A late summer burst of colours Summer is when tomatoes are at their best, as they benefit from the warm sunny days to become red, intense, and full of beautiful flavours that those grown all year round in green houses could never aim to achieve. In Italy, we have some great tomato based dishes in the summer season, and this month’s recipe is inspired by one of those, precisely a Tuscan family meal called ‘pappa al pomodoro’. It could be…
You never know who you are going to meet next… About a year ago, under a pouring rain, I took my very sleep deprived self to an event in Nova Victoria. I sat at a table with quite a lot of people (bloggers, journalists and so on). It was a very pleasant evening. I chatted at length to a lady who had two kids and freaked me into thinking it was a good idea never to give any form of…
Satisfying, healthy, raw date brownie recipe
Sugar free muffins? Have I become really boring recently? It seems that most of the baking I do is to try out sugar free, baby friendly things. Then again, one may argue if refined sugar free baking is really a dull subject, especially when so many people are trying to be a bit more health conscious (vegan is all the rage now)… During our recent holiday in Lanzarote, our little one tried a variety of new foods, and he loved…
Easy, healthy and surprisingly good snack with figs