Author: Oana

What Oana forgot

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Otilia, from Romanian Mum inspired by MrsB, from Mind over Matter wrote a lovely post the other day that got me thinking. The whole idea came from the book MrsB is reading at the moment, “What Alice Forgot” and the amnesia that the heroine goes through following a fall, causing her to forget the last 10 years of her life. That caused a blog roll, in the true sense, and here I am, considering myself my life and the many changes I have been through in the last 10 years! If I was Alice and woke up tomorrow morning thinking it was the 20th of November 2003, I would be: Totally bewildered that I no longer live in Romania, in the same apartment I used to live with my parents and younger brother. Surprised I am no longer a university student, as I was back in 2003. Pleasantly surprised to find a handsome, loving man calling himself my husband 🙂 Mesmerised and over the moon with this beautiful and clever girl who calls me mummy and my …

Chicken skewers and beetroot salad

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So we were in Dublin at the weekend. Greek hubby wanted to sample some home delicacies at one of the Greek restaurants we frequent when in Dublin but because he is such a fusspots food connoisseur, with high standards when it comes to food (and most other  things in life, as a matter of fact), he ended up disappointed with the food and I ended up with a couple of food orders for this week: Greek chicken skewers and lamb chops. So this evening I decided to honour his first request and made him some yummy chicken skewers. I love making them as they are one of the easiest dinners I can put together (less than half an hour), practically cooks itself and as a bonus, gets me points with hubby :-)! Basic ingredients: 600g chicken breast one courgette two small onions, cut into eights cherry tomatoes, cut into halves a couple of peppers Chop everything roughly and add them creatively on the skewers. Marinate with a mixture of olive oil, lemon juice, salt, pepper …

Cheese Scones

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Tonight’s recipe is inspired by the cheddar scone recipe in The Colman’s Mustard Cookbook but as usual, I decided to change a few things here and there, just to make things a bit more interesting 🙂 Ingredients: 225g self-raising flour 1 heaped teaspoon English mustard (the Colman recipe said mustard powder but I had none in the house) Pinch of salt 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder (my scones came out a bit flat so I would add a full teaspoon next time) 40g butter 60g grated cheese (I used sage Derby, the Colman’s recipe asked for Cheddar) 2 medium eggs Milk for the glaze 150 ml cream (I used clotted cream for texture) Instructions: Mix the flour, mustard, salt and baking powder in a bowl. Using your hand, rub the butter into the flour until it looks like breadcrumbs. Add the cheese, one egg and the cream, to form a light dough (mine wasn’t coming together so I added a drop of warm water). On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough and cut …

Christmas Gift Ideas

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With 43 days left until Christmas (how can this be, it seems like it was only yesterday Emma was splashing in the sea in Halkidiki??), all retailers, small businesses and private sellers have gone into a tizzy. And so have all the caring family members, especially the ones who have a lot of people and tastes to please and a budget to stick to. I must confess, with a baby on the way, I started extra early this year as I know that come December I will be too heavy and tired to go shopping or spend hours online trying to find bargains. Santa has already bought Emma (and even wrapped it all up) a lovely Barbie with complimentary car and a Tiana doll. She He has also thought of suggesting to daddy  his helper to add to the stash a couple of girlie outfits from Vertbaudet, since they have an online Christmas pre-sale on already and voila, little girl sorted for this Christmas! I have also decided to put together a list of ideas for …