Bits of lately

{this baby basil}

 {this view on sunny days}

 {this crazy /pathetic illustration downstairs}

 { this bad photo of this cake - you can see no resemblence}

 {this busy morning working together for Atelier35}

 {this pot in this state every morning}

Tapioca pudding - coconut milk/ mango topping

 {so tiny and little}

 {coco - the last can}

 {mango puree - if you have a blender}

{my favorite cups/ not so good looking pudding}

I wanted to try this recipe in like forever and the reason that is, is because I couldn't find the damn tapioca. I had two health stores order some for over two weeks and they never got it. Then one day I just saw this little store and decided to go ask and of all the damn places, this one had it. It was 12 lei, and in my opinion OK. I used to very little of it, so it should last me a while. I will make some more pudding, but instead of coconut milk, I'll make it with regular milk, skip the mango and add some cocoa or some chopped chocolate bits and color it deliciously. 

After I brought the tapioca home, it seemed like suck a complicated recipe to get through and so I kept putting it off. Then, when I finally decided to make it, I was surprised by how easy breezy it went. I followed the recipe step by step, and although my cups of pudding aren't the prettiest of the hood, they sure are good. There. I enjoyed this recipe very much.

 {happening outside our window}

 {mamma mia pizza sucks - even when you've had a couple of beers}

 {this poster outside our apartment door}

{iasi comics fest at the mall}

It should have been a work weekend but it wasn't. Instead we biked, as usual, cooked, washed dishes, watched episodes from The Office (we're getting very close to the end), ate out. Weekends are good.

Buckwheat(hrisca) two ways

{raw / toasted}

I initially wanted to do this granola recipe, for ready made glorious breakfasts. I bought the darker  grain and found out it wasn't right for what I wanted to do. I found the raw one at Auchan, very cheap and convenient while the toasted one at a healthy foods store.

 {dry ingredients for the granola}

{result}

I'm pleased with the results, it tastes great, although it may not look like the one in the original recipe.

 {measured}

{salad + fried egg}

 {finished}

After cooking the buckwheat like this, I just chopped some veggies at roughly the same size, some feta cheese, defrosted peas, whatever you got basically, add salt, pepper, a spruce of vinegar and you're ready to go. It's a great weekday lunch, alone, or with a fried egg.