Christmas Dinner 2010

I think it's a very common tradition everywhere. When you are planning on spending Christmas elsewhere, but you want to spend some quality time to celebrate the joy of the season with other special people; you organize a "Christmas Dinner". 

**This is us, and the glasses we used to toast back when we were "Junior High/Secondary" Graduates. By this I mean to say this glasses are 5-6 years old**

Ours was this last Thursday n.n and woah... I hadn't had that much fun in a long time. I guess with uni and me not-being-a-wild-party-person any more we haven't seen each other in long periods of time. I am of course talking about the two other girls I am ever so proud to call my friends. Like my actual friends. Like the two girls I want my kids to call Aunts. 

It's odd I know, but our dinner party was just for the 3 of us. No boyfriends, no new friends. Just us 3. And personally I wouldn't have it any other way. 

Dinner was great. Although it got cold way to soon! Damn the cold! 

And I do hope with all of my heart that we get together more often just to talk. Have dinner parties and stuff. Some with boyfriends included others just us girls. 

I would like that, not only cause I realized just how much I had missed them, but because it would be an awesome opportunity for me to cook more XD and that is always a good thing. 

But enough with all the yadda-yadda let me show you the deliciousness.

We all brought a dish to dinner, I was in charge of the main course, Alma was in charge of the salad and pasta and our host Sofi of the dessert.

This is my Mustard Chicken.  

This are some potatoes I made whose name I can't recall, but were really good.

 Here is the exquisite salad and bellow the pasta Alma made. 

  And here is our dessert n.n which was very very good too. 

A zucchini-cheesecake.

Breakfast to love

I am not a breakfast fanatic myself. I normally wake up, drink some coffee maybe eat some cookies and that'll be that. But today I woke up feeling... "breakfast-ish" and this image of Jaime Oliver came into my mind and him saying some delicious stuff about some pear pancakes and I was all "Well all right". 

Lately with the whole cold issue going on, it's been pretty hard for me to go downstairs... but I was all "Fight the cold lady! Fight it! FIGHT IT!" And sure enough, by the time I was cooking the pancakes I began feeling less cold and more anxious, not to mention... hungry! 

Take a look at that!

Didn't I tell you prettier pictures? 

And the best thing about this recipe is that is so damn simple and so utterly delicious it's insane! 

First of, you need a cup... coffee cup or your regular tea cup or a cup okay? Just a regular cup. Fill that cup up with either self-raising flour or normal four and pour it in a bowl (if you are using regular flour like yours truly, add about half a tablespoon of baking powder to the mix) then fill that same cup with milk and add it to the mix. Next grind an entire pear into the mix. And an egg. Mix well and then add a couple of teaspoons of sugar. 

Mix again and then on a previously heated skillet add a knob of butter and pour you pancake mix and wait for it to cook. 

When your pancakes are done, serve them with some natural yoghurt and drizzle some honey on top and I am telling you. BEST BREAKFAST EVER.

Don't be expecting a really sweet kind of pancakes because it won't happen. The honey, I think, adds all the sugar you can possibly need and the yoghurt just adds freshness to an already, relaxed pancakes which are a joy to eat. 

Please, give it a try! I know what I am talking about! 

Trust me for once, yeah? 

I AM BACK

I know I know... I have been a terrible awful blogger u.u 

But I am forever glad to say that I am back and this time I will bring you more recipes, better photos and more me. I've recently got new cooking books (Jaime's Italy, Jaime's 30 min. meals, The Baking Bible, Planet Cupcake and The British Food Bible.) So expect a lot of new dishes! Plus... CHRISTMAS IS COMING! 

Yaaaay!

This is synonym for more and more recipes; such as cookies and cupcakes and delicious desserts that OMG will be great! Also I'd like to announce that The Owlery Bakery web-page is half way done! So soon you'll be able to take a look at my menu and my cupcakes and maybe order some!

Oh and yes yes yes... I said better photos! Because people... I GOT A NEW CAMARA!

Double Super YAY! 

My boyfriend (who as I've said is simply the best ever) bought me a new sweet beautiful orange camara that has loads of pixels and stuff that will allow me to take prettier pictures so I can finally stop using photoshop to enhance my mobile photos n.n (no disrespect to the pics my mobile has provided though,) but how awesome is that? Pretty Awesome I'd say. 

And... for this 2011 I am planning on making a tribute to Mexican Cuisine. I still don't know if I'll be adding the recipes to this blog or if I'll be opening a new one featuring 100% Mexican Food, and it's kind of a big dream of mine, but I would totally love if this little tribute could be in small quick videos so you see the ingredients as well as the techniques and stuff... still don't know and I'll let you know as soon as I know. 

So okay, to sum it all up: 

I am back

With new recipes. 

Christmas recipes. 

And this 2011 expect a revelation on Mexican Cuisine as told by yours truly lovable amazing beautiful me. 

WITH AWESOME PICTURES!