Finally home...

Now I'm enjoying a nice cup hot chocolate :) With chocolate and whipped cream... :) Yum!

Rhubarb+vanilla Semifreddo

My rhubarb+vanilla semifreddo. Yummy and delicious but a tiny bit too icy, would have preferred it more creamy, like the parfait (parfait = perfect in French). It was more fresh in taste though, containing Turkish yoghurt. Anyways, parfait it is, for me.

Semifreddo is an Italian dessert that literally means "half cold". It is supposed to be served semi-frozen. Ice cream-like.

Pieces of nostalgia #01 - Max Brenner

Oh geez... I'm having the worst and the best time, looking through some old photos from Sydney. Here's my first piece of nostalgia.

Picture: Me, click to enlarge!

Chocolate Fondue For Two at Max Brenner in Parramattar :) Ouch.

After Work Hot Cocoa

A while after I got home from work, J and I made ourselves a thermos of hot chocolate, took a walk down to the water side (right where we live, practically) and had a moment of peace and quiet. Lovely because of/despite the rain. :) Note to self: Do picnicky things more often!

S'mores Recipe

So, s'mores are kind of like an American campfire snack. But I suppose you'd find them in heaps more places. After my previous post, I received a request for the s'mores recipe. Therefore, voilà! :)

Picture+recipe: Me

Also, this seems like a great time to mention that I gladly accept any requests or suggestions on what to blog about or whatever! Just fire away! :)

My own S'mores

Today I made my own s'mores for the first time. And my, were they delicious! :) Of course I snapped some photos for the blog!

Picture: me

Thank you, Jennifer, for an amazing gift! :)

Some more S'more

Did you ever try a s'more? One of my fabulous friends who's american made me my first one and... yeah, "can I have some more?" :) This s'mores kit is just lovely! Plus they should be quite easy to make yourself.

Picture is from Twig & Thistle.

Cute stuff for all of you who though gerbera was a flower

How cute are these? "Beautiful ceramics designed in Provence/France and produced by hand in Portugal." Um, yes please! :)

Pitures from Gerbera in collage by me.

Mood Board #04 Winter + Snowboarding

Snowboarding gear pictures are from Burton in collage by me. (Burton has got such nice stuff, it's insane! Expect another mood board with snowboarding stuff I'd like...)

I'd love to just get outta here, drive for hours and then finally get to snow clad mountains... Oh.

Coffee Stencils

Pictures from Coffeestencil in collage by me.

Such a fun idea and no, I would not use them for coffee but for hot chocolate. Only. I kinda wish that I could learn to appreciate coffee because I really like the idea. But then I try and... I just don't like the taste. At all. So I think they should make a stencil that says Hot Chocolate. And then, I think... is it really all that hard to make one myself? It says on the webshop that all stencils are handmade. I'll have to think about this one and hopefully I'll get back (soonish) with my own creation. However, do check out all of the fun stencils @ www.coffeestencil.com.

Mood Board #03 Rain

Heard on the weather forecast that it's going to rain in a few days. And that it is going to get colder. I. Really. Don't. Mind. Actually I'm rather looking forward to it! :) Spending time inside with a nice magazine, some good music and a cuppa... Can it get better than that?

Nope.

Much longed for

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! [said in Donald Duck voice] Finally it is here! The new IKEA catalogue! I love when it comes in the mail. It makes me long for rain all day and a hot chocolate (preferably from Gloria Jean's but since being in Sweden I just make my own with O'boy chocolate mix!) - the perfect excuse for spending hours going through the whole thing! :) Here are some things that I liked...

A box on wheels to have beneath the bed! Who wouldn't want to have one of those?

A cabinet in which to keep shoes... and it is even looking nice! HEMNES.

I really like this hallway combination. Especially the metal thing onto which you can attach notes and messages.

A collage of pictures in nice frames that covers an entire wall - a must have!

A nice system of shelves, HYLLIS.

I really like this bench... I'd love to have one in my own bathroom, MOLGER.

Gotta love chocolate logic!