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Blue tea tile | Natural Nordic Lifestyle

If you are looking for chill Nordic simplicity in homemaking and natural living, from scratch recipes, and you are seeking ways to slow down to enjoy your life more, well sister, you have arrived in the right place! Welcome to Blue Tea Tile blog where I share with you intriguing and delicious from scratch recipes and ways to thrive with a simple Nordic lifestyle. You can be sure that when I am being too strict, straightforward, and overorganized a Nordic girl, my husband gives me a bit of a Moroccan easygoing, life-hugging perspective to take it easier. With that balance, the Blue Tea Tile blog is built on.

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🎉New recipe: Crispy caramelized almond cake

Crispy caramelized almond cake If you missed past weeks' newsletters you can read them all here.Reader, yep, Tosca is a famous Opera, but it is also a synonym for a caramelized almond topping in Nordic countries. At the same time, the Opera premiered in Sweden Toscakaka - the Tosca cake appeared in Swedish cookbooks. It is a soft sponge cake with a crispy caramelized almond topping - the yummy Tosca. And today I'm sharing the recipe with you. Step-by-step recipe for the Swedish Tosca cake...

iced caffeine free rooibos tea.

Nordic Natural Living Community ♡ Weekly newsletter With or without? If you missed past weeks' newsletters you can read them all here.Reader, did you know that March is caffeine awareness month? Many choose tea over coffee to avoid caffeine, but the truth is that tea does contain caffeine too! Except for herbal teas - of course. Like coffee, the tea plant contains caffeine, which in tea is called theine. So choosing tea to cut out caffeine completely does not help. I read from a tea book,...

Nordic Natural Living Community ♡ Weekly newsletter I had underestimated this one completely If you missed past weeks' newsletters you can read them all here.Reader, at a certain point I realized that I had underestimated snacks completely when thinking about a healthy and natural lifestyle. Snacks are sneaky. You buy one bag of salty nuts and a month later you realize that - hold on! I bought ten tiny bags last month with plenty of salt, unhealthy oils, and additional things to keep them...

Spring cleaning checklist

Nordic Natural Living Community ♡ Weekly newsletter Spring cleaning, not yet started? If you missed past weeks' newsletters you can read them all here.Hi Reader, I know that spring cleaning can be daunting, but with the help of a simple spring cleaning checklist, you can streamline your deep cleaning tasks to move through your home like a summer breeze - or a cleaning tornado - depends which kind of cleaner you are! Download from the Subscriber Library your own FREE printable Spring Cleaning...

Nordic Natural Living Community ♡ Weekly newsletter Read this if you feel that eating healthier is difficult If you missed past weeks' newsletters you can read them all here.Hi Reader, eating well is a crucial part of a natural lifestyle and living in balance. Sometimes it feels hard, but as we have talked about creating natural lifestyle habits, these changes cannot be rushed but step-by-step introduced to your life to make them stick. When I struggled to make better eating habits and just a...

Nordic Natural Living Community ♡ Weekly newsletter Simple tips on saving money as a homemaker If you missed past weeks' newsletters you can read them all here. Hi Reader, You know the people who tell "You can get rich overnight using these hacks!" Well, you know that I am not one of those. Everyday homemaking management is based on recurring things and repeating small habits that compound slowly. When you aim for a natural lifestyle, one big thing is to intentionally use the resources and...

Dark hot chocolate with pink whipped cream on the top garnished with dark chocolate flakes.

Nordic Natural Living Community ♡ Weekly newsletter Cozy Valentine If you missed past weeks' newsletters you can read them all here. Hi Reader, Valentine's Day in Finland is quite a tiny event compared to several other countries. We call it "Ystävänpäivä", "Friends' Day" and it is more like hanging out with besties and going to the cinema together at the price of one -offer. Instead of crazy sales offers and overconsuming, I find that the Valentine's Day is a good day to make something cozy...

Nordic Natural Living Community ♡ Weekly newsletter You don't always need to be productive If you missed past weeks' newsletters you can read them all here. Hi Reader. Lately, I have been sharing with you plenty about the habits, and routines with a homemaking schedule (which you can download for free using your code: 1StepForward ) and some spring cleaning is yet to come... BUT there should be also time to just be and chill without being productive. Tea and tea drinking is a big part of...

Nordic Natural Living Community ♡ Weekly newsletter Inexpensive and natural option If you missed past weeks' newsletters you can read them all here. Hi Reader, if you have been my reader already for a while you know, how I love sharing with you things you can repurpose. And so amazing if you are a newer reader! Check out my story here, if you want to know more about who's behind these letters and writings. Back to the repurposing. One of my favorite things to repurpose is the wooden wine...

A woman holding a pen in her hand that is resting on a life planner with a capuccino next the her on a wooden table.

Nordic Natural Living Community ♡ Weekly newsletter Homemaking Schedule + Workbook If you missed past weeks' newsletters you can read them all here. Hi Reader, if you are feeling unorganized and would like to have a bit more structure to your daily life - I have the best gift for you today: Homemaking Schedule template with a short Workbook for finding your peace, purpose, and inspiration as a homemaker to lay out your weekly schedule to reach the daily flow. (Read until the end on how you...