Hi there! As i told last week i wanted to use my free wednesday as a cooking wednesday.I was already think about it all week: what should i do?? So far i only placed baking things so i decided to make a dish this week.But then, what kind of dish? I bought the Jamie Oliver magazine monday and there i found it!!A potatoe fennel casserole! i love fennel, it’s fresh and i like the anise taste of it. We are lucky to have our own dutch version of the Jamie Oliver magazine. I love Jamie Oliver, he’s cute, british, can cook and give you the idea that’s easy I…

Delphine from Parfums de Gourmandises has a theme for the month of May: Cupcakes May.She has already made 3 differents cupcakes for this month and i was charmed by her Raspberries cupcake. Here are mines: I’ve made them for Hubby and i but also for my friend who’s jut became a mother. She liked my cupcake As i will have some free times coming weeks i hope to post more often on what i’ve baked, cooked, sewed and gardenned See you very soon!!

Our backyard is ready!!! Last weekend i’ve planted all my tomatoes, cucumber, eggplants, letuce and strawberries in my veggie garden.Monday Hubby and I also placed the bright white gravel which is the finishing touch of our backyard. We are happy!! Last month Hubby and i went to Italy for the first for the holidays and we had found a nice  (as it seemed) hotel in Toscany. Our destination was Montecani Terme, north of Toscany  and later on we would drive southern to Chiancachino. The nature there was beautiful as it was green and all was blooming  But we had to acclimate to different way of living, like lousy breakfast in the hotel,…

H. and I decided to let someone do the big job in the garden and we also changed our ideas about the style we wanted. No, the veggie garden has not disappeared!! but the pond becomes a long term project. That’s how our backyard looks like after one day of labor:

Last week i ordered a juicer! I read a lot about how healthy it is for you to drink fresh juice of fruit but also from vegetable. I decided to give it a try as it’s very difficult sometimes to eat enough vegetables so this is how it looks like: Nice isn’t it?? so yesterday, after the gardening, after the  cookies, i made some fresh juice. 3 stalks selerygrapes2 pears, doyenne du comice And the result is…..Green!

We had a lot of nice weather this week and i was looking forward to gardening this week. But Friday the weather turned around and it was very cold and cloudy. When i woke up this morning i saw a little bit of sun and it was windy.Though i decided to go to the gardening shop and i couldn’t resit to buy some flowers for my garden ( not knowing exactly where i”ll be putting them :S) this is what i bought today: – a peony– a rhubarb– strawberries– a butterfly bush– a rose And i’m very proud of the result: What do you think of the result??

Tonight i was in the mood to work a bit in the garden. The weather has been very kind the past few days and it’s very nice to  be outside after a day at the office. In the backyard i plant 2 vines, given by friends At the frontyard i plant also 2 kiwi plants (also given by friends)    kiwi plant 1   kiwiplant 2 it doesn’t look nice yet but hopefully we will be albe to eat some kiwi soon

We moved to our new home last august. We were first very busy with the inside of the house.we decided to wait for spring 2012 to take care of the garden. Well, this is our startpoint We have a lot of ideas:– the “island”in the middle should become a terrace–  a pond around it– a veggie garden We will see what 2012 bring to us

Wat heerlijk! Ik heb het vandaag gered:) Afgelopen week ging het niet zo goed met eten, vaker naar chocola gegrepen dan het voor mij liefs is. tot zaterdag…. maar vandaag is het goed gegaan!! het geeft mij wel weer het gevoel dat het fijn is om goed voor mezelf te zorgen, om mijn gezondheid voorop te stellen ipv mijn frustraties.En ook nog de garage opgeruimd! Komende week wordt het een drukke week maar ook zeer gezellig. en daar kijk ik er naar uit!

Woensdagavond, alleen thuis. Mijn dag was niet zo geweldig…De hele dag gehunkerd naar zoetigheid. Is ook gebeurd, veel chocola gegeten, bij thuiskomst popcorn en nu ervan balen. Om mezelf te “straffen” neem ik even geen eten meer vanavond. Ik weet niet waarom ik zo reageer. Het gaat goed met mijn gewicht, ik ben ruim 8 kg afgevallen, ik heb zelf afgelopen week een broek in maat 40 gekocht. en toch voel ik mezelf nog steeds niet bijzonder. ‘ Ik heb dromen in mijn hoofd maar daar blijven ze ook wel. Ik maak me zorgen om mijn financieen en toch doe ik niks om het op te lossen. Alsof ik bang…