Daily appreciations

[FloatingBoat]

(I had delicious quinoa-salad today, as well! With Shrimp and chicken... )

Oh, I love shrimps and chicken. The food sounds wonderful, do you have a recipe for it? Or did you cook it by feel?

[Paradise-on-Earth]

(I had delicious quinoa-salad today, as well! With Shrimp and chicken... )

Oh, I love shrimps and chicken. The food sounds wonderful, do you have a recipe for it? Or did you cook it by feel?

The later! I toss a few veggies, diced, (as carrots, kohlrabi, onions, of course garlic, bellpepper, maybe peas etc) into a pot with a bit of butter, roast them, add a bit of a bouillon-cube and add enough boiling water for brewing the quinoa, add that- and let it sit until it's all done. When you like to cook with wild plants, this is a perfect dish to try stinging nettles, goutweed or garlic-mustard (or even real young mustard-leaves). Cut the whole young plants -including the stems- into about 1cm pieces, roast them (with or without other vegetables), add quinoa...

I take shrimp and left over chicken in big dices and arrange both on a plate- voila! I LOVE to add a sauce made from natural yoghurt and lemon-juice, topped with (when I have it, it's a bit hard to get in my rural area) fresh cilantro.
BUT I also like the easily bought-from-store salad-pots, that most often come with bellpeppers and raisins, in an oriental style...

I hope that wasn't too much information! Have an awesome day!

[FloatingBoat]

(I had delicious quinoa-salad today, as well! With Shrimp and chicken... )

Oh, I love shrimps and chicken. The food sounds wonderful, do you have a recipe for it? Or did you cook it by feel?

The later! I toss a few veggies, diced, (as carrots, kohlrabi, onions, of course garlic, bellpepper, maybe peas etc) into a pot with a bit of butter, roast them, add a bit of a bouillon-cube and add enough boiling water for brewing the quinoa, add that- and let it sit until it's all done. When you like to cook with wild plants, this is a perfect dish to try stinging nettles, goutweed or garlic-mustard (or even real young mustard-leaves). Cut the whole young plants -including the stems- into about 1cm pieces, roast them (with or without other vegetables), add quinoa...

I take shrimp and left over chicken in big dices and arrange both on a plate- voila! I LOVE to add a sauce made from natural yoghurt and lemon-juice, topped with (when I have it, it's a bit hard to get in my rural area) fresh cilantro.
BUT I also like the easily bought-from-store salad-pots, that most often come with bellpeppers and raisins, in an oriental style...

I hope that wasn't too much information! Have an awesome day!

Thank you PoE for the truly wonderful recipe,
it sounds absolutely delicious.
Even though you say you cook it by feel, with this guide I can try to replicate it a bit, and I'm really looking forward to it. I wouldn't add wild plants or coriander, but definitely something with yogurt and mint.

Sunday, January 12:

• Since I had some negative thoughts and feelings about certain topics this morning, I decided to apply the method "Which thought feels better?" It was really fun to find thoughts that felt better for each negative thought. I immediately felt a sense of relief and became much calmer, more optimistic, and happier.


• Shortly after doing this exercise, I was inspired to first cook with my girlfriend and later clean up my room, but without vacuuming. This inspiration felt really good, and now we're cooking falafel, harissa falafel, rice, cabbage salad, and tzatziki. I'm really looking forward to the meal.


• I find it really nice and lovely that PoE sent me her great quinoa recipe here in the forum. I'm very grateful for that and really looking forward to trying it out.

• While I was cooking the falafel in the kitchen, I played Hawaiian music and danced while cooking. I was in a really good mood. Cooking with the music was a lot of fun for me.

[Paradise-on-Earth]

I love imagining you singing and dancing Hula, while you cook! That sounds so happy and lovely!
So my pleasure, about the recipe.

I was a bit flabbergasted by the way to learn that, while we Germans are to pronounce Quinoa as "Kinooa", the English-speakers are to pronounce it as "Tschina" (as Germans pronounce "China")... WHY?

[spiritualcookie]

I was a bit flabbergasted by the way to learn that, while we Germans are to pronounce Quinoa as "Kinooa", the English-speakers are to pronounce it as "Tschina" (as Germans pronounce "China")... WHY?

Where in the world do English-speakers pronounce it as Tschina?
Here in the UK, people pronounce it as "kin-wa" or "kin-oh-a", depending on the person.

[FloatingBoat]

I love imagining you singing and dancing Hula, while you cook! That sounds so happy and lovely!
So my pleasure, about the recipe.

I was a bit flabbergasted by the way to learn that, while we Germans are to pronounce Quinoa as "Kinooa", the English-speakers are to pronounce it as "Tschina" (as Germans pronounce "China")... WHY?

Yes, it was indeed quite similar to how you describe it.
In fact, I love making simple activities even more beautiful with dancing and singing, and Hawaiian music is just what makes me really happy at the moment.
(But actually, it is more like my inner being dances and sings through me when I am in vibrational harmony with the flow of well-being.)

