book & eat

I have this book where the missionaries write in and I thought it was a little boring so i decided to decorate it.

It went from this ...

To this:

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My grandpa died a year ago and he had a special fork and a special spoon, that no one was allowed to use. my grandma gave them to my mother and I'd seen this craft project on my best friends computer and i decided to use my grandpas fork and spoon for it =)

tadaaaam

New hair clips and jar

I've been making all of those cute little hair clips and I realized that I didn't know where to put them so I decided to decorate a jar in order to put them in. It's nothing special but still...

Portugal

Hey, hi , hello blogging world! I just came back from my vacation in Portugal! it was REALLY sweet this year. Actually, this was the 1st year that I wasn't uber excited about going there and I bet that's the reason why it was the best year ever!!!!

I spent some time with my family, that I only get to see once a year and we had a looot of fun together. other than that my grandma, my mother and I spent 3 days at the beach, which was super sweet! NOW one can say that I am black xD (cf. my doctor)

I didn't take  a lot of pictures but you can have a little sneak peak at what Portugal looks like =D

best friend, graduation and festival of lights

So this week was a pretty sweet one! on sunday we went down to metz to visit my best friend pauline and her family, which was actually pretty sweet cuz church was cancelled here in lux. so we made it to church and had a blast there!
On monday we came back to luxembourg and something very interesting happened! i went to the doctors and she asked me this:
'is your skin usually lighter than it is now??'
me: 'eeehm... no! this is light! i havent seen the sun (the one that makes u get tanned and not the luxembourg sun) in 2 years, so this is almost the lightest it can be'
 the doctor: ' oh well its too dark for what i was thinking'
O.o what the holy guacamole???????? i'd NEVE EVER heard someone say this to me!!!!!!!!
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I officialy graduated on tuesday! =) so 'prom' in europe is different than prom in the states! plus i didnt stay for prom cuz i went to a chinese restaurant (very fancy) with my mom, pauline and the nanny i had when i was a child =) it was amazing =D

pauline left luxembourg on wednesday and i went to hers on friday because we went down to nancy to see the festival of lights( and of course i forgot to take pictures)

It was sweet and I definitely loved this week

sewing fun

So the sisters came over on Monday and we had a sewing p-day!
i started making an apron! i found the idea on this blog and i looooove it! i absolutely fell in love with her aprons and i decided to make one myself. it doesn't look the same but i LOVE it!

hair clips and a cute frame!

So i started to craft again and here are some of the things i made recently. i want to make more things so everything will be posted sooner or later! =)
headband made by sr bell who didnt like it in the end xD
I made this cute frame for one of my best friends who's going to get married soon =)

Shredded spinach & ham risotto

As you can see i have been into cooking so here is a yummy recipe i tried a couple of days ago:

You need (serves 4) :
*3cups fresh young spinach leaves
*4oz (115gr) cooked ham
*4cups chicken stock
*1 tbsp olive oil
*3tbsp butter
*1small onion, finely chopped
*1 3/8 cups risotto rice
*2/3 cup water
*1/4 cup light cream
*3/4cup freshly grated Parmesan or Grana Padano cheese
*salt & pepper

Wash spinach well and slice into thin shreds. Cut the ham into thin strips. Bring the stock to a boil in pan, then reduce the heat and keep simmering gently over low heat while you are cooking risotto.

Heat oil with 2 tablespoons of butter in a deep pan over medium heat until the butter has melted. Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5mins, or until soft and starting to turn golden. Do not brown.

Reduce the heat, add the rice and mix to coat in oil and butter. Cook, stirring constantly, for 2-3mins, or until the grains are translucent.

Add the water and cook, stirring constantly for 1min until reduced.

gradually add the hot stock, a ladleful at a time. stir constantly and add more liquid as the rice absorbs the liquid. increase the heat to medium so that the liquid bubbles. cook for 20mins, or until all the liquid is absorbed and the rice is creamy. ass the spinach and ham with the last ladleful of stock.

Remove from heat and add the remaining butter and the cream. mix well, then stir in the parmesan until it melts. season to taste and serve at once.

Bon appétit =)