About
Hi sister, I’m Sonja
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 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.
Interested in Nordic lifestyle? Check my post about the Nordic Midsummer charms and traditions or bake some Finnish almond cake. Learn how to approach natural living with 12 steps to living a natural lifestyle and download your FREE 30-Day Natural Living Challenge.
Want to know more about Moroccan food and culture? You might like the post about Moroccan Mint tea and the culture around it with the easy recipe. If you are looking for something more challenging, try the amazing honey-sesame cookie, chebakia.
Join me
Cook & nourish
Join me in everyday life to discover the delicious and healthy recipes to fill your meal times. Both Moroccan and Nordic cuisine are present in the recipes.
thrift & diy
Enjoy the beauty of nature and creation. Use what you have more than buy new. Make unique things. The most adorable things are one of a kind.
Home & care
Homemaking in a natural way is close to my heart. Follow our Nordic style of natural living to add more natural and economic choices to your life.
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We live in Finland, Northern Europe, with my lovely crazy Moroccan husband and our curious tiny daughter, who loves baking. She is my little sous chef and she has been cooking with me every recipe you can find in the blog.
Little Helper
Look for the “Little Helper” header and info box at the end of every recipe, if you have tiny children at home who you would love to engage in cooking. I share in every recipe the best ways to involve the little chefs in cooking. Find ways to cook and bake with them even when the recipe might be more challenging and you need to concentrate.
Facts About Me
I’d rather be
in the forest
Listening to
arabic music
LOVING DEEPLY
my family
DREAM DESTINATION
Kobe Garden, Japan
my weekends
workout & family
best BREAKFAST
harsha with honey
How did I end up here?
Throughout my childhood, my mom has emphasized the value of handmade items. Every kid in the family has been there stirring the pot full of onion peels that will dye the woolen yarn circling like spaghetti in the same pot. I can honestly say that the vast majority of rugs, cozy blankets, and linens at our home are made by my mother (thanks Mom ♡).
My Favorite RECIPE
My Favorite DIY post
My Favorite Homemaking Post
For almost fifteen years I have been working in different restaurants, catering services, and cafés. I started at 5:30 am turning on the ovens in a boutique hotel to make breakfast for the guests still tucked in their beds, stayed after midnight serving customers at a fine dining restaurant, and prepped salmon soup on a tiny yacht while the passengers were on the island for sauna and swimming.
Those years have been both fun and challenging but also very consuming. Too busy a life doesn’t suit me after all and home and homemaking have become more and more important. I learned from those years some resilience and perfection (to know when it’s needed and when it’s not!), meal prepping and they gave me everlasting curiosity about the real ingredients.
Want to collaborate with me?
Are you a blogger friend, publisher, or advertiser looking for a collaboration opportunity? I’m always open to suggestions and networking! Drop me a line (hello[at]blueteatile[dot]com) or enter your information on the Contact Me page and let’s chat more!
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