Wednesday, 10 August 2016

Paleo granola




This granola I made for a friend, so I added some oats.





Because lack of time I could not post anything during the last 3 months. First I was preparing myself for an exam and later I had many things to do.
About 2 months ago I decided to reduce my gluten intake and try paleo diet. I decided to do some trials and see if it is the best choice for me, but I am not avoiding bread or homemade pasta (yes, me and my husband prepare pasta at home).
During my search for recipes I found a recipe to try at Eat and Drink paleo , but I found it too sweet and I did not like the chia seeds. So, I decided to adapt to my taste.

Tuesday, 3 May 2016

Leek and Potato Soup / Sopa de Batata e Alho-poró

vegetable soup

During the last 2 weeks I was very busy, so I couldn't write anything. Finally I had time to post a new recipe.

This week I chose to post a recipe of our favorite soup, Leek and potato soup.

I remember the first Christmas I spent with my husband. We went to his parents house and he told me that he was responsible for the soup and how his family like it. It was the first time I had it, also, it was the first time that we made that soup together. I have to say that this soup became my favorite one. LOL

Although I like the original recipe, I decided to add my flavor to this soup, so the first time I made this soup alone I put some herbs and garlic. After few trials we finally created the best recipe for us.

I was searching for leek and potato soup recipes and those I found they have milk, chicken stock or butter. This made me realize how light our recipe is.

Serve: 4 - 6

Calories per portion: 139 Kcal (without the fried onion)


Thursday, 14 April 2016

Spring cleaning / Limpeza de primavera

When I moved to this house I noticed that our garden needed care and some female touch (of course). However, it was almost winter and I had few important tasks to finish before invest my time in the garden. In addition, I did not know what plants were there, so I decided to wait for the spring to work on it.

During last autumn we found out a rose growing in the middle of the hedge, one that no one knew because it was very short before and it was covered by other shrubs. I remember that I looked outside and saw 2 pink roses. At the begning we thought that these roses were from our neighbor garden, but talking to them and looking in the middle of those shrubs we found its location.

Thursday, 7 April 2016

Pasta a lá Peter

Photo from Pixabay 
This week my husband decided to make Bolognese sauce for pasta. However, we are very alike and most of time we do not follow a recipe, but adapt it for what we want.
Unfortunately, I could not take a photo because of technical problems, but, hopefully, I will take it next time that we make this sauce and will post it here. 


The first time he adapted the recipe he did not like and said that it had too much vegetable, but this time he was so proud of his recipe that he wrote it and gave it to me so I could post it here.

Monday, 28 March 2016

Pineapple cake - Bolo de abacaxi




This week was my hubby's birthday, so I decided to make a nice sponge cake to celebrate.
I do not know neither where or when my mum learned this recipe. I know that most of our birthday cakes were with this recipe.

What I like is that you can use it for any flavor you want. This time I used pineapple and coconut. My hub and my in-laws told me it was delicious. :-)

Wednesday, 16 March 2016

Prejudice

This week I was planning to write about gardening, but I have to write about what happened to me this week.
Few months ago I decided to join a group in the church near where I live. This group have visitors for old people and we go there just to make company and talk to them.

Tuesday, 8 March 2016

Homemade Granola

This recipe I adapted from other recipes I found in other blogs. 


My granola just after add fruits