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A happy German expat family in Ireland.
And Bratwurst.
LeNahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13937914308955713586noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989190923262271437.post-56808609252223406862017-04-05T10:13:00.001+01:002017-04-05T10:13:31.141+01:00Living in a small space - The Sitting Room<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the smallest sitting room we ever had </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in any of the houses we've lived in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is tiny.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And it's not only a sitting room/good room</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but also the children's play room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So we decided to use shelves and boxes to store all the toys,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Lego and Lego Duplo,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the cars and the train set,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the musical instruments and the cuddle toys,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the nappies and the wipes</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All these things live in individual boxes</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">which are kept in <a href="http://www.ikea.com/ie/en/collections/kallax/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>Kallax</b></span></a> shelves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The TV is a little oversized for the room</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but we had it before the last move.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And it's actually fine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The cables that connect the PS4 with the PS3 with the sattelite receiver </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the DVD player, with the indirect LED lighting </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and with the surround system... all these cables being all over the place</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">drive me bananas sometimes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But there's nothing I can do about them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yer man NEEDS THEM ALL!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gerd had the idea to put a few more Kallax shelves up high,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">right under the ceiling, over the couch, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That was really clever and he did a brilliant job!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We used to have a bigger couch,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So now it functions as our </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We love this space!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's small,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it makes us all happy,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it suits us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A lovely room to make childhood memories.</span></div>
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LeNahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13937914308955713586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989190923262271437.post-27714895303934802182017-04-03T18:36:00.000+01:002017-04-03T18:36:03.096+01:00Vegetarian Chilli Beans<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sometimes,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and that's usually a day when we end up</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A "one pot wonder", as those dishes can also be called </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yesterday, I was craving a hearty, healthy dinner </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and as we are going on holidays soon, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I had a good look through the content of the vegetable compartment of the fridge</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and thought, that the carrots, sweet potatoes, a pepper, garlic and onions</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If I added one or two tins of beans, obviously. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I gathered the stuff I wanted to throw into a pot</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Within 10 mins the prep work was done</span></div>
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LeNahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13937914308955713586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989190923262271437.post-33440013971721152942017-04-03T10:00:00.000+01:002017-04-03T10:00:22.997+01:00Our pets<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">May I introduce you to our pets!?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We've got quite a few.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well, we used to have more but this is our current zoo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>BOB</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He's a Labrador - Collie Mix and we've adopted him in August 2010.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When Gerd was visiting a customer, Bobby jumped into his van.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He was approximately 14 weeks old, had been found in a ditch with his 3 siblings</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and nobody wanted him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He was in a very bad state.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He had mange and was malnourished and therefore needed very expensive medical treatment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was all worth it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">All the visits to the vet, the injections, the baths, the medicine... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">we wouldn't want to be without Bob anymore.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He's really gentle, very good with the kids, patient and calm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And funny.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Look at him! Look what he does when I try to take a photo of him!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Bobby! Look! Bobby! Look at me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Who is a good boy, Bobby!? Look over here!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Aaaah... nearly! THAT's a good boy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm here... BOBBIIIIIE!!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Look up! Just for TWO seconds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">or simply taking the piss.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and we've adopted her in May 2012.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">She's always living in her own little world,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">She's a really funny, furry friend and adores the kids</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There's just this ONE thing she does that REALLY, REALLY annoys me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">She eats her own poop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And Bobby's poop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And Gizmo's poop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That why she looks at me like this when I forget to turn off that beep-beep:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(Did you get it? Bob and Marley... Bob & Marley...??