tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32625608285260672482024-03-05T10:01:53.967+00:00Sweet Lavender and Chili FlakesThis is a journey of a mum, a daydreamer and a craftswoman, who loves to cook and bake...with a big passion for fashionSMStefaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03216076159772676647noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262560828526067248.post-64745975792566744702015-07-12T10:46:00.000+01:002015-07-12T10:46:00.629+01:00Lately... Summer is in the air<div style="text-align: left;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I have to confess, looking after my 3 little monkeys and working on <a href="http://www.LavenderAndChili.Etsy.com/" target="_blank">Sweet Lavender And Chili Flakes</a> barely leaves me time for showers and toilette breaks...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Yesterday, though, I was lucky enough to go the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Image-Hair-And-Beauty" target="_blank">hairdresser</a>, for the first time in a year!!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">To be honest, our day didn't start off very well. Baby Conor is badly teething, and he was nursing all night long. At 5 o'clock I had enough... I brought him downstairs and our day had begun...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">So, I spent a few hours at the hairdresser. I mean, my hair was really in a very bad condition. Even the lady who looked after me felt sorry for how bad it looked... </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">We had a long nice chat while she was working on me. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I told her all about the kids and my busy days. When I was leaving she said: "Treat yourself to a night out, luv, you look beautiful!"</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Well, I didn't go out last night, but once the kids were in bed after they had their bath and story, big Conor and I had a lovely dinner with our au pair, Sofia.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Baby Conor was born on 21st October, the day after his big brother's birthday. We had a quite rough start, but we're getting better. He is such a handsome boy, with fair hair and the softest skin I've ever touched. He's a smiler, like his brother and sister. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Our family feels now completed...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">... The second big news is that I finally opened my little online Shop on Etsy. It's called <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/LavenderAndChili" target="_blank">Lavender And Chili</a>, and it's full of colourful handmade treasures made by me.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">If you are wondering, I don't know how do I find time for sewing and making "stuff"... I just do it. I find always a hour here and there...It's my therapy for stress relief, it's my way to keep myself sane, I guess.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We are very lucky to have each other and above all we are so lucky to have nonna Lucia to help us...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">My mom spent over two months with us when baby Conor was born. We couldn't survive without her. I'm so thankful for what she's done for us, and for her devoted support. She is actually coming back in the next few weeks, and we CANNOT wait to see her. </span><br />
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SMStefaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03216076159772676647noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262560828526067248.post-36518443081499922412014-06-08T21:45:00.001+01:002014-06-08T21:45:58.742+01:00At the beach!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">One week in Italy and we finally got to go to the beach!!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Sam got a BEAUTIFUL present from my mom. At least he was happy enough to spend some time cycling around "our" holiday house....</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">But... it's all over now... the kids are doing great, the sun is shinning again, and we just started our Summer holidays in Italy.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">... this is my favourite, a classic, 'the tomato pincushion'!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I though I would go for something more "springly" and romantic, a daisy pincushion. </span><br />
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SMStefaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03216076159772676647noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262560828526067248.post-1335596387203955912014-04-28T23:46:00.000+01:002014-04-28T23:46:57.924+01:00... a new bump in our life...<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Well, we thought that both Sam and Shannon got the pox, but </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">actually after a good examination, we realised that </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Shannon is still quite ok...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">... above all when you're not in your best... shape...?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Nope, I didn't have a heavy lunch, this is a proper baby-bump... I'm very happy to announce that we are expecting our baby #3!!!</span></div>
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SMStefaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03216076159772676647noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262560828526067248.post-83190550238492490092014-04-25T23:38:00.002+01:002014-04-26T20:50:49.992+01:00Dinosaur, Grrr!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">On our English Holiday we were lucky enough to go to <a href="https://paultonspark.co.uk/" target="_blank">Paultons Park</a>, too. It was Good Friday and it was a beautiful sunny day.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Sam was so excited when we told him that we were going to <a href="http://peppapigworld.co.uk/" target="_blank">Peppa Pig World</a>... he couldn't stop talking about it for days...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">If you have children between the age of 0 and 90, you MUST know <a href="http://www.peppapig.com/" target="_blank">Peppa Pig</a>...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Sam really surprised me. He was not afraid of heights, and really enjoyed all the rides...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">If you go online you can find thousands and thousands of easy crafting projects for Valentine's Day. I recently found a new passion in wreaths... weird, I know... but, if you go on <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=wreaths" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> you will see that I'm not the only one, though...