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kitchen news

it started with me longing for miso soup.


and became an even of D I Y sushi! yuko is cutting the nori

everybody could make use of knowing how to cook a middle-eastern kinda omelet, called shakshuka. chop chop chop onion, garlic, spicy pepper, bell peppers, tomatoes. fry it together until it becomes a thick sauce. add salt and such to taste. in the end, crack as many eggs as pleased into the sauce and let them boil until done. eat with or without bread.
in this one below all the ingredients are organic!

and no, these radishes are NOT gene-manipulated...

findus and bones, you are missing!

but rivka is also great to have around, even though she farts alot... (gosh, stinky!)

lady marmalade and her lucky day

it was my lucky day today, not only did i get my favorite paper and an organic papaya for free, we also managed to get from here to there, only by hitchhiking, and walking some between rocks and olive trees...

in great company with lotem with the very blue eyes

'i will wait for you were you left me'

i bought two of these plates in the second hand.

and two pillow covers that match with my oranges...

now, i am making chocolate mousse. after that i will cook some miso soup, oh how much i've longed for miso soup. and i plucked some bitter oranges from a tree before, that will hopefully become just as good marmalade as a two years ago when we last tried.

T-G-I-F!

i put the alarm, even though it is weekend, cause i am going for a little adventure.

me and a friend are going to hitchhike to the rose village (direct translation, how romantic) and visit their second hand store. after that, we will have a little friday breakfast and then i will buy a few essentials in their organic store.

and then im planning to bake and do house chords, like i enjoy to do...while taking care of rivka, who is a sweet dog with different colored eyes.

cause later, we are having a sweet evening at itzik's. everyone is supposed to make something sweet and bring.

mhm. sounds like a nice day.

what are your plans?

quote of the day

The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.

-Buddha

and life goes on

i got a package...

...with a christmas jar filled with cookies...

...and a chocolate calendar that plays music..

... plus swedish licorice and a sweet plate. thank you pixie!

tasting organic spinach

i made a 'julkrans', it smells very good

in the middle, i put a picture of jerusalem covered in snow, that i found in a second hand store

and of course, the easiest christmas decoration ever made.

resting on the soil

below zero

i could need a boost for my motivation. it is way down there. and i can't seem to pick it up.

any suggestions?

happy advent

i found some left over lussebullar deep, deep, inside the freezer. they might even be from two winters ago.... anyhow, that made my advent morning a little bit more special.

and except for lussebullar, these are my top favorite dishes with saffron:

1. tagliatelle with zucchini in creamy saffron sauce. this dish was a revolution for me, once i had it in a very cosy, italian restaurant in paris.

2. avocado saffron shake. intense, heavy, but oh so good!

3. risotto milanese

4. homemade saffron icecream. like clouds melting in your mouth.

mhm. im hungry now.
bye

me and my tenant

this fragile neck is getting better



i had a little fly in my bathroom window. he was slow and lazy, so i got a good look at him

mormor inga, wouldn't you be proud?

making christmas cards, eating yukos pumpkin-creme brulée

today

four of them are snapshots in or from the bus to haifa. and one of lotem when he is doing my make up. (thanks to the boys i get help with both make up and hairdo's lately...)

it has been a long night

you have snow, i have 21 degrees and sun. you have glögg, i have jasmine thee. you have lussebullar, i have baklava (but soon enough the scheduled baking session will take place) you are decorating for advent, i am picking passionfruits around the corner.
you have holidays coming up, i have a marathon of performances.

the red pear is organic. pretty, huh?
now, i will have a shake for breakfast. then i will make some pickles.

it has been a long night.

while it was snowing on you...

...i was listening to lebanese christmas music. wow, it rocks!

friday morning

i woke up earlier than expected. turned on the computer, and then thought to myself 'sara, you are too addicted to the net, do something with your life'. so i went out for a walk. and then i cleaned our path from leaves. with my hands. couldn't find a rake.
baked some scones, with brown flax, ate them in bed.

now, i am back to my addiction. might just read some instead. have a great weekend.

silly

since my neck is still fucked, i am not performing all my parts, hence i have time to take pictures backstage.

putting socks on your ears is fun.
like in one of my favorite movies.

but

it rained twice today! that makes me happy...

a song (and teenage memories?or how old was i?)for rainy weather and goodnight (2.20 already)

before/after sunset

not much to add. it was another day yesterday. around five we climbed the little hill behind work that overviews the bay of haifa, to see the sky turning from milky gray into darkness. and all the lights turning on (let's hope at least half of them are energy saving lamps...)

and autumn is lingering, a few people had a bbq and i went to the newly opened 'soup restaurant'-all of them outside.

i will think about it

today: another trip to the chiropractor, a few more cracks, a neck which tires me, a me which tires the neck, sneaked out of work one hour before without telling, hihi...

sweet dreams

life is not a still-life

*dinner with amit and yuko. amit had a cute smurf bag*

in a jar

my swedish fish are extinct. so are the ginger snaps(?). i'm planning to bake my own this winter.

but i do have a jar full of grandmothers pickled cucumber. DIY!
(and it is all a matter of from which angle you are looking)