Lots of new beginnings...

Hello everyone!



I hope that you are all doing well and that those of you in the northern hemisphere had a great summer and those of you on the south side of the world had a cosy winter.



Here things have been pretty crazy with a lot of changes and exciting new beginnings in my life...hence the lack of updates.

But let me share the good news with you. Here is a clue:

Yip! We are the owners of our first little house, a cute and quaint jem that needs a little polishing...okay maybe a lot of polishing. But the renovating process has been fun so far and we do it in little projects...you can't renovate all the time, we have to live as well, right? This little home is a miracle for us and we are loving it!



Okay...the next little piece of good news...

Yes, you saw right...that's a cute little pair of mini-me feet. Baby nr 2 is on its way and we are all delighted. Especially me...now that the nausea has gone over. What a terrible few months that was. But now I'm ok, as long as I eat...like all the time...it's a good thing my body uses more energy at the moment.



Anyways, now that you know my good news, maybe you'll be a little more excusing of my absence:-).



Unlike you lucky people in the southern hemisphere, who are heading in to spring and many lazy hours on the beach, up north we are going towards more cosier times with lots of candles and fiery nights. Here's a recipe for one of my favourite fruit salads that has an autumn feel with its stewed figs and cardamom syrup...enjoy!

Ingredients for 4 portions:

4 fresh figs

8 fresh strawberries (you can use frozen if you don't have access to fresh ones)

1 orange

1 banana

2 granadillas (passion fruit)

1/2 pineapple

1 dl frozen raspberries



Cardamom syrup:

50 ml (1/2dl) sugar

1 tbsp water

1 tsp grinded cardamom



1. Make the syrup first: Put the sugar, water and cardamom in a little pot and boil until it has a syrupy consistency, without it getting any colour.

2. Peel and chop the fruit into little pieces (except the figs).

3. Put 200ml water and 50 ml sugar into a pot bring to the boil. Lower the heat and let it simmer. Cut the figs into four pieces and stew them in the sugar water for a few minutes. Remove from water and garnish the fruit salad with the figs.pour the syrup over and serve with vanilla cream.



Have a happy day!



Love,

Heidi