Castles & Cook Weeks...vlog 160

[@melodyneece9587]

I envy your lifestyle Giselle---The stability-routine-you know what is expected of you and your maturity level is astonishing. You always seem bright and cheerful doing your daily tasks. It must be such a comfort to live as you do.

[@gisellewaldner9406]

❤❤

[@cariwiebe5074]

I thought of you many times last week. I was working in a Bible camp kitchen, cooking 210 plates every meal. I don't know how you do it! I am still exhausted. LOL

[@0777sadie]

I am not a follower of your faith but you and your community have taught me in these vlogs to find joy in the small things and to live with intention. (Also, i REALLY need to step my cleaning game up...) I think the way y'all live is what we're all really searching for. A sense of belonging and acceptance and community. You've said time and again it's not perfect, but perfection provides no room for improvement. I just found your channel and have spent the last 2 weeks watching all of your vlogs. Thank you to you and everyone willing to share. I also appreciate those Not willing to share. That is how they feel and our emotions are the only thing we'll ever truly own in this world. So i say to them, thank you for the contrast. Hope you had a wonderful birthday!

[@gisellewaldner9406]

Welcome we are happy to have you with us and thank you for your comment, i really appreciate it ❤

[@sramas1]

HI GISELL, I think it would be lovely if you had a cookbook! It would be fun to cook some of your wonderful recipes. a leftovers suggestions attached!

[@gisellewaldner9406]

We have one 😊, the info is in the community post on the channel 😊

[@kajehomar7503]

Good grief, I watch a cook week video and then I need a snack.🤣🥨Everything looks delicious.

[@jannievandriel5220]

Geen gevloek graag

[@frandemianczyk]

❤Thanks so much for sharing your time, talents and colony with me! So encouraging and always a blessing! 🥰🙏🏻❤️❌⭕️🤗

[@Elsa-it9ct]

It’s always so nice to see what you’re up to and all that delicious cooking and baking. Who doesn’t love a bouncy castle. Hope you’re having the best summer. May God bless you always.

[@gisellewaldner9406]

Thank you so much ❤😊

[@juliel3019]

The chia breakfast pudding looked excellent but all your meals looks really tasty 👍

[@gilbaum8313]

Thank you Giselle for another amazing and wonderful cook week vlog. You vlogs are so calm, relaxing and uplifting. All the food you made looks so delicious and tasty. I can say your vlogs have become more professional, the editing and camera work is outstanding. You are a real artist, when it comes to vlogging. I love bouncing castles too. The choir is singing so wonderful and peaceful, you could get lost in the song. Have a magnificent week.

[@D.N..]

Gil, since you live on a Kibbutz in Israel, what are the food staples in your community?

[@gisellewaldner9406]

Thank you so much😊

[@cordiscoscorner]

Giselle it's so wonderful to see you again. Your channel is the one I go to when I lose faith in people. You are an oasis in a weary world. Thank you and God bless.

[@gisellewaldner9406]

Wow, thank you so much, i'm glad i can do that for you

[@cordiscoscorner]

@@gisellewaldner9406 God bless.

[@denisehoffmann5006]

May we never become too old for bouncy castles and water slides 😊

[@lindatohara6438]

At 62 my brain says go I am not too old, but my body is LOlz 😂 I do teach water aerobics in my pool.

[@gisellewaldner9406]

😊😊

[@WhiteRabbit83]

I have just recently discovered your channel and I absolutely LOVE it! It gives me so much purpose and motivation to do and appreciate the big and small things in life 🙂

[@gisellewaldner9406]

Welcome we are happy to have you with