Chinese New Year Lanterns

To be completely honest, I sort of have a love-hate relationship with Chinese New Year. Mostly because my birthday hovers around the festival period. So if it was Chinese New Year on my birthday (changes every year according to the new moon in Spring) most of my friends would be busy attending reunion dinners or…

Gløgg – Mulled Wine

Christmas in a predominantly Muslim country is different. While everyone has pretty much bought into the spirit of Christmas – the exchanging of gifts, the food and the general all round good cheer, things like mulled wine does not really make the list. That probably also is partly due to the fact that in 30…

One-Pot Spicy Prawn Pasta

After a long weekend of get-togethers – hosting an early Christmas party on Friday, niece and nephews over for Christmas movie/game night/sleepover on Saturday and finally Christmas drinks and nibbles at the in laws on Sunday. The last thing I want to do is cook a big meal. I feel like I have spent an…

Advent Candles/ Adventslys

I have never ever made an advent wreath or had my own advent candles. At home we had a candle holder for advent and that is pretty much what we used every year to light a candle every Sunday leading up to Christmas. I loved lighting the candle on Sunday’s and it genuinely was something…

Julehjerte – Danish Christmas Hearts

I have been putting it off for as long as possible, but it really is difficult when all of the UK has gone Christmas crazy as soon as it hit November. And it’s not that I don’t like Christmas – I mean it’s the most hygge time of the year, so of course I love…