{Shaved Brussels Sprouts & Tofu with Tri Color Quinoa}

For Healthy Living we love to shop at Trader Joe's and that's how I found these Shaved Brussels Sprouts & Tofu with Tri Color Quinoa. 

Brussels Sprouts are a favorite vegetable for both of us.

My Dad used to grow them commercially and so did Pieter's Dad, thus we grew up with them.

But that they now are being offered 'SHAVED' that was new!

High Protein Super Firm Tofu for dicing up and ready to go.

Of course, having lived and worked in Indonesia, we are so used to a Tofu rich diet and we love it!

Either in soups or other dishes.

Japanese food also uses lots of tofu and fermented tofu.

In Indonesia we call the fermented tofu, tempeh.

That too we can buy at Trader Joe's!

Wish my Parents could have seen this product; they would be amazed.

Using Olive Oil, I did first stir-fry some garlic, than the diced tofu and adding the shaved brussels sprouts.

You can use some oriental spices of your liking or add some sauce.

For a quick and healthy meal I did add tri-colored Quinoa from Trader Joe's and that was it!

Are you using any of these ingredients for your supper?

{Escada Pastel Green Jeans Suit}

Don't know about you but I do love wearing jeans and also jeans suits with skirts. One of those is my pastel green Escada jeans suit.

On Sunday, April 20 next to our Indian Hawthorn along the driveway.

Wearing a sleeveless silk cashmere mock turtleneck under the longer jeans jacket.

Husband Pieter in his charcoal Ermenegildo Zegna suit in tropical weight wool.

Matching Escada purse as well...

The silk cashmere sleeveless top has a very nice knitted lace edging.

It is the perfect outfit for early spring!

Do you like to wear jeans outfits?

{Dutch Twin Down Duvets Altered to American Size}

WHY is there such a difference in sizing between continents? Clothes, shoes and even for bedding and bed linens there is quite a difference. So due to the problem of maximum baggage weight we no longer can bring home Dutch duvet covers etc. The only solution was to change them in American sizing and that's what I did. For adding some 40 cm or 16 inches to each twin duvet, I did use a down duvet that I had gotten on sale at The Company Store  for only $ 99.00. Not much to risk! 

Here it is... one segment of down squares added on and ready to be slipped into the ocelot flannel duvet cover from Garnet Hill that I got at their winter sale!

So how did I do it?

Using the smocking stitch setting on my sewing machine, I went on both sides of the stepping.

This is how it looked...

That way I could cut it in the center with the serger, right on the stepping and it did not cause any mess. 

All the down stayed neatly inside.

With a single stepping stitch I than proceeded to sew them together.

The Dutch twin duvets happened to be in a beige color but that will not be visible once inside the duvet covers.

This table from Yves Delorme shows the differences between US sizing and Dutch sizing...

The US Twin size is 42.7 cm wider and also 18.4 cm longer!

So glad for having tackled that so now all American duvet covers fit perfectly.
Mainly I have those from Yves Delorme from their Outlet.

Is any of you having had to deal with different sizing for bed linens?