Yes, the different pronunciations of people can indeed be interesting and sometimes funny.

While some people around me pronounce China as "schina," I also know some who say "kina."
It gets even more difficult when I consider that each part of Germany has a different dialect. If someone from abroad who has learned German comes to the area where my mother is from (Rheinhessen), where "rhoihessisch" is spoken, they won't understand a word, even though they have learned German. That's absolutely crazy.

[FloatingBoat]

Short Script

What am I looking forward to?

Our Trip to Segmüller


I'm already looking forward to great new carpets that are wonderful and make our apartment so cozy. A blue-gray dream, and a great trip with Lily and my mother, where we have great conversations and get along wonderfully. On our Segmüller trip, we also find many great new ideas for our shared apartment, a lamp for the bathroom, and my mother buys us a great new coffee table that also has blue elements.

Monday, January 13:

• Today we went to the Segmüller furniture market and bought two new carpets: one with a planet motif for our living room and a blue one for our small guest bathroom. Last night I had already written a small script for our trip to Segmüller, and most of the things from this script came true, which makes me really happy. The carpet is truly a blue-grey dream; it looks so magical and makes our living room so cozy. I just love it. The drive and shopping were really pleasant, with cheerful conversations and a relaxed atmosphere. We were also able to gather a lot of inspiration for our shared apartment there, and a new tour is already planned, during which we will get a new coffee table and a new shelf for the kitchen. I am so grateful to my mother for supporting our shared apartment so wonderfully, and I'm happy that we are making our shared apartment more beautiful.

[spiritualcookie]

What a cool carpet! I find the space & stars theme has a soothing feeling for me. One of my favourite sweatshirts has blue space themed stars on it

[Paradise-on-Earth]

I love imagining you singing and dancing Hula, while you cook! That sounds so happy and lovely!
So my pleasure, about the recipe.

I was a bit flabbergasted by the way to learn that, while we Germans are to pronounce Quinoa as "Kinooa", the English-speakers are to pronounce it as "Tschina" (as Germans pronounce "China")... WHY?

Yes, it was indeed quite similar to how you describe it.
In fact, I love making simple activities even more beautiful with dancing and singing, and Hawaiian music is just what makes me really happy at the moment.
(But actually, it is more like my inner being dances and sings through me when I am in vibrational harmony with the flow of well-being.)

Yes, the different pronunciations of people can indeed be interesting and sometimes funny.

While some people around me pronounce China as "schina," I also know some who say "kina."
It gets even more difficult when I consider that each part of Germany has a different dialect. If someone from abroad who has learned German comes to the area where my mother is from (Rheinhessen), where "rhoihessisch" is spoken, they won't understand a word, even though they have learned German. That's absolutely crazy.

As it should be Dancing within yourself, with your IB!

Your words made me remember my beloved croaked Omi... she was incredibly talented in understanding language and using it in the best ways (as Germany, "the country of poets and thinkers" demands). She told me that German "ch" gets spoken soft (as "ch" like in "Licht") before or after a soft vocal- which means, i and e. When there is a "hard" vocal as a, o and u, it gets pronounced hard- as "k". (So, "Schina" is never right, but "China". And- in Southern Germany, while "wrong", the pronounciation "Kina" is traditionally the way to go)

And I agree, all dialects in Germany are almost own languages! I got raised in Franconia with "Middelfrängisch" and Bavarian "Oberboarisch"(which both can drive a non-native crazy in no time) and now I'm surrounded by Oberpfälzisch which is not better at all. Nicolas Cage once bought a castle in almost my neighborhood and complained that all the people there would "bark" at him, all the time. There IS something to it!

Short Script

What am I looking forward to?

Our Trip to Segmüller


I'm already looking forward to great new carpets that are wonderful and make our apartment so cozy. A blue-gray dream, and a great trip with Lily and my mother, where we have great conversations and get along wonderfully. On our Segmüller trip, we also find many great new ideas for our shared apartment, a lamp for the bathroom, and my mother buys us a great new coffee table that also has blue elements.


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Monday, January 13:

• Today we went to the Segmüller furniture market and bought two new carpets: one with a planet motif for our living room and a blue one for our small guest bathroom. Last night I had already written a small script for our trip to Segmüller, and most of the things from this script came true, which makes me really happy. The carpet is truly a blue-grey dream; it looks so magical and makes our living room so cozy. I just love it. The drive and shopping were really pleasant, with cheerful conversations and a relaxed atmosphere. We were also able to gather a lot of inspiration for our shared apartment there, and a new tour is already planned, during which we will get a new coffee table and a new shelf for the kitchen. I am so grateful to my mother for supporting our shared apartment so wonderfully, and I'm happy that we are making our shared apartment more beautiful.

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Such fun! I wish you both such pleasure and joy in creating your nest!

[Paradise-on-Earth]

Where in the world do English-speakers pronounce it as Tschina?
Here in the UK, people pronounce it as "kin-wa" or "kin-oh-a", depending on the person.

I was puzzled because of this memes, so I looked it up- and the "how-to" youtube-clips teach it that way I described!