Orange & Almond Cake (GF)
What better excuse than National Almond Day (yes, it's a thing!) to share one of my favourite recipes with you! Almonds are great for gluten free baking, because recipe with ground almonds often don't require flour as sell, eliminating the
5 Reasons I Fell Out of Love With Winter
I love Winter. I’m a cold weather person through and through. My unnecessarily large collection of knitwear and wooly hats will attest to that. And unlike most people I know, the prospect of months and months of subzero temperatures and
Favourite Books About the Mail
Following on from my post about the mini post office we made for our eldest's fifth birthday, I'm sharing some of our favourite picture books about delivering and receiving mail with you, in this week's Friday 5! The Jolly Postman, by
You’ve Got Mail! DIY Mini Post Office
I've been getting quite a few questions about the little grocery store in our playroom, that keeps popping up in my Instagram feed, so I thought I would write a post about it and how we revamped it. I've previously
January Snapshots 2017
January in snapshots, according to my iPhone (mostly)…
Chocolate Almond Torte
There's no Friday 5 post this week, because it's National Chocolate Day - yes, there seems to be a national holiday for just about everything these days! - and what better excuse to share my recipe for chocolate almond torte
Cranachan – our fave Scottish dessert
So, it's Burns Night tomorrow! As true Scottish expats, we'll of course be celebrating here in Berlin. And besides haggis, neeps and tatties, there's one dish that will be an absolute 'must' on the menu - Cranachan! A dream of whipped mounds
My Favourite Mummy Beauty Products
As someone who is lucky enough to have been blessed with pretty good if somewhat sensitive skin, I've never been in to cosmetics much because I didn't really need them. Though as I've gotten older, I've found my skin needing that
Homemade Flavoured Popcorn
Apparently it's 'National Popcorn Day' today. I'm not entirely sure in which nation, but hey, any excuse to eat popcorn! And to share my favourite popcorn recipes with you. Because homemade popcorn definitely tastes best. We used to get those
Snow Days
We've had our fair share of snow in Berlin over the last week or so, much to the kids delight. Although the mild temperatures and rain have now turned the lovely snow to mush and grit, we did manage to
Sunday Sweet: Banana Oat Waffles (GF)
So, at the end of last year I bought a Belgian waffle iron on a whim. It was on sale at our local supermarket. We already own a German waffle iron, which makes delicate heart shaped waffles, but there is
Picture Books About Snow
This past week, we've had our first proper snowfall here in Berlin this winter. We had just enough snow last weekend to go out for a round of sledging, snowball throwing and snowman building, and then a few days ago