Posts by: Valerie
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Cheese biscuits with ham and a poached egg

By On May 23, 2010 · 37 Comments

Now that I’ve managed to poach an egg, I’ve become somewhat obsessed with it. Well, not really, but I did figure I could give it another try.

Making breakfast when you didn’t think of actually buying breakfast, is always a challenge. I got up and had a growling stomach. Never a good sign. Especially [...]

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Cauliflower and ham

By On May 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment

I taught my first sailing lesson of this season today. It was great fun, being on the water with the kids again. Even though they didn’t actually sail yet, just practiced how to gear up, where the wind comes from and how to get the boat straight again when it’s fallen over, it was still [...]

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I poached an egg!

By On May 19, 2010 · 22 Comments

I actually poached an egg today. I figured I’d give it a try, when making a salad. I’d tried before, a while ago, and felt like Julie, in Julie and Julia, before she actually managed to get one done. My eggs fell apart, just became a runny, gross mess. It wasn’t pretty, it didn’t make [...]

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Baked French toast

By On May 18, 2010 · 43 Comments

I found a new foodblog. It’s more than a foodblog, it’s an everything blog. And I love it. In the last weekend I’ve grown almost-addicted to this website.
In the last month or 2 since I’ve started this food-blog-project myself, I’ve actually gotten addicted to more than one blog, more than 2 too… [...]

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Salad

By On May 17, 2010 · 12 Comments

Sometimes all you want is a salad. Especially when you’ve found wonderful tasty fresh veggies and a nice piece of feta cheese. Okay, so I admit, I also grilled some steaks and made gratin dauphinoise, but really, it was mostly about the salad! Even though I have an incredible sweet tooth, the taste of [...]

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