</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Admit it... German's can be funny!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The youngest member of the gang is</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>GIZMO</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He's a Chihuahua and we've adopted him in March 2016.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He's smaller than a rabbit but he really is the boss</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and he behaves like a Rottweiler.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A dangerous, 2 meter tall Rottweiler with shark's teeth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He barks at strangers, doesn't like adult visitors and is very protective.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and forgives them all those tiny "accidents" that occur</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He protects her and uses her as a cushion </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">when the ground is too cold for his aristocratic, pure-bred, bare belly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They had very little feathers and looked desperate when they moved in</span></div>
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<br />LeNahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13937914308955713586noreply@blogger.com0Offaly, Co. Offaly, Ireland53.2356871 -7.712222900000028952.626023599999996 -9.0031164000000281 53.8453506 -6.4213294000000287tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989190923262271437.post-66161641423754567282017-04-02T10:00:00.000+01:002017-04-02T11:15:03.695+01:00Living in a small space - The Kitchen<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over the next few days or weeks</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and we had to find smart storage solutions</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and furniture arrangements to fit everything in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to make this house suit our taste and needs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'd like to change the curtains </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and some of the lamps are still not the ones I'd have picked myself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But apart from that, we all LOVE our new home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is cozy and warm,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and has beautiful views and a lovely, big garden.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's the biggest room in the house,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It has big windows facing the garden and a lovely rural landscape.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And we LOVE working in our garden.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today, my favourite husband picked up a tiller</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to save a few days time digging over the MAHOOOSIVE potato plot. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and today, Alfie and I discovered some tiny baby pea plants</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...and leafy chives are already growing again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But we've managed to kill the oregano, rosemary and lovage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My mum had planted some spring flowers </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and arranged them at our front door.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Look at the colours!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to catch some of that very rare springtime light!</span></div>
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LeNahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13937914308955713586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989190923262271437.post-45183112234531605562016-10-21T11:48:00.001+01:002016-10-21T11:55:37.946+01:00Homemade Pumpkin Butter<div style="text-align: center;">
Normally, I get lots of inspiration for my cooking and baking</div>
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by reading food and cookery magazines.<br />
It is one of my guilty pleasures. </div>
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I know they're expensive and I know I also pay for the adverts in them</div>
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and I also know that I probably will NEVER look at some of them again</div>
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after I have read them for the first time. </div>
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But still.</div>
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I buy them. </div>
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I LOVE THEM!</div>
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And I keep them.</div>
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All of them.</div>
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But I also love some Instagrammers and Bloggers who share their </div>
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cake and lunch and dinner recipes and family feeding routines with their readers. </div>
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Like<b><u> <a href="https://simplyhomemadeblog.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Simply Homemade Nicola</span></a></u></b></div>
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or <b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://lifeonhushabyefarm.blogspot.ie/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Hushabye Farm Elisabeth</span></a>.</span></b></div>
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But the idea to make Pumpkin Butter</div>
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came from reading a German blog.</div>
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One of the benefits of living a bilingual life</div>
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is to be able to read more blogs in various languages.</div>
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<a href="http://marrykotter.blogspot.ie/2015/09/pumpkin-butter-mit-dem-thermomix.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Mary Kotter</b></span></a> tells us how to make Pumpkin Butter</div>
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in a Thermomix. </div>
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I don't own one, though, and I am quite certain that I never will.</div>
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But would that stop me from making the pumpkin butter from scratch?</div>
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In a conventional pot on a conventional hob?</div>
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Exactly.</div>
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No.</div>
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It still quite easy to make that way.</div>
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And it is DELICIOUS!</div>
