Wait patiently

 Be still and rest in the Lord;

wait for Him and

patiently lean yourself upon Him.

 

Psalm 37:7 (AMP)

 

 

 

Sarah Groves: Hello Lord

I have used the texture called isobel, with the courtesy of Kim Klassen.

 

 

Silver treasures of winter

 

Winter, a lingering season,

is a time to gather golden moments,

embark upon a sentimental journey,

and enjoy every idle hour.

  John Boswell

 

 

 

 

The winter comes: the frozen rut
Is bound with silver bars;
the white drift heaps against the hut;
and night is pierced with stars.

 Coventry Patmore

 

 

 

 

I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields,

that it kisses them so gently?

And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt;

and perhaps it says

"Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.

 

Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

I have taken and edited these photos with my iPhone 3GS

Silver / Treasure is the theme of the 3nd week in

Rebeccas (Bumbles and Lights) and

Kristis (Live and Love Out Loud)

Winter 2013 Nurture Photography Challenge.

Weekly Top Shot

Happy Valentine's!

The template of this card is a freebie from the French Kiss Collections

We have winter holidays this week - slowly mornings & pancakes, with little trips and outings every now and then.

Yesterday we were skating. I still have the old skates from the high school times. They get dusted off about twice a year, one of them being here on winter holidays. Even if I don't dare to skate as fast as I used to do, I still enjoy the feeling of "swaying over the ice".

We took sandwiches and warm chocolate with us - it was cozy to sit down to rest your feet, and enjoy the hot chocolate! I took a few snap shots, which I'll be posting later on this week.

 

For the Valentine's dessert we're having - I know, we had this last week as well - chocolate mousse.

 

 

I grew up in Finland, where the focus of the Valentine's Day

is on cherishing your friends and friendship in general

- the day is actually called "the Day of Friendship".

 

 

"The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that

they can grow separately without growing apart." 

 Elizabeth Foley

 

 

 PS: A warm welcome to my blog, Sherri!

Cooking is love made visible

The theme of Kim Klassens Texture Tuesday and Create with Joy's Friensdhip Friday is Love. Besides loving feelings, care and thoughts, love is also a matter of will and concrete actions. My focus has recently been in manifesting love in action in the kitchen - Love to my family as well as to myself :)

I've been doing menu plans for each week {which I've so far posted only to Mietteitä matkanvarrelta, my blog in Finnish}.

The aim with menu plans is, for the first, to focus on both eating various vegetables of the season and serve fish more often - and to be inspired to try new recipes.

Another goal is to plan the dinners in such a way, that we can use the most left overs from the day before.The left over rice can for example be used in a paella or risotto the day after.

And last but not the least, paying attention to the weekly special bargains, when making the menu plan, we can both reduce the times when we do the groceries, and limit the amount of the impulse purchases (that happens though still every now and then).
We've said no thanks to the food advertisement in a paper form, since we get the advertisements from the internet, which is more environmental friendly than the paper ones (in Denmark most of the supermarkets do publish the weekly bargains online.)

Well, now it's time to warm the scalloped potatoes (I made a double portion yesterday) and set a portion of butter beans to soak overnight ... Beans and lentils are delicious and easy-to-prepare, once you get to the rhytm of setting them to soak in the evenings. There's so many nice recipes with beans and lentil, that I look forward of preparing ... I'll promise to post the most tasty ones here on the blog!

PS: A warm welcome to Tish, my newest follower!



Kim Klassens Cafe

I've used Kim Klassens texture Edith on the photos

Spinach Quiche with Goat Cheese and Almonds

This Christmas I fell in love with goat cheese - I've recently used goat cheese in a variety of dishes. I found the recipe for this delicious goat cheese quiche recipe from an inspiring book I received from my mom. This spinach quiche has a mild, round and delicious flavor - both my husband and our friends absolutely adore it!

I replaced some of the ingredients in the original recipe as follows: I replaced the hazelnuts with almonds, the nettles with spinach, the butter with margarine, half of the buckwheat flour with rice flour, and the creme fraiche with thick yogurt. The buckwheat flour has a bit strog flavor in my opinion, therefore I reduced the amount.

The quiche is gluten-free. If you wish, you can use all purpose flour, normal full cream and milk.

You will need the following ingredients:

4,2 cups (1 liter) fresh spinach
0,4 cups (100 ml) almonds
0,3 pounds (125 g) molten butter or margarine
0,6 cups (150 ml) buckwheat flour
0,6 cups (150 ml) of rice flour
2 tbsp thick yoghurt
3 eggs
0,8 cups (200 ml) of soy milk
0,4 cups (100 ml) soy cream
pinch of salt
0,4 pounds (200 g) crumbled goat cheese

Instructions:

- Rinse the spinach leaves and chop them a bit. If you use frozen spinach, let it drain a moment in a sieve.
- Stir the melted butter, buckwheat flour, rice flour and the thick yogurt ina bowl to a dough. Press the pastry into the bottom a pie dish, and prick small holes to the pastry using a fork. Bake for about 10 min. at 390 F / 200 C degrees. Then lower the temperature to 350 F/ 175 C degrees.
- Beat the eggs, soy cream and soy milk together, add a pinch of salt.
- Cover the pre-baked bottom with spinach, sprinkle thereafter the crumbled goat cheese on the top. Pour the milk-egg mix over the quiche. Add the almonds on the top, and bake it at 350 F/ 175 C degrees for about 30 minutes.

I decorated the baked quiche with a few fresh sage leaves. This quiche tastes delicious both warm and cold. You do not necessarily need to serve a salat to go with it  - The spinach, goat cheese and almonds give a rich and round flavor ... Bon appetit!
 

 

 A warm welcome to new followers

Millie, Sarah, Keke, Jenn,

Ilda, Kristin and Daisy!

 

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Wintery White

 

 

In the wintertime we go

Walking in the fields of snow;

 

 

 

 

Where there is no grass at all;

Where the top of every wall,

 

 

Every fence and every tree,

Is as white as white can be.

 

 

 

 

Pointing out the way we came,
Every one of them the same.

 

All across the field there be
Prints in silver filigree;



And our mothers always know,
By the footprints in the snow,
Where it is the children go.

 

White Fields by James Stephens



White / Minimalism is the theme of the 2nd week in

Rebeccas (Bumbles and Lights) and

Kristis (Live and Love Out Loud)

Winter 2013 Nurture Photography Challenge.

 

 

 

 

Peace

 Do not be anxious about anything,

but in every situation,

by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving,

present your requests to God. 

 

 And the peace of God,

which transcends all understanding,

will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

 

Philippians 4:6-7