A busy week

 These week must be very complicated to me,'cos I'm preparing my B day's party.You know how I love to cook and  mostly planning.  Is so thrilling go to the fresh market and florist and buy beautiful flower for the table and I love all these.

  So, I have a short time  I barely  lunched and when i lunch in these day is to eat something light as a salad with fresh and juicy grapefruits and red onions. A nice choice to recompose energies and moving forward .

I still have to bake the cake and others sweets things for dessert.

So , new recipes only will displayed  here the next week. Have a great time and I see them the coming week.

Organizing

Finally I have no people working here, at home, the painters  were the last to left out, and all the people who worked on the remolding ,all gone. At last, I have my house back. Despite the setbacks, delays and frustrations, we are very happy with the result. Our home has been  very clear, bright, with  a great sunlight and also very functional, just what we wanted
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But there are still things to organize. To say  for Valentine's Day  I ask to delivery , you can imagine that the kitchen stay away, for now. And when we get to some very dear friends over the weekend, for lunch,my husband was the one who stay in charge .BBQ over the weekend. I just mix some salads. My lunches have been basically sandwiches, lots of salad and fruits. This sandwich on pic is  on seed bread with salami and cheese spread with old fashioned  mustard.. For next week I promise to post some new recipe I intend to do this weekend.Hope you have a  wonderful weekend

Mexican night

Despite how much I enjoy cooking and entertaining at home, I also like going out to eat some meals  prepared by others. This Saturday was the birthday of my husband's uncle and his wife S, what is  always attentive to detail and a genius when it comes to organizing a reunion. Good food, friendly atmosphere and good entertainment are always guarantee of success.

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 For this reunion  she did something thematic. A Mexican night, with typical food, as quesadllas, tacos and burritos. It was a warm summer night very nice and fun with good food and good  family company . I leave here some pics, and who knows inspire and  maybe encourage yourself.

Today close

Today the kitchen is close







Yesterday was our 5th anniversary and I could not prepare anything for this Friday, We went to dinner out and other people prepared food for us. But next week there will be something good waiting. Have a nice week end

A brief note

I am with my mom cleaning and organizing some thing of my grandmon´s house, who passed away two weeks ago, is a sad moment , because in every object every plant I see her passion. So I want to let and share some of a few things that she loves From her garden Peach flowers

Something is bubbling in my kitchen

Guess what? See tomorrow the recipe and the news

Visit and vacations

My sister and my niece are visiting us and I am so happy for this. Is good to have the two here .I really missed they .We visit a lot of places and even this not their first time here, we always “discover” new places to go. I confess that I didn’t cook so much, because we ate out the most part of the time. We spent wonderful moments visiting traditional cafés, like Las violetas and Tortoni. This last was refuge of some intellectual people like, Borges and many others. My sister and niece are mad about chocolate and I made these brownies, with chopped white chocolate and cherries, I must to say that they ate a lot…. My niece has only 15 and a quite petty girl, she loves to draw, listened music, and bake cookies, exactly as her aunt... Tomorrow we will take vacations for a couple of weeks. See you in a few days …

New Finds

This week I went to shop, I found interesting stuffs. Some of them I really need but the two others, well, pure impulse.

One of this was this kitchen candle scent. And it really works out. After dinner I burn it and all food smells are gone. I dislike kitchen candles with pies, vanilla or fruits scents. But this we really enjoy it, often borrow refreshing aromas from fresh herbs to our kitchen

One important advice; be careful with the scent that you choose for burn during a dinner

Vanilla or sweet scents don’t combine with fish or scallops. So if you don’t insist on suffocate the air and your guest as well use unscented or smooth scented candles.

I found these colorful and funny cocktail sticks too. It was pure impulse, I know, but, isn’t lovely?

The summer came early this time; the temperature is on 100°C right now Outside is suffocating!!! So, as I am thirsty, I made this refreshing beverage.

½ cup black tea

½ cup pomegranate seeds blended with cold water (straining)

½ lime juice

½ lime on slices

1 coffee spoon cardamom seeds

Mix all ingredients and serve on the rocks (add sugar if you like)

A quick note

I am quite busy these days, My parents are coming to spent a week with us,and, FINALLY my kitchen island was livered.After months waiting ,they handed in a wrong size. I m getting sick with those things. It was very rude of them ..But I am really tired to enter in a discussion that I know that lead me to nowhere. Anyway I am preparing a new dish that I post the recipe in one or two days more. And one more thing Margot from Coffe &Vanilla nominee my blog for Inspiration food photographie, Margot is a trully honor for me Thanks .Check the others nominations here

A good idea

Meanwhile my salted cod fish is desalted in water. (A wonderful and delicious recipe is coming soon) I look at the naked wall in front of my seat in kitchen and I had a wonderful and saving idea.

In guest room I have two old pinus bookshelves. So, if I turn the bookshelves into a display cabinet?

They only need a new painting and ...”viola”.

Introducing my new glasses display ….. It was a cheaper solution, isn’t it?

Happy Mother´s Day

I wish you a wonderful Mother´s Day Happy Sunday !!!!

Remolding kitchen and the last risotto

I made this risotto last Sunday, the last day that my kitchen seems like a kitchen.

The good new was that my brand new cooker arrives, Always is the same thing, when you need desperately, the store usually delivery two weeks later, but, when you don’t …in the same day you have in home

Before

My kitchen is a mess and after three days without internet and time, I will show you how looks my kitchen now and the risotto that I promise post the recipe soon

Summer breeze

These are days that we adored, summer, lazy days, and un dolce far niente in the beach. So we stay out in vacation for a couple of weeks

But first of all I want to say thanks to Puntiyo l for the honor to gave me this award: Arte y pico It suppose that I gave for five people more When I came back I nominee five more If a can connect in a wi fi on the beach I will post some recipes that I pretend cook in the beach or I see you

In a couple of weeks

Bye and stay safe

A good and Happy new

Well, I want to share with you a good and happy new I won the January DMBLGIT contest in originality category hosted by The food traveller I am so proud, because I started to take food photos a lees than a year

As well I work whit advertising art direction and made a lot of food TV commercials I never take a photo inside the set. I just watch the photographer I have basic knowledge about light and perspective that I learn in the university. I am a good observant , I try to recreate some techniques ,sometimes I feel that I am able , sometimes no, but I always try to do my best.

I like to take pictures in different angles and creative shapes trying to stay out of the common places that I saw in food photos, but I never miss my focus, well I try, that is food

I want to thanks all encouraging comment and visit, mainly to Nieves and Maryanne

And congrats to all winners of the month

The winner photo, my saucepan's glass spoon with a cherry

Cooking

I am preparing my new post. Because of that I'm busy preparing something special.
The clues are : The herb is fresh and the recipe is a sweet classical Italian.

Something Fresh in the air

Oregano blossom

I am opening my new template, New Year new lay out.

Also I will start an herbal series about the theme and posting a recipe with one of them.

I hope you enjoy