Coffee pods | The Complete Book

How did we get to the second last month of the year so quickly! Clearly there is truth in time passing quicker the older you get.

As always a big thank you to Celia over at Fig Jam and Lime Cordial for hosting this fun monthly event. It’s great fun peeking into so many beautiful and different kitchens each month. Please remember Celia needs all IMK posts submitted by the 10th of every month.

In my kitchen…

Are the most magnificent mini roses from our garden. I bought 2 new rose bushes seeing as I killed our best rose bush when I transplanted it a couple of months ago. My sadness of losing the other bush is quickly forgotten with these beautifully coloured roses.

Garden roses

In my kitchen…

Is millet. For the life of me, I cannot remember who’s blog I saw millet on so my apologies for no link love. I will post a millet and grape salad recipe next week.

In my kitchen…

I found 2 new varieties of Pete’s coffee pods, up to now I have only been able to find the Foreign Ground Brazil Single Origin.

In my kitchen…

Is our new 56 litre LG Mirror Microwave. Sorry it is not a picture of ours but I ran out of time so quickly got this one from the brochure. I am not entirely convinced this new modern “metallic” look works for me as each item (fridge, dishwasher, washing machine etc) is a different shade of “silver” even within one brand so its’ awfully difficult to match items. Bring back classic white which doesn’t date and matches everything. I have two complaints about this new edition to our kitchen. Even though I only use it to reheat and make the odd gravy, I still want to be able to see inside the unit when it is on – some genius thought about the aesthetics (not sure why you need a mirror on a microwave – possibly do your hair while heating lunch?) and not the functionality so you are left guessing when something is going to boil over! It doesn’t have a kitchen timer either which was so handy on our old microwave. My suggestion to you would be not to buy a mirror unit, unless you want to sit in front of it to do your hair or make-up. I have also had many unsuccessful calls to LG, their service is shocking – they are useless! Right rant over.

In my kitchen…

Are “Nigerian” from Lebanon ice cream powders. Pete, like me, loves finding something different on the shelves in supermarkets and he came across these. Albeit they are instant – mix powder with milk, he says they are really very nice. I will report back on what I think.

In my kitchen…

Is the smallest tin of condensed milk I have seen – 78g. Pete knows how I love small, what I call “nunu” things so when he found this he couldn’t resist buying it for me.

What’s in your kitchen this month? Please remember to link back to Celia’s blog Fig Jam and Lime Cordial if you partake in the fun and drop her a quick note to let her know when your post will be up.

It can’t possibly be half way through the year already! I remember reading Celia’s IMK posts when we were living in Mauritius and promising I would join in just as soon as we got back home – that was 3 years ago! Before any more time runs away, lets have a look at what’s in my kitchen.

In my kitchen…

Are strelizia’s aka bird of paradise, aka crane flower from the garden brightening up the cold days.

Strelitzia's

In my kitchen…

Was a fun gift idea of Pete’s which we put together for a friends birthday. We used old tins, sea sand, plain white candles and glass lantern covers. You can replace the tins with metal mugs, add shells or pebbles on top of the sand, use fancier candles, possibly add a ribbon. We like the simplicity of these.

In my kitchen…

Is a lovely olive dish and forks, a birthday gift from my brother Chris and his wife Elmien.

In my kitchen…

Is an impromptu gift from my dad. These biscuits are frightfully moreish!

In my kitchen…

Is a new brand of coffee pods I found for Pete’s Nespresso machine. I am wondering if they are a little more expensive being individually wrapped which doesn’t suit the container I keep all of Pete’s other pods in so these get forgotten in the cupboard.