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And the smell we had in the house while the pumpkin and spices</div>
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bubbled in the pot was really really nice.</div>
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Autumn-y and sweet and cinnamon-y yummy.</div>
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Here we go! Get the pumpkin that you had originally bought</div>
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to turn into Halloween decorations and make </div>
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Pumpkin Butter instead.</div>
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Well, that's what I did.</div>
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I will have to get a new pumpkin for carving now, the girl said.</div>
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Get your pumpkin, wash it, saw off the stem end the non-edible bits</div>
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and chop it into rather thick cubes. </div>
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Take 400grams of the prepared pumpkin chunks and put them into a pot.</div>
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Add 150ml apple juice and 150ml water,</div>
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1tsp cinnamon, 1/2 tsp ground ginger, 3 dried cloves or a pinch of ground ones,</div>
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a pinch of ground nutmeg and a pinch of ground allspice</div>
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and bring to the boil. </div>
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Reduce the heat and simmer the pumpkins with the juices and the spices</div>
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until they're soft. </div>
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Remove the cloves.</div>
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Add 150grams of sugar.</div>
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Blitz everything with a hand-held blender until it is really really smooth and lump-less. </div>
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Now, leave it to boil at a moderate heat</div>
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until it had thickened to a spreadable consistency.</div>
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This process may take a good while. </div>
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You need to keep stirring regularly that it does not burn </div>
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or stick to the bottom of the pot.</div>
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When the pumpkin mousse starts to thicken, </div>
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the bubbling will turn into a splattering.</div>
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I had covered the pot with a sieve to keep the mess around the pot at bay.</div>
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Once your Pumpkin Butter is nice and thick and sweet and "ready",</div>
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you need to fill it into a clean jar and keep it in the fridge after it has cooled down. </div>
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It won't last as long as jam would because of the relatively low</div>
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sugar content (Haha, I know!) , but it should stay okay for a week.</div>
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If you don't eat it at the first day.</div>
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It is hard to resist. </div>
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Oh, you can freeze the Pumpkin Butter, too.</div>
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I will use the it to make Pumpkin Butter rolls tomorrow.</div>
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And I might share that recipe here, too.</div>
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If they turn out nice. </div>
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We'll see.</div>
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Ingredients:</div>
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400gms prepared pumpkin meat</div>
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150ml apple juice</div>
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150ml water</div>
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150gms sugar</div>
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1tsp cinnamon</div>
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1/2 tsp ground ginger</div>
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some ground nutmet</div>
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some ground allspice</div>
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LeNahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13937914308955713586noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989190923262271437.post-25141302609229780502016-09-19T15:00:00.000+01:002016-09-22T08:52:26.117+01:00Dampfnudeln<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If I would translate this blog title directly from German to English,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the English name of this dish would be "Steam Noodle". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But that doesn't make sense at all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I prefer to call them </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sweet Yeast Dumplings here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They're not baked like bread rolls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They're not boiled like pasta or other dumplings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They are cooked in a steamer insert </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They are sweet and fluffy and really filling. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I would not eat these as a dessert,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">we eat them as dinner on their own. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well... with vanilla sauce and poppy seed sugar. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not necessarily healthy. But GOOD.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And for us, they taste a bit like childhood!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Try them!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It takes a bit of time to make them,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but you won't be disappointed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and pretend you are at the Oktoberfest in Munich. </span></div>
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<br />LeNahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13937914308955713586noreply@blogger.com2Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Ireland53.275525500000008 -7.493385200000034353.237542500000011 -7.5740662000000345 53.313508500000005 -7.412704200000034tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989190923262271437.post-92082928057035875632016-09-18T21:53:00.001+01:002016-09-18T21:57:52.884+01:00Pear and Chocolate Cake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Today, we baked a cake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Because it was Sunday. Because it rained. Because I really like baking and cooking. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We found the "regular" cake ingredients as well as pears and dark chocolate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So we decided to make a "Birne Helene Kuchen". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Pear and Chocolate Cake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Poire Belle Helene.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I googled that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So there we went and baked. And it was really, really nice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A not too sweet, very moist, brownie-like base with juicy pear pieces.</span></div>
