Treat of the day

Last week when we went to grocery shopping I spotted a new chocolate I have not tried before. That's not a huge deal for me actually because most of the time we do not get into the chocolate/sweet isles in a supermarket since I am not a huge fan of eating bar chocolates. Once in a while yes but I would rather go with a special, dark Frey one or with a Toblerone. Guess what? The one I spotted was a Toblerone with crunchy corn and I loved it. Chewy and crunchy at the same time...I cannot wait to go to the supermarket again:)

It's still cherry time

A couple of weeks ago we picked up some cherries in Zug. Afterwards we went on a holiday and was busy with daily life but I was longing for some more cherries. During the weekend we went to the same farm to see whether the season is still on. And it was on! Best cherries ever...

The seller told us though that that's the last weekend they are selling because the cherry season is over in a day or two. Until next year then!

Treat of the day

Treat of the season to be precise. Since tomatoes are in and they actually have taste, we got into the habit of making some kind of gazpacho almost daily. Some kind of gazpacho because I omit the bread and not measuring the ingredients to achieve the real Spanish taste.
After blending the ingredients it is poured into small jars and can be kept in the refrigerator for 2-3 days.

The recipe is simple: 5 tomatoes (I cut them into chunks), a quarter of green bell pepper, a half of a small onion, some cucumber peeled, salt, pepper and some olive oil. Blend everything together using a mixer. You can use less/more tomatoes, cucumbers or anything. Add them slowly and work out the taste you like the most. We usually like having a more tomato flavor with less olive oil.

Treat of the day

It's cherry time in Switzerland! Although the weather is not mediterranean in Switzerland, there are plenty of fruits available during summer and believe me it's worth waiting for them. At the beginning of summer they come from Italy or Spain. Canton Zug is famous of its cherries, cherry liquor and cake. We bought some cherries over the weekend and it was AMAZING. Probably the best I have ever eaten. Ripe, crunchy, sweet.

A treat

This was my first Easter in Switzerland and as such I was curious what kind of specialties hold this country. One of them was this pastry formed into a bunny holding a stick of Swiss chocolate. The flavor and texture is close to the French brioche but a bit heavier in texture and probably sweeter. The chocolate stick is way too much though, but luckily it's not baked into the bunny, so stays optional to eat it or not. Overall, it's a nice breakfast pastry but would rather indulge in strictly occasionally otherwise it can easily become a staple for breakfast, which we all know not a healthy option.
I bought it in Migros, one of the Swiss supermarket chains.

A treat

As I previously mentioned I am not into bar chocolates but since I am in Switzerland I feel I am obliged to try those out. I more into a nice pastry than a chocolate bar but I decided to try out the bars so I can show you what's on offer here.
This time I tried 'Japonais' from Frey. Actually, I really liked this one although it's a milk chocolate. If it comes to chocolate my choice is dark chocolate but this Japonais one might make me eat milk chocolate more often.
It has small pieces of japoinais pastry, hence the name. Japonais is a French word for meringues that contain nut and apparently nothing to do with the fact that the word means Japanese in French. You can read more about japonais here.
Back to the point: the chocolate is great, not too sweet although it's milk chocolate and contains small pieces of crunchy nutty meringues. I really liked it.

(picture is from here)

 This is how the actual chocolate looks like.

A treat

Before Christmas we visited the Lindt Chocolate factory outlet and picked up a lot of things mainly for presents. We only got one chocolate bar for us to try though. A couple of days ago I found it in the cupboard and decided it was time to open it.

As I mentioned before I am not a huge fan of Lindt chocolate in general but this seemed interesting enough to buy it.
Well, it turned out to be interesting enough. Do not expect any chocolate favor you know since it's missing sugar and many other additives that 'normal' chocolate bars include consequently it's not sweet but has a rather intense cocoa bean flavor. My husband loved, me, not too much but worth trying once.