Tag: Summer
Spanish Omelette Recipe
If you’re looking for a quick, tasty and healthy family meal this Spanish Omelette recipe is great. It’s perfect for lunch or dinner and you can even eat it cold on a picnic.
Ingredients
- 1 Red Onion
- 2 cloves of Garlic
- 6 Free-Range Eggs
- 500g New Potatoes (roughly 8 potatoes)
- 1/2 cup grated Cheese
- Sliced Tomato for the topping
- Olive oil for cooking
Method
1. Wash and cut the potatoes (peel if desired) into small cubes.
2. Boil the potatoes until soft. Allow the potatoes to cool.
3. Finely chop the onion and garlic. Gently fry in a little olive oil.
4. Crack the eggs into a bowl and mix together. Stir in the onion and garlic.
5. Pour a little olive oil into a non-stick fry pan and heat. Add the potatoes evenly across the pan and pour the egg mixture on top.
6. Cook for 15 minutes until almost set and golden brown underneath.
7. Gently push the tomatoes into the top of the omelette and sprinkle over the grated cheese.
8. Put the fry pan under the oven grill (be careful to ensure the pan handle is outside the oven as this could get very hot and burn).
9. Cook for a further minute or two until golden on top.
10. Ready to serve. Grind some black pepper over to taste.
Spanish Omelette is delicious with a side salad in summer or seasonal greens in winter.
A Healthy Breakfast
As a family we do love our organic oats. I make Healthy Flapjacks with oats to take out as a snack and every morning Daddy makes three large bowls of porridge. You wouldn’t be wrong for mistakenly thinking we are the three bears in Goldilocks.
I thought we’d stop eating porridge during the summer months but we just kept going! I like my summer porridge breakfast with a topping of grated apple and cinnamon or with a handful of summer berries (which turn the porridge a delightful red colour).
And in winter a good bowl of porridge with raisins keeps us going throughout the morning.
Porridge is so easy to make. Gently heat some milk in a pan, add the oats and some water, sprinkle in some raisins and gently keep stirring as the oats soak up the liquid and the raisins soften. A delicious and healthy breakfast!
My Shopping Experience at Zalando.co.uk
A few weeks ago I was contacted by Zalando and kindly asked if I would like to experience shopping at Zalando.co.uk. To be perfectly honest, I hadn’t heard of Zalando before and I quickly jumped online to have a look. The first thing that stood out to me was the incredible range of products available for the whole family. Everything from shoes to children’s clothing to women’s fashion to men’s sportswear and homeware.
It was a pleasure to browse the vast selection of Fashion and Accessories from brands around the world, with some amazing designers from Europe.
In the Children’s Wear section I discovered a beautiful linen dress from the Danish clothing brand Noa Noa that I chose for Imogen. It is slightly too large for her to wear now but it will fit perfectly next summer. I can just imagine this pretty dress being worn on a summer’s day or for a special occasion.
I love this colourful and fun hat rack by Present Time in Homeware. It is designed in Holland and would look great in a nursery or child’s bedroom. The brightly coloured balls are the perfect size for hanging children’s coats, hats and items of clothing on.
We placed it on Imogen’s bedroom wall and find it is wonderful for holding her coats, hats, scarves, bags and blankets. It conveniently keeps Imogen’s outdoor accessories handy and organised for when we’re rushing out of the door to get to the park!
Having previously bought items of clothing for Imogen from the Danish brand, Name It, I decided to select a couple of long sleeved tops and leggings from Zalando. These are comfortable for everyday play and wash really well.
From Zalando Home I selected a set of beautiful hand blown glass hurricane lamps from Germany. Both purple, one is almost transparent and the other is a darker shade. They look stunning when the sun shines through and with a lit candle they provide a glow of ambient light.
My shopping experience at Zalando.co.uk was fun, easy and it opened my eyes to an online store that conveniently sells everything you need for both your family and your home. I’ve bookmarked Zalando and will be shopping online again very soon.
Disclosure: Zalando offered me a voucher that I used to buy these items in exchange for this sponsored post. All opinions and thoughts are my own.