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<br />LeNahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13937914308955713586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989190923262271437.post-75570978975643532112016-02-28T21:52:00.001+00:002016-02-28T21:52:34.631+00:00Sunday, 28th Feb 2016<div align="center">
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We've started our Sunday with a baking session and made fluffy, buttery,</div>
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They turned out great!</div>
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Really yum!</div>
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We ignored the mess in the kitchen and went outside again.</div>
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This was the first nap-free day in Alfie's life.</div>
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Klara gave up daytime naps at the same age.</div>
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So the artist said.</div>
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No thanks... no brushes today!</div>
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They're called finger paints!</div>
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Not brush paints, you know?</div>
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On Sunday we received some weird news</div>
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about things we can't change anyway.</div>
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So instead of going through all whys and what-ifs again and again,</div>
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we packed a little picnic and some spare clothes,</div>
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jumped into the car and drove to Stradbally</div>
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to visit the <a href="http://www.irishsteam.ie/museum.html" target="_blank">Steam Museum</a>.</div>
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I did not check for opening hours beforehand,</div>
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It's a lovely place and not half as grey-coloured </div>
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as my photos look like.</div>
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Something we try to do every time we find a church.</div>
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We go inside and light candles for our grandparents</div>
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and parents who have already passed away</div>
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as well as for our families and friends</div>
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to pray for their health, happiness and luck.</div>
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take a quick break from the often so loud and hectic life</div>
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A few steps further down the road,</div>
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an old Grain Drying Kiln,</div>
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refurbished with attention to detail</div>
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We spent HOURS there.</div>
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This is one of our favourite curry dishes.</div>
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but am a rather nosy person,</div>
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I started to play around with ingredients</div>
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It's fruity and creamy,</div>
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sweet and sour,</div>
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spicy and flavoursome.</div>
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JUST GOOD!</div>
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And prepared in a very short time.</div>
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3 bananas</div>
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2 medium sized courgettes</div>
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1 onion</div>
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150g sour cream</div>
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50 - 100ml water</div>
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juice of 1/2 lemon</div>
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coconut oil (or any other frying oil)</div>
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curry powder</div>
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brown sugar</div>
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Chop the bananas into disks, about 5mm thick.</div>
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Cube the courgettes.</div>
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Cut the onion into small cubes.</div>
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Place the banana slices into the pan, reduce the heat to medium and</div>
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carefully fry the banana slices from both sides until slightly browned.</div>
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mix the sour cream, 2 tbsp brown sugar,</div>
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lemon juice and salt.</div>
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Reduce the heat and stir in the sour cream mixture.</div>
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Serve with rice.</div>
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Eat.</div>
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it's GOOD!</div>
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Klara invited a friend to play.</div>
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A lovely girl, I have to add.</div>
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And the two are really enjoying each other's company. </div>
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I gave them biscuits, drinks and a bowl of grapes.</div>
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And they play and run around and chat. </div>
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The little boy had just had his nap and is happy.</div>
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He sits in the sand pit. Diggin' away.</div>
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I took out my laptop to work on the holiday photos again.</div>
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While the little people don't seem to need my attention. </div>
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And I found the bowl of grapes on the garden table.</div>
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Not even been TOUCHED.</div>
