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The holidays evoke that feeling of alegría, a Portuguese and Spanish word that translates the true spirit of the holidays to my family and I, because it means joy, a feeling shared all over the world during this time of year.
To me, alegría is shown through the joy of gathering with family and friends, of cooking our favorite dishes, buying gifts for loved ones, planning special holiday inspired day trips, and getting our homes ready to share that warm feeling. That feeling that comes from the heart!
I want to share with you some of my favorite things and some of my favorite traditions.
I often cook dishes from my home country; they are usually a huge hit because I get to share the tradition behind each dish! My absolute favorite is the farofa, a side dish, guaranteed to garnish your holiday table with Latin spice!
Farofa Festiva (Festive Cassava Flour)
Ingredients
2 cups of cassava flour
1 stick of butter
1 onion diced
salt to taste
1 fried egg cut in small pieces
10 green olives cut in small pieces
Preparation:
Fry one egg and cut it in small pieces. Melt butter, sautéed onions in it, add flour slowly until mixed and salt. Remove from the stove and add fried egg, olives, mix it and set in a dish and serve it.
Step 1: Separate 2 cups of Cassava Flour
Step 2: Saute 1 diced onion in one stick of melted butter:
Step 3: add Flour
Step 4: Mix all ingredients
Step 5: Add the fried scrambled egg
You can use a variation, like I did and add a sautéed, sliced mild sausage to the mix for a more festive look!
*You can purchase the cassava flour at any Brazilian specialty store.
Every year we plan some special light sightings, visiting my favorite garden in PA and this year, we added a very special trip to NYC to the Glade® Museum of Feelings!
The Museum of Feelings is a free interactive experience built to showcase the powerful connection between scent and emotion. I can’t wait to explore it with my family so see how Glade® fragrances can be brought to life and inspire different emotions and feelings. Many of the scents that will be only display at the museum truly define the spirit of the Holiday season.
The Museum is located at Brookfield Place in New York City and is open from Nov. 24 – Dec. 15. On Monday thru Saturday, it is open from 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. and Sunday from 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
One of the really unique experiences at the Museum of Feelings is the Moodlens Experience. Glade® will be getting those at the museum to create a Moodlens selfie that reflects your mood. At the Moodlens kiosk, you can even print the picture on scented paper to keep, how awesome is that! You can also submit your photos to the Living Gallery. This “Living Gallery” gives updates around the community’s mood/emotions as a whole.
The best part is that even if you cannot make the trip to the Museum of Feelings in person, you can create a Moodlens online at www.TheMuseumOfFeelings.com and share out the Moodlens on your social channels.
I can’t wait to create mine, hope to see yours as well!
Also, before you leave the museum, don’t forget to purchase one of
Glades® premium candles, which are a great gift for the holiday season!
Visit Glade’s Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/gladelatino) for more info!
Or on Twitter!
Glade® candles are a great way to decorate the house, bringing the holiday spirit to every corner! I especially like to have them lit during our holiday open house! Each candle represents the years I’ve been living in the US and, is therefore, a symbol that unites traditions from my home country with new ones, I’ve adopted here!
These are the Glade® candles I’ve chosen from this season’s Glade® Winter Collection:
1. Be at Peace™ – Balsam Fir & Juniper Scent, which propels me to think on the love and serenity all around us.
(I also purchased the automatic spray unit for our powder room, the busiest place in the house, during holiday season!)
2. Cherish the Present™ – Apple Cinnamon Scent , which brings that warm feeling of gratitude and love
I bought the candles at Walmart, thought you would like to also get some Glade® coupons and buy yours:
Glade Candle Coupons
What memories will you be creating this holiday, what does Alegria mean to you? I can’t wait to hear your thoughts and how you share the joy of the holiday season with your loved one! As usual, give us a Trendy Shout!
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Somehow the house is more festive when you decorate with candles.
I love Glade, their apple cinnamon products are my favorite especially during the Holidays.
We have Glade scents in our house all the time. I’ll be switching over to the holiday collection shortly. Thanks for the recommendations.
Good food, nice smelling candles… Ah yes, it is the holiday and a big hooray for it. 🙂
I love seasonal scents during the holidays! Seasonal scents makes the home seem more inviting, warm, and cozy.
Love glade too! And oh, that recipe, I am totally going to try it soon!
I love Glade candles. They smell so good, especially all of the holiday scents out now.
I love decorating with candles and enjoy burning them over the holidays. They make the room look so festive and warm and lovely.
I love lighting candles and incense in my home year round. I just saw something about the museum of feelings on tv today!
Thanks so much for this recipe. I can’t wait to try this. Sounds great!
