will be apples, pears, oranges and bananas, kale and other …
Thai Red Curry Paste
Today I am in the mood for Thai cooking Did I ever share my recipe for Thai red curry paste? The only advice I’d like to give you: do wear gloves while cutting the chillies! I deseeded and cut about 10 of those beasts and, of course, forgot the gloves. Even Roco, my dog, watches me now from a safe …
Under The Weather
I Need Something Lifting! This is my third post in a row about the weather and its influences! I never thought of myself as a person who is so dependent on outer factors, I also never understood why older people always talked about the weather, this sunrise, that sunset, growing plants, birds and whatnot. Life was about relationships, endless …
Grape Jelly And How To Use Your Home Grown Chillies
Have you noticed the new looks of my blog? Do you like it? The new “autumn” look so to speak and what would suit it better than an autumnal recipe? I picked the worst possible weather to harvest some grapes (uva americana or American grape, in Italy it is also called uva fragola as it has a taste reminiscent …
Cherry Almond Cake
It is the end of the cherry season, the memories of walks amongst the cherry trees will linger, the sun kissed smells of nature captured in numerous pictures. Today, I will bake the last cherry almond cake of this season. You will find the recipe further below. Lovely juicy cherries Batter – ready to go …