It was a cold, rainy and windy afternoon, after I picked the kids up from daycare, it felt like nothing could warm us up, but suddenly here it was! “Let’s bake Mom!” The anxiety quickly filled my brain, no ingredient , have to shop… and the mess… plus which one would it be ? Chocolate Vs. Vanilla ?? The…
Category: food
a lazy French loaf
Have you ever noticed this strange thing about bread? I have.. 3 Cups of Flour, 1 teaspoon of salt, 1/2 Teaspoon of dry yeast ( or a 1/3rd of fresh yeast cube) , 1.5 Cups of water and time (12 hours of it at least) … mix all the ingredients roughly with a fork and…
Chocolate Chips – to be or not to be?
This moment when you plan to make cookies and realize you don’t have chocolate chips… is actually my favorite one. It gives me the opportunity to crack open a tablet of dark 80% chocolate, and observe the random event of slivers of strong, rich intensity forming under the knife. I enjoy their unevenness and anarchist…
Sunny Squash for slushy sunday
Oven roasted Hokkaido Squash, with garlic, red onion, rosemary & oregano. Drizzle of Olive Oil, Salt & pepper. 30-40 minutes under grill. It’s a cold evening in Helsinki. I’m hungry and i don’t feel like fancy cooking. In the fridge there is a Camembert that is making its presence…
Hungry in Helsinki 