Wednesday was a holiday here, so it’s been a weird week – but we had a day off, so I’m not complaining! We have a few upcoming long weekends, actually, since the 25th of October and the 1st of November are national holidays – both of them on Tuesday. Then on December, we have two… CONTINUE READING →
Today’s a national holiday here in Spain, and what have I been up to? Well, enjoying those wonderful Ikea instructions one more time. If you follow me on Pinterest, you might have already guessed what is it that I’m working on: Yes, I’ve jumped on the Rast bandwagon. I don’t have any pictures to show… CONTINUE READING →
Have you ever made your own pasta? No? Well I’m here to tell you that you should. Just go for it. It’s easy! And you’ll get to make tasty meals like homemade ravioli or lasagna or even simple noodles. Trust me, once you try fresh pasta, you’ll wonder what the heck is it that you’ve… CONTINUE READING →
It’s been over a week since I took my laptop for repairs and I’m still not comfortable blogging from a borrowed one – thankfully, they called me yesterday to tell me that they’ll be giving me a new laptop (since mine has had a lot of problems in the last few years). They’re offering a… CONTINUE READING →
Last Saturday we took advantage of the great weather to have dinner with our friends in our patio – the food was great! We had: Mini caprese salad bites Tapenade wheels (made with puff pastry) Lasagna, and even the pasta was homemade Black and white panna cotta for dessert Tequila sunrise as a cocktail Everything… CONTINUE READING →
First of all, how was everyone’s weekend? We had great weather here (better than all summer, I think) so we had a dinner party in our patio on Saturday to thank our friends for their awesome gift. And we made lasagna for dinner! With homemade pasta! So stay tuned for recipes sometime this week or… CONTINUE READING →
My computer is being repaired (again) so for now, I’m going to keep deciphering those super helpful Ikea instructions. Have a great weekend everyone!
On Monday, my boyfriend surprised me with an amazing dinner. I only took a couple of pics (too busy eating) but we had: Caramelized onions and goat cheese appetizers. For the main dish, duck with Port wine sauce – it tasted amazing! since I didn’t take any photos I’ve already told him he’s going to… CONTINUE READING →
Like I mentioned, I took a class on baking tea pastries (or icebox cookies, whatever you want to call them) last week. It was a two day class in which they taught us how we could make a wide variety of pastries using just a couple of doughs. Basically, you just have to split the… CONTINUE READING →
Since I have yet to upload and process the pics from my Tea Pastries class, today I’m sharing one of the [last] recipes from the Sunday lunch we had almost two weeks ago: sliders! Aren’t they cute? I love food in miniature sizes, they make great appetizers. Anyway, here’s the recipe for ya: Sliders 2lb… CONTINUE READING →