Category Archives: Breakfast / Brunch

For starters, let's admire this amazing cake mould that since I bought I use almost exclusively for baking my cakes. It is this one. I love how cakes look with this mould. It's like a small village. Especially with the sugar on top is like a Christmas scenery. And this is for me the beginning of my Christmas mood.  Last Saturday I used almost every piece of a pumpkin we bought for...

 While scrolling the intros of all my recent posts I see a pattern: pandemic, lockdown, fear etc. The truth is that you cannot live in your own little bubble. On the other hand, I want this piece of the internet to bring joy and positivity. This is how I feel every time I read my posts. Am I ok that Penelope's school is closed due to the second wave of the pandemic? I am not. Am I scared? Sure...

Almost a week has passed from the second lockdown here in Athens. A lot is different from the first lockdown. First of all there is a lot more traffic than the fist lockdown. Despite the fact that most of the stores are closed.  Also I noticed that sending all the time sms for going to my basic tasks (doctor, office, school, super market) is like going back to my mom's home and shouting...

I have so many news to share I do not know where to begin.  For starters we are all well. Very busy at the office ( for which we are very grateful). The summer came and gone at a glance. I don't even know when school season began.  I managed to skip my postings for 6 whole months. Something that I love about me lovely blog home is that it is always there waiting for me. Whether...

I really can't describe my feelings these days. Usually I am fine, happy to be healthy, to be me with my family and that all my beloved ones are also healthy. But the announcement was made that going out is restricted my law and that you have to report when and why your are leaving home made me a little bit sick in the stomach.  Not that I am going anywhere. Still working from home,...

And so we lived to see this happening: staying at home, fear for something you have not seen but only heard about and terrified to the idea that it will be knocking on your door or (even worse) knowing the door of your beloved ones, especially the ones that are more vulnerable to this thing. First of all, life shows you the hard way that there is worse. For me personally 2019 was one of the...

Oh yes I am still here. I've missing posts (a lot) but still here. This was an lifechanging year for me in so many levels. I lost people I love leaving me with deep scars. Happy changes also happened. And lots of traveling. And grief and anxiety 2019 was a full and busy year. But I do not want to bother you with my bad new. Especially know that everyone is in full speed holiday mood. And...

    First of all thank you once again for your kind words and messages regarding my previous article. They really mean a lot and give me strength and courage. Also, they motivate me to share with you all the material that is stuck in memory cards and notebooks. This is one of the recipe that had to be shared.  Ok I confess I am obsessed with tahini. In all of its forms....

Chocolate pancakes was the recipe I was wanting to  try out for some time now. I just couldn't find time to make them. I really love rich, long breakfast meals but for my often over-busy family they are just impossible.  But now that the weather got a little bit colder and we are more often willing to cocoon in our home in the weekends, long breakfast is a must. So here comes...

I adore lavender as ingredient in my baking experimentation. Its fine aroma makes you travel in green prairies and spring landscapes. Even in the middle of autumn. While baking this cake, the lavender essence conquers my kitchen and I really love it. The combination with lime and almond is a successful one according to my humble opinion. The result of my new experimentation is an extra...

During the past week it's getting cold here in Athens. I am snuggling as we speak under my living room blanket. This is how cold it is. The blanket for me equals winter.  And don't get me wrong I am not wining. I love winter. And one of the things I like the most about winter is brunching. And having long and cozy breakfast meals during the weekends.  This is how the recipe...

The recipe for this cake was on the fridge door for over a year. Why I haven't for a year baked this cake is a question I cannot reply. I really don't know why. Even my friend Yiouli tried this recipe out and confirmed how yummy the cake came out.  And then one day while cleaning the fridge, I decided to clear the fridge door. You can imagine the situation of the fridge door. Full of...