Naked Food ..
Healthy gut .. healthy mind .. so why not stay tuned in your body and mind , take time to plan your moves wisely .. or clever moves towards clever food .. make cooking big quality time .. meditative kitchen time .. and if you have your food , sleep and stresslevels in order with the addition of letting your body move at least 30 min./ day it is really hard to get sick - its the basic things in life you need !
My attitude Myconos in the 90-s
70 is the new 50 .... you probably remember going to visit your grandparents as a child .. and they seemed so old ...so what happened , when you now are approaching that age and feel lively , pretty , vibrant , mobile and sharp .. seniors today are in greater health than our parents and grandparents ever where .. yes we are having a healthier lifestyle and are living better .. 65 is no longer the officially old birthday .. studies from IIASA in Vienna have shown that 74 is the turning point between middle age and old age , yeeah alive and kicking , but maybe some of us should think about the economy .. if we live longer the money has to last longer and if you are not completely burned out .. you could go on and work some , this is a very healthy move which also keeps you more social , as for me personally I get totally bored if I dont have something to do that makes my brain work and I also put in some working hours in order not to empty my " wallet " completely to quick .... Xxxx
Its also very good to boost the production of feel - good hormones as oxytocin , endorphins , serotonin & dopamine , they pump up your desire for closeness and help you discover all kinds of new or old pleasures .. because dont believe the old myth that sex after sixty is impossible ... its healthy and can even improve your memory , plus sexiness is so much confidence .. Ziji is a Buddhist expression for confidence , brilliance , charisma , grace , overwhelming presence .. a person full of health & blessings - " take the bad things , and dip them into a bowl of golden ziji "
Which way was the best .... who knows .. but I havent had a dull moment Xxxx
1969 the summer of love and music & the year that transformed music ..
The Band - Blind Faith - Led Zeppelin - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Neil Young - Dr. John - Donovan - Fleetwood Mac - Cream - Beach Boys - Monkees - Dylan -Ten Years After - Jefferson Airplane
Dusty Springfield " Son of a Preacher Man "
Steppenwolf " At Your Birthday "
James Brown " Say it loud "
Al Green " Green is Blues "
The Who " Tommy "
Joni Mitchell " Clouds "
Sly and the Family Stone " Stand "
The Jeff Beck Group " Beck-Ola "
The Byrds " Preflyte "
Janis Joplin " Got Dem Ol Kozmic Blues Again "
The list can be so - so looong ... and it is full of the best music & little me feel awesomely blessed that I did grow up with it all ...... 1969
My attitude at the moment ...
Some Bread Baking
Appr. 20 pieces
Dissolve 15 g yeast in 8 dl cold water add 1 tsp crushed cumin , 1 tsp dry tarragon and 2 and a half tsp salt , stir down 18 dl flour and kneed it together with your hands when nearly all off the flour is added , cover with foil and a cloth let it rise for 2 hours , turn on the oven at 225c , make 20 equal pieces and roll into balls , put them into a baking tin covered with oil paper , make some space between them and let rise another hour , brush them with water and sprinkle sesameseeds ,tarragon and sea salt on top , bake them in the middle section 25 min.
I have Ravels " Bolero " making me company in the kitchen ... its an old favourite of mine .. I like the way it " jazzzez " me up !!
You can do endless varieties with tomatoes , cheese and bread
in Greece you will find at Crete " Ntakos " they are made with Fetacheese or Xynomyzitra , and at Zakynthos " Frysses " made with Prentza or Ladotyri and at Myconos they are made with Kopanisti and all are accompanied with Greek rusks - Baximadia it is a longtime double baked bread until dry .. you also put tomatoes , olives ..olive oil and maybe parsley and thin sliced red onion ... delicious .. I remember my daughter nearly living on that when she was a teenager .. I will probably live on that in Sep - Oct ....
We need smiles - hugs - kisses - chocolate - dancing - time to make our soul happy - to feel joy - our balance - a whole lot of love - loose your mental blocks - to try to be in the middle of ourselfes - to switch off the telephone - to make someone happy - to be silly , be kind , be weird ...
We can choose to be perfect and admired or to be real and loved ...
Be messy , complicated , afraid and show up anyway ...
Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful ...
Karma .. it is really strange when thoughts and reality clashes ...
I think I told you back in January that I did slip and fell on the icy street .... after that I was pained with some sort of lumbago ... which I of course was determined to get rid off with all kinds of stretches .. and it did go away in the end ... but another pain did its fancy entree ... a very stubborn and painful kind of piriformis syndrome .. well I tell you some days I nearly scream with pain .... so there is now physiotherapy and a check up , to see that nothing is wrong with my right hip ..
And of course in the middle of all that I was worried about my Island Cooking group , thinking that maybe I couldnt cope with that .. well karma .. the other day I received an e-mail from them that they have had to cancel their trip to Greece , due to a family urgency .. I feel sorry for them , but very happy for myself , now I can really relax on Tinos in the company of my daughter and good friends .. But it was really more than strange .. and probably a sign for me to slow down a bit .... I might not remember that a year from now .... lol
Current mood .. trying to survive a heatwave ... again ...up here in Scandinavia ... looking for a long black summer dress , mine is too old did buy it at Aigina .. but they dont have that kind of models here .. will probably buy it at Parthenis when back in Greece .. not cooking - not working ... so bored by people that I did read a 437 pages book in 2 and a half day ... packing my bags for Norway leaving soon ....
Sing - dance - kiss - hug - be kind - laugh - do deep breaths - stretch - flirt - love
Chris from
GrammasKitchen
on my way to the sea .....sit in the shadow and just be ... at the moment we have 30c here in Nyköping Sweden ...!