Summer always brings a bounty of delicious fruits and vegetables, and for me, tomatoes and strawberries are the epitome of summer.
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There are few things in life better or more pleasurable than time spent with those you love and a table filled with a selection of good food.
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I’m a lover of all things that include carrot and ginger. I especially love them when combined in treat form.
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I'm slightly obsessed with carrots at the moment. I eat them daily in one form or another but lately it feels like I’ve been putting them into everything:
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It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to! Or make myself a healthy carrot cake instead of my usual sugar filled version for my birthday.
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What does one make when it’s Halloween? Zombie piparkakut (Finnish gingerbread cookies) of course!
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I absolutely love and adore chai tea. And cheese cake. On an afternoon expedition not long ago, at one of my favourite cafe’s in the hills where I live, I was enjoying this very thing.
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One of the things I like to make most when I don’t really feel like doing that much, is making a batch of granola.
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‘What a curios feeling!’ said Alice. This is very much how I feel when spring arrives and the landscape starts to change.
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Admiring the golden rays streaming through the curtains, I was reminded of the colour of just baked Hanna-tädin (Aunt Hanna) cookies, and decided they would make a lovely afternoon snack.
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For as long as I can remember, my pappa (grandfather on my mother’s side) has always eaten porridge for breakfast.
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For a few weeks now I've been craving Finnish meatballs, which for me is a rare thing. But once a craving takes hold, it rarely goes away, so I had no choice but to succumb to the whims of my taste buds.
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There is nothing quite as transporting for me as the warm scent of cardamom and cinnamon, wild rosemary and dense coffee cake.
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I ate a hell of a lot of chocolate mousse in trying to get this right. At least it’s a pretty healthy version so I can’t say I feel terribly bad about it.
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If you’ve had one of those days when the world just seems too grey and too wet, make this for dinner. Put on a favourite film and eat it on the couch surrounded by people you love and things that make you happy.
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A few nights ago I awoke to find myself the heroine in a Victorian Gothic novel. The wind howled menacingly outside and rain slashed angrily at the windows.
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This was a staple dessert in our home growing up and I still remember the eager anticipation we all felt as we watched mum make this pie, eyes wide and little hands at the ready.
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