HomeSchool

In Summer 2025 I was unable to leave the house because of Poor Pii. I had planned to go again on Bobbin Lace Course at Valamo Monastery and already booked myself in but had to cancel it because of Pii. But, it didn't need to mean I could not have my course here at home on my terrace deck in my garden. It needed some arrangements because one point being at Valamo Monastery is being isolated and on ready made meals so that you have all the time to spend on focusing the subject you need to. That's why we needed to update our fridge and rethink the week menu. Here you can see one of my suppers: home made saskatoon berry curd, industrially baked gluten free bread with cheese and cold hot chocolate. Yep, cold hot chocolate. You make it to cold milk and do not warm up. I wonder if you have it elsewhere too than in Finland. And, no, it really is not what you mean with a milk shake.

And here is one of my easy breakfasts. Industrially baked gluten free bread, home made raspberry-saskatoon soup, cold hot chocolate and tea. Breakfasts were served with a good book. In this time it meant Jane Austen.

I always have one hot meal in a day. Usually it is served at lunch time. The lunch includes smashed potatoes with gluten free minced meat of cow. We usually never buy industrially produced meat (or anything else) but this was a special thing to ease my life for the home schooling. The Greek style salad is also industrially produced and packed in portions. Gluten free pancakes are home made so I needed spend some time cooking them. Here you can find a recipe for Gluten Free Potato Cakes. If you want to make normal pancakes just add one more egg and leave the potato out. 😉 The jam is home made red currant - cherry jam for the season 2024. 😋