“O that’s gonna be an easy one.” I thought when going through the recipe for the creme brulee in Donna Hay’s book Modern Classics. Cream and eggs, what can go wrong right? Wrong! Ofcourse we have a Dutch saying that goes something like ‘Hoogmoed komt voor de val” and it precisely point out what I [...]
{ 31 comments }
The first session of the Donna Hay Styling and Photography challenge did cause quite a bit of stir as there is a fine line between copying someone’s style and finding your own. I’ve said it a couple of times already but just to be absolutely clear on this; I am not trying to create little [...]
{ 29 comments }
I have this dilemma that I need your help with… I have currently three different blogs. One in English which you are reading right now, and two in Dutch; Frog Bites and De Glazen Vork. Frogbites is basically the same as this one but in Dutch and De Glazen Vork is a sort of online [...]
{ 39 comments }
Masterchef Australia by itself is responsible for me producing a whole lot of recipes that I watched on the show. This delicious nectarine frangipane flan is one of those. Original recipe is from Maggie Beer. While Tom and I watch episode after episode of season 1 of masterchef Australia, dish after dish is whipped up [...]
{ 35 comments }
I stare upwards at the blue sky… The sounds in the gardens around us seem muffled and quiet. The heat has slowed everyone down. It’s simply too warm to run around like a headless chicken and even the kids next door seem to make less noise then usual. While I lay in the cool grass [...]
{ 34 comments }
A large bucket filled with cold fresh water is filled to the brim with shiny animals looking at us accusingly and every now and then creating a flurry of activity inside the bucket. We take turns carefully peering inside. Some of us wonder how on earth we’re going to eat them all, some of us [...]
{ 18 comments }
When you think about it; how many brownies did you eat in your life that were really really good and how many did you eat that were just less then perfect? If I think back on the countless brownies I’ve eaten (no wonder I have the hips I have!! ) there are only a few [...]
{ 24 comments }
I was quite excited when I read what the Daring Bakers challenge for this month was gonna be… Tiramisu… And it would be hosted by two of my favorite blogs! Tiramisu is an old time favorite in this household and in fact something I make almost every year for New Years when we go and [...]
{ 63 comments }
My last failed attempt at making macarons has been a while ago and was for the Daring Bakers in october. So when Jamie and Deeba started their MacAttack I could not stay behind! My goal, obviously, to finally produce a decent batch of macarons. One that I would be able to serve to other people [...]
{ 38 comments }
I think everyone has moments in a month, a week or a year where cooking seems to take less of a priority due to all sort of different reasons. We’ve lately been having some serious health issues within both Tom’s family as well as my family, which shift the importance of certain things quite dramatically. [...]
{ 19 comments }
Can someone tell me what is happening with the weather?? It went from being nice and warm and sunny to cold and rainy again in a heartbeat… Boehoe… Ok, I do have to explain something here; as some of you may know; I am Dutch. And the Dutch are famous for a couple of things; [...]
{ 16 comments }
MyFitnessPal - Free Calorie Counter
