Lavender Design + Cuisine

Thursday, July 28, 2022

Tips: Revitalize Your Dining Room

5 Reasons to Refresh and Declutter Your Dining Room

The dining room symbolizes strength, unity, and community. When this space is neglected, it quickly becomes cluttered and goes unused. Refreshing your dining room creates an inviting space that supports your household's daily lifestyle.

Here are 5 key benefits of an organized dining room:

Fosters Connection: An open table encourages family dinners, meaningful interaction, and daily conversation.
Creates Flexible Workspace: Clear surfaces provide an instant area to work from home without a dedicated office.
Supports Learning: A clean table offers a quiet, structured space for children to complete homework.
Simplifies Hosting: An organized room makes it easy to host holiday meals and dinner parties spontaneously.
Streamlines Storage: Proper organization creates dedicated homes for linens, placemats, and candles.

Ultimately, a functional dining room brings people together and encourages better food choices.

Transform Your Space This Weekend

Clear the surface: Remove all non-dining items from the table immediately.
Sort your linens: Keep only the tablecloths and napkins you actually use.
Reset the energy: Add a simple centerpiece to make the table look intentional.

Have fun and be creative!

Ellie Lavender
Space Curator & Avant Garde Chef
Lavender Design + Cuisine

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Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Curated Vibrant Kitchen

Basket of Beautiful Meyer Lemons

Aromatic Fresh Garden Herbs

The kitchen is the heart of the home. Whether it’s doing homework with children or preparing meals, almost everyone (guests included) gather in the kitchen. When the energy in the kitchen is positive, families are more inclined to want to eat at home and will enjoy better health and relationships as a result.

If your kitchen has been stagnant for too long, is burdened with clutter, or needs a serious cleaning, by all means make a point of revitalizing it.

Get Started Today! Apply these 3 simple and practical Feng Shui enhancements to your kitchen and watch your relationships, health, and wealth enhanced in amazing ways:

Tip 1 - Make cleaning a habit to improve health and prosperity. One of the most important things you can do for your kitchen is to keep it clean, clutter-free and organized – and the 3 areas that need it most are the pantry, freezer and the refrigerator. Why? This is where food, a symbol of health and wealth, is stored. Get rid of everything that is completely out of date.

Tip 2 - Clear off countertops to energize your health, hence your life. It sounds counterintuitive, but when you have countertops that are covered with items such as small appliances, dishes, loaves of bread, bags of chips, or stacks of bills, it doesn’t inspire you to cook. On the other hand, when you have a kitchen with clear counters graced with a basket of beautiful lemons and a jar of aromatic fresh herbs, it just makes you feel like cooking.

Tip 3 - Discard damaged items to promote good energy in your foods. Start by decluttering your kitchen cabinets and drawers (one at the time, no need to tackle them all at once, pace yourself, so that you’ll have something to do daily). Hanging onto dented pots, pans and utensils, cracked or chipped dishes, glasses, cups; stained napkins and tablecloths and damaged kitchen appliances such as toaster, mixer, etc., ‘because they’re still good,’ gifts or for sentimental reasons, cause clutter, negative energy, not good for your health and well-being. Discard them all.

Happy Revitalizing Your Kitchen!

Ellie Lavender
Space Curator & Avant Garde Chef
Lavender Design + Cuisine

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Monday, December 6, 2021

Plant-Based Recipe: Delectable Roasted Fuyu Persimmons

Delectable Roasted Fuyu Persimmons

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Fuyu Persimmons

Delight in the sweet flavors of the season with Fuyu persimmons. This non-astringent variety can be enjoyed while firm and delivers a honey-like taste that is both rich and mild. Perfect for adding a festive crunch to salads or desserts like tarts and galettes, they also make a healthy and satisfying snack.

For a surprising and delicious side dish this Thanksgiving, roast some Fuyu persimmons. The addition of warm spices transforms this firm fruit into a soft, delectable treat that everyone will enjoy!

So, let's get started with the recipe!

Ingredients (serving size 4):
4 Medium Fuyu persimmons
1/2 Tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 Tsp. ground cardamom
1/2 Tsp. smoked sweet paprika
1/4 Tsp. sea salt
1/2 Stick melted sweet butter
1 Tbsp. chopped toasted pistachio
A dash of unsweetened cocoa powder

Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
2. In a bowl mix all the spices and sea salt.
3. Wash, dry persimmons, cut off and discard the tops and bottoms of the persimmons.
4. Slice the persimmons horizontally into ½ inch slices, brush each sides with melted butter, sprinkle each slice generously with the spice mixture and place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, pic. 1.
5. Roast them in the oven until the tops of the persimmons turn slightly brown and are tender, about 10-12 minutes, pic. 2.
6. Remove from the oven and set aside to cool for 15 minutes.
7. Arrange them on a platter, garnish with chopped toasted pistachio and a dash of cocoa powder, pic. 3.

Happy Roasting!

Ellie Lavender
Space Curator & Avant Garde Chef
Lavender Design + Cuisine

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