tiny happy

The kitchen has been a busy place this summer, with visiting family and friends and extra kids racing around and the door permanently open to let bees, flies and sometimes cicadas in.

I've got the children making iceblocks, and in the photo above K is holding the family favourite variety, which is made by whisking equal parts coconut milk and pineapple juice together. We've also made pops by freezing berries and yoghurt, milkshakes, and different kinds of fruit smoothies in the moulds (which are these ones.) 

I recently saw Nicola's amazing recipe for blueberry jelly-tip ice blocks and hope to try making those on the weekend.

Anna Jones' book A Modern Way to Eat was a happy library find. I really like it- the philosophy (simple, delicious, vegetarian food that isn't overtly 'vegetarian') the recipes (easy, no-fuss, the kind of food I like to make for the family), and the design (I think it's a really beautiful book.) 

I have made Anna's avocado and lemon spaghetti a few times lately, because there always seems to be an avocado in our fruit bowl these days, and everyone really likes it. You can find the recipe here.