Your recipe looks delicious! I’m always looking for yummy and festive new recipes to try.
This looks so delicious. I have never made anything like this before. Glade candles are a great way to keep the house smelling great.
We love Glade, they always have great scents and products 😀
I love trying out new dishes and Farofa sounds like a delicious dish. I would love to try that because I don’t think I’ve ever tried a Brazilian dish.
I love the fragrance of Christmas candles. My favorite is apple cinnamon. I also love the festive colored candy too. Plus, the glow of Christmas tree lights in a dark room is so beautiful too.
I love Glade candles!! They have the best holiday scents and you really can smell them all over your house. Great post!
Your house is beautiful. I’ve never had a Farofa Festiva before. It looks interesting, I want to try it.
I love having Glade around for the holidays. There are so many scents that remind me of Christmas from my childhood.
Great ideas, the toilet paper tree is super cute. You’re so right, that is the high traffic area. lol
These sound like great traditions. Our one tradition I love is going to my sisters Christmas day. It is the one time the whole family gets together. I will have to try this recipe for sure because it sounds delicious. I love Glade Candles and I will be picking up a couple of the Cherish ones.
This is great idea for the Christmas Eve! I love the taste of Latin Spice, Farofa is one of my favorite too. In that way I really feel the spirit of Christmas.
What an awesome recipe! I’ve been looking for a recipe to prepare during the holiday season. I think I already found it now.
I could really see the effort and energy you put into decorating your place. I bet your family would surely feel the spirit of the holiday season.
Very nice decoration! I’ve never had CASAVA Flour, can’t wait to find this product at my local store. I love Glade products
I love the smell of the store when you walk by these candles. I always linger in that area and breathe deeply, it calms me down.
That is a dish I have never heard of before. I like the sounds of the ingredients, great dish.
I love the Glade brand but I never tried the candles. Im intrigued and would love to smell and try them myself!
Wow! What a great giveaway! I always have a candle burning in the house…
I love the Glade holiday scents. They smell so good! And every year we have family traditions that we keep alive like getting a real tree as a family and going downtown to see the lights every year.
I love all of the holiday scents that Glade has! They’re my go-to for scented candles, because they smell SO good!
One of my favorite things about the holidays are all the great candle scents. Glade always has the best ones.
I love the pine or cinnamon one! I haven’t used a glade candle in a while. Thanks for the reminder. My hubby is from another country and we are trying his food this year for a family dinner.
I would love to try Glade candles. I use a different brand but I am always open to try new products. I will add them to my list of “to-buy” this weekend. Thanks for sharing!
We use Glade products all year long. We have the plug ins all over our house. During the holidays I love to pick up a few festive scents to switch it up.
I am fan of the farofa, didn’t know you can eat it with eggs great tip. Yoru Christmas tree is gorgeous too. Thanks for participating in this shop #client
One of the best things about modern scents is that there are so many varieties from which to choose. It is a special treat.
You know, I almost named my daughter Alegria. I just love that word and she does fill our home with joy. But my husband didn’t agree, haha. With the name, I mean. 😉 Just reading this post made me happy!
That is a gorgeous room, with a gorgeous tree. 🙂 Seasons greetings to you!
Great recipe, elegant tree, warm photos: Yes, Christmas is in the air: And happy holidays to you and your family.
Nothing like a holiday scent candle to get me in a christmas mood! I love your mantle BTW- gorgeous!
Your room with the Christmas tree looks so cozy. 🙂 I love burning candles this time of year as long as their scent doesn’t compete with the smell of my baking cookies.
Oh yum, I can see why the Farofa Festiva is such a special tradition for you! Having some nice holiday scents definitely get me into the holiday spirit too.
I love burning Glade candles around the holidays. They make my home smell wonderful. Thanks for the recipe. That is a dish that I look forward to making and see how my family enjoys it.
I love how you decorated your fireplace!
We normally hang our garland around ours and then we have these adorable little snowmen that we put on the side. So far they are all tucked away in boxes in the basement. Hopefully this weekend we can get started!
WOW!! Your house is beautiful. So very festive and beautiful. It’s like something from the movies.
I love having holiday scents in my home during the season. They do make the time festive and joyful!
I would like to try farofa because it looks really delicious. Your Christmas tree is really beautiful.
This holiday, we will be creating memories by going and getting our live Christmas tree. It is a family tradition.
There’s always a Glade candle in my house! I recently got married so I can’t wait to celebrate my first married Christmas! Can’t wait to start new traditions with my husband!
I always burn Glade candles, especially around the holidays. They smell fantastic and oh so festive.