Joy !

In this moment I am looking out at a wonderful winter day here in Sweden , sunshine , blue skies , trees and houses full with glowing snow ... what a joy !

Finding Your joy .. maybe the joy of being alive or the pleasure of reading & writing alone in your favourite corner .. it could also be the joy of creating and cooking up new different plates ... nonsense and fantasy maybe ... or be the joy of building a restaurant from scratch on a greek island and then be able to feed a lot of pleased guests who maybe did find joy in the garden of that foodie - meze - theater & music place !!

I also used to find a great deal of joy in knowing that the people I worked with in our place was delighted to come and work with us , even on horrible busy days ...

This is how it looked before we started, in February 2005

And this is before we sold it 9 years later !

Sweet memories .

Joy can also be a daughter !

Becoming more aware of what brings us joy , means that we really can embrace that feeling and bring more of it in to our lifes .

Find joy in the ordinary !

For me personally joy comes in the morning together with the first coffe !

Joy is to have friends to meet up with .

Joy is also a journey to make , it could be your personal food journey .. me for one will start my food journal , I have decided to wright down everything I eat , during 2 weeks , since my daughter is telling me that I do not eat enough ...!!!

So let us see if I get enough of all that a woman in my age group needs ....xxx

In order to be happy and to feel joy , you can eat Happy Food , so eat clean and avoid the trash ... which is connected to depressions ...

Lets do some kitchen prep.

Grilled or broiled chicken and salmon is always a good idea to have handy in the fridge , so easy to throw together a colourful plate with some veggies in different colours and a dash of olive oil , maybe some feta cheese and parmesan on top or even some toasted nuts , could it be easier or better ..

I am now listening to Miles Davies .. true joy and will soon go to the kitchen and prepare some pop-corn , well I dare say thats another kind of joy !

" The body heals with play

the mind heals with laughter

and the spirit heals with joy "

proverb

Speak kindly , see beauty , create joyfully and do what brings you joy !!

So lets all have a joyful weekend !

Laugh - dance - sing - hug - love - and live !

Chris from GrammasKitchen making pop-corn in Sörmland.