As always, enjoyed by all, but as Alfie insisted on eating all the Smarties, I decided to keep it quick and simple this year!
Archive for the ‘In The Kitchen’ Category
Time for the Annual Gingerbread House
Posted in Arts and Crafts, In The Kitchen, Seasonal on December 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Santa Lucia Buns
Posted in In The Kitchen, Seasonal on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The feast day Santa Lucia is celebrated in Sweden on the 13th December as a festival of lights. In the early hours of that December morning, ‘Lucia’ (a young woman dressed in a long white gown with a red sash, and a crown of candles upon her head) delivers freshly baked saffron buns to each [...]
Mmmm! Chocolate Playdough!
Posted in Arts and Crafts, In The Kitchen, Role play, Sensory on November 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
And here is the recipe…
1/2 cup chocolate powder
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tablespoon cream of tartar
1 1/2 tablespoons cooking oil
1 cup hot water
1/2 cup salt
And mix it up until you have a good dough. It lets off a beautiful smell of chocolate – and no doubt gets a lick here or there too!
We had a couple [...]
The World’s Smallest Gingerbread House
Posted in In The Kitchen on November 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By Leon. Made from ginger biscuits.
Tablecloths & Seasons
Posted in In The Kitchen, Seasonal on November 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My blog is ultimately about my children and their educational journey across the world. But sometimes I must digress …
We have a beautiful big dining room table which we insist on covering up with plastic tablecloths to avoid inevitable stains, from our wonderful, yet messy, children. The Swedes love their plastic tablecloths, so much that [...]
Fairy Cakes for Leon
Posted in In The Kitchen on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Maya decided she wanted to make a ‘fairy cake tea party’ for Leon when he came home, so we set to work making the fairy cakes with the bright pink icing that she thought he would like.
She very imaginatively set up a table decoration which she thought would also be suitable. This included upside down [...]
Coconut Balls
Posted in In The Kitchen on October 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Leon decided to try his hand at some Swedish specialities – without any help!
The use of flour instead of oats was perhaps a little ‘unusual’ – but not at all bad for a beginner without any help or recipe!
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Posted in In The Kitchen, Seasonal on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Spread the seeds on an oven plate, sprinkle on some salt, and pop in the oven for 3 hours at 120C!
A delicious and healthy snack!
Pumpkin Soup
Posted in Books, In The Kitchen, Seasonal on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Pumpkin Soup … the best you’ve ever tasted!
A truly fantastic book which we have read continuously each Halloween. It’s a sweet tale about a cat, a duck, and a squirrel, who always make pumpkin soup (the best you’ve ever tasted) in the same way every year, until one day, duck decides to do something differently [...]
Halloween Frenzy
Posted in Arts and Crafts, In The Kitchen, Seasonal on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We haven’t written for a couple of days, due to Halloween frenzy!!!
The kids are getting so excited about the little party we’re planning – they’ve even made our storeroom into a “haunted house” (actually more like a haunted cupboard), of which I will take some photos in due course…
Let’s hope he lasts until Halloween!