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The girls totally ignored the now not very cold and crisp any more</div>
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but rather warm and sticky little things.</div>
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As they have been left outside</div>
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in the sun</div>
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for about 3 hours.</div>
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Yes, I had GREAT plans to eat them myself now.</div>
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Because I don't want to dump them.</div>
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And here I sit.</div>
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With my laptop.</div>
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THINKING I would have a few minutes</div>
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to just do some mammy stuff.</div>
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Uninterrupted.</div>
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But the kids realised that I have THEIR grapes now.</div>
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And NOW they want them.</div>
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And they come up to me every 20 seconds.</div>
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To grab a grape out of the bowl.</div>
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And to tell me very important things.</div>
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Like</div>
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"I like your house!"</div>
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(I don't.)</div>
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"Look mammy, E. is wearing my bikini!"</div>
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(I bloody saw that.)</div>
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"The dog wags his tail!"</div>
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(NO WAY!!!)</div>
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"My mammy has a laptop, too."</div>
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(Do you let her use it at home, though?)</div>
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"What does daddy do with the lawn mower, mammy?"</div>
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(He'll take the petrol out of it to burn the lawns. </div>
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WHAT DO YOU THINK HE COULD BE DOING WITH THE FLIPPIN' LAWN MOWER!??")</div>
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"Look at Alfie! He SITS!"</div>
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(Oh.)</div>
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"Look at the dog! She EATS!"</div>
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(Clever pet.)</div>
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"Gurglebrlbrlbrlmaamaaaa!"</div>
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(Go back into your sand pit, little rascal!)</div>
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"We're HUNGRY!!!"</div>
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(Well.... you are eating MY grapes! For Christ's sake!!!)</div>
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Me gives up.</div>
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They can have them.</div>
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Little monkeys.</div>
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And I'll bring the laptop back inside.</div>
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Before I'm going to loose my sanity.</div>
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There's a bottle of fermented grapes waiting for me in the fridge.</div>
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I'll have them tonight.</div>
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When the little people sleep.</div>
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THE END.</div>
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I love spinach.</div>
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So does Gerd.</div>
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Klara refuses to eat it.</div>
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Every time there's spinach for dinner,</div>
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she pulls a face as if I wanted her</div>
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to eat a decayed rat. </div>
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Alfie had no opinion of spinach at all.</div>
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We only presumed he wouldn't like it.</div>
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He is the picky one in the family.</div>
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As picky as can be.</div>
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Spinach is fuzzy fibrous.</div>
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Spinach is green.</div>
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And spinach doesn't taste like vanilla ice cream.</div>
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Therefore, we didn't give it to the little gourmet,<br />
thinking he'd throw it around the place anyway.<br />
He prove us wrong!<br />
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He LOVED them!<br />
And while he gobbled down fritter after fritter,<br />
his sister pulled a face.<br />
As if Alfie was eating a decayed rat.<br />
With mouldy worms. <br />
She was disgusted.<br />
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But HEY!<br />
They ARE nice, the little fritters.<br />
And easy to make.<br />
And... TADAAA!!!... Healthy!<br />
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Here's the recipe for you:<br />
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300g frozen spinach<br />
4-5 eggs<br />
100g cottage cheese<br />
1 onion<br />
1 clove of garlic<br />
ground nutmeg<br />
salt<br />
pepper<br />
olive oil<br />
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Defrost the spinach, squeeze out any excess liquid and chop thoroughly.<br />
Cut the onion into small cubes.<br />
Chop or crush the garlic.<br />
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Mix spinach, onion cubes, garlic, eggs and cottage cheese.<br />
Season generously with nutmeg, salt and pepper. <br />
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fry in small batches in olive oil until cooked through.<br />
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I don't know if you can fry and defrost them. <br />
We ate them before I could find out.<br />
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LeNahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13937914308955713586noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989190923262271437.post-60352923282406304522015-07-22T11:48:00.001+01:002015-07-22T11:48:03.770+01:00Wholemeal Breakfast Pancakes<div style="text-align: center;">
Who doesn't like pancakes for breakfast?</div>
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I think everybody does.</div>
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But because Klara shouldn't have </div>
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a lot of plain wheat in her diet</div>
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and because I try to feed my beloved ones</div>
