Recipes that suit Addis grocery shopping

Veggie Market Addis Ababa

Shopping in Addis is quit a challenge and time consuming. Every week there are new products found and some items just disappear during the day. There are a lot of little market shops on the street for fruits and some basics, but as a western family, we mostly shop in supermarkets where they also sell some ‘western/ international’ products.

To give you a little insight:

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Happy Holidays Moscow Mule

If you have had enough punch chaud aux fruits, hot chocolates, heisse weine and/or Williams schnapps this winter. And you do feel like something else to drink, so warming your body without glühwein…. here is the answer…order or make the Happy Holidays Moscow Mule. A Classic Gingery Moscow Mule updated with the Autumnal flavors of apple and cranberry!

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Bucket List – Experience it!

My bucket list .. it is a never-ending work in progress, continuously updated and being altered. But having a bucket list, is to have a life and utilize it fully before it’s knocked off from under your feet!

This bucket list will hopefully grow with lots of ‘stil-to-be-discovered-on-this-world’-sights, and please feel free to add yours! I also hope some will disappear from this list and will be added to an blog article where I can tell you how I’ve experienced it.

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Im Viadukt in Zürich West it is!

Where can I find the boutique industrial cool area of Zürich?? When visiting a city I’m dying for getting inspired, boutique shopping, studio-gallery strolling, eating delicatesses and getting impressed by people on the street. No bankers, no discerning shoppers, but more the urban-fashion-bohemian-trendy-art-lovers. So where is this area? I know they have it in Zürich; the home to the largest techno street party! But where?

Yes I discovered it! Im Viadukt, Zürich West, Kries 5, it is!

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3x refreshing cocktails for the summer breeze

I love cocktails, especially in the summer at the end of the day. On holidays around 5 o’clock I take my first one when the sun is losing a bit of its heat, I’ll add the heat with a cocktail.

My favorite & ok-to-make cocktails this summer are:

  1. Good Old Bloody Mary
  2. Gin & Tonic with Grapefruit & Rosemary
  3. Watermelon-Basil Lime Soda Cooler (mocktail)

I have added the recipes below. I have found these on other great websites and gave them a twist to add my flavor to it. Don’t forget: ssst…make the cocktail, pause for a little bit … & drink!

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Ibiza is always a good idea

Ibiza is a charming island with sunsets in hidden beautiful bays just waiting to be discovered. The last five years, we somehow were lucky to have a get together on the island at least once every year. And so we created our little sst-list for a weekend Ibiza which I’ll share with you.

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