It is a different look, don’t you think? Where did all the green go? Seems like yesterday. Our garden is hibernating.
We are already preparing for upcoming new season. There is a talk of what to plant and what to skip this year, what new to try and what new tomatoes are on the market and what was good last year and what didn’t do so well. How many broccoli plants to put it and how many tomato plants should we plant. Where too look for our favorite frying peppers “Aruba”, what kind of spring onions to plant…
Summer 2012
When I said that the garden was hibernating, I meant : it is, partly.We planted garlic in the Fall 2012, covered it with a thick layer of leaves for insulation to prevent it from freezing in winter months. We should have first garlic ready to harvest in the Spring 2013. As we haven’t grown our own garlic before we both are really excited about it. I can’t wait to make my own braided garlic. It will be so beautiful.
For those who are curious, we bought locally grown garlic at a local farm, separating each clove and planting it into the ground, in October. There are about 100 of them in the ground. If all goes well, you’ll be seeing some garlic field in the Spring. I’ll make my mom’s famous garlic soup with little hand-thrown flour dumplings.
I started making Gingerbread Centerpieces 2 years ago as gifts for our friends, they are so rewarding, though I wouldn’t recommend eating one as they are pretty much hard as a rock, they make for a beautiful decoration during the holidays and they offer the smell bonus as they smell divine. Excuse…
After a lot of testing I finally came up with an oil based crust recipe that is flaky, my neighbor Jim who grew up on a traditional lard pie, after testing one of my fruit tarts, he commented that it was as good as the lard one and hadn’t I told him I’ve made it…
Lego movie is coming out soon. Bird’s Party had a brilliant idea for the Blog Hop Party and she invited  me to take part in Lego Inspired Party Blog Hop. I was thrilled. I love Lego. I made Lego Bricks Pinata Cookies. Simple and super cute cookies with a colorful surprise inside. To make Lego Bricks Pinata Cookies…
Green Shamrock Cake with adorable rainbow meringue kisses is perfect for celebration of the Saint Patrick’s Day. CAKE LAYERS I grew up on sponge cakes and this is my usual choice when I make a cake but you can make this Shamrock cake with a pound cake, yellow cake, white cake. It’s your choice. I…
I love watching squirrels to play, walk on wires like the best trained gymnasts or jump from one branch to another. I love their expressions when they panic and race to the closest tree to hide. They are fun to watch. Do I need to say more? Here is my latest cookie piece : Foraging…
I will share with you a really easy and delicious breakfast treat. Fritatta Muffins.A perfect way to start a new day.Filled with proteins, healthy fats and hmhmhm flavors. Excuse my photos today, I just snapped these to at least have a picture. Apple Cheese Onion Mushroom Almond Frittata Muffins ( 8 muffins) …