Have you heard of the intention-action gap? I have over the years but it only really hit home with me last week when I lifted up a plastic tub of natural yogurt in the supermarket. I switched from individual yogurts to a large tub a few years ago to reduce our waste. Then I switched… Continue reading Greener Living – Closing Your Intention-Action Gap
Over here lately the weather has been hot. Really hot some days, simply quite hot on others. The kind of weather that makes you want to sit in the garden and chill in shade. Definitely not the kind of weather for spending indoors baking cake. The trouble is though, I quite like a nice cake… Continue reading 15 Minute Summer Berry Cake
Last night I said to my husband I just haven’t the energy to blog lately. I want to, but by the time evening comes round and the children are in bed, I am jaded. Today I planned to grab an hour and write a post, maybe two. When it came down to it I couldn’t… Continue reading A Snapshot of What We Eat
Advent is almost at an end, meaning Christmas is almost upon us. Since moving to Germany almost fifteen years ago I have come to love Advent, primarily due to the endless traditions in Advent. There’s the feast of St. Nicholas when children’s boots are filled with chocolate, nuts and fruit. There’s the baking of Fruchtebrot,… Continue reading Vanilla Crescents – Our Favourite Christmas Biscuit
December is usually a hectic month but this year seems to have been an entirely hectic year. December hasn’t been the crazy whirlwind of other years but rather a continuation of the rush, bustle and busy-ness of the previous months. In an effort not to have Christmas arrive upon us with nothing done, no prelude,… Continue reading Christmas, Cocoa and Calming Down
By now you probably know that style-wise I’m a bit old fashioned. The sleek modern look is not one you’ll find in my home. Here and there perhaps as a radio, a phone or a lantern. For the most part though, my style is eclectic with a touch of nostalgia. When it comes to Christmas,… Continue reading Decorative Dried Orange Slices
All I wanted to do was cook the dinner. That’s all. It shouldn’t have been so hard, should it? I mean I made it out of work and into our village with nine minutes to spare. Just enough time to pop into the shop for milk and meat before walking round to the schoolyard just… Continue reading Making the Dinner
My childhood bedroom looked out on two things – a graveyard and an elder tree. I never gave much thought to either. They were just there. Sometimes, when the elderberries were ripe, my dad would mention that his friend makes elderberry wine. Â Being a child, wine didn’t interest me much – oh how things change!… Continue reading Making Your Own Elderberry G&T
A pet hate of mine – and I have many – is photographs of food styled so that it bears no resemblance to how it would look in reality. Pictures in cook books, on blogs or in magazines showing food that is obviously not prepared according to the accompanying recipe make me incredibly angry. While… Continue reading Food Styling for Beginners
So, I could have gone with a sensationalist title for this post . “This 2 Ingredient No Fat Recipe Will Change You Life” or “I made these in ten minutes with just 2 ingredients. You won’t believe how easy it is till you try it”. They may or may not be true. What is true… Continue reading How to Bake Meringue Kisses
