Buying fruit in Cyprus
From This is Cyprus, 5 month ago Similar articles
The cost of living in Cyprus is a lot higher than it used to be. But locally grown fruit is still excellent value, and great quality too. I like to pick up bargains, so I often pop down to Achna Froutaria first thing (well, about 7.30am) on a Saturday morning. I wanted some apples and oranges, primarily for juicing, so was very pleased to see that there were bags of them on the euro aisle. I looked quickly to check that none of them was obviously bad, and picked up one of each. In the 'pink...
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lavender fizz
From Our Adventures in Japan, 3 days ago, Similar articles
Remember the lavender scented fruit salad' Well, since I had made the full recipe of the syrup, I had leftovers of the syrup after the fruit salad, so I put a tablespoon of the syrup and then added some carbonated water to it. Refreshing and delicious!
goya kinpira
From Our Adventures in Japan, 4 days ago, Similar articles
Goya was on sale the other day for 98 yen! I used half of it with a fourth of a red bell pepper and some jakko to make kinpira using this recipe (minus the nuts). It was a little bitter, but I liked it. I'm making this again. p.s. can you believe we still have cold weather'! oh and I received this red carnation from the lady at the yakitori kiosk for buying something....hope your mother's
Mothers...generous, resilient and tenacious
From Blackpurls knitpickings, 6 days ago, Similar articles
Have you ever set out to do something for someone but they ended up blessing you instead'I went to visit someone and took over some fruit from our yard. Â She recognized them immediately and called them "bluggos". Â Her husband explained that they are a cross between a banana and plantain. And he told me that if you have bluggos in your yard you will never go hungry.I left their house that day with all of this:Those little bananas, plantains, the mami fruit, plums, the cashew fruit, and...
lavender scented "summer" fruit salad
From Our Adventures in Japan, 6 days ago, Similar articles
I've had this recipe bookmarked for awhile now. The reason I put summer in quotes is because this salad uses summer fruits like stone fruits (peaches, nectarines, plums) and berries (well, depending where you are). Well, by the time, the stone fruits are here, we won't have any berries in the markets, that is just how our fruits are sold here. On top of that, the white peaches in Japan are
Cyprus Immigration update
From This is Cyprus, 1 weeks ago, Similar articles
Two and a half weeks ago, we went to Immigration and made an appointment for today. I explained in that post what our situation is, and why, despite having lived here for 14 years (and owning a house) we need to apply, again, for permits. They gave us a check-list of documents we needed. We had most of them with us - and the required photocopies - but not everything. So in the intervening time, we sorted out basic medical insurance - time-consuming, and an extra expense we really didn't...
I Love My Vitamix
From Londonelicious: A food blog, 1 weeks ago, Similar articles
I’ve been trying to eat healthier lately. More fruit, juiced in my Breville juicer. And more veg, creamed up in my Vitamix blender. I bought the Vitamix a few months ago because Twitter told me to. I wanted a strong blender that could crush ice. Yes, I wanted a blender purely so I could make frozen margaritas. But then the Vitamix arrived and I figured out that the damn thing was so powerful, you could make anything in it. No cooking skills necessary. So for example, for today’s...
Happy Birthday to Me
From Londonelicious: A food blog, 2 weeks ago, Similar articles
 Today is my birthday. I woke up super early for no reason at all. I went to the kitchen and opened a leftover fortune cookie and this is what it said. My friends Aileen and Christina brought me tulips for my birthday yesterday. I watered them. Then I cut up some fruit for juicing. I’ve been juicing a lot lately. Have you seen “Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead” yet' You should. It’s good. And I cant get over how much better everyone’s faces look after a few days...
Cyprus May Day
From This is Cyprus, 2 weeks ago, Similar articles
Somewhat predictably, for Cyprus, it's quite warm today. Around 27-28C in the shade outside, according to the UK Weather site. Then again, that site claims that we're having wall-to-wall sunshine today, which isn't true. The sky, right now, is decidedly grey. I don't think it's going to rain, but it looks as though it could. Â The forecast is for a few degrees cooler over the next ten days or so, and that's fine with me. I know that in another month I will probably be feeling uncomfortably...
Medical insurance in Cyprus
From This is Cyprus, 2 weeks ago, Similar articles
Anyone stumbling on my post, a week ago, about our upcoming immigration appointment might be vaguely wondering what we did about the requirement for full medical insurance. Indeed, depending on your viewpoint, you might be wondering why we do not already have full medical insurance in Cyprus, or - at the other extreme - why, as British citizens, we need anything at all other than the European health card. To answer the second part: we moved here before Britain was in the EU, and before...
Gluten Free Peanut Butter Cookies
From Blackpurls knitpickings, 3 weeks ago, Similar articles
Ten days of being gluten free. Â What a milestone. Â For the most part it is fairly easy. Â I just eat real food. Â Meat, veggies and fruit. Â Every now and again I have to face up to thoughts of "oh I can't eat that" but, thankfully, it has not been a major ordeal. Â Tom even checked labels when buying me a candy bar last night...he came home with a plain milk chocolate Hershey bar. And it was perfect!It is amazing to have energy again. Â It is so wonderful to feel...
