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Delicious posts about food, glorious food, our breathtaking location and the
wonderful things to do in our area of the Axarquia, Malaga and Andalucia.
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Pantastic summer.
Pantastic Summer! Mi casa es tu casa What a pantastic summer we've had, I've lost count how many kilos of rice we've bought, how arroces, paellas we've made, and pans we've scrubbed. PANTASTIC, we're truly grateful for the visitors to La Rosilla from all...
Our award from Tripadvisor – Certificate of Excellence.
Celebrate good things, Come on .. We are delighted to have received our long awaited for Tripadvisor Certificate of Excellence award. We've worked very hard as a family to ensure all guests and visitors to La Rosilla have a truly memorable experience. Having...
New seasons.
2019 certainly got off to a flying start for us at La Rosilla, we are joyous that we are now catering and doing cooking experiences in all seasons. The winter has been very kind to us, with days of glorious sunshine, enabling all our visitors to cook and eat alfresco,...
January Blues.
January Blues ! Look up, look forward. Blue skies are the only January Blues here. A welcome start to the year, the mild weather, sun low in the sky and blossom unusually early has certainly made January more bearable. Many people making resolutions and setting...
Christmas, eat, drink & be merry, Feliz Navidad.
Christmas is coming! Time to eat, drink & be merry. Hot cinnamon buns fresh from the oven, ready for Christmas morning. Basil and tomato bread tempting me, but no I'll save for the family when they arrive tomorrow, to go with a bowl of steaming soup. I think I'm...
Sweet as honey.
Honey Harvest Another bucket list, tick off! Honey harvest on the perfect Autumnal day. Blue skies, bright sunshine, mountain and coastal views and bees, thousands of happy bees. A dear friend bought me a very unique gift for my birthday in September, a day...
Andalucian autumn arrives.
Ready for change? Oh yes! Autumn has arrived in Andalucia, and after a long, hot, indulgent summer, we welcome the season change with open arms. New seasons always feel like an opportunity for new beginnings, rituals and regimes at La Rosilla. Autumn brings on...
Figs, glorious Figs, time to preserve.
Figs, glorious Figs! One of my favourite fruits, and If we're lucky we get two crops a year. We wait patiently for our late Summer, early Autumn figs to ripen and pray they will before they drop from the trees. Eaten freshly picked from the tree is a treat for the...
Family fun our treasure hunt adventure in Malaga.
Family fun day in Malaga. We were delighted to be invited to partake in a new and exciting adventure in Malaga, for my daughters birthday. A GPS treasure hunt around the city. So off we went four of the family, myself, 1 teenager & 2 twenty-somethings. Arriving...
Always more to explore in Velez-Malaga, take a guided tour.
Velez-Malaga We drive through and passed Velez-Malaga a few times a week. Driving on our way to the coast, for the beach in Summer and for food shopping throughout the year. Each time we venture into the town, I think I must explore more. We have visited for...
Gazpacho time.
Summertime means Gazpacho time! Like many Spanish dishes and recipes, every cook has their own take on it, Gazpacho is no exception,. Do they peel, chop first, do they add fruit, and which garnish? One thing though is for certain, use the freshest, seasonal...
Thinking back.
Each end of May I think back to the day we left the U.K, with hopes and dreams of a new life in Spain. That became reality, we're still here, living large, embracing all eventualities and challenges that we come across. Not always plain sailing, whose...