Oct
28
Tidy and organised
by Sofia - in DIY projects Interior design
Two things that make me happy but do not completely throw me off the tracks if not applied in life are above in the headline. I know we have had this ” conversation” before but it is one of my favourite subjects really, organisation and household “chores”. I had my old high school besties over last weekend. We went to see Checkhovs The Seagull in the National Theater and afterwards cooked dinner together and my friends stayed over for an adult slumber party. The best! Two of them visited our new home for the first time and although they did like it a lot and did tell me so the thing they seemed to be most impressed by was my cleaning caddy ( insert a wink smilie and a laughing smilie here to know I am not 100% serious). After I finished cooking our chicken I took the caddy out from under the sink, sprayed the countertops and wiped them clean. No big deal. But the caddy seemed to be such a great idea that I thought I´d share.
A cleaning caddy could be filled with the items that you find you use most around the house on daily bases or quite often. The kind you use for spills or smudges. I have a cleaning spray for the marble tops, one for wooden surfaces and one for glass and I have a general spray too. A few different rags, a sponge and little brushes. We keep most of our cleaning supplies in the cleaning closet but the caddy is under the smaller kitchen sink.
Oct
25
Ihanaa viikonloppua!
by Sofia - in Random
Ajattelin pitkästä aikaa kirjoittaa vähän suomeksi. Onko sinulla jotain suunnitelmia viikonlopuksi? Perjantai sujuu täällä perheen kesken. Löysin eilen kaupasta ihanan tuoreyrtti ruukun johon oli sekoitettu Provencen yrttejä ja se inspiroi minua tekemään illalliseksi risottoa, kurpitsaa ja jotain ihanaa yrttistä ja valkosipulista kanaa. Ja kun risottoon tarvitaan kuitenkin sitä valkoviiniä niin kappas, siitähän on helppo kaataa itselleen myös lasillinen. Muuten viikonloppuun kuuluu kirjakerhon brunssia, tanssigaalaa jossa esikoinen siintyy ja sunnuntaina saan rakkaan kummitätini kylään. Jotenkin nykyään on hirveä huoli ihmisistä elämässä jotka ovat jo ylittäneet 80 ikävuotta reilusti ja lähentelevät jo seuraavaa vuosikymmentä. Koska valitettava tosiasia on se, että me emme elä ikuisesti. Joka kerta kun puhelimeen ei vastata, mietin mitäköhän on tapahtunut. Myönnän etten esimerkiksi todellakaan mieti näin oman mieheni tai lasteni kohdalla. Mutta olen siis toki ollut onnekas kun olen saanut pitää monia tärkeitä ihmisiä ympärilläni kovin pitkään. Kuten elämässä muutenkin niin on hyvä muistaa nauttia siis jokaisesta yhteisestä hetkestä ja tapaamisesta. Olla kiitollinen yhteisistä hetkistä.
Oct
22
Blueberry muffins by kids
by Sofia - in Cooking Good things for kids
Last year ( or was it the year before that, I seem to keep loosing the track of time lately) I bought the Donna Hay Basic to Brilliance kids cook book. We love it, so many great ideas. I have written a whole blog post about cooking with children ( again) but it is still waiting for pictures. But instead I will now share this muffin recipe that we actually turned vegan. It is a very simple but yummy recipe easy enough for your kids to make. They are called a “lunch box surprise” in the book and would definitely work as a snack.
Blueberry muffins
1 cup all purpose flour
1 cup spelt flour ( or you could just do two of the regular if you´d like)
1 tbls baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extrackt
2/3 cup ( 160 ml) oil
3/4 cup ( 180 ml) maple syrup
1/3 cup ( 80 ml) milk ( or oat milk as we used)
2 1/2 cups blueberries ( frozen are fine too)
1. Preheat the oven to 180°c. Line a 12 capacity muffin tin with paper muffin cases.
2. Mix the dry ingredients in a big bowl.
3. Whisk the wet ingredients and the egg in a jug.
4. Make a dent in the dry ingredients and pour the wet in the dent and mix until just well combined ( do not over mix or you´ll end up with chewy muffins). Gently fold the blueberries in.
5. Spoon the mixture in to the tins and bake for about 25 minutes.