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I made pancakes from wholemeal spelt flour </div>
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this morning. </div>
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And everyone loved them.</div>
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Here's the recipe:</div>
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- 150g wholemeal spelt flour</div>
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- 1 tsp baking powder</div>
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- ½ tsp salt</div>
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- 1 tbsp brown sugar</div>
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- 200ml milk</div>
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- 1 large egg.</div>
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- 2 tbsps melted butter or coconut oil, slightly cooled</div>
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-butter or coconut oil for frying</div>
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To serve:</div>
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- Maple syrup</div>
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- Nut Butter</div>
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-Fresh Fruit and Cream Cheese</div>
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-Jam, Chocolate Spread, Golden Syrup, Lemon Curd...</div>
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Sieve the flour and the baking powder,</div>
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add sugar and salt.</div>
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Let stand for a few minutes.</div>
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Fry from both sides in a frying pan with a little butter or coconut oil until golden brown.</div>
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Now.<br />
This is my favourite topping.<br />
It's quite far away from being healthy.<br />
So maybe you don't want to tell your kids<br />
and eat this when they're in bed.<br />
Or at school.<br />
Or you tell them it's something only adults can have.<br />
Like whisky or Guinness.<br />
I don't know if that would work, though.<br />
Anyway:<br />
It's crunchy peanut butter,<br />
chocolate spread<br />
and Golden Syrup.<br />
We call them "Snickers Pancakes".<br />
Try this!!!<br />
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The kids and I are currently visiting</div>
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our family in Germany.</div>
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Klara and Alfie have been just SO good at</div>
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Yes, I was quite surprised myself.</div>
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We've spent the first 2 days in Cologne</div>
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with my sister Kicki and Ralf,</div>
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It was sooooo hot. </div>
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We bathed in the River Rhine.</div>
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LeNahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13937914308955713586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989190923262271437.post-62949293015014203422015-07-02T10:09:00.001+01:002015-07-02T10:10:26.346+01:00Climbing Baby Vol. II<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Alfie.</div>
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14 months.</div>
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Not walking.</div>
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Conquering the slide.</div>
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German bread is different to Irish bread. <br />
Its texture is firmer, its crust is thicker and really crunchy, its taste a lot more aromatic <br />
and if you opt for a really dark, wholemeal, healthy <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpernickel" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><strong>Pumpernickel Style</strong></span></a> one,<br />
it actually fills you for quite a long while and helps your digestive system to work more efficient..<br />
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When we came over to Ireland in 2007, the first thing I missed a lot was the German bread.<br />
And nearly all of my German friends I met here over the last few years, are the same. <br />
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We nearly popped a bottle of bubbly stuff when "our" Lidl supermarket nearby extended its shop and announced, they were bringing German bakery products into the country. Boy was I thrilled!<br />
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And the bread was GOOD! Our favourite ones were a rustic rye bread and a triangle shaped wholemeal multi seed loaf. And OF COURSE these 2 where the first breads taking off the shelves again. <br />
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I am not a great fan of the Irish brown bread as I find its texture a bit to crumbly-cakey to be a bread I would like. The shop-bought ones. Homemade brown bread is different. I like that a lot. If someone bakes one for me. <br />
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I don't like white bread. Well... the odd slice here and there, warm, just jumped out of the toaster, a bit of butter... great. Sometimes. But every time we buy a whole white bread, two thirds of it don't get eaten, start to mould and end up in the bin. True story. (I KNOW!)<br />
And as it turned out last year, Klara is intolerant to wheat and gluten and more than one slice of toast makes her very sick with bad tummy pains and diarrhoea. <br />
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So I made the decision to bake bread. I wanted to learn how to make my oh-so-much-missed sourdough loafs. And I interviewed my mom who gave me some recipes and I went to the health shop in town to buy different wholemeal flours. <br />
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My first trials did not go so well. I have to admit that I'm not the most patient person in the world and that reducing the time the starter needs to ripen from 3 days to 1 day might not have helped. <br />
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Waiting for the final dough then to "double its size" as it often sais in the recipes, wasn't one of my best talents, either.<br />
And some of the recipes I have tried so far have maybe just not been for me. Dunno!<br />
But I've learned. I know a lot more things now about making, "breeding" and storing the sourdough starter. I understood, how important it is to give the dough the time it needs to turn into the desired consistency, sometimes fluffy and airy, sometimes tough and chewy, depending on the type of the bread I am making. <br />
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And I love the breads now. I always batch-bake. To make sure there is an appropriate amount of bread, sliced and ready to be defrosted and eaten. For breakfast. Or for lunch or tea.<br />
With butter and jam, with yummy mature cheddar or creamy brie. Accompanied bye a nice cup of coffee or tea or a glass of juice. 2 slices filled with salads and tuna or ham. As a very healthy sandwich variety. <br />
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The kids love it. For Alfie, I cut off the crust and he gobbles down little cubes of very dark bread even. Buttered. With a bit of jam. Or a bit of cream cheese. <br />
