Rocket

Some combinations seam to always work. One of them is pear, rocket and toasted walnut.
So, that is what I had for dinner tonight with some (quite some) garlic and parmigiano.

Flowers

Gardenia has started blossoming again and the roses keep up their good work.

Melissa officinalis

As today we had a somewhat cooler evening I made a tea out of fresh lemon balm - it is lovely, milder sister of a peppermint tea.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_officinalis

Market day

I do love market days. 
Now, the stone fruit season has started for real and I am taking the full advantage of it.

Summer winner

It was a winner for a summer night - pasta with tomato, basil (from our own garden) and goat cheese.
Kytrien is a small local goat cheese maker who's cheeses are just lovely. 
They are my first choice when it comes to goat cheese here.

Tropical brekkie

Today we had my favourite summer weather - about 30C and overcast with moisture in the air.
To match the tropical feeling we had a banana, mango and ginger smoothie with some granola for breakfast.

Happy New Year!

New Year festivities imposed an hiatus on my blogging.
Now, we turned back to one of our old time favourites - buckwheat porridge.
It is still very, very good!