The comfort & the blessing of food

:: outside :: winter season , blue sky, orchids are the beautiful ornament in the garden...

and ...

:: inside ::

This is my new toy that Edu brought to me some weeks ago and finally last weekend I had the chance to use it and here I´ll show you the result of this simple but handful "toy" that makes...

CHURROS !!! Would you like to try some?

She is testing my sample!!! And she approves and eats some more. Inside I put "doce de leite" , it´s common here in Brazil, it tastes like a condensed milk but very creamy and yummy!!

And then I had to try this Jamie Oliver´s Apple Pie recipe that was my little girl´s delight ( mostly before eating it) , I think kids love THIS part of making the dough, don´t they? Especially when you add lots of butter...


As we measure each ingredient and we mix them I feel the magic of cooking together, talking about everything, silly things, laughing , the way it involves ourselves into a nice talk and cleaning ( by the way, lots of cleaning ), it makes me feel the comfort of being there and lots of more good times to come ahead.

And then the green apples, yummy!!! Of course she tried these , too!!!


And, tada ,it baked exactly how I imagined , so perfect and that makes me feel so good!

Our kitchen and the living room had this delicious scent in the air, apple pie smells so good! This is a true blessing, to have food on the table, beyond that, with a helping hand that turned this food so sweet.

And my little helper , my particular "Oompa Loompa" painting my new table-to -be that will be used in the studio. This old wooden board was under our tatami at our former house and now we don´t use it anymore because I wanted a sofa to sit on! I guess I´m getting old...


Later on I´ll post some pictures of this table in the studio but for now, I leave to you this beautiful orchid , real treasure of the nature that grew right on our palm tree, so exuberant ...

Well, I am grateful for all of these blessings: the food, the life in family , what nature offers to us, friends,

Wishing you a very peaceful weekend with your loved ones and thank you for coming here!

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Reading and sewing

These past few days I´ve been reading and sewing and reading on and on ... The quilt I´ve been sewing is ready now ( and I intend to post a photograph later on) and this book: Family Meals - Creating traditions in the kitchen by Maria Helm Siskey ( mine, I bought online at Amazon.com) is a great book for everyone who loves cooking with all the family and friends, to be in the kitchen together to make something delicious, simple and easy...


Here you see the quilt in progress, for Camila´s new bed! And the page of the salad I´ve made for my lunch on Friday.


This is the result, I had to make some changes in the recipe because I didn´t have them all but still, it was fresh, colorful and tasteful! And there´s more in this delicious book, the photographs are awesome and my daughter enjoys looking at them and asks me about the recipe of each page because it´s really entertaining and interesting.

Today it´s warm and sunny, the way I like my day. I´m enjoying my Sunday, how about you?

Have a wonderful week !

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Perfect day

What can I call a daily perfection?
Hmmmm... this delicious food, my lunch that I prepared myself in a calm , cold and cloudy day which made me feel inspired and I had to cook!

This food is called in Portuguese: Polenta com Carne Moída which I printed from this website to put in my recipe personal cookbook because I enjoyed making it and its result was perfect, sooo good!

And after all the Polenta consumption lunch , I went to sewing my quilt which I called Maricota´s quilt because most of the scraps I used here came as a donation from my choir friends ( the Maricotas!) and they´ve turned to a very special quilt, all handmade by me with a hundred percent cotton fabric .

It may sound silly but I get strenght from this little ritual and these moments leaves me aware of this very present time, so full of good energy, handwork, peace , stillness and so much goodness!

And talking about goodness, these pretty buttons and fabrics , they came from a very special friend , very talented artist and ceramist that went to visit the US these past few days and she reminded of bringing these for me!Thank you Celia, from the bottom of my heart! And plus, I heart Mondays when I go to your cozy atelier to learn Patchwork!!!

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2a. feira F.E.L.I.Z

Hoje o dia começou bem agitado mas conseguí me ajeitar da melhor forma, levei a Camila para a escolinha daí fui fazer compras da semana de mercado, revelei algumas fotos encomendadas pela minha mãe, voltei e resolví lavar o carro.
Daí já era hora de almoço e como eu fiz um esforço físico fenomenal lavando carro fui comer! Fiz um wrap delicioso com recheio de palmito pupunha + peito de peru picado+ salsinha picada + requeijão para dar liga. Após a massa do wrap ficar mais crocante, já com o recheio, eu abro e coloco folhas de alface picadas também. Pronto, almoço rápido!
Sobremesa: morangos, hmmmmmm...

De tarde vem a Neuza me trazendo a correspondência e um pacote , êbaaaa, chegou, chegou a encomenda da Sinhana que sou fã de carteirinha, adoro as coisas dela, sua inspiração e astral prá lá de bom vem ainda com um mimo fofo!!! Comprei uma linda camiseta com desenho de Cupcake!! Amei, amei!

Daí eu resolví comer um desses biscoitos de iogurte recheiados com maple syrup que também amo!Vou deixar aqui a receita, e diga-se de passagem, se eu faço, qualquer pessoa, dummy que seja consegue, então lá vai:

Ingredientes A
Farinha de trigo - 300grs
Fermento em pó - 3 colheres de chá
Açúcar - 1 1/2 colher de sopa

Ingredientes B
Manteiga - 80grs
Iogurte integral - 200grs ( 1 pote)

Derreta a manteiga no microondas ou na panelinha ( no fogão) .
Misture todos os ingredientes A depois de peneirá-los , abra uma covinha e coloque a manteiga e o iogurte misturando inicialmente com um pão duro e depois isture com as mãos pois não vão grudar e faça 16 bolinhas.
Coloque na fôrma forrada com papel manteiga e deixe um pequeno espaço pois eles crescem um pouco.
Asse por aproximadamente 15 minutos ou até ficarem meio coradinhos , bom apetite!

Você poderá passar uma manteiga ou como recheio vai bem um pouco de mel ou geléia!

Esta receita foi retirada de um livro japonês próprio para cozinhar com crianças iniciantes na culinária. Produzido pela televisão japonesa NHK.ISBN 978-4-14-033244-3

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Na cozinha com Camila

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Assim terminamos mais um dia após a escola. Fiz um aventalzinho de cozinheira para Camila e inventamos de fazer um Muffin Light de Maçã, super fácil e gostoso de fazer. Farra, farinha e muito amor, dá nisso! Enjoy!!!! Tio Ken ganhou umas amostras e colocamos granola por cima que não está na receita, fica muito bom também.

Ingredientes:
- 3 unidade(s) de maçã sem casca(s) e picada(s)
- 1 colher(es) (sopa) de suco de limão
- 2 xícara(s) (chá) de farinha de trigo
- 1 1/2 colher(es) (chá) de fermento químico em pó
- quanto baste de sal
- 1 colher(es) (chá) de canela-da-china em pó
- 1/4 colher(es) (chá) de noz-moscada ralada(s)
- 240 gr de iogurte desnatado
- 4 colher(es) (sopa) de mel
- 1 unidade(s) de ovo batido(s)
- 4 colher(es) (sopa) de margarina Qualy Light Sadia
- 2 colher(es) (chá) de raspas de laranja

Modo de preparo:

Misturar a maçã com o limão. Em outro recipiente peneirar o trigo, fermento, bicarbonato, sal, canela e noz moscada. Numa tigela pequena misturar iogurte, mel, ovo, margarina derretida e raspas da laranja. Despejar aos poucos esse creme sobre a mistura de farinha e misturar até ficar uniforme. Acrescentar as maçãs. Colocar em forminhas untadas para muffins ou empada preenchendo 2/3 da forma e assar em forno quente por 20 minutos.