Sunday...



Upper Barrakka Gardens and the crafts market 'Patches'





Rhubarb is a very common vegetable however for us Maltese or let's say for me it's not. This is botanically classified as a vegetable; however, in the United States a New York court decided in 1947 that since it was used in the United States as a fruit it was to be counted as a fruit for the purposes of regulations and duties. A side effect was a reduction in taxes paid. Interesting.

So I've tried rhubarb muffins and they turned out delicious x

Little princess's latest menu .......



Spaghetti with meat and red sauce ......

olive oil
onion
carrots
lean mince beef
tomato puree
2 ripe tomatoes
spaghetti
...warm the oil, add the onion and saute for 3 min, add the grated carrots cook for further 2 mins, then add the mince beef once this browns add the tomato puree, tomatoes. In another pan boil water for the pasta, then cut spaghetti with your hands in small sticks and boil. ( for the first time I mashed the mince very well, maybe next time I try lumps).

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Couscous & veg

75g couscous
175ml stock
chopped carrots and chopped courgette

pour boiling water over couscous and leave for 6 min, steam the veggies and then mix together with the couscous.

tooth fairy came to visit :)

While house renovations, dust and dirt are strongly underway we still manage to get some play time :) Life cannot be good without a little bit of fun and play right?

Here I am sitting at my desk, drinking my tea and looking for design ideas for this particular area of the house. This is the entrance, the ceiling is high and vaulted. At the moment it has this horrible paint finish in yellow which I do not like. I want to expose the stone but since it has stone cornices too I would also like to create a contrast between the two. So any one of you out there has some interesting propositions or maybe some good sites where I can get more inspired with using colour together with the stones??