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A SIMPLE, DOWN TO EARTH, HANDS-ON, SELF-RELIANT LIFE #ONTHEMOUNTAIN

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A Sunday afternoon walk around our village lake
7 years ago

A Sunday afternoon walk around our village lake

By  •  travel, grenoble, life

As I was preparing the pictures for this post yesterday, I wasn’t sure whether to make a simple post with pretty pictures to show the beautiful valley we live in. …
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Vegetarian horseradish pumpkin seeds spread
8 years ago

Vegetarian horseradish pumpkin seeds spread

By  •  eat, preserves, spread

As a vegetarian I don’t have a lot of options when it comes to building up a rich sandwich. Definitely not in France, as the French aren’t too fond of …
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Mushroom picking in autumnal Savoy – a quick introduction
8 years ago

Mushroom picking in autumnal Savoy – a quick introduction

We returned this week from a long car tour around Europe. It was really enjoyable. We saw a lot of things and experienced some new things. I hope I will …
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An evening walk during cat hour
8 years ago

An evening walk during cat hour

We walk in our village in the evenings so that I have my hands free. And it works – unless you make pictures along the way (which isn’t a problem) and have …
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Puff pastry purple kohlrabi pear meal salad
8 years ago

Puff pastry purple kohlrabi pear meal salad

By  •  eat

Purple kohlrabi is the only member of the cabbage family that survived the slug attacks in our gardens in spring. Luckily, because we love kohlrabi, especially in a salad when …
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Raspberry cake recipe
8 years ago

Raspberry cake recipe

By  •  eat, sweet

I know, I wasn’t supposed to blog this often. But I just made this raspberry cake and it’s so good that I have to share my recipe with you. If …
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My Macedonian kitchen: vegetarian oven baked rice
8 years ago

My Macedonian kitchen: vegetarian oven baked rice

Comfort food, what does it mean to you? For me it’s something that is easy to make, something that warms you up (physically and/or emotionally) and something that without doubt …
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Gortotto – barley risotto with radishes
8 years ago

Gortotto – barley risotto with radishes

By  •  eat

I had a grand bouquet of radishes that had to be turned into a dish this afternoon. I wanted to use both the ‘root’ and the greens. Somebody suggested to …
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Rendez-vous aux jardins: Tineke Bot
8 years ago

Rendez-vous aux jardins: Tineke Bot

I have gardening on my mind today. Most probably because I can’t go out to the garden due to the amount of rain that has fallen yesterday and today. And …
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Grilled pineapple topped with honey, cinnamon and mint
8 years ago

Grilled pineapple topped with honey, cinnamon and mint

By  •  eat

We just came back from a short weekend trip to Genoa. The city had been on our to-go-to-list for a long time. We had passed through once in the middle …
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