Quickbreads from the book Gabriel gave me - made with fine cornmeal and poppy seeds.

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Quickbreads, this wonder of humanity!

In fact, I would call these tiny guys cakes, because they are made with baking powder, not yeast.

And this is the reason why you can whip up a batch so fast.

They are great as last-minute snacks, for those times when someone comes over and you're not ready for it, to serve as an excuse to turn on the oven on chilly days, this kind of thing...

The recipe comes from a book a friend gave me last year, it's called "Marvellous mini cakes" by Ilona Chavancova.

Birthday flan.

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After two weeks without new posts, here am I again. Already in São Paulo, already

working (and very glad about it! Self employed people out there know how it is), already

getting to see the friends from here I've been missing, already missing too much my 

family and friends from Santa Catarina.

I hope you had great vacation, and have plenty of ideas for the year that's beginning.

It won't be easy, it never is. But it will be very productive, and will be fun, for sure.

I always thought that making flan was complicated and had everything it takes to go wrong.

I have tried it before, and it didn't work out.

But it was my brother's birthday, so I thought I should try again.

The recipe is the classic 1, 2, 3: 1 can condensed milk, 2 measures equal to the can of milk, 3 eggs, process it in the blender. Any mother around would that you that and think you'd be able to make the flan all by yourself. What about the details?

The details I got at Technicolor Kitchen.

Results: my first flan that goes right!

Whole wheat flour and olive oil quiche - to the changes.

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In the next posts, probably I'll increase the quantity of all natural food lunches.

I'm making an effort to improve eating habits, and this quiche was the first attempt.

I was successful!

I took the recipe from here, and made up the filling, based in a couple of recipes I read.