MARIETTE'S BACK TO BASICS

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

{ALERT Blogger did spot my MISTAKE: SORRY!}

Oops, it happened and for quite a while, I let this BIG MISTAKE go unnoticed. Till my post from yesterday where one of my favorite and ALERT bloggers did spot it! SORRY!!!

On February 14, yes on Valentine's Day, I did post about my AMAZING Chocolate Recipe, see link below post. I'd made photos with the lovely gift we received in December (YES, my MISTAKE went unnoticed for THAT LONG!!!) from our Liz. She is fond of red beets, as I am myself. Not so her Dad; my husband Pieter... She bought me this precious high end linen and silk table runner - with beets on. Both of us were so pleased with this special gift and laughed about the fact that the beets won 2:1 and it never crossed our mind we were MISTAKEN. Even the sales person who sold it had no clue... Dear blogger Ger from the blog: Hoorn Des Overvloeds did comment about the POMEGRANATE image on the silk runner! She went to the previous post for finding the recipe of the AMAZING Chocolate.

My husband laughed too; how could we both have overlooked this?! How stupid can one be? Do you have things like this happening to you too, or is it only me... I hope I'm not a stand-alone-case!

Do you laugh at me now?...

I deserve it!

Oh my!

BUT, yes it is the POMEGRANATE - THE ANTIOXIDANT SUPERFRUIT!

Yes, we are growing our own Pomegranate in our garden!

For the time being we have to buy the dark chocolate covered Pomegranate seeds from Costco, to enjoy with our coffee. They seem to be cholesterol lowering, even preventing Alzheimer's and so many more health benefits they possess.

A heartfelt SORRY for this MISTAKE!

Related links from previous posts by me:
{USEFUL TIP: Peppermint Tea for Anti Bloating}
{Our Liz & Telepathy + AMAZING Chocolate Recipe!}

Monday, September 17, 2012

{USEFUL TIP: Peppermint Tea for Anti Bloating}

When living in The Netherlands, our back neighbors were from Turkey and I learned quite a lot from their culture.
They passed on age old remedies for certain ailments. One of them was, serving hot tea from fresh Mentha Piperita leaves.
Sure I learned about this USEFULL TIP as Peppermint Tea for Anti Bloating.
Since than, I've been drinking this soothing Peppermint Tea for decades, adding also some healthy Green Tea as well.
We always keep mint growing in our garden. So how do I brew this useful tea? Let me show you...

Freshly brewn inside our Mandalay Chartreuse by Mason's teapot.

With my Gardena Garden Scissors I did snip off a handful of Mentha Piperita leaves from our garden.

Rinsing them off in my Rösle Strainer...

Together with a bag of green tea they go inside the teapot while the water is boiling.
Pour the water over it and let it steep for a few minutes before pouring into your cups.

I used Trader Joe's Organic Green Tea...

Peppermint-Green-Tea with a healthy chocolate dessert, decorated with edible marzipan rosebuds...
Why don't you sit with me?

Closeup from the Peppermint-Green-Tea and my dessert...

Please sit down and join me...!
By the way, this amazing chocolate dessert came out of the freezer and works great for freezing it!
Below the post you find the recipe for this diabetes type 2 and heart healthy 0% cholesterol chocolate dessert.

This is a very soothing and relaxing tea, you ought to try it for yourself!

No, I did NOT add any sugar...
So what do you think? Are you going to try this out as well...?

Below are some links for more info.

Sunday, September 16, 2012

{1960s Vintage French Lampe Berger RV Molded Glass}

Another French treasure for you; a perfect 1960s Vintage Lampe Berger RV Molded Glass. It is listed in the book by Gérald Vilcocq - Lampes Berger A Century of History on page 203. As usual, this treasure and others is available at my on line: Spectrenoir.