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Then I made some lovely </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">flowers with </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">white </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> pink felt. I used </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">a puncher and scissors to cut two different shapes of flowers </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and then I glued them on the ring...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">... Sam 20.10.2010</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">... Shannon 07.08.2013</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">... the only thing that stays with you after labour is... your baby weight! I know, the media bombards us with fantastic pictures of new-mums with amazing bodies a few days after giving birth... not fair, not true...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Since the beginning of January I've started working on my figure. I decided that I want my body back! Once a week, I'm attending "mum and baby" pilates class at <a href="http://www.the-elbowroom.com/" target="_blank">the Elbowroom</a>, I'm also doing a DVD workout from <a href="http://tracyandersonmethod.com/interspire/products.php?product=Tracy-Anderson-Post-Pregnancy-Workout" target="_blank">Tracy Anderson</a> (hard work girls!), but most important, I'm trying to eat healthier.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Juice/juicing (fruits and vegetables juices) seems to be a very popular and effective method of cleaning up your body from toxins and waste. So, I made up my own "One week 'Rainbow Juice' detox challenge".</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">When I started reading about introducing solid food to a baby, I remember I was really intrigued by the baby-led weaning method. Time to time, I gave Sam pieces of parboiled vegetables, like carrots or parsnip sticks or broccoli. He was mostly playing with the food, but really helped his coordination skills and his sore </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">teething </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">gums...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It was Christmas Day when I introduced Shannon to her first baby purée. It was carrots again, and she was only 4.5 months old. Because of her reflux issues, she wasn't feeding well at all and I think she was quite hungry, too. If I was holding her and eating something at the same time, she was looking at me and trying to catch it. Sometimes, she opened her mouth, probably thinking that it was for her. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">We left Ireland on 18th December and flew down Italy to stay with my family for 2 </span><span style="font-family: Courier New;">weeks... so cool!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">This was Shannon's first time in Italy. She met all my aunties and uncles and my beloved cousins. It was so great to see all of them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">We had dinner with my dad's side of the family on 23th December. We had lots of fun. We had pizza together (... my favourite!) and we played bingo afterwards... and WE WON!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">On St. Stephen's Day, my name's day, we had lunch at my uncle and aunties' <a href="http://www.lapprodo.com/" target="_blank">restaurant</a>, with my mum's side of the family. Again, we had lots of fun and lots of beautiful tasty food...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">We spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day at mum's. This is the first Christmas we spent at home since Dad passed away. Last Christmas, my mum and sisters and Gianfranco ;) , my sister's fiancé, were over in Dublin.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">We had LOTS of food on both days... mum cooked non stop for more than 24hrs!!! My mum is an Amazing cook! I cannot count how many courses we had... I just know that we were all stuffed! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Traditionally, we have fish courses on Christmas Eve, and meat courses on Christmas Day. Of course we had lots of veggies, too. Chiara, my sister, she is a vegetarian.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">The most significant event, though, was Shannon's Christening on 30th December. My mum and my sister Francesca were/are Shannon's Godmothers. We had a lovely ceremony at my local Church and then we went to my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/livingwine.bar.1?fref=ts" target="_blank">cousin's bar</a> to party!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Well, I guess this is my last post for 2013... I wish all of you a Wonderful 2014. I hope it will bring all of us many Happy and Serene moments...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">When I was in college, I was obsessed with candles... I had thousands of candles in my room. So, of course, one day I decided to make my own candles... That was so much fun... FOR ME! ... Not so much fun for my flatmates... Sometimes, the smell of wax and essential oils during my crafting hours was not a pleasure. And yes, accidents might happen, and yes, when you are melting wax </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">you might burn some pots</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">... It happened to one of my flatmate's pot that she used to warm her milk up in the morning... it got confiused with one of mine... I felt so sorry... I apologized, of course, and gave her three of my "special edition candles"!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">My new crafting passions are cardmaking and papercraft... I could spend hours making "stuffs", if only I had hours to spare...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">They were really simple, but sweet.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I enjoyed very much making them </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I loved them very much</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">... lots of pastel colours and polkadots and butterflies... So, I thought that it would be really nice and special to make our family 'Merry Christmas' cards as well!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">My sister was teasing me the other day. She said that every time she reads my blog or sees one of my pictures, it's like looking at the little-happy family that you see in tv commercials... </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The kids and I have spent our afternoons at home, playing in the sitting-room or watching tv. Although the garden looks so nice and there are still some flowers bloom, it's chilly out there, brrrr....