12 mai 2009
Week-end report
To start with I've got a great news... Ticoulou's back!! Helas since Sunday morning {when we left for a day on a boat with a few friends} no news of him. So today was the 3rd day without our lil kitty & I thought there was now not much hope left to see her come back. And must I say that I was grumpy & moody all day? Well yeah. Our house felt lonely without her. Our couch felt empty. But... while cleaning the house this afternoon, I heard a meow from outside. At first it was a faraway & shy one. Then it came closer. So I hurriedly threw my pink rubber gloves on the floor and ran to catch my Ticoulou in my arms! Well it must sound pretty much fleur bleue, but it went just that way! I still can't believe she's back when I see her sleeping so tight next to me!
So let me now come back to the week-end & its activities. There's been some conjugal quarrel to start with, & all that comes after that {the part I love!}... meaning a day out for us two, a visit at the salon de la maison, a lil resto, a cinoch {Lol with Sophie Marceau which was really fun!}, some potager together, & a dinner with some friends & some newly met ones...
The next day carried on with the same friends on a boat at l'ile au Benitier. What more can be said? I'll let you imagine the day, the indian summer'sun, the clear lagoon, the fun company of these new friends, the sandwiches & baked-in-the-morning-brownies...
Well enough for tonight. I shall be back with some nice recipes during the week. Sleep tight you too!
05 mai 2009
Happy birthday mom!
As I was saying earlier, yesterday was my mom's birthday & we were glad to host her dinner'party at our place. Even grand-pere & grand-mere made it. G-m brought a vanilla & honey roasted duck, which we served with a gratin dauphinois au lait de coco & a watercress salad. B. contributed with a new recipe: a pestonade! A kind of mix between a pesto & a tapenade using olives, sun-dried tomatoes, pistachios, rocket, parmegiano, garlic, thyme, olive oil... I'll let your imagination go with that! He also created an enchanting decor with candles on the balcony guardrail, on the front steps, made beautiful bouquets & played classical & ambience music! We concluded the meal with another invention of mine, a coconut & white chocolate panacotta topped with syrupy pears & crunchy dark chocolate. The evening was quite a success & mom was happy I think.
Tartines & croutons de pestonade
02 mai 2009
Petit coucou
Cantucci & a chilled out dinner with our friends A., J.M & L.
A lil something here just to keep you company while we're away in the south with our friends P & J.
You'll hear about it soon... promised.
12 mars 2009
Petit week-end cocooning...
Time went by so quick. Days have been flying. I've been meaning to write about my week-end since...well the week-end. So tonight with a sky filled with lightning and beautiful colors... With kitten Ticoulou purring on my laps... With my lists scribbled down for my busy day tomorrow & my trip this week-end... Here I am with a few images & inspiration I wanted to share from our week-end.
A picnic in our garden for a Saturday'lunch made of a salade de chèvre chaud grilled on apples & topped with crushed pistachio, served on a bed of lettuce & green beans...concocted by B. Then followed by a peaceful lil nap in the shade of a mango tree...
Later on, a cooking'session for the dinner with our friend B. Roast chicken stuffed with lime & lemongrass, roasted with plenty of veggies {potatoes, sweet potatoes, celeriac, green leaves, onions...}& basted with olive oil & white wine... A few pots de crème au chocolat & a la vanille made the day before, were just perfect for our dessert.
Petis pots de cremes choco-vanille
Salade de chevre chaud
And for Sunday'teatime, a craving for chocolate & an urge to use those sad bananas nearly going bad inspired me to bake our new favorite tarte aux sablés bretons chocolat-bananes ! {which I'll tell you about next time ok}
So a perfect weeky, just as we love '
