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Ask an Expat: Hagelslag and other Dutch treats

Mini boxes for sampling :-)
When Mr. DJ first started working here in Den Haag a couple of years ago, he would often bring back these little boxes of sprinkles for Roxi. We couldn’t believe that the Dutch ate sprinkles on their toast for BREAKFAST. When we moved here last Summer, Roxi ate this every day. [...]

japra | Mar 11, 2010 | Comments 12

And drops of a different sort

I saw these in my back garden this weekend. Snowdrops… surely this means spring is near? Daffodils in March and Tulips in April, perhaps? Dear Mother Nature, don’t forget March starts next week. Love from one of your most devoted Springtime fans :-)

Three years of recipes in a pretty 3″ binder. This is my second [...]

japra | Feb 23, 2010 | Comments 15

Ask an Expat: Breakfast of Champions ;-)

This was actually going to be my Wordless Wednesday post yesterday, but I thought it needed a bit of explaining. One of the things Roxi likes best about the cereals here in the Netherlands is they contain REAL chocolate. This is the best one we’ve tried so far: Quaker’s (yes, like Quaker Oats, I think!) [...]

japra | Feb 11, 2010 | Comments 27

Dutch Pea Soup (Erwtensoep)

I was at Albert Heijn’s yesterday to pick up some stuff to make BD treats for Roxi’s math class (they need all the sugar they can get–LOL!) when I saw this Erwtensoep kit in the veggie section. Erwtensoep is a hearty split pea soup and though I’ve eaten it a couple of times, I’ve never [...]

japra | Feb 01, 2010 | Comments 12

Wordless Wednesday ~ 26: Some mornings you need that second cup

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Köln (Cologne), Germany

We’re back and exhausted! Three full days of walking and shopping will do that to you, I suppose. ;-)
I have a bunch of photos to share, but first things first: Our Thanksgiving Dinner!

It was a Herr, not a Fräulein, who brought us our beer. And it was in a glass, not a stein. Still, we [...]

japra | Nov 30, 2009 | Comments 17

Ask an Expat: What is a Stroopwafel?

Stroopwafel met koffie en krant (Stroopwafel with coffee and the newspaper.) That’s my Tate Modern mug by the way. I really need one from the NL. Maybe something from Delft? Hmm. I’m going next week!

Last week in the comments for my Wordless Wednesday “Goedmorgen” post, Stan asked: “I say, what is a stroopwafel? Looks like [...]

japra | Nov 12, 2009 | Comments 15

November musings

The weather here lately has made a few of us in the Netherlands a wee bit homesick for England. It’s not just me, Roxi said that several of her friends at school reported they were feeling lonely for England too. I’m pretty sure it was the cold and wet from last week. Funny how something [...]

japra | Nov 10, 2009 | Comments 19

Wordless Wednesday ~ 17: Goedemorgen

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What we did for Halloween

Halloween evening: “just got back from dinner at our little neighbourhood Italian restaurant. There were a bunch of Dutch kids running from restaurant to restaurant to grocery store trick-or-treating! And each establishment was giving out candy. How about that? I don’t think the kids were knocking on people’s doors, though. Interesting, huh?”

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