Het Verdronken Bos ♥️ (The Drowned Forest)
Pandemic Dinner for Two at Home ♥️
For our date night we cooked up a three course dinner at home!
Hers:
- Smoked salmon "carpaccio" with cucumber, arugula, pine nuts & truffle mayonnaise
- Green asparagus with butter, portobello mushroom stuffed with onion, garlic, fresh parsley, pesto and tomatoes
His:
- Carpaccio with all the fixings
- Fried salmon and green asparagus with butter
Dessert:
- A vintage recipe we made 10 years ago when we were dating! It's a spin on tiramisu (better than the classic imho!): sponge fingers soaked in amaretto, topped with sweetened lime mascarpone mixed with crushed biscotti and topped with whipped cream 🤤 sooo good but also very, very rich!!!
Wow. Going for a drive to see the sea & have a take away coffee can make such a BIG difference mentally! #Lockdown Fun
And yesterday morning I got up early to get freshly baked rolls/croissants and fresh strawberries so I could surprise hubby with a romantic breakfast ♥️ happy happy
We renewed our library membership (since we're not going anywhere this summer lol) and I loooove it! I read 2 books in a week and a half and reading in the sun is now officially my favorite pastime. Ha.
Another pro is we can borrow cookbooks! So I'm trying 2 recipes from Jamie Oliver's cookbook Veg this week. I'm making a sweet leek carbonara at the moment.
Basically found a private beach along a road somewhere 1,5hrs from our house. The water was so clear 😍 We had a spontaneous picnic there! After that we visited a beautiful, old harbor town (Veere).
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020
Monday, June 1st, 2020
The damage done by 2 carnivores and 1 vegetarian lol. Great afternoon with Nonna ❤️ Loved seeing her happy and laughing and enjoying herself despite the depression and dementia.
Sunday, May 31st, 2020
We took a couple of days off and took care of some projects around the house! Here we recycled a rack from our garden. I love it!
Wed 13 May ~ Day 4 / 5!
Today was AWESOME.
We visited my sister in law and her husband and hiked in the beautiful woods near their house for 3 hrs 😍 On the way home we had McD's so it felt like a real vacation day!
B - fruit & bread (& chocolate 😉)
L - EHH's quinoa salad + nuts
D - apple; veggie mcchicken & shared the fries
Went on a little tour!
Technically not a staycation lol. Went to Münster for 2 days! Rented bikes, biked to the lake, botanical gardens, through the old city center. Went out for dinner & a lovely lunch ❤️ ohhhh it was so so nice...
Went to the spa with M! Mmmmmmmmm....
25 July 2018