Mother's day

I'm dedicating this post to my mother for mother's day and also to Nicholas for creating the most delicious mother's day "French (oh I mean English) onion soup that he made for my mother's day dinner. I had no idea that onions can melt in your mouth it was that good.

Last May my sweet mum (Stana) came to visit me all the way from Australia. I thought she would like to have a holiday and let me cook for her, but no she insisted in making home made phyllo pastry (I have to find these photos and post another time), then turning that into cherry strudel. She also made home made pasta and danish pastries from scratch. What could I do....stop her?? You must realise that I crave my mums cooking every day. what an inspiration. I'm also wondering if my neighbours ever complained about her getting up at 6 am and trimming my hedges and grass..that woman never stops...yes she gardens as well (on a larger scale). This is my mothers way of being, she give and gives and gives like its a bottomless pit. In that pit you will find abundance and we are all hungry souls for her goodness. I took these photos in order to capture her essence while baking her recipes hoping to one day gather them all up to translate into English from Serbian with a photo for each recipe.. Would be nice to have as a keepsake especially to hand down to my kids. Apparently, she takes good sunrise photos. This one is especially meaningful to me as I used to get up at 5 am in Apollo Bay just to watch the sunrise as its really spectacular.
These are her cardamon cinnamon buns...Mugino had at least 5 in one sitting!!! ;)

Oh and I made a strawberry shortcake for a friends baby blessing on the long weekend. Nicholas was the helper, chocolate melter and strawberry cutter. It was a four layer cake - all organic ingredients.