Portuguese Shrimp with Port Wine Recipe

Ingredients

8 shrimp1 pineapple3 chopped garlic cloves2 Tbsp of olive oil1 tsp. honey2 glasses of port wineChopped coriander, walnuts and pine nuts (to taste)                                                        

Directions

1. Cut the shrimps in two (starting from the tails to the heads) and place in refrigerator.
2. Meanwhile, peel and slice the pineapple; marinate the pineapple slices on Port wine and the garlic cloves for about 2 hours.
3. On a pot mix the olive oil, the honey, the coriander, the walnuts, the pine nuts and the pineapple. Let the pineapple soak for a few minutes and remove it from the sauce.
4. On the same sauce fry the shrimps. Add the Port wine with the marinade and let it thicken. Then serve the shrimps with the pineapple and the sauce. Your friends will love this shrimp.

Recipe & Photo Credit: all-about-portugal.com 

DON'T BE SOMEONE'S "SOMETHING"

She grew through adversity,

finding her strength when being strong became her only option.

She realized that real strength isn’t about how long you can hold out before breaking..

It’s about how much you can overcome after you have already broken.

When she stopped defining her happiness through the eyes of others,

When she discovered that being someone’s “something” just wasn’t enough anymore,

That’s when she began to truly awaken.

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She realized that burning with passionate intensity and self satisfaction completed her in a way that another person never could.

She had to love herself before she could truly love another.

Meaningful silence meant more to her than meaningless words,

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She made mistakes, stumbled and fell, but knew that growth takes time.

Even the brightest diamonds are formed under intense pressure, and not quickly.

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Life, love and respect were no longer about being perfect and accepted.

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Wonderfully flawed and uniquely chaotic,

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Becoming her own “everything” empowered her to continually improve and become more.

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She had no more interest in the flawless people any more.

The ones that burned her bridges only illuminated the way for her to a better place.

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Give her the cracked souls that meshed perfectly with her broken pieces.

Her dream never came with an expiration.

She smiled because she knew...

All her broken roads led her exactly where she was always meant to be.

She’d found her way home..

And came to love herself in the process.

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DOGS ARE FAMILY

"A man and his dog were walking along a road. The man was enjoying the scenery, when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead.

He remembered dying, and that the dog walking beside him had been dead for years. He wondered where the road was leading them.

After a while, they came to a high, white stone wall along one side of the road. It looked like fine marble. At the top of a long hill, it was broken by a tall arch that glowed in the sunlight.

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When he was close enough, he called out, 'Excuse me, where are we?'

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Would you happen to have some water?' the man asked.

Of course, sir. Come right in, and I'll have some ice water brought right up'.The man gestured, and the gate began to open.

'Can my friend,' gesturing toward his dog, 'come in, too?' the traveller asked.

'I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept pets.'

The man thought a moment and then turned back toward the road and continued the way he had been going with his dog.

After another long walk, and at the top of another long hill, he came to a dirt road leading through a farm gate that looked as if it had never been closed. There was no fence. As he approached the gate, he saw a man inside, leaning against a tree and reading a book.

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'Yeah, sure, there's a pump over there, come on in..'

'How about my friend here?' the traveller gestured to the dog.

There should be a bowl by the pump.'

They went through the gate, and sure enough, there was an old-fashioned hand pump with a bowl beside it. The traveller filled the water bowl and took a long drink himself, then he gave some to the dog.

When they were full, he and the dog walked back toward the man who was standing by the tree.

'What do you call this place?' the traveller asked.

This is Heaven,' he answered.

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'Doesn't it make you mad for them to use your name like that?'

'No, we're just happy that they screen out the folks who would leave their best friends behind.'"

Dogs are family

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REMEMBER - LOVE YOURSELF FIRST

Honestly, I’m glad I met everyone in my life. The good and the bad. The good make me thankful, the bad make me learn my lessons.

Sometimes the long way is the only way home

Make sure you love yourself before you start to love someone else.

Less busy, more focus. Less news, more art. Less complaint, more appreciation. Less noise, more peace. Less hate. More love. – Robin Sharma

No matter what happened yesterday, today is a chance to make tomorrow better. Make the most of the present and the future will be brighter.

Love yourself first, because that’s who you’ll be spending the rest of your life with. – Unknown

Not everyone will understand your journey. Just be yourself and carry on.

Keep your circle small and your mind at peace

If you want to do something, then do it now, because life is short, and you never know if you’ll get that chance to do it.

 

NO WEAPON AGAINST ME SHALL PROSPER.

EVENTUALLY ALL PIECES FALL INTO PLACE. 

UNTIL THEN, LAUGH AT THE CONFUSION, LIVE FOR THE MOMENT AND KNOW THAT EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON.

SOMETIMES THE BIGGEST STRUGGLES IN LIFE WILL TURN OUT TO BE SOME OF OUR BIGGEST BLESSINGS. HOLD ON A LITTLE WHILE LONGER.

WHEN LIFE DOES NOT MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, IT IS IMPORTANT TO TAKE IT WITH GRACE.

STRENGTH DOES NOT COME FROM WHAT YOU CAN DO. IT COMES FROM OVERCOMING THE THINGS YOU ONCE THOUGHT YOU COULD NOT.

IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO SHOW THE WORLD HOW TO TREAT YOU BY THE WAY IN WHICH YOU TREAT YOURSELF.

 

NOTHING IS HOPELESS EXCEPT TRYING.

Manifest your dream.

“Dreams are whispers of our ambitions, which guide us in the right direction and our actions are the means of transportation to achieve them.”
― Efrat Cybulkiewicz

“We all have the power to make little choices that can change the course of our lives forever.”
― Oscar Auliq-Ice

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