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Back in Black…and a Cup of Soup
So much for the signs of spring mentioned in my last post. Winter is truly upon us here in Denmark. I realised after I’d taken some of these photos how much black clothing predominated in them. At...
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Bunny Business and Carrot Cake
Spring has sprung here in Denmark, albeit in the usual pubescent kind of way where it doesn’t really know whether to rain, hail or shine. One of the things I love here is that after enduring the long,...
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A Couple of Hippies and a Beetroot Cake
Over the past couple of years we’ve been striving more and more in our house to eat locally grown/produced food, waste less etc. – it just feels like the right thing to do and I find it makes me enjoy...
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Eton Mess meets Rhubarb Fool
Wikipedia: “Eton mess is a traditional English dessert consisting of a mixture of strawberries, pieces of meringue and cream, which is traditionally served at Eton College’s annual cricket game against...
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Broccoli Flower Salad
As you may know we started trying to grow some of our own vegetables this year. It’s been quite the learning experience. One of things we have learned is that if broccoli goes unattended during a warm...
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Scones
Scones are by no means rocket science, but they are bloody good. Where I come from you just have to have a good scone once in while. The real name of the recipe is ‘Mummy’s Sweet White Scones’, but I...
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Spicy Pumpkin Soup with Pan-Fried Carrot Strips
Halloween has always been celebrated in a big way in Ireland, where I come from. When I was growing up it was more about dressing up, spooking each other, playing games such as apple bobbing rather...
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Tales from an Urban Farmyard in Copenhagen
Here’s a story about some chickens that came before the eggs… One of the lovely eggs from our Cochin hens – they taste even better than they look Once upon a time A couple of years ago when friends...
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Roast Vegetables with Creamy Lemon Quinoa
Over the past while I have found myself introducing more and more meatless dishes to the diet of my little family. Anytime a vegetarian recipe catches my eye, I pounce on it and give it a try. This...
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Dense Chocolate Loaf Cake
Hello! I know, it’s been a while. I think Instagram has been fulfilling my need to post photos of food for a while now. It was nice though to get the ‘real’ camera out again and take a picture or two...
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