Stop Waiting !
Stop waiting for friday , for summer , for life , to fall in love ...... we are living now ....in this moment ... please do not wait until it is too late ... to live !!
Take charge of your self , you might need to recharge yourself ... take a deep breath , meditate , have a piece of garlic every morning together with your glass of lemon water , take every chance to boost your immune system , in order to keep strong , take care of your friends call them , go and see them , be positive , laugh , eat at least 8 different colours a day ... I am talking about fruits & veggies .. and move that body of yours around sip on some green tea !
Of course there is no need to be overly healthy ... there is something called Orthorexia ...which is an obsession with eating a " pure " diet ... the goal here is not like with Anorexia to lose weight .. but instead to attain " perfect " physical health ... ok .. let me just say while some foods are healthier than others , there is no food that is going to kill you if you eat it once or even a few times ...
Know that your thoughts become things , give your dreams form by thinking them , writing them down & speaking them , so be conscious of what you are thinking as you start your day ..... all of the purest plants in the world will not create a body you love ... if you are stuck in a carousell of hate , criticism and negativity , start to tell yourself that you love your body because it supports you every day !
And believe me it is good to have a strong body supporting you , so you can do the things you want to do ..... and not sitting around ... waiting to do them later ... well later might not come !
I must confess that I miss Myconos .... my old Myconos .... my Athens and of course Aigina this fall ... there was simply no time to go down to Greece this September ... I got the chance to start a new job ...at a Catering Business , suits me perfect to cook and prepare all this nice things , in for me a cozy kitchen , together with nice people ... well one of the girls are from Gotland , of course ... love it all !!
like this ..... a cozy kitchen space !
could have been this ... like a 100 years ago !
Hey I am still mostly on the Keto eating .... so lets write down some goodies ... with not soo much carbs ..
Almond Cream Cheese Pancakes
60 g almond flour
125 g full fat cream cheese
4 eggs
1/2 tsp cinnamon
mix everything in a blender and fry in butter
makes 8 pancakes and they are low carb plus gluten free
perfect for a beautiful breakfast .....with berries !
Rosemary & garlic eggplant chips
slice 2 eggplants and lay out in a single layer on a baking sheet lined with foil , and sprinkle with salt , let sit for an hour to leach out water before baking , tap the slices with a paper towel to remove the water , now brush each slice with a mixture of butter, mashed garlic and chopped rosemary on both sides , add more salt if needed , bake on 175c for 20 - 30 min. dont leave for long when they are ready , might get soggy ... enjoy with a dip of your choice !!
Feels like I am on a crusade ....years go by ...we get older ... and me am not at all " anti aging " I want to live a long life , so I am going to get old.. and the changes that go along with that are not failure ... but it is not so bad to do some exercises, and they are good for your muscles , even your face muscles ...yeah ... well try it out , face yoga , you might be surprised ... otherwise we could just "om " together and breath together to let out some oxytocin or the hormone of connection - the love hormone ...Yoga might help in many ways !!
So take the trip you always wanted .. do not wait ....
and try not to focus , so much on what other people think that you should do with your life ..... your own stuff is all that matters , and all that you can control.
We must run toward life , and not away from it , may we embrace the unknown , always look out for new ways to go ...
At the same time we should not run & hurry too much in our daily work life ... there are more demands and less time to perform them it seems like ... it has come up a new hurry worry star .. which can erode in a state of " hurry sickness " and that might interfere with your ability to think clearly , make appropriate decisions and lead to job burnout .... so please , try not to be a " rusher " also because it is easier than you think to trigger stress & spread it without even realizing it ....
Yeah , while writing this post I have been listening to good old music ... in fact The Rolling Stones - Live in Hyde Park 1969 ( full concert ) a free concert for nearly half a million people ...... imagine ....
as I said .... years go by ... this music is nearly 50 years old , and I still love it ... well you can not stop love this music .... and the guys performing ..
So cool ....
Any way this is the perfect music & the perfect background for me at the moment .. as I am packing my bags for an adventure which I will tell you more about later .....
until then
be well , laugh , dance , sing , get together ......
do not wait ......
Chris from GrammasKitchen on the run in beautiful Sörmland