First weeked in November: recipes and artwork

While Hubby has been away for the week picking olives at his Grandparents farm, Beli and I have been cooking, painting and hanging out with Grandma Nada.

My Mother-in-law gave me these gigantic apples and since I'm not a big fan of apples, I decided to turn them into a dessert. To see the recipe for the French Apple Crumble click here,  I made a few variations. ( I added a bit of rum flavoring and a dash of cinnamon and omitted the chocolate chips). It was really good, even without the ice cream!

 On Saturday I prepared scrambled eggs using spinach, bell peppers and potatoes. I could eat breakfast all day!  I should mention that sometimes I take for granted how many organic products I cook with. 

For example take this omelet, everything came from the farm (olive oil,eggs, potatoes, bell peppers, spinach and jalapenos).

papas fritas.

In the afternoon we walked to the shopping center and purchased some supplies so Beli could paint with Grandma.

We stopped for some coffee and  dessert.

We also went to the beach and made an attempt at sand castles. 

Off she goes to make some new friends. Hope you are enjoying your first week of November!

Not quite the Rocky Mountains but this will do

With an elevation ranging from 5280 to 14,000 feet the Rocky Mountains are no match to Mosor Mountains 4393 feet, but I'm content with just viewing these snow-top covered mountains to reminisce of beautiful Colorado, my previous home state.

And just as quickly, I recover from the Colorado Rockies home-sickness feeling when I drive towards home and this view comes into sight.

AH, Home sweet home!

Disclaimer: I was not behind the wheel when taking these pictures.

Picnic At The Beach

I can smell the salt of the Adriatic sea and the seaweed under the rocks. So peaceful and relaxing is the morning. Beautiful families engaging with their children. I think the pictures speak for themselves don't you agree?

Family Time

I love family and today we spent the afternoon in Rogoznica with my husband's great aunt and uncle and cousins. They prepared a wonderful lunch and their home has a beautiful view of the sea. Weather was around the 70's.

Isabela and Laura. Don't they look like sisters instead of great,great cousins? Laura was so cute, she is only five but she volunteered to look out for Isabela. They got along great to be the first time they met!

Tomorrow we are hiking the Mosor Mountains. I will tell you how that goes!