I'm eagerly awaiting our tree of lemons to ripen. Then I'll be busy making lemon curd, lemon yoghurt cake, lemonade (SO GOOD!), and lemon tarts. I used to think winter fruit was boring, but my tastes and attitudes are changing.
Thanks for the delicious descriptions in this piece - so yum!
Beautiful writing. Thank you for reminding me about the delicious chocolate cake recipe. It used to be a favourite around Christmas - the season I associate most with the smell and taste of mandarins and clementines.
This is beautiful. Your words truly resonated with me: the constant struggle between yearnings for a simple authentic life and all the things that need to be done (most of which are enjoyable or related to said simple life).
What a beautiful essay, Monique! I loved how you blended your life story with the recipe so smoothly and deliciously. A pleasure to read. (Also surprised to see you leave the peel in the marmalade, but I get now why it has that bitter taste)
Really enjoyed the rhythm of the words, the recipe interlaced with your thoughts.
It is also interesting to read about you getting ready for Winter when I am looking at the start of Summer. And it occurred to me how cool it is that we basically do the same things, six months or so apart, keeping, as it were, our Planet in balance.
Will definitely check the chocolate cake recipe and save it for when Winter comes around again in my neck of the woods. Thank you!
I just love making jam from seasonal fruit, I have many happy memories making jam with my Grandma! Your jam looks amazing and using marmalade in cake is such a great idea, I think I will give the recipe ago when I next bake something. 🤗
Bridget Jones’ Diary is such a great movie, a family favourite! 😂
I'm eagerly awaiting our tree of lemons to ripen. Then I'll be busy making lemon curd, lemon yoghurt cake, lemonade (SO GOOD!), and lemon tarts. I used to think winter fruit was boring, but my tastes and attitudes are changing.
Thanks for the delicious descriptions in this piece - so yum!
Delicious, Monique 🥰 your words and the jam, of course! Happy Sunday and a great start to the new week 🖤
Beautiful writing. Thank you for reminding me about the delicious chocolate cake recipe. It used to be a favourite around Christmas - the season I associate most with the smell and taste of mandarins and clementines.
This is beautiful. Your words truly resonated with me: the constant struggle between yearnings for a simple authentic life and all the things that need to be done (most of which are enjoyable or related to said simple life).
Monique you provided many beautiful images but the one I am left with is, I’m sure, unintended: bureaucrats in a large vat simmering😂
Now that is an orange-y image!
I loved reading your mandarine marmalade meandering. Your slow life dream is enchanting and you are creating it day by day. 💖
What a beautiful essay, Monique! I loved how you blended your life story with the recipe so smoothly and deliciously. A pleasure to read. (Also surprised to see you leave the peel in the marmalade, but I get now why it has that bitter taste)
I love this, Monique.
Really enjoyed the rhythm of the words, the recipe interlaced with your thoughts.
It is also interesting to read about you getting ready for Winter when I am looking at the start of Summer. And it occurred to me how cool it is that we basically do the same things, six months or so apart, keeping, as it were, our Planet in balance.
Will definitely check the chocolate cake recipe and save it for when Winter comes around again in my neck of the woods. Thank you!
I just love making jam from seasonal fruit, I have many happy memories making jam with my Grandma! Your jam looks amazing and using marmalade in cake is such a great idea, I think I will give the recipe ago when I next bake something. 🤗
Bridget Jones’ Diary is such a great movie, a family favourite! 😂
Happy Sunday ♡