Storyline: Filling the gaps
“Watch it!” Alex shouts as I step off the sidewalk to a presumably parking lane, and while turning around I hear squeaking bicycle’s brakes Continue reading “Copenhagen and environs”
Reykjavik and area
Storyline: Filling the gaps
It feels like ages ago. And it was possibly not the best time weatherwise to visit that absolutely stunning country, but I’d recommend it to any casual music lover. Continue reading “Reykjavik and area”
Starting a new storyline: “Filling the gaps”, where we’ll add a few more countries we’ve visited over the last five or six years. This is while waiting for vaccines and hoping we can travel, at least across our own province, this summer.
Leafy greens summer salads
Series: From my Covid gardens
Entering summer, I had a full garden. It was too hot for lettuces but there were enough for at least two more weeks of salads, to which I’d add tomatoes, cucumbers, raw beets, zucchini, beans and peas. Continue reading “Leafy greens summer salads”
Spring recipes with leafy greens
Series: From my Covid gardens
It is not spring yet, but with the new Covid variants we will probably be in lockdown for a long time. And I’ll have my Covid gardens going again this year. Continue reading “Spring recipes with leafy greens”
6. Lake Superior and… home
Storyline: Road Trip with Milan 2018
Our last stop during this road trip was on the shores of Lake Superior, the largest freshwater lake in the world (by surface area). Continue reading “6. Lake Superior and… home”
Spaghetti squash, zucchini “pasta” and more
Series: From my Covid gardens
If you remember, I made green tomato sauce from my last tomato harvest. I froze most of it and have been using it since. Continue reading “Spaghetti squash, zucchini “pasta” and more”
5. From Lac Saint-Jean to Lake Superior
Storyline: Road Trip with Milan 2018
After the fjords and the whale watching the next major stop was on Lake Superior, where I had booked a room in a lodge on the shore, just south of Wawa. Continue reading “5. From Lac Saint-Jean to Lake Superior”
Penne from zucchini plant stems
Series: From my Covid gardens
It was and of July last year when I created this interesting dish. It is not something that many will embrace since one has to actually grow their own zucchini or squash for it. Continue reading “Penne from zucchini plant stems”
4. Baie-Saint-Paul to L’Anse-Saint-Jean and the Fjord
Storyline: Road Trip with Milan 2018
Driving through the rugged foothills of the Laurentian Mountains on hwy 138 from Quebec City to Baie-Saint-Paul is spectacular. Continue reading “4. Baie-Saint-Paul to L’Anse-Saint-Jean and the Fjord”
Pumpkin variations for Boxing day
Series: Slavka’s filo pastries
Banitsa with pumpkin is called tikvenik (from tikva=pumpkin), and is a popular dessert for Christmas Eve in Bulgaria. Continue reading “Pumpkin variations for Boxing day”
Shall we do this? Post-Covid dreams with Doranya
Have you been stuck on a dead-end street, running out of feasible exit options and just when you’re ready to throw in the towel, stumble upon a solution in a place you never expected to find it?
Continue reading “Shall we do this? Post-Covid dreams with Doranya”
Slavka’s recipe
Series: Slavka’s filo pastries
It’s a week before Xmas Eve and it is time for Slavka’s banitsa recipe and ideas. Slavka, as do I, often improvises and creates her own recipe. Continue reading “Slavka’s recipe”
Have you heard of “Tsiganska banitsa”?
Series: Slavka’s filo pastries
In Bulgarian cuisine, “Tsiganska (or Ciganska) banitsa”, translated as “Gypsy banitsa”, is a slice of fresh, preferably hot bread seasoned with sweet paprika, salt and oil. Continue reading “Have you heard of “Tsiganska banitsa”?”
Tour of Doranya
Alex recorded this video at the beginning of November when we took Doranya for a lovely country ride to Ottawa, the bush on the outskirts of Kanata that is, and parked it in front of Alex’s sister’s home for the night. Continue reading “Tour of Doranya”
