Acknowledging that I am a card carrying Foodie has opened the portals and released my floodgates of inspiration and creativity.
We have heard that when life hands you a bunch of lemons … make lemonade! Well for me it’s “Make soup!” There is something almost pleasurably primal in cooking up a batch of wonderfully healthy, nourishing and deliciously tasty soup!
With the encouragement and help from my friends I am following my BLISS!
What had started as a stress reliever has led me to some exciting and creative work.
I have started my very own on-line store “Soup N Stuff” at http://www.soupnstuff.etsy.com/
This has given me the great experience of getting out of the stuck and non-productive void of negative surroundings and energies. I’ve come to appreciate more what I do have, putting aside of what can’t be changed.
For many this could be as simple as going out into the day and sunshine, but for me getting into my kitchen and creating delights I can share is my saving grace.
In my new online shop I’ve started with some of my favorite soup recipes and added popovers and , specialty holiday breads, and luscious dessert recipes.
Then I added cookie cutters, vintage items and various kitchen tools and pretty accessory serving dishes to my shop just in time for the upcoming change of seasons and the busy kitchens preparing for our favorite holidays.
I’m presenting my recipes either as colorful laminated recipe charts or sent as PDF files, and have created some great Kitchen Bookmarks (with easy reference measurements for wet and dry ingredients) , all ideal for gift giving.
Stop by the shop where new delights are always a given!
Photo of Orange Cran-Nut Loaf ,just out of oven and glazed and ready to slice
Friday, September 25, 2009
Saturday, September 12, 2009
The Last Time!
When was the last time you actually looked at someone, and could you recall what you saw ? When looking into their eyes, did you see joy, delight, enthusiasm, sadness, pain, despair? Where are you, and do you really see them ?
When was the last time you made an effort to look up and communicate directly with the cashier, waitress or clerk providing you a service?
I am absolutely not against the tech age, with cell phones, twittering etc, were it not t for the "Tech Age" we wouldn’t have the opportunity to write and share these blogs,etc. . . . However, I am aware and concerned of the extreme lack of personal contact we are experiencing; we are really losing the experience of real personal sharing.with our children's obsession of playing video and on-line games to our very own ongoing endless on-line chatter.
We are constantly talking on cell phones or twittering, and believe we are indulging in direct personal communication. Stop and look up … see what is going on around you... what are the kids, or our love ones doing, seeing. feeling, and experiencing? Can they possibly share with you, or are they continually voided out. Have you noticed they are there and need to share.
Daily we are all the recipients of some form of extreme rudeness with indifference as to the actions of such conduct in our society.
How do you feel when someone is busy talking on phone, twittering, nodding or waving at you when you really need them? Think about it!
When was the last time you sat across the table with your family members , love ones, or friends, enjoying and sharing good food or special dessert and some real conversation , really seeing, feeling , tasting and experiencing it all fully?
It can be quite rewarding sharing around the table, "Breaking Bread" as the expression goes.
Maybe it’s time for direct personal face to face contact with an intimate family supper, or perhaps brunch with a friend or two, without the ongoing cell phone or tweeter talk... Are we so addicted, we cannot turn it off at times?
I personally enjoy cooking and sharing , however if you don’t cook or have the time to do so,….get together anyway ,invite them over to a take home pizza or other EZ dessert treat and enjoy the sharing.
"The Cook" Soup N Stuff http://www.soupnstuff.etsy.com/
When was the last time you made an effort to look up and communicate directly with the cashier, waitress or clerk providing you a service?
I am absolutely not against the tech age, with cell phones, twittering etc, were it not t for the "Tech Age" we wouldn’t have the opportunity to write and share these blogs,etc. . . . However, I am aware and concerned of the extreme lack of personal contact we are experiencing; we are really losing the experience of real personal sharing.with our children's obsession of playing video and on-line games to our very own ongoing endless on-line chatter.
We are constantly talking on cell phones or twittering, and believe we are indulging in direct personal communication. Stop and look up … see what is going on around you... what are the kids, or our love ones doing, seeing. feeling, and experiencing? Can they possibly share with you, or are they continually voided out. Have you noticed they are there and need to share.
Daily we are all the recipients of some form of extreme rudeness with indifference as to the actions of such conduct in our society.
How do you feel when someone is busy talking on phone, twittering, nodding or waving at you when you really need them? Think about it!
When was the last time you sat across the table with your family members , love ones, or friends, enjoying and sharing good food or special dessert and some real conversation , really seeing, feeling , tasting and experiencing it all fully?
It can be quite rewarding sharing around the table, "Breaking Bread" as the expression goes.
Maybe it’s time for direct personal face to face contact with an intimate family supper, or perhaps brunch with a friend or two, without the ongoing cell phone or tweeter talk... Are we so addicted, we cannot turn it off at times?
I personally enjoy cooking and sharing , however if you don’t cook or have the time to do so,….get together anyway ,invite them over to a take home pizza or other EZ dessert treat and enjoy the sharing.
"The Cook" Soup N Stuff http://www.soupnstuff.etsy.com/
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