RECIPES // GNOCCHI
i’m italian and i’m not ashamed.
i’m passionate. i love soccer. sometimes i yell. i like to use my hands when i talk. i grew up drinking chinotto.
and i grew up eating gnocchi.
gnocchi is my absolutely favourite pasta (besides lasagna) and want to know the most awesome thing? it is incredibly easy to make.
like really, really, really easy.
meet nana rosa.
this is my beautiful grandmother. she is 88 years old and cooks dinner every single night.
she bakes the best pasta you’ve ever eaten and is one of the most generous people i know. she loves, loves, loves. gosh, i could go on and on about my incredible nana.
anyways, i told her i was having 8 girls over for dinner and needed to make gnocchi and she said no problem (in her very thick italian accent).
all you need for gnocchi is…
2 potatoes (boiled then mashed)
2 cups flour (+ more for rolling)
1 egg
combine mashed potatoes, flour & egg in bowl.
roll into dough.
take bits of dough and roll into long pieces (like image below)
cut into tiny pieces
roll on gnocchi board
put on tray
freeze!
ohhhh, doesn’t my fancy new iphone take such beautiful photos?
boil a big pot of water and toss a few gnocchi pieces in at a time.
gnocchi cooks very quickly, (like less than 2 minutes)
sidenote- i cooked them for way to long and they went mushy (good thing i only cooked a few). i ended up cooking penne for the girls night BUT now james & i have a mad amount of gnocchi..woohoo. and it tastes amazing.
xo,
s.s.♥.
DIARY // TWEET-TOX
our church just finished up the 21 day challenge. basically it was 21 days to fast and pray. 21 days to start the new year right by focusing in on Jesus. 21 days to hone in and cut distractions. 21 days to pray intentionally.
some fast food (or certain foods). some fast media. i did a bit of both.
one thing i noticed was how much i was addicted to social media..(and i don’t even have an iPhone..yet!)
i kind of cut back on twitter before the fast solely due to the fact that my blackberry would die after 30 seconds of reading tweets. what bugged me the most was my desire to read twitter before i go to bed and first thing when i wake up.
i ended up having to hide the twitter app from my apps folder. you wouldn’t believe the number of times my fingers would subconsciously wander to that folder…freaky deaky man.
so i stopped reading tweets, i tweeted every once in awhile. instead of waking up and reading twitter, i’d force myself out of bed to read the Bible.
now that the fast is over, i thought my desire to read twitter would instantly come back…but to my surprise, it didn’t. i even ended up un-following a bunch of people who i have never met in person yet was connected to their world through twitter…(kind of freaky deaky when you think of it)
i’ve set some ground rules though…if the desire decides to creep back up.
1. no twitter when i wake up…i will not waste minutes reading through tweets when i could spend those minutes being refreshed, filled, sustained by my Lord.
2. no twitter in bed…my night-time routine should be talking to my husband not reading tweets.
3. no scrolling through twitter when i’m sitting down with people…this means when we go out for coffee, i will not go on twitter. this means when i’m out with a group of people at a restaurant, i will not go on twitter. if i’m with human beings where i’m supposed to be listening or speaking…i will not go on twitter!
what are your views on twitter? you still in loooooove? time-waster? beneficial to you? lemme know!
xo,
s.s.♥.
CASE CLOSED
i’ve gone and done it friends.
i ordered an iPhone 5.
after having a blackberry for the past 5 years, the time has come to say goodbye. and i am WELL PLEASED.
i realize it would probably pretty special for someone to upgrade from an iPhone 4 to an iPhone 5 but imagine upgrading to an iPhone 5 after 5 years with a blackberry. and not any regular old blackberry, no, a blackberry that turns off randomly after sending two texts and then takes 5 minutes to reboot once plugged in. the back and end phone call button work only 25% of the time as well. oh, and it never fully charges.
yep, this is what i have been living with.
so i called rogers on saturday and to my surprise, the super nice lady waived my early upgrade fee and let me keep my (super cheap) bb plan without even asking her!
(side note: i truly believe you will get the best deal if you are NICE TO PEOPLE. some people believe you have to be a big beyatch and make all these crazy demands to get your way but in my experience i have found when i have those type of customers, the last thing i do is give them extra perks. i find myself giving extra samples (perfume) to those who are nice and pleasant. so be nice. it always works out for me.)
my iPhone should arrive sometime this week…yipeeeeeee! naturally the first thing i did was start looking for a case..here are a few of my faves…
i went with the society 6 one and i am SO excited.
happy monday!
s.s.♥.
ONE WORD 2013
on new years eve i asked the Lord for a verse for 2013. while reading 1 Corinthians 2, verse 9 jumped off the page and imprinted in my heart. there it was. my verse for 2013.
and then i asked God for my one word for 2013. (read on my one word for 2012 right here.)…well you think after a verse like 1 Corinthians 2:9 my one word would be UNIMAGINABLE or BLESSINGS or DOWNPOUR or BEST YEAR EVER (ok that’s technically three words) or something along those lines but nope, my one word was … WALK.
i kind of had a mini argument with God. it went like this.
"walk? is that really my one word for 2013?"
"Yes."
"walk? really? not run? i like run."
"Not run. Walk."
"walk?"
"…"
"ok, walk it is."
so i’m trying to embrace walk, even though it’s definitely going to be a challenge.
i like to have a full life. i like to take on big projects. i like to have an insane schedule. i really like it. i’m learning sabbath and i’m enjoying rest but i do love the fast paced life. i love running through life but this year it’s time for me to walk.
so i wrote WALK (not run) in big pink letters on my side of the dream board behind our bed.
walk…
to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
Lord help me.
(fyi i’ll continually be updating you on this whole WALK-ing business, so get ready!)
xoxo,
s.s.♥.
GEMS // JT
is anyone else over the moon excited for jt to make a music comeback????
woooooooohoooooo.
enjoy the rest of your weekend!
s.s.♥.