Autor: Michaela

Layer Chocolate Cake with Ganache

Long time I resisted traditional chocolate cakes. I had the feeling they were too heavy and always prefered to eat a piece of good chocolate on its own rather than a heavy cake. The truth is that now I don’t understand how could I had lived witho…

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Back Home in the Czech Republic, After a Year

After nearly a year, we could visit my home country in August. When I flew there with Adeline last year in September, I hadn’t imagined it wouldn’t be possible for us to come back for such a long time. However, circumstances wanted it and I…

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Banana Oatmeal Cookies

I bake these banana oatmeal cookies whenever I feel the need of healthier sweets, or whenever I have ripe bananas and don’t feel like making banana bread or banana pancakes. And since some time, I planned to share this recipe here but I actually …

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Places we loved in Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon

As I wrote about our holidays last summer in Ariège here, I also wanted to mention some nice places we discovered in the neighboring department – Aude. Aude is already part of the Languedoc-Roussillon region but as we stayed close to Mirepoix, wh…

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Beautiful Places in Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées

Last summer we had a chance to spend some time with Steven’s parents in the South of France, where we all had a lovely holiday. During our stay, we had a chance to discover some beautiful places in Ariège in the Midi-Pyrénées (now merged with Lan…

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No-Bake Black Forest Desserts

Cherry season is still a few weeks ahead but I just felt like making these desserts recently after a strong call for such kind of a dessert. No-bake Black Forest Desserts are a yummy mixture of orange mascarpone cream with coffee chocolate sauce and ch…

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Wild Park Gangelt and Adeline’s 2nd Birthday

Spring is here and nature started to wake up a few weeks ago, trees are blossoming, first flowers are appearing and birds are singing. And for the second time in this wonderful time of the year, we celebrated the most beautiful day in our lives. For me…

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Blood Orange Bundt Cake

I baked this bundt cake in the middle of the blood orange season but I am a bit late sharing the recipe here with you, so I do hope you can still find them now. And if not, save this recipe for next year, you will not regret it as…
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Creamy Butternut Squash Pasta

Wow, it’s been some time since I’ve posted a recipe here. We have been enjoying autumn and winter, eating together in the evening and so somehow I never managed to shoot a recipe during daylight. I still have many recipes in my notebook tha…

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Israel Travelogue – Part I

This is my first guest post on the blog! It was actually written by my dad who fell in love with Israel. It is about his first travel to this country which fascinated him so much that he had to come back several times (once also as a tour guide),&#8230…

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Dutch Apple Pie

Once the summer is gone, I always look forward to the early autumn days when the fresh garden apples are ready to be picked up. It always makes this seasonal transition less painful. Besides juicy fresh apples, I love to use them in  baking pies a…

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Thorn, the White Town

Have you ever heard of Thorn? It is a little pretty town located in the region of Limburg in the South of the Netherlands, just over the border with Belgium and Germany. For the country it’s quite an unusual town – nearly all the houses and…

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Hiking in the Cocora Valley National Park

Last week, I wrote about Salento and visiting a coffee farm and today I will tell you about the other day we spent in Cocora Valley. I´d say, hiking in the Cocora Valley National Park is a MUST DO activity when you are in the region! A stunning natural…

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