Wednesday, 5 June 2013

Replacing a carpet


In between was emptying the book shelves,
carrying them out together with the table, chairs & sofa...


 



 

 
 

 
Finished!
(That is  - almost ... We just need to carry
 the furniture & all the books back :)
 
 
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Monday, 3 June 2013

Quinoa Cabbage Salad with Mint



Summer cabbage has a light and crispy structure - with a little effort it turns into a tasty salad. I cutted the cabbage into thin stripes, mixed them with the boiled quinoa grains and seasoned the salad with mint and lemon-vinaigrette - easy peasy and so fresh & delicious!



You will need

1 cup (2 dl) raw quinoa (I rinsed quinoa grains properly, and cooked them for 20 min.)
cups (4-5 dl) thinly sliced ​​cabbage
1/4 cup (½ dl) chopped fresh mint

Mix the following ingredients together into a vinaigrette:
1/4 cup (½ dl) canola oil
juice of 1 lemon
1 tablespoon of white balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon of acacia honey / honey
salt and pepper, a small pinch of cayenne pepper


- After the quinoa grains have cooled down, mix them together with the sliced cabbage and chopped fresh mint. Pour the lemon vinaigrette on the top.

Quinoa Cabbage Salad with Mint is a delicious and filling salad, it goes well together with beans, chicken, veal and fish. If you make a double portion, the salad remains fresh in the refrigerator for a few days.

I have enchanged the original recipe by replacing whole wheat grains with quinoa, and I've added balsamic vinegar and honey to the vinaigrette.


The season for fresh cabbage and herbs is at the door!

  View the printable recipe

 
Enjoy the aromas of lemon & mint ...
flavours of summer,
 
Nina

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Sunday, 2 June 2013

Share the LOVE blog hop - June



I have the priviledge of co-hosting Share the LOVE-blog hop-June.

Join us and add your blog to the links below,
share some love & visit your co-bloggers that have joined ...
A great change to discover a  bunch of lovely blogs
and make new friends!




Share the Love Blog Hop is here!! Yeah!!


Every month Share the Love blog hop will be on both Serenity You and Sew Much Crafting along with the co-hosts

Rules:
1. Please follow your hosts @ number 1 & 2 and The co-hosts at number 3 - 9.  And any others that you like.
2. Please leave a comment on their blog letting them know that you are a new follower and found them on 'share the love blog hop'
3. Link up your blog's Home page
4. Copy and paste the code at the bottom into a new post on your blog (optional)
5. Have fun!!

I am scheduling co-hosts now.
so if you would like to be a co-host in July email me at serenityyou@hotmail.co.uk
At the moment this is free, but soon I will be charging a small fee

{HOSTS}

Natasha @ Serenity You

Danielle @ Sew Much Crafting

After you have linked up your blog, make sure you scroll down to add your bloglovin, facebook, twitter, pinterest and google+ accounts!! 

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May you keep them safe


But let those who run to You for safety be glad they did;
    let them break out in joyful song.
May You keep them safe—
    their love for You resounding in their hearts.
 
Psalm 5:11 (The Voice)
 
 
Julia Miller's Last Song by Bill Malonee
 



Have a Blessed Sunday!

Nina

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Friday, 31 May 2013

iPhone Shots of the Week {Random 5 Friday}

 
 
Our kitchen and the red gerberas were enlightened by a bright sun shine in the morning - I enjoyed my first cup of tea beside the window ... Looking the sun rays reflections on the bushes outside and on the flowers inside. It's much aesier to wake up when the sun is shining ... the bright light gives somehow energy and colors the morning with a "golden" lining :)
 
I took s snap shot of the greberas, and used a brand new Mextures App for the first time - It has amultiple of layers and is designed by Merek Davis, whose texture work I admire greatly.
 
 
 
The weather changes - Sunday afternoon was filled with raindrops after the rain - fresh air humid air - wet, wet, wet every where ...
I took my phone and captured these the little shiny pearls.
The amount of the pixels in the photo is a bit low, so I made a green background to using Word Paint, adding a texture on it, and then pasted the photo from iPhone.




From Monday to Wednesday I had a course in downtown. The Botanic Garden lies just beside the University, so we took a walk there with some of my collegues at the luch breaks. Feeling the warmth of the sun on my cheeks was lovely - the flowers blooming around ... the summer has arrived!



An iPhone app called Glaze transform your pictures to paintings. I chose these traditional, oli painting-alikes for these photos - Glaze has plenty of options, also more abstract and fun ones.



Last Saturday I tasted a delicious salad at my friend's house, she shared the recipe with me and I made it yesterday at home ... A fresh, simple treat of kale, mint and quinoa (the recipe will be soon on the blog :)

 
 
Last, but not the least, a friend of ours surprised us by coming with these lovely flowers! Her language of love is certainly coming with these lovely surprises ... I'll bake something nice and sweet to her this weekend. I need read a Whole lot during the weekend, so the baking will be the nice break & motivating factor to get through the pages :)
 
Enjoy your weekend,
 
Nina
 
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Thursday, 30 May 2013

Looking for morel-mushrooms with mum {Wordless Wednesday}

 
Morels grow in pine forests and also around and sbout forest felling.
 
 
My mum is an expert in mushrooms, I was with her to learn ...


... And to take a few pictures.
 



Lingonberry flower buds ...
 


We need to remember this place in order to return in autumn
to pick the berries ;)
















... and finally - we founds a few morels!

 
 
 
A walm welcome to my new blog friends
Stephanie, Natalia, Ashley, Chelsea,
Deborah, Michelle and Christine!
 
 
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Sunday, 26 May 2013

In your light


You have the fountain of life that quenches our thirst.
    Your light has opened our eyes and awakened our souls.
Psalm 36:9 (The Voice)
Go light your World by Chris Rice

Have a Blessed Sunday!

Nina

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