</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">So, I thought: "It's now time for a hot, tasty soup... a butternut squash soup!", one of my favourite! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It's a very easy soup to make. I love genuine and simple food. Beside, I won't have much time for elaborate recipes, lately... </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">My two little monkeys require my full attention all the time... so it's not unusual for Conor and me to have a take away for dinner...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">... But not tonight!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Tonight, I'm making 'Buttenut Squash Soup' for dinner! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">• A butternut squash</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">• 2 big carrots</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">• 1 medium onion</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">• 3 celery ribs</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">• 1 1/2 teaspoon of ground cumin</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">• 1/2 teaspoon of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">ground </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">all spices</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">• 2 vegetable cubes</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Wash your butternut squash and then cut in half and clean from seeds and guts. Collect your <a href="http://sweetlavenderandchiliflakes.blogspot.ie/search/label/Halloween%20Recipe%20Pumpkin" target="_blank">seeds</a>, if you want ... you can roast them later, as I did! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Dice you butternut squash and the place on a tray. Before put it into a preheated oven, dust it with salt and half of a teaspoon of cumin. Roast the butternut squash for 15 minute at 180°C.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">While your butternut squash is roasting, wash and peel your carrots, onion and celery ribs and cut them into pieces. Heat up a saucepan and add 3 full spoons of olive oil followed by cumin, all spices and a pinch of black pepper. Fry your spices for 10-15 seconds before adding the onion and then the carrots and celery pieces.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Stir your vegetables for 2-3 minutes and then add your roasted butternut squash. Let them cook together for 2-3 minutes on a medium heat and stir time to time. In the meantime, get some boiled water ready. Add the vegetable cubes to your vegetables before pouring hot boiled water. You need enough water to cover up all the vegetables. You can now add 1/2 teaspoon of thyme.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">For months now, I have been craving some "me-Time". I love sewing and crafting, and I miss working in my little special room... So, I took a few hours off from my "mummy's duties" and I decided to sew my first dress for Shannon...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I have a LARGE selection of fabrics: cotton, jersey, lace, knitting, etc... I cannot help myself, if I see a nice fabric in a shop or online, I have to have it! It's so addicting! </span></div>
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Come, Months, come away,
From November to May,
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">First of all you need to wash and clean your pumpkin seeds properly. Use a sieve to make your job easier. There shouldn't be any signs of pumpkins guts before you follow the next task...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">... It was such a great fun! We all helped. I draw the face, Conor carved it and Sam scooped the seeds out the pumpkin. Shannon was, of course, our supervisor...At the end, we got an amazing result, actually two! Two 'beautiful'<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> Jack-o-Lanterns!</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">To celebrate his birthday, Sam had 2 parties, one in school with all his mates, and one at home with our Irish-Italian friends. So, mamma was very busy in the last few days cooking and baking for his parties.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I asked Sam what cake would he like for his school party. He said:" ... a Spiderman cake, mamma! ... and an airplane cake... and a chocolate cake..."... he couldn't make his mind up... so, I went for a Spiderman cake...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Well, on Saturday I cut some of my basil plants and decided to make a lovely and very tasty Italian sauce.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I made some real '<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesto" target="_blank">Pesto alla Genovese</a>'. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I washed the basil leaves in cold running water...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">... and then I left them to dry overnight on a clean kitchen towel...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Now, for the Pesto sauce, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I wanted to follow the <a href="http://www.mangiareinliguria.it/consorziopestogenovese/pestogenovese.php" target="_blank">traditional recipe</a>.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">And here it is:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Traditionally the ingredients were combined and crushed together using a mortar and pestle. Nowadays, the easiest and quickest way to make this beautiful sauce is using a blender or a food processor.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">... and in no-time my beautiful Pesto alla Genovese was ready...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">... the smell of basil, in my kitchen was amazing...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I put small portions of pesto in little food containers and saved them in the freezer. I will use them during the Winter to dress my pasta, or to warm up some tasty soups giving them a "touch of Summer"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">... Yummy!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I hope you will enjoy stopping by, from time to time, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">while you're drinking your nice cup of tea, and read about</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> this "hyper-mum" and her beautiful smiley kids.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Together with my pictures, I will share a few of my recipes and craft-sewing projects. I won't annoy you to much with my crazy love for Leonard Cohen and his art... and I hope you would enjoy my stories about our (not frequent enough) trips around the Globe...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">ps...I apologise now if my English is not up to scratch!!!</span></div>
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