Chocolate treats

Today I made chocolate treats and oh my, how I love making anything that includes chocolate. The best thing about making treats with chocolate is to test the samples as you go, sort of a quality control. You can’t serve anything to other people that you haven’t yet tested yourself, so I really make an … Read more

Dec. 13th = Lucia day

Goodmorning to a wonderful December morning! Today is Lucia day a day of light. Read the story about Saint Lucia here. My friend Marie, she is from Sweden, taught me how to properly celebrate Lucia day. The day before we bake Lucia buns, like these: Then in the morning of the 13th, we wake up … Read more

Fig Compote

Now that fall is here, we have started making jams and compotes, which are wonderful to have on stock during those cold(er) winter months 🙂 Figs are in season now and we need to take advantage of that. So therefore we have made a wonderful fig compote that can be used for breakfasts on oatmeal, … Read more

Cooking Class a` la Carte

What an amazing evening! I spent my Tuesday evening in the company of 20 children and their parents cooking a three course meal from the cookbook Cozy Cooking. I had picked out three dishes that are easy to make for anyone despite their previous cooking skills, recipes that can be served as an every day … Read more

Lazy Saturday

This past Saturday we woke up and felt that we really needed to enjoy the cozy Saturday morning. Instead of eating oatmeal like we usually do every morning, we decided to make old fashioned fluffy pancakes from scratch. Making pancakes from scratch is a lot easier than what you think. You can find all the … Read more