London mum, aspiring writer and amateur illustrator. Hopes to navigate through motherhood without losing herself. 
Bank holiday weekend is lying ahead of us, and I already know what will be cooking in our pots on Sunday: succulent Indian lamb chops accompanied by a lemon-zesty couscous, followed by heavenly chocolate cupcakes. I tried it on my in-laws the other weekend and the recipes weren’t only easy peasy, the in-laws are still [...]
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Bring out the cook in you: Tana Ramsay’s kitchen secrets
Friday, May 28th, 2010 by Met Mum | 30 Comments
Filed under: Cupcakes, Food | Tags: cooking, giveaway, Tana Ramsay
Filed under: Cupcakes, Food | Tags: cooking, giveaway, Tana Ramsay
Cookie love
Sometimes I find myself full of longing for a tiny bit of Lilly Pulitzer, college friend of Jacqueline Bouvier (better known as Jackie Kennedy), fashion designer and Queen of Preppiness. But this side of the pond there is just no getting your hands on a “Lilly” shift dress; as far as I know they are [...]
Zou gotta work for zour monnez – or: what I have been up to
Friday, Mar 12th, 2010 by Met Mum | 22 Comments
Filed under: Fashion, Food | Tags: motherhood, shopping
Filed under: Fashion, Food | Tags: motherhood, shopping
Mz husband asked me to do him a favour and spell-check ‘a few’ German texts. Sure. I switched my keyboard from English to German and happilz tapped along. Look at all the Äs and Ös and Üs! Exciting stuff! Now that little L has settled happily into her two-day routine at the nursery, I am [...]
Banana and Mango Margarita
Thursday, Feb 25th, 2010 by Met Mum | 17 Comments
Filed under: Food, Travelling | Tags: St Lucia, vacation
Filed under: Food, Travelling | Tags: St Lucia, vacation
Time for another cookery post. As there’s not much cooking going on these days (yes, I am still in the Caribbean, and yes, this vacation seems to go on and on and on), I am going to spoil my lovely readers with Leroy’s Banana and Mango Margarita. Try this at home: Banana and Mango Margarita
The one where I am turning into the Blobb
Friday, Feb 5th, 2010 by Met Mum | 22 Comments
Filed under: Food | Tags: diet, slummy mummy, weight, yummy mummy
Filed under: Food | Tags: diet, slummy mummy, weight, yummy mummy
I have been feeling a little sluggish of late. Ok, whom am I kidding? I am feeling A LOT sluggish. Blobbish. I am the Blobb. Poke me in the stomach and see the wobbles reaching a 6 on the Richter scale. This is not about losing weight, or about a late New Year’s resolution. I [...]
Gottegris
One of my favourite Swedish words: Gottegris. Translated word by word it means candy pig. But it can be interpreted as ‘someone who has a very sweet tooth’. Gottegris
Malnourished Monday #6 – the Christmas break
Monday, Dec 21st, 2009 by Met Mum | 15 Comments
Filed under: Food, Malnourished Monday | Tags: rolemodels, size zero
Filed under: Food, Malnourished Monday | Tags: rolemodels, size zero
Just in case you have magically managed to miss it: It’s Christmas time! It is the season to be spent with family and friends; it’s the time for making presents and receiving gifts, and most importantly: the time to indulge in food that only comes once a year with said season of comfort and joy. [...]
So this was Christmas
Friday, Dec 18th, 2009 by Met Mum | 13 Comments
Filed under: Food | Tags: Christmas, family, little L, Sweden
Filed under: Food | Tags: Christmas, family, little L, Sweden
Well, actually it was St. Lucy’s (Lucia) day. But as the whole family will be scattered all over the globe for Christmas, with one brother-in-law with his wife and in-laws in the US and the other one with my in-laws in Switzerland, we decided to bring forward the feasting and feting. So this was Christmas
It’s Yuletide! Or: a recipe for cinnamon stars (Zimtsterne)
Finally, it’s the season of comfort and joy again. Time to go overboard on Christmas decorations, buy presents for family and friends, write Christmas cards and wish lists, sit together around the table and feast (have I mentioned that there will be the whole family sitting around our table this Sunday, hoping to be fed? [...]