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And the SMELL of warm, freshly baked bread in the house!!! <br />
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Now! Look at these beauties! And DON'T tell me you're NOT jealous.<br />
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Very dark sourdough loafs.</div>
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Made from wholemeal rye and wheat flour.</div>
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With sesame, linseed, sunflower seeds and molasse.</div>
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Rustic, traditional sourdough bread.</div>
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Made from wholemeal rye flour..</div>
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A bit flat but still oh-so-good!!!!</div>
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You're welcome!<br />
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LenaLeNahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13937914308955713586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989190923262271437.post-37264153053221737312015-06-29T15:35:00.001+01:002015-06-29T15:35:19.169+01:00A Family Day Out in Galway<div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We had great plans to take them to the beach. And we packed a big picnic, blankets, towels, spare clothes, shovels, buckets and family-sized bottles of sunscreen (Haha!). We dressed the kids, tossed millions of bags, sacks, things and bits into the car and headed off direction Galway. </div>
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To dig up sand.</div>
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It was going to be SO MUCH FUN.</div>
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The closer we got to Galway, the darker the sky. The thicker the clouds. The greyer the horizon.</div>
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And we had a LOVELY time there.</div>
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We met <a href="http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Nemo" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>Nemo</strong></span></a>.</div>
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And we were impressed by the size of this giant lobster. </div>
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And finally, Alfie found the octopus, that I had been looking for in that tank for ages. </div>
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After we had seen every single fish and creature in all the different tanks, we left the aquarium and it was still raining. DAMN RAIN!<br />
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So we decided to have our picnic in the car. Which was still quite good fun. <br />
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And while we were eating and chatting and listening to some tunes and watching the waves in the sea through the front screen of the car....<br />
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THE SKY CLEARED UP!<br />
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And we had a BALL there. It was just a very short visit as the sand was rather wet and especially the little man was soaked within no time... but it was GREAT!</div>
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If you're ever wondering how to spend a lovely day at the Galway Bay... that's the way to do it!<br />
The Aquarium for a rainy day and Silverstrand Beach for a sunnier one. <br />
Or combine the 2 things the way we did... it was a great day out!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />LeNahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13937914308955713586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989190923262271437.post-61818421730420948772015-06-18T16:25:00.003+01:002015-06-18T16:25:50.511+01:00What's in my makeup bag?Sinéad from <a href="http://www.bumblesofrice.com/" target="_blank">Bumbles of Rice</a> asked other bloggers<br />
if they would show the content of their makeup bags.<br />
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I think it is a lovely idea to share tips and tricks with other sleep-deprived mums <br />
to let us help each other <a href="http://bumblesofrice.com/2015/06/01/barefaced-beauty-makeup-magic-three-hours-sleep/" target="_blank">"to look human after theee hours sleep." </a><br />
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And of course, I'm quite nosy sometimes. <br />
I just like to see other peoples makeup bags. Ha!<br />
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Even though I wear makeup since nearly 20 years now, be warned: I don't use fancy brushes or applicators, I don't buy extraordinary makeup brands and I don't watch vlogs to be up-to-date regarding new stuff on the face painting market out there.<br />
Sorry.<br />
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But now: Let's go!<br />
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I take a shower every single morning.</div>
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I simply don't function without one.</div>
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Even if it's only a 2-minutes-speedy one,</div>
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I NEED that to feel comfortable.</div>
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I wash my face in the shower, too,</div>
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(Of course. Try NOT to wash your face in the shower</div>
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and tell me how you got on. Thank you.) </div>
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and 2-3 times a week I <a href="http://www.nivea.ie/products/Face-Care/product-type/peeling" target="_blank">give it a scrub.</a></div>
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I've got very dry, sensitive skin.</div>
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And it all got worse after my 2nd pregnancy.</div>
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But these two products really do a good job for me.</div>
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I use the Garnier Moisture + always at night</div>
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and sometimes in the morning.</div>
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Sometimes, I use the BB cream instead.</div>
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In the morning.</div>
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I love both products. </div>
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I also use make-up every day.</div>
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If I went for the BB cream in the morning,</div>
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I only use a very small amount </div>
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on top of that.</div>
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I use a bit more.</div>
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I have no explanation, why and when I use what.</div>
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Blush.</div>
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Only a bit.</div>
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To contour the cheekbones.</div>
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I use a travel-brush thing. </div>
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You take off the lid</div>
