Wednesday, just half a day of school for the girls. And all day off for Nuria. Nuria is sick. High fever yesterday. After having received a phone call from school to get her home she felt ill but no fever. Temperature rose in the hours to come. Belle took her sister's temperature but didn't get anxious about the 39,5 Celsius that popped up. Now 24 hours later, Nuria reads about the hippies and the Woodstock Festival 40 years ago. She tells me, that the great thing about these guys was: ''that they weren't afraid to show who they were''. I admire you for this Nuria, you describe your thoughts so clearly and so true. To be who you are is not always easy. And to send this image about yourself to your peers isn't evident at all. Good for you that you handle these things natural. Kids like my 10 year old one, are innocent in the way they behave, they observe and act. Not much distracted about the second thoughts of their environment. They seem still so sure about themselves, more than their older peers facing adolescence. The faces to face, the influences to deal with, the overall thoughts in the young adult mind. I read today in the newspaper that Morocco is losing track on the worldwide list for press freedom. So the motto will be again:don't tell who you are, and don't write what you really think. The hippies in the seventies seemed better off and dreamt openly of a free world and the free word. With lots of love and flowers. That's the image Nuria loves the most I suppose. Feeling better this afternoon, Solange pushed Nuria for a recipe. As both sisters are thinking and planning their Christmas fair project, they certainly were in the mood to bake some dutch favourites. The fair will be an occasion to earn some money for charity. They are still making their mind up about the charity project. The initiative for the Christmas bazaar comes from the International American Women Association in Rabat. The idea to participate in this winter bazaar, is caused by their friend Bella in Geneva. She managed a whole handcraft project last winter in her international school in Geneva, and transferred her enthusiasm towards our girls. Good for them. The real thinking about this bazaar started last summer in the apartment in La Faustine, Cassis. The context was funny. Hot summer weather, outdoor summer season and my girls were preparing Christmas decorations. The kitchen became an atelier and Belle sat down as a laboratory assistant with plastic gloves. Little stars, small hats and tiny ornaments. The ambiance was kind of hilarious: holy season while crickets didn't sleep until sunset. Planning their small business, this bazaar forces the girls to make choices. Taking decisions about what they want to propose to the people. Every step in the process is about making choices.They made their first choice about the size off the table, they take a small size. And they will sell Christmas decorations and home made season favourites. Everything proposed is peanut and nut free. And the sisters try to focus on four ingredients.
Nuria and Solange make this afternoon a dutch favourite: pepernoten. If one translates it: pepper nuts. In fact the mix of spices, that makes this recipe so colourful and tasty, is a fine combination of: nutmeg, cinnamon and clove. This is a traditional dutch treat by Saint Nicolas, a Saint from Spain, who comes to Holland every year in December and celebrates his birthday on the 5th of December. For his birthday he brings all these treats to children of Holland.
Our philosophy everyday: I am what I eat. Positive and focused on food an peanut and nuts girl can have. We leave the nutmeg out of the mix, the composition change, the taste is wonderful. No nuts and Solange can enjoy this traditional recipe.
Good News!!!! Solange was tested last summer for a couple of small allergies she suffered from. As there are nutmeg and coconut.
She was tested negative for both.
These pepernoten look like small brown coins. In just a short time, the dough was made, rested in the fridge, homework was done, and smells were coming out of the kitchen. You close your eyes and the scene is right there. Fire in the fireplace, hot cocoa and the taste of delicious brown coloured pepernoten. Instead of making small ones, like they do normally, the girls decided to try small cookie size pepernoten. The idea is to wrap a pile of ten of these pepernoten in nice transparent paper with a ribbon and a colourful pearl.
PEPERNOTEN (Dutch Delight)
For about 500 gr dough
185 gr flour
85 gr brown sugar
15 gr mix spices, gloves and cinnamon )
0,5 teaspoon ginger
salt
120 gr cold butter
Mix flour, sugar and mix and salt. Add butter in small pieces. Work with finger tips. Once the dough is elastic, make a ball and keep it for 30 minutes in plastic film in the fridge.
Make small little balls or choose a bigger size and bake these in the oven at 150 celsius for 20 minutes.
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Nuria and Solange make this afternoon a dutch favourite: pepernoten. If one translates it: pepper nuts. In fact the mix of spices, that makes this recipe so colourful and tasty, is a fine combination of: nutmeg, cinnamon and clove. This is a traditional dutch treat by Saint Nicolas, a Saint from Spain, who comes to Holland every year in December and celebrates his birthday on the 5th of December. For his birthday he brings all these treats to children of Holland.
Our philosophy everyday: I am what I eat. Positive and focused on food an peanut and nuts girl can have. We leave the nutmeg out of the mix, the composition change, the taste is wonderful. No nuts and Solange can enjoy this traditional recipe.
Good News!!!! Solange was tested last summer for a couple of small allergies she suffered from. As there are nutmeg and coconut.
She was tested negative for both.
These pepernoten look like small brown coins. In just a short time, the dough was made, rested in the fridge, homework was done, and smells were coming out of the kitchen. You close your eyes and the scene is right there. Fire in the fireplace, hot cocoa and the taste of delicious brown coloured pepernoten. Instead of making small ones, like they do normally, the girls decided to try small cookie size pepernoten. The idea is to wrap a pile of ten of these pepernoten in nice transparent paper with a ribbon and a colourful pearl.
PEPERNOTEN (Dutch Delight)
For about 500 gr dough
185 gr flour
85 gr brown sugar
15 gr mix spices, gloves and cinnamon )
0,5 teaspoon ginger
salt
120 gr cold butter
Mix flour, sugar and mix and salt. Add butter in small pieces. Work with finger tips. Once the dough is elastic, make a ball and keep it for 30 minutes in plastic film in the fridge.
Make small little balls or choose a bigger size and bake these in the oven at 150 celsius for 20 minutes.