Poletni zajtrk Summer breakfast

Kruh z maslom, sir, fige in kefir, postreženo na Milankinem krožniku!
(malčkov zajtrk, seveda!)

Bread and butter, cheese, figs and kefir, served on Milanka's plate!
(breakfast of the little one, of cource!)

Poletni prigrizek Summer snack

Teli pica krekerji in gvakamole! [mami nas spet razvaja]

Pizza crackers and guacamole, both made by my mum.

Slike poletja Images of Summer

Kaj bo za zajtrk? What's up for breakfast?

Preostanki (najboljše kdajkoli; lavju, Miro!) doma narejene pice za večerjo

so idealen zajtrk, če hočeš prihraniti čas, da čimprej stečeš dol k morju.

Leftovers of (best  ever; love you, Miro!) home made pizza from yesterday's dinner

is perfect breakfast to save time, because you're too eager to go down to the sea as soon as possible.

Zahajajoče poletje na morju The setting summer at the sea

Polnozrnati riž in pečena hokaido buča,

kosilo, ki se krasno ujema z zahajajočim poletjem na morju.

Whole grain rice and baked hokkaido pumpkin,

a lunch which wonderfully match the setting summer at the sea.

[pics from Croatia]

Najpoletnejša torta kdajkoli! The most summerish cake ever!

S takole tortico me pa Miro preseneti na morju. Juuu! :-)

With this kind of cake Miro surprises me when we are at the sea. Juuu! :-)
[pics from Croatia]

Rumeno Yellow

Večer prej vse roza, potem pa rumeno, še zajtrk, narejen iz
preostanka kosila prejšnjega dne: koščki polente popraženi na zaseki.

The evening before it was all pink and then yellow, even breakfast, made of
yesterday lunch's leftovers: slices of polenta fried on bacon jam.
[pics from Croatia]

A češ mal? Want some?

A ni to fino, ko ravno začneš jesti kašo, ki si si jo pripravil, pa pride mimo mami

in ti (a češ mal?) po vrhu potrese sveže nabrane dišeeeče gozdne jagode!

Isn't it cool, when you just start eating porridge and then your mum comes by

and she (want some?) sprinkles freshly picked wild strawberries on the top!

Radosti materinstva Joys of motherhood

Manično praznovanje ob-tednic, ob-mesečnic. Maniclike celebrating week and month anniversaries.

Mrzla kosila. Cold lunches.

In prenovljena kolekcija modnih dodatkov! And a whole new line of fashion accessories!

Modra, rdeča, zelena Blue, red, green

Tačke na tačkah.

Little paws on little paws.

V ovsenem mleku kuhano proso in ovseni kosmiči, kasneje vmešan kakav
in nasekljano suho ter sveže sadje - preprosto ne mine dan brez ene porcije.

Millet and oat flakes cooked in oat milk, then added cocoa powder,
chopped dried and fresh fruits - just cannot live without these days.

Run, Forrest, run!

Ena plus ena One plus one

En dan je Miro prišel domov z barvami za tekstil, spet drugič pa s kupom enobarvnih bodijev. Nisem seštela ena plus ena, heh. Ko sem zadnjič pobirala s stojala perilo, sem odkrila tole. :)

One day Miro came home with a set of fabric colours and again another day with a bunch of single-coloured baby bodies. I did not add up these two facts, heh. Recently, when I was picking up dried laundry, I discovered this. :)

Eksotika Exotic

Evo, to je prava eksotika - sadež, ki ne samo, da ga še nikoli nisem videla,

še slišala doslej nisem zanj. Pitaja - spet ena od dobrot, ki jih je sestra

prinesla z njenega trenutnega domovanja na otočku sredi južnih morij.

Now, this is a real exotic - a fruit which not that I have not tried yet,

but have not even heard for before. Pitaya - again, one of the goodies my sister

brought from her current home on an island in the southern hemisphere.

Tri sladke Three sweet ones

V Stanu delajo slaščice sami. Tole je ena od njih - presna tortica. Zelooo okusna.

Menda je bil tudi tiramisu čisto nekaj drugega, kar v lokalih ponavadi strežejo pod tem imenom.

Raw cake at Stan.

Mamini kolački. Okusni in še okusnejši.

Mum's muffins. Delicious and even more delicious ones.

Še isti dan, ko se je sestra za nekaj časa vrnila z eksotičnega otočka v Indijskem oceanu,

nam je iz prinešenih dobrot pripravila tamkajšnjo zelo priljubljeno sladico - mango s pasijonko.

Res izvrstna kombinacija.

The very same day as my sister came visiting us from her current home

in a tiny exotic island in the Indian Ocean, she prepared us a the island's

popular dessert - mango with passion fruit. Really exquisit comination.

Š

Kruhki, ki jih je že kar nekaj časa nazaj redno, vsak večer, začela peči mami, zdaj pa jih izmenjujoče ona ali Miro, iz raznovrstnih polnozrnatih mok, skute in raznih semen; vam rečem – večeri so tako dišeči, zajtrki še boljši kot prej in zdaj ni več poti nazaj.

