[recipe] Apricot liqueur

Immediately after harvesting the apricots of our garden I started preparing the liqueur.

This recipe is simple and easy.

Apricots and plums

The color of the apricots of our garden intensifies day by day.

We also have a plum tree (Reina Claudia variety).

The branches of the plum have been suffering from aphid attack.

Today I found the rescuers.

Ladybirds feed on aphids.

The ladybird is right.  What you see on the left is her shell.

Hope that they can clean the plum well.

I have picked apricots that are still unripe.

I'll use them to make liquor.

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[recipe] Vegetable Ginger Rice Balls

Here is the recipe of Vegetable Ginger Rice Balls.
This type of rice dish is called Takikomi-Gohan (炊き込みご飯) in Japanese. It is similar to Pilaf, which is rice cooked in broth with different ingredients: vegetables, fish, meat etc.

The recipe I want to present today is vegetarian.  If you want it vegan, just use proper wine.

The month of report

I can not believe we are already in June.

June is the closing month of the school year in Italy. So it's the month of graduation and holiday beginning. For many students and their families it's the month of satisfaction and liberation and for others it's of anxiety and suffering. Our family is part of the second category.

For our son Andrea this should be the last year of high school, therefore the year of Maturity Exam. He never liked going to the schools since he was a child (the only exception is when he attended an English language school in Canada for a summer). 

He is an intelligent boy. He just has not yet found the passion of life. I'm sure his time will come soon. 

Unfortunately, the Italian school system is not very comprehensive on students' personal growth.

And here we are, in front of the school's electronic register with Andrea's table of votes, many of which are reported in red (meaning inadequate). Will he be admitted to the Exam? Let's hope so...

The picture is Ginger Rice with Vegetables (Maze-Gohan 混 ぜ ご 飯 or Takikomi-Gohan 炊 き 込 み ご 飯).

I have prepared for the annual party of the aftershool club.

The yellow pieces are Frittata Roll (Tamago-Yaki 卵 焼 き).

With the next post I will show you how to prepare these delicious rice balls.

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