Celebrate

Hi,since I’m a succulent and Xmas/Yule obsessed person. It seamed like a logical solution to combine the two things. So I came up with a simple and elegant Advent succulent basket. A bit different take on an Advent wreath. I may dress it up a bit more once when succulents become established.   Needed for Read More >

Hello,winter is on it’s way and the meadows are filled with dead dry plants. So In order to celebrate the beginning of winter and Halloween I made a simple dry meadow plant sinister arrangement. I actually picked them on our way home, I made my husband stop the car when we approached an easy to Read More >

Hello, I finally managed to have the time to make the post about Gothic Halloween party that we had last year together with our friends from Blueturpentine. We tried our best to incorporate the gothic theme in food and drink but not to compromise on taste. Our main goal wass to make tasty food that Read More >

Hi, the time of harvest is already upon us. And to celebrate the beginning of harvest – Lammas or Lughnasadh, I made a simple bread platter with fresh homemade gluten free breads. I made a dark gluten free bread, from the buckwheat flour coupled with universal flour. And a turmeric or curcuma braided bread. This Read More >

Hi, this is my proposal for celebrating midsummer in small space. If you have a balcony or a patio it’s easy to set it up. This is easy enough to work indoors as well. And it takes little time to assemble. Midsummer menu Deviled eggs with smoked trout Grilled shrimp salad Cherries and white chocolate Read More >

Hi, I was discussing with my hubby what could we do for this weekend, and it turned out this weekend is Mother’s day. So I thought to give you a suggestion on what to do to make your Mum feel special. My Mum is thousand kilometers away (literally) but this easy Mother’s day brunch is Read More >

Hi, For this May celebration I didn’t wanted to do barbecue. The weather wasn’t very stable, and we still didn’t have the grill. So instead of making something that will take all day I opted to do a simple romantic fuchsia table for tea time with our fuchsia plant as an inspiration. KISS – keep Read More >

Hi! Before leaving for Germany again, we decided to have a little picnic with our friends from @blueturpentine. For this easy picnic I opted to do a simple but tasty onion tart, and blueberry and raspberry cupcakes (let’s call them berrylicious). This is the full menu of the picnic we had. Easy Picnic Menu Simple Read More >

Hi, this is the official cake of my home town Slatina. Zahanek cake is a decadent chocolate cake with lots of eggs and not so much flour. I made it completely gluten free, but you can make it with normal cake flour. Zahanek cake The base 10 eggs 6 Tbsp sugar 4 Tbsp flour (gluten Read More >

Hi!As always for Easter, I make my grandma Zlata’s Easter cheese bread.  We traditionally eat it for Easter. My grandma makes it every year. I also started making it and since I’m now in Germany, a long long way from home, I will make my own. So I thought I could share the recipe with Read More >