Yuletide ...

With my hands in all the cookie jars and boxes full of sweets .. the need to be naughty and to throw away all my veggie plates for a couple of days is big around christmas ... because being healthy all the time is quite dull , do not get me wrong I love my green cooking and how it makes me feel ... but I have quit smoking , hardly drink anymore .... sometimes I need to be completely childish .. so here I am surrounded by Christmas Bonbons and I just love it .... as I said to one of the guys in the kitchen the other day when he saw me popping a piece of chocolate in my mouth ... " nobody cares how I look on the beach anyway " never say that he answered with a big smile Xxx

Yes I will probably gain some centimeters around my belly , but when the " Dry January " or " Veganuary " starts and the time has come to choose the right plate or glass , me and my boots will walk it all off ... until then dear friends enjoy its chocolate time !

Climate interesting things .. well one could perfectly well be this - repurposed clothes , a new technology liquifies cotton and builds it back up into new stronger fibers , with nothing wasted in the process ... so new pretty things for the catwalk from last years allready used ...amazing !

So many choises to be made all the time , like what we should and shouldnt wear after 50 or 60 .. as in hairstyles or clothes , living fully into an era when we can focus on our own life , after sacrificing and taking care of all those around us shouldnt be about standing in a mirror analyzing each new wrinkle ... instead we should be happy that we made it , gained wisdom , and the experience of being pregnant & having a child plus seeing what a womans body can do is amazing .. please remember that not everyone gets the chance to live a long life and see the body change , my personal thought is .. as long as we smile and have humour the people around us dont see any wrinkles !

Soon we are going to leave another year and decade behind us , how will it feel to write 2020 .. well if not strange maybe alien ..

What new food trends did we bring into 2019 , what did you hop on out of these ?

Aperol Spritz

Air Frying

Celery Juice

Alternative Straws

Oat Milk

CBD

My own new drink is a version of GT as a Gin/Tonic lover , of course I love to test & taste new things .. make a classic GT and add black pepper - lemon juice & basil !

We have had a really wonderful and relaxing Christmas but green no snow , ok we are in the south half of Sweden and we dont get snow every winter , but still it would be nice ...

Yes we did enjoy a pleasant Christmas Eve with a lot of lovely cheeses and we also did plan a trip to Paris - since Irida havent had the chance to visit the capital of France yet , the idea to leave for a couple of days in the beginning of February surfaced between the cheeses ... Xxx

J have been listening to Paul mc Cartney - Wonderful Christmas time & Say Say Say

Band on the Run

Wino Junko

Listen to what the man said

Love me Do

Shop local , fairtrade , second hand - Do not mistake fashion for integrity -

Breath in breath out - Look up at the sky - Meditate - Eat your greens - It is never to late to fall in love with your life - Dance to the radio - Be your best friend - Plant your new intentions for the year to come , and the new decade - Light a lot of candles - Wear the clothes you feel good in whatever people think - Smile and smile more - Do not wait to live ...

With love

Chris

from GrammasKitchen