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and push up the tuft</div>
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and apply the blush.</div>
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At the moment it's a Maybelline one.</div>
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I don't really like the colour,</div>
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it's a bit to "pinkish" for my skin tone.</div>
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for just another blush.</div>
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Typical me.</div>
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My pencil collection.</div>
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Every day: Eyebrow pencil.</div>
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Black kajal.</div>
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Sometimes: Grey kajal.</div>
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Very rare: Turquoise eye liner.</div>
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More for the odd night out.</div>
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Once a year.</div>
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Twice, maybe.</div>
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The use of eye shadow is reserved for weekends</div>
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or special occasions.</div>
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Sometimes, if I remember to,</div>
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I use the liquid one DURING THE WEEK, EVEN!!!</div>
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I know.</div>
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Call me posh!</div>
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I love it, actually.</div>
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I should use it more often.</div>
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The Smoky-Eye-Triple-Thing from Rimmel</div>
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For evening events.</div>
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The second n the line, the turquoise one matches the turquoise eye liner.</div>
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The brown/beige Rimmel stuff just went in the bin.</div>
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I maybe used it once or twice.</div>
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It makes my eyes looking even MORE tired.</div>
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Nobody wants that.</div>
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and used EVERY day:</div>
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Black mascara.</div>
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I like this one a lot.</div>
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It's not expensive,</div>
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it's applied quickly</div>
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and that's what I need in the morning.</div>
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Because after applying all the other</div>
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different creams,</div>
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powders,</div>
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shadows,</div>
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gels,</div>
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sprays etc...</div>
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the patience of my baby boy is almost used up</div>
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and he's clinging to my leg.</div>
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Whining.</div>
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Screaming for attention.</div>
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The poor fella.</div>
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My facial morning routine.</div>
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It looks as if I spend ages in the bathroom.</div>
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But I don't.</div>
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The face painting takes me about 5 minutes.</div>
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5 well-spent minutes.</div>
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the black circles,</div>
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the blemishes and creases</div>
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every morning...</div>
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I simply don't feel well.</div>
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FACT.</div>
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This was my contribution to this linky.</div>
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If you want to see more make-up bags,</div>
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read more about mammies hiding nightshift traces behind layers of beauty products</div>
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or if you want to share your make-up bag content and your morning-beauty-secrets</div>
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with the blog world and the www, you can do it all ...</div>
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<br />LeNahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13937914308955713586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1989190923262271437.post-54146828206068476742015-06-14T23:21:00.001+01:002015-06-14T23:21:20.741+01:00Creative SundayYesterday was a bit of a shitty one.<br />
After Alfie had decided to wake me up at at 6:14am,<br />
I jumped around the house all day,<br />
looked after everyone's needs,<br />
drove the girl to her football and Irish dancing training,<br />
tidied up the house,<br />
did the laundry works,<br />
made lunch, snacks, dinner,<br />
cleaned, fed, washed, ran, drove, fed again, read baby books, sang, folded, put up laundry, took down laundry, tidied up again and again...<br />
The same things I do every day, really.<br />
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But it was SATURDAY.<br />
WEEKEND, like.<br />
When most people are OFF work.<br />
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At the end of the day, I was rather exhausted.<br />
Tired.<br />
Upset.<br />
In desperate need of a break and some me-time.<br />
I had a lump in my throat.<br />
I couldn't stop yawning.<br />
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The best husband in the world read my face. He knew, I was about to cry. He understood. He gave me a hug. And today...<br />
...he took the kids to the park.<br />
He entertained them ALL DAY LONG!!!<br />
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And I had the house all for myself.<br />
So I blew the dust off my sewing machines,<br />
went through my piles of fabrics,<br />
and after a long long break of NOT sewing,<br />
I started getting really creative.<br />
And by the time the kids and Gerd returned from their trip, I was uber relaxed, happy, and delighted with myself.<br />
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This is one of the few things I made.<br />
And it feels so good to be creative.<br />
I wish, I had more time.<br />
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