A few days ago I made gratin with macaroni, shrimp and broccoli in the air fryer. Boil pasta, drain water, put pasta, frozen shrimp 🦐 and broccoli 🥦 into an ovenproof dish, cover with Béchamel sauce and grated cheese 🧀 and bake. Crunchy & creamy texture 😋

#DragonBall40th I have this Foto saved of a drawing of Goku I made several years ago It’s a bit blurry because of camera quality, but still cute! I’ve been watching the dragon ball anime from the beginning together with my husband for the past months and it’s always fun!

I’m making our Christmas dinner now. 🎄👩🏻‍🍳 Peeled and boiled potatoes which will be made into Knödel.🥔 Fried the meat wich is simmering in the pressure cooker now.🍖 I already prepared some things yesterday. I made a Baumkuchen🌲🍰🍫 and simmered pears in red wine. Results later!

Merry Christmas and happy holidays everyone! 🎄🎅🏻🌟 I finished cooking and we’re eating now! Christmas dinner is Schweinebraten (roast pork) with Kartoffelknödel (potato dumplings), homemade gravy, steamed vegetables, caramelised red wine pear, Blaukraut (pickled red cabbage).

Happy new year everyone!🎍🎇 We’re still staying with my in laws. Last night we watched the new years program on tv & went to the local shrine. Today we had Osechi and we’ll play hanafuda🎴 later. I made a New year’s card for my in laws & for my husband a dragon quest themed one.

Yesterday I made steamed buns from scratch for the first time! For the dough Flour, yeast, warm water, oil, sugar, baking powder Filling for anman🫘: Anko with sesame oil For pizza-man 🍕: Tomato sauce, cheese, minced meat or bacon (I used chorizo) Wrap, shape & steam ~10 min 🤤

Our renovation is finishing soon too, so there’s lots of stuff to do before, during & after moving back in. I gotta clean all the rooms, take care of the garden, do small repairs, install some things, buy furniture etc. I’ll be quite busy, but I’ll try posting regularly again!

Mushroom risotto🍄‍🟫& Saltimbocca roulades🍖 Thin pork & chicken cutlets, flavoured with salt, pepper & fresh sage🌿 rolled with Prosciutto ham. Simmered in pressure cooker with 🧅🧈🧄, white wine, chicken broth. Grilled the meat & turned stock with cream & starch into sauce 🥗

We wanna get a new washing machine. 🧺 Preferably drum type up to 60°C warm washing!!!! 8-12 kg load Maybe dryer function And mode for outdoor clothes, sportswear, jackets, blankets/duvet, sensitive stuff, wool silk etc. would be good too Japan peeps, any recommendations/advice?

Renovation is finally finished & we’re back in our house! I’ve been cleaning and tidying nonstop the past week. I’m happy we can get settled in, but it’s frustrating I can’t unpack all the boxes yet cause we need to get some more furniture first. We’ll slowly & steadily proceed!

We didn’t do anything Easter like this year, i nearly forgot about it, since it’s not celebrated in 🇯🇵 & we’re busy with setting up the house after moving back in. We just had a simple brunch & took a walk around the neighbourhood. Hope everyone had nice Easter holidays!🐣🐇

A question for the German 🇩🇪 community: I have to renew my passport soon. How/where do you take your biometric passport Fotos? The website of the Auslandsvertretung explicitly states to not use a photo booth. Appreciate if any of you can help or give other useful advice.

Quick update. Still busy unpacking & tidying. New washing machine was installed. Gonna clean the sunroom tomorrow so I can hang laundry. Kitchen is in ok condition so I can at least cook. But we’ll keep sleeping on the sofa for a while longer because we haven’t bought a bed yet.