1st week in confinement

So much time so much cooking!! After settling in with the idea that one is more or less housebound for the next 5 weeks, I have tried my hand at at a few recipes: Greek-style stuffed capsicums (re-make): classic tried and true. Definitely a permanent fixture in my repertoire. Frittatas (re-make): another classic tried and … Continue reading 1st week in confinement →

Visa Visa Mamma Mia :p

Between that fun day discovering the yummy Goma sauce & a cool local jewelry artist and becoming housebound for 5 days with my cold, I got an extension on my visa! After hearing nothing from the direct email to contact some person / bot about my visa, I used the website to fill in a … Continue reading Visa Visa Mamma Mia :p →

Dîner party + retourner à babysitting

Had some friends over at the end of May for a little gathering for my birthday, housewarming and my visa auto-renewal for another 3 months 🙂 So, I'll definitely be here for the summer 😀 Had some good friends come that I haven't seen in a long time 😀 That was really nice. My friend … Continue reading Dîner party + retourner à babysitting →

Plus plus de fooding

Work, sleep, deal with allergies, watch TV (so far into the last season of "Colony", where many scenes were shot in Vancouver!) and a bit of exercise. Not that much more to do as I don't have tools or access to anything to do crafts so.... lotsa fooding! 😀 Walnuts: This is embarrassing but I … Continue reading Plus plus de fooding →

Plus de fooding

With alll the time now and an incessant craving for different foods & tastes, I am looking up tons of recipes to do different cookups! Here are some more 🙂 Turkey/Chicken Schnitzel: With the baguettes on sale for buy 3 get 1 free at Carrefour, I got 8 LOL! 😀 So, with some of them … Continue reading Plus de fooding →

The oven, l’apparte and the chelou

Got a lil toaster oven 🙂 I got it second-hand off Leboncoin, France's equivalent of gumtree/craigslist. The gal was very nice and luckily I spotted the pan so she chucked that in too. It was a bit dirty with stuff stuck on the bottom but it's only 3 years old and works fine so for … Continue reading The oven, l’apparte and the chelou →

Finally settling into Toulouse

After my parents departed, I felt I could finally organize my space the way I wanted it. I cleaned it up as well. It was nice to settle in and have my own place to myself. I needed it as I was really feeling sick and needed some downtime to get better. So, I holed … Continue reading Finally settling into Toulouse →

First 2 weeks in Toulouse

Got up about 9am after some more coughing Walking around and got keys cut. Looking for a gym too: 1st one, Basic Fit, is not so friendly but cheaper ; 2nd one I went to, Movida, is friendly and more pricey. It's closer to market P recommended too. Walked to my new airbnb to … Continue reading First 2 weeks in Toulouse →

Day 2 of 3 Bopping around Barcelona

Woke up late and after figuring out Park Guell tickets, we went to the Federal cafe. Found this one on Google just from roaming around the map app and seeing what pops up. Felt like I was in Melbourne! Not surprising as the name is from a town in NSW so maybe they are influenced. … Continue reading Day 2 of 3 Bopping around Barcelona →

Finnish chef cookin homestyle

Chef T had pre-made this exceptional reindeer pie with a crispy, flavourful, seeded crust and finely chopped reindeer. It was very subtle and the flavours were savoury and a great quiche-like texture. So delicous! T and I had seconds. We also had a brunch buffet... look at all the goodies! 5 drinks with apple juice, … Continue reading Finnish chef cookin homestyle →