A simple and fool-proof recipe for muffins with lots of blueberries. One for a day when you want some decadent dish and you are not scared to use all evil ingredients such as sugar, white flour, butter and cream. There is days when you can just need some of that. So don’t try replacing any
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That is a the most surprising thing I ate (and liked) this summer. It was served on a very hot day in a cold soup and it was brilliant. Celery has wonderfully refreshing taste which works very well with sugar.  I would have never thought of that, but it was there, on my plate, so
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It is a perfect, refreshing summer drink. To be precise it is also a snack. The sweetness of the fruit comes through to the drink and the tartness of the drink mellows the sweet taste of the fruit. A perfect combination. Just make sure to drink it slowly so that the tastes have the time
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French toast, or ‘pain perdu’ as the French call it (what means ‘lost bread’) is perfect way to use stale bread (or fresh bread if you just like the dish). It’s funny that the best way to use stale bread was invented by the French, and not the Polish about whom there’s poem praising them
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This post could start as ‘go to Provence, rent a house with a fig tree perfectly in the middle of ripe fig season, then go look for a local, bio, forest honey and local, very mild olive oil…’, as this is exactly what we did, even if making the fig tart was not necessarily our
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Don’t be mistaken that it’s a soup, it’s a dessert. A perfect dessert for a super hot day (which is what we were experiencing a lot recently). It’s super easy (1 ingredient is a must, 2 ingredients are recommended) and super healthy (no sugar added!). I remember the fruit soup I was served in kindergarten,
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This is a perfect dessert for a summer day. Well, it’s been raining most of this week, but hey, it’s summer and there’s these wonderful strawberries, so yes, it’s a perfect dessert for today. And it’s so simple, so even if you are filling lazy, you can still get it done!

I should not take credit for this recipe, it’s almost a copy of Nigella’s Irish Cream Tiramisu, although I am using a little less of the biscuits, I like to have more of the cream. But I can take the credit for the implementation and the picture :-). I like it much better than a
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Weekday breakfasts are a big challenge for me. For one, I am usually not awake. Then I always have less time than I need, so I am in a hurry. And I checked, getting up earlier does not help – it just makes me move slower. And thirdly, in the morning my kids are not
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