Retail therapy

Retail therapy by liza-aldridge featuring a plunge dress

Li and Bo ready for the off!

Some beers!

Does it need any explanation?

Fantastic Salad - thanks Oprah!

Inspired, as always, by the food we eat on holiday, we've come back from Spain intending to eat lovely healthy "jazzy" salads like we eat on hols.

So, in a spirit of health and freshness, we found this recipe on line and I had a go at making it this lunchtime, to serve with turkey fillet and a pea/mint dip and crudites.

http://www.oprah.com/food/Watermelon-Heirloom-Tomato-Salad-Recipe-Gluten-Free-Girl

It was delicious - although I edited the recipe a little bit...as I have no idea what heirloom tomatoes are so I bought some little yellow ones and a big red one! I used bog standard white wine vinegar. Don't really like tarragon so swapped it out for spring onions, and found a peach in the fridge which needed using up so chopped that in with the rest. Oh and I don't have 'fruity olive oil' so added half a teaspoon of apricot jam to the dressing mix.

Here's how it turned out...

And with the turkey, it makes a colourful plate-load!

Some turkey bits and the veg, ready for the pea and mint dip

...which has come out a bit of a funny colour but which was really nice and green!

Another Liza place

"Liza" seems to exist frequently in Catalan!

New Shoes

Some fabby  noo shoooos from the clarks collection for the hols!

Gin and tonic ice cream!

Nice little Spanish restaurant

The post is titled this as a joke to was what I had said when I was in Rome and now the rossi clan all think I am a bit simples (which is true) 

But I digress 

We ended up in a great restaurant yesterday afternoon that we had found called lizarran !  So not sure why we hunted it out (aside from the name).

Great bar setup (see photo) 

 But what was on the bar was also special .  Bocadillios - basically little bits of bread with nice toppings of all different types.  Delicious.  And also beer of course, 

Then we found the tapas menu and got two things off there.   1) potatoes with fury (creamy sauce with a bit of a kick) 

And then we got some chorizo ( hot) in its own sauce.  Perfect to dip a bit of bread in .

Dan signing off here.

A little look around Reus

Went for a nice wander yesterday. I think we've both been surprised with the attractiveness of the town. Lots of nice little corners and views. Here are a few pics to give you an idea of what it's like.

How could we not go in?

Dan spotted this restaurant /tapas bar and how could we resist?

Some very nice patatas bravas were had (and a couple of cheeky beers!)

Love the menu which was like a set of flash cards!

Also they had a nice idea of having some little crostini things on the bar which each had a flag/toothpick in. You could help yourself to these. At the end of the meal, they counted the sticks and that's what you were charged for. Cute idea!