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Spring gardening in isolation

May 1, 2020 by Ariel 2 Comments

This is something every bloggers didn’t expect writing… ever.

First gardening article post pandemic and obviously isolated at home, I’m looking forward on this upcoming gardening season with a bitter sweet taste.  Now more than ever, I’m extremely happy and grateful to be able to garden.  Playing in dirt and watching plants grow while collecting delicious produces to make recipes with will make this social distancing easier to cope with.

The sounds of the birds are getting louder and louder every day which announce the sweet beginning of Spring.  Most often then not, the balcony door is wide open.  Spring is a season I’m always looking forward to because it means that I’ll be gaining some extra square feet in my apartment, as half the jungle will most likely be moved outdoor.  Moving everyone around will also mean extra square feet to start new seeds for the fall, winter and year round jungle.  Overall it’s an exciting season for it’s new beginning.  It gives us a false sense of new and often gives me a boost to start implementing new habits…. like blogging more XD

So, after over a month of quarantine, I don’t know about you but, anxiety is rising a bit.  Luckily, not enough to render my will power to do things absolutely useless 100% of the time but high enough that some days I drink tea, watch the jungle growing and do something creative but nothing more.  Talking about this feels like I’m complaining for still having a job but that’s not it.  These times are weird for everyone and I often feel a weird feeling of obligation and failure realizing that I’m just aren’t as productive as I wished.

This is why making art has been a sanity saver and it’s making me jump from cooking to painting during the work week to balance the rush of emotions.

Lucky for this blog, it only means more content.

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Filed Under: Urban gardening Tagged With: blog, Cotton plant, diary, gardening, Journal, Monstera Andansonii, Orange bell peppers, Papyrus, tomato plants, Urban Gardening

My first post on HonestCooking.com!

March 3, 2013 by Ariel Leave a Comment

I’ve been approved to be a regular poster on the famous website HonestCooking.com, a few months ago, but never got around to post anything because of my busy schedule.  Recently they created a bot that goes in each of their columnist’s blog to grab some posts for their site and I’m glad my Cajun Roasted Almonds were the first recipe they grabbed.  I’m super proud to be able to contribute to such famous site as honest cooking and I’m looking forward to add more post and hopefully one day maybe do an interview for them? 😛  Ok maybe I think too far already but everybody can dream right? 🙂

Filed Under: #FoodieLife Tagged With: accomplishment, almond, announcement, arielrebel, blog, cajun, cooking, feature, Honest Cooking, HonestCooking.com, magazine, recipe, roasted

Grilled Shrimps “à la menthe”…

June 27, 2012 by Ariel 9 Comments

…with a very versatile dipping sauce that goes very well with shrimps or chicken.  Enjoy!

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Filed Under: Appetizer, Fish, Recipes, Sauces, Seafood, Shrimps, Tapas Tagged With: ariel rebel, arielrebel, blog, brochettes, delicious, fish, food, grilled, marinate, Mint, Oilive Oil, recipe, roasted garlic, seafood, Shrimps, tasty

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