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C O U L O R S and a vegetable pasta dish for spring!

September 17, 2012 in Lunch, Meals in minutes, Meatless Mondays, Pasta, Supper, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Weekend Themes

One of my most beloved bloggers called SideView, post a theme very weekend, to inspire bloggers to blog over the weekend. The latest theme is Colours!

I cannot even begin to imagine what my life would be without colour!! I just love to see how the Western Cape turns from grey to green after the first winter rains! The same goes for the Highveld after the first summer rains!

cosmos of the highveld

I have taken so many photos of sunsets and every time I see another colourful one, I think it is better than the last!

beautiful

Seeing a yellow sunflower or almost any yellow flower always instantly lifts my mood, it does not matter how miserable I was feeling.

I feel so privileged to stay in Cape Town and to see Table Mountain every day in different hues of colour! I cannot even begin to describe the colours of the ocean, which will sometimes be grey, and then turquoise or aqua green and the next moment it would be sluggish brown. The next day it might be crystal blue!

I think much of my enjoyment of food is also linked to colour, whether it is the colour of the food itself or the way it is presented on a colourful plate or table cloth!

Since spring has sprung in Cape Town we have been eaten a lot of meat and fish, because hubs soooo enjoys braaing, so tonight I have made something without meat and very summery.

Pasta for summer

Please visit PinkPolkaDotFood for the recipe!

This dish is very quick to prepare and only needs a few ingredients!

Pasta with mushrooms recipe

Ambivalence

July 7, 2012 in Non-Food, Weekend Themes

View from the Side’s weekend theme is ambivalence. To be honest I did not even know the full meaning. After googling I had a better understanding, and decided to do this short post on the theme.

I love Roger Federer and I always hate anybody that plays against him, but for the first time – ever, I am ambivalent towards his opponent!

I sooooo want Rogerer to win Wimbledon, because if he wins it will be his seventh Wimbledon win and then he would be on par with the record currently held by former winners of this prestigious title, namely William Renshaw and Pete Sampras. If Federer wins, he will also become Number 1 again, matching Sampras’ record of 286 weeks at number 1.

If Andy Murray wins, he will be the first British man to win Wimbledon, since Fred Perry did so in 1936! I really like Andy Murray; he is a great tennis player and a real fighter on court!

For a preview of the men’s final go to www.shrewdtennis.com.

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