There are certain things in life that ought to be simple. Turning on a light, for example. And yet, somehow, we managed to turn this most straightforward of activities into something of a technological endurance test. When we were renovating the house, we bought some...
Our experience of changing electricity suppliers in Spain - and why a lovely octopus has won us over. When we moved into our house in Andalucía, we knew there would be things to get used to. Spanish bureaucracy, unfamiliar systems, the occasional language barrier. All...
Meet Henry, Donette and Nettie. Three very different members of the household, each with a job to do. There are now three vacuum cleaners living in our Andalucian house. Two of them are robots. The third has been with us for so long that he's practically family. We...
There are certain things you expect to find outside your front door in an Andalusian village. A neighbour stopping for a chat. A delivery van attempting the seemingly impossible task of squeezing along a narrow street. Perhaps a procession, a horse or two, or the...
Some ingredients don't look particularly exciting sitting on the supermarket shelf. Then you bring them home, start experimenting, and suddenly wonder why they haven't always had a place in your kitchen. Aldi's Asia Green Garden Panko Breadcrumbs are one of those...
Every now and then you cook something that quietly takes you by surprise. Not because it's complicated or particularly clever, but because every mouthful makes you pause for a second before reaching for the next. This swordfish dish was one of those meals. I'd found a...
Have to admit, until fairly recently, we'd never heard of the butter crock. We just did what I suppose most people do - keep the butter in fridge, where it's always too hard and cold. Or, leave it out in a butter dish and return to a swimming pool of buttery oil in...
If you've been wondering why the renovation updates suddenly stopped, you're certainly not alone. When we bought our Andalusian townhouse, I had every intention of documenting the journey as it happened. I imagined regular posts showing each stage of the...
Now that the dust is settling - quite literally - on our renovation project, I've started to reflect on the mad journey we have been on since July 2024, when we finally left Istria. In fact before then, because the journey started for real, when we finished the...
As winter takes hold, this is a super delicious winter warmer - Fresh Pea & Mint Pesto with Butter Beans & Roasted Tomatoes. And, as far as I can tell, it's vegetarian and suitable vegans if the Greek yogurt is omitted and maybe an alternative used - although...