by Pumpkin | Jan 25, 2023 | Recipes
Quick smoky lentils with chorizo This is a delicious, hearty dish- simply lentils topped with chorizo. This makes for a very satisfying dinner, and can even be prepped in advance. By using a pressure cooker here, you can also save quite a bit of time- and no need to...
by Pumpkin | Jan 21, 2023 | Recipes
A delicious and creamy combination of aubergine and spinach This is an incredibly simple recipe, great for a quick dinner. The dish is completely vegan and doesn’t require too many ingredients. Servings 2 Prep time: 5min Cook time: 20min Difficulty: Easy...
by Pumpkin | Jan 9, 2023 | Travel
Crete is such an amazing island that we just had to come back... Following our 2018 holiday to Crete, a couple of years later in 2020 we decided that we simply must return to this beautiful island. There is just so much to explore in Crete that we didn’t get a...
by Pumpkin | Jan 2, 2023 | Travel
One of the favourite trips we did when staying in Spili in 2020 was visit Loutro for a day. Loutro is a picture-perfect village on the south side of Crete, only accessible by boat and foot. It is definitely a must-visit place on the island and feels a million miles...
by Pumpkin | Dec 31, 2022 | Travel
For the second part of our trip to Crete in 2020, we decided to stay a short drive away from Spili. Spili is a small town around 30km south of Rethymno, and sits on one of the main roads running from the north to south of the islands. However, it is not a busy town,...