Friday, October 10, 2008
Friday is my day
Every friday, HeliS does a feature about an Etsy artist. The series is called 'Friday is my day'.
Last week she asked me if I wanted to share one of my days with her & the readers of her blog. I was really excited since I love to read the 'Friday is my day'-posts. If you want to know one day out of my life, go here. It will also tell you a bit more about the second part of my job when I'm not working in the shop. Happy friday everyone! :)
Heli also has another shop where she sells fab bags. I love this one:
Last week she asked me if I wanted to share one of my days with her & the readers of her blog. I was really excited since I love to read the 'Friday is my day'-posts. If you want to know one day out of my life, go here. It will also tell you a bit more about the second part of my job when I'm not working in the shop. Happy friday everyone! :)
Heli also has another shop where she sells fab bags. I love this one:
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Witlof from Belgium
This is a typical Belgian meal: 'gegratineerd witlof met puree' or 'gratinated endives with mashed potatoes'. My mom used to make it only in winter because the endives were only available then.
Nowadays there is not much difference anymore between the seasons and you can get most fruits and vegtables all year round.
Anyway, when I was a child, I always looked forward when my mom made this dish.
I loved eating the crispy crust, the smell of the cheese sauce and the taste of the soft endives.
As a grown up, I still love it and I make it from time to time, especially when the weather is getting colder. There are probably numerous ways to prepare them, but I'll show you mine.
These are the ingredients:
First you need to cut out a little triangle at the end of the endives. This end has a bitter taste and I always remove it. Then you put them in a pan and add water and salt to it. Let it boil until they are done. Pour off the boiling water and catch it in another pot since you use some of this liquid to make the cheese sauce. Let it cool off and meanwhile you can make the sauce.
Add a little bit of milk to the pan and add two spoons of flour. Stir this until there are no flour lumps left. I never follow the basic recipe to make a bechamel sauce since it always gives me lumps. I do it this way and I use no butter - I never fail doing a bechamel sauce this way. :) Put the heat on the pan and stir in the milk with flour until it gets thicker. Add some of the boiling liquid to it until it becomes a nice smooth sauce. Add some grated cheese and stir some more. Leave it until you're finished with the endives.
The endives contain still lots of water from boiling. You need to get most of that water out of it before putting it in the oven otherwise it will get soggy. Take a clean kitchen towel and press the water out of the endives. Then wrap them in a piece of ham and put them in a baking dish.
When they are all in the baking dish, you can add the cheese sauce. Put some breadcrumbs on top of them, a few pieces of butter and some grated cheese. Put it underneath the grill until the crust is golden brown.
While you boil the endives, you best boil some potatoes too. Mash them and add some cream, butter, salt and nutmeg to them. The cream will make them really soft and yummy.
Put in a baking dish, add some breadcrumbs on top of them, a few pieces of butter and some grated cheese. Put underneath the grill until it's golden brown.
Dinner is being served... bon appetit! :)
Nowadays there is not much difference anymore between the seasons and you can get most fruits and vegtables all year round.
Anyway, when I was a child, I always looked forward when my mom made this dish.
I loved eating the crispy crust, the smell of the cheese sauce and the taste of the soft endives.
As a grown up, I still love it and I make it from time to time, especially when the weather is getting colder. There are probably numerous ways to prepare them, but I'll show you mine.
These are the ingredients:
First you need to cut out a little triangle at the end of the endives. This end has a bitter taste and I always remove it. Then you put them in a pan and add water and salt to it. Let it boil until they are done. Pour off the boiling water and catch it in another pot since you use some of this liquid to make the cheese sauce. Let it cool off and meanwhile you can make the sauce.
Add a little bit of milk to the pan and add two spoons of flour. Stir this until there are no flour lumps left. I never follow the basic recipe to make a bechamel sauce since it always gives me lumps. I do it this way and I use no butter - I never fail doing a bechamel sauce this way. :) Put the heat on the pan and stir in the milk with flour until it gets thicker. Add some of the boiling liquid to it until it becomes a nice smooth sauce. Add some grated cheese and stir some more. Leave it until you're finished with the endives.
