Hi all, October has been a very interesting month. My hubby had a precious opportunity to work with Jun, an engineer from China who came to Italy to work for a month. We had fun going around Milan, especially eating new food. I also had an opportunity to go on the roof of Duomo (we
I love anything that is smoked. But also smoked produce is not part of my diet anymore. So I had to find something healthy, with the same taste but that is not smoked. Voilà: Gravlax!!! What is Gravlax? Here is the meaning from wikipedia: During the Middle Ages, gravlax was made by fishermen, who salted the
Rachel Dana was our October 2012 Daring Cooks’ Challenge hostess! Rachel brought Brazil into our lives by challenging us to make Feijoada and Farofa along with some other yummy side dishes traditionally served with Feijoada, which is a delicious black bean and pork stew. I made a vegetarian feijoada as we don’t eat pork. And
News: I have been granted the working holiday visa!!! Now it’s time to plan my journey in OZ This morning we had this delicious breakfast. Summer is over and days are beginning to get cooler. So I decided that it was a perfect day for my first sweet quinoa porridge. It was delicious, we tried
Our Daring Cooks’ September 2012 hostess was Inma of la Galletika. Inma brought us a taste of Spain and challenged us to make our very own delicious Paella! I made a vegetarian paella, because we don’t eat certain types of seafood and I didn’t add peas as we don’t mix legumes with cereals. I loved
Hi everyone, I have been absent from the blog because I had some things to plan. I am planning to go to Australia on Working Holiday Visa, so I have been doing some research. I don’t want to give you other details yet as it’s not the right moment We fell in love with Australia
The weather has suddenly changed in Milan. It’s as if suddenly November is here. Temperature has gone from 35°C to 20°C and it has been raining a lot. I must admit that I missed the cooler season for a lot of reasons even though I don’t enjoy rain that much. Truth: I love it when
Venice is a beautiful city and Venetians are so friendly. I must say compared to all the Italian cities I have visited, this city is at the top of the list. We arrived at around 9:40 in the morning. And the magic began right after the train left Mestre Station, suddenly you pass from land
Hi everyone! Today we celebrate our 1st wedding anniversary. We woke up this morning and we took our ring off and we put them back on repeating “Yes, I do…”. We had a wonderful weekend, we spent Saturday in Venice, and yesterday we went out for a romantic dinner. I will write you all about
Summer is almost over and than God for that and I don’t think I will be missing it this Winter. It has been tough as it’s really really hot, at 5 PM the mosquitoes start to feed and there’s nothing that can stop them (mosquito hybrids???), and it has been really tough sleeping. Anyways, Saturday