Little breads that my mum started baking quite some time ago, regularly, each evening, and now she and Miro are alternately doing it, from various whole grain flours, cottage cheese and different seeds; I’m telling you – evenings are so aromatic, breakfasts even better than they were before and there is no way back now.

Modra Blue

Ne, ni še poletje, kje pa! Nisva skočila v tako osvežujočo modrino,

pač pa čisto malo čez mejo, na italijansko stran, kjer sva se pasla na

razstavljenih delih študentov Visoke šole za umetnost Univerze v Novi Gorici.

No, it is not summer at all! We did not jump into such blue refreshment,

but we did jump just across the border, to the Italian part of the border town, Gorica,

where we enjoyed the exhibited works of students of Nova Gorica School of Arts.

Predjed na modrem krožniku po mamino, z nedeljskega kosila.

An appetiser on the blue plate from our Sunday lunch made by my mum.

Na pretežno sončen dan je bila tale flika prav vse, kar sem

danes na sprehodu imela od modrine. Ne prav modra odločitev.

On mainly sunny day, this scrap was the only thing I had

from all of the daily dose of blue on my walk today. Bad timing.

Končno, oh, KONČNO! Finally, oh, FINALLY!

Ne to, da se po dolgem času končno spet oglašam, ampak ...

Tam nekje med praznične decembrske dobrote, med parkeljne, ki sva jih nakvačkala iz dveh receptov, sestavine pobrala iz tistega, ki je vseboval kakav, obliko pa iz onega, ki je imel otrokom privlačnejši izgled, romali so namreč k Mirovemu nečaku, in presno tortico, ki sva jo naredila v združitvi, hej, kupil sem mango in a čva kej narest iz njega?; torej tam nekje vmes sva – končno, oh KONČNO! - stlačila dolgo, predolgo načrtovan obisk razstave Mirója na Dunaju.

Not the fact that I am posting again after quite some time, but ...

Somewhere between festive December goodies, between parklji, kind of mythological little devils that accompanies St. Nicholas, which we combined from two different recipes, we took ingredients from the one that contained cocoa within and the shape from the other one that had more child-appealing look, namely, they were made for Miro’s nephew, and a little raw cake which we made combining hey, I bought mango today! and should we do something with it?; so somewhere between we – finally, oh FINALLY! - squeezed our long, too long planned visit of Joan Miro’s exhibition in Vienna.

[I've found an interesting blog-article about parklji, if you are interested to learn more about our traditions.]

Čokolada, moja ljuba čokolada! Chocolate, my dear chocolate!

Danes sva za sladico porabila še zadnje zaloge nasekljanih kakijev, kar pomeni, da če bom še želela uživati v svojem trenutno daaaleč najljubšem sladoledu, bo potrebno ponovno napolniti skrinjo, hm.
 
Do tedaj pa se bova sladkala z doma narejeno čokolado, ki sva jo ravnokar pospremila v hladilnik, obloženo z mandlji, goji jagodami, sivko in solnim svetom (sprva sva želela vsakemu od posipov določiti svoj kot tablice … no, potem sva se, v izogib kasnejšim pretežkim odločitvam zmenila, da namečeva kar po domače vse pošrek.)

We cleared all the stock of chopped kaki from the freezer to make desserts today, which means if I would want to enjoy some more of my currently faaavourite ice cream in the future, some additional chopping will be needed, hm.
 
Until then we will sweeten ourselves with homemade chocolate we just accompanied to refrigerator, decorated with almonds, goji berries, lavender and salt flower (at first we wanted to sprinkle each in its own corner of the chocolate bar … well, then, to avoid difficult decisions later, we decided to sprinkle everything mixed all-over.)

Najpreprostejši sladoled na svetu The easiest ice cream in the world

Kaki (sorte vanilija, ki je trši) nasekljaš na čimbolj drobne koščke, jih razprostreš po pladnju in jih daš v skrinjo. Ko te zamika sladoled, najboljše ne prej kot naslednji dan, vzameš želeno količino zamrznjenih koščkov in jih zmešaš v mikserju skupaj z nekaj kokosovega sladkorja in kisle smetane. To je vse.

Just chop kaki (I don’t know how you name it in English, the sort that is not that soft, but firm, when you cut it; we call it vanilija [=vanilla]) on as tiny pieces as possible, spread them on a tray and put them in a freezer. When you crave for ice cream, best if not sooner than the next day, take out the amount of kaki pieces you need and mix them in a food processor together with some coconut sugar and sour cream. That’s it.

Zmagovita kombinacija A winning combination

Dopoldne mestno življenje ...

City life in the morning ...

... popoldne gor na sonček ...

... going up to the sun in the afternoon ...

... zvečer pa žgance delat – zmagovita kombinacija!

... and in the evening preparing žganci – a winning combination!