The endives contain still lots of water from boiling. You need to get most of that water out of it before putting it in the oven otherwise it will get soggy. Take a clean kitchen towel and press the water out of the endives. Then wrap them in a piece of ham and put them in a baking dish.
When they are all in the baking dish, you can add the cheese sauce. Put some breadcrumbs on top of them, a few pieces of butter and some grated cheese. Put it underneath the grill until the crust is golden brown.
While you boil the endives, you best boil some potatoes too. Mash them and add some cream, butter, salt and nutmeg to them. The cream will make them really soft and yummy.Put in a baking dish, add some breadcrumbs on top of them, a few pieces of butter and some grated cheese. Put underneath the grill until it's golden brown.
Dinner is being served... bon appetit! :)
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
What?
Found a little message in my conversations from What designers, that I have been featured on What designers blog. Yeah!
A real fun feature as I'm still not feeling well and I think I'm in need of one of those...
A real fun feature as I'm still not feeling well and I think I'm in need of one of those...
Monday, October 6, 2008
And the challenge winner is...
I can't believe how many of our Streetteam members entered this weeks challenge.
Is it because we're all so CUTE? :)
Must be a very inspiring theme and it made me extremely happy to see so much cute stuff. It healed me day by day and I'm almost better...
I'm delighted for every entry that has been send in and I would love to congratulate and thank all the participants for making such great items that made my blog look so cute.
In total 37 people participated with a total of 41 entries. Yes, some people even sent in more then one listing! :)
23 people have been in the draw for being the new host. Some people have been a host already, some people let me know not being able to be next weeks host.
These are the ones that are in the running of being the host:
They are represented by my happy girls:
And the innocent hand (my partner's LOL) picked the winner:
It is a very beautiful and a very last minute entry for the challenge. Congratulations Arctida! :)
Is it because we're all so CUTE? :)
Must be a very inspiring theme and it made me extremely happy to see so much cute stuff. It healed me day by day and I'm almost better...
I'm delighted for every entry that has been send in and I would love to congratulate and thank all the participants for making such great items that made my blog look so cute.
In total 37 people participated with a total of 41 entries. Yes, some people even sent in more then one listing! :)
23 people have been in the draw for being the new host. Some people have been a host already, some people let me know not being able to be next weeks host.
These are the ones that are in the running of being the host:
They are represented by my happy girls:
And the innocent hand (my partner's LOL) picked the winner:
It is a very beautiful and a very last minute entry for the challenge. Congratulations Arctida! :)
artmindartmindartmind
In case you thought I was a bit crazy... it can get worse...
Frances from Matchstickgirl or Enchantedpond was so silly to make a whole treasury of ArtMind items.
The reason? This is what she said:
'This treasury is dedicated to ArtMind who has done so much amazing work organising our European Streetteam Secret Santa... this is my not so secret santa back to her... :D enjoy'
So sweet and silly and it made me laugh really hard! Thanks heaps, Frances! :)
I loved organising the Secret Santa. It has been so cool to read all the questionnaires and match people up. It was like a big puzzle that I had to solve. From what I heard, most people are delighted with whom they have been matched up to and everyone is excited to get started.
It will be a magical X-mas for the European Streetteam! :)
Frances from Matchstickgirl or Enchantedpond was so silly to make a whole treasury of ArtMind items.
The reason? This is what she said:
'This treasury is dedicated to ArtMind who has done so much amazing work organising our European Streetteam Secret Santa... this is my not so secret santa back to her... :D enjoy'
So sweet and silly and it made me laugh really hard! Thanks heaps, Frances! :)I loved organising the Secret Santa. It has been so cool to read all the questionnaires and match people up. It was like a big puzzle that I had to solve. From what I heard, most people are delighted with whom they have been matched up to and everyone is excited to get started.
It will be a magical X-mas for the European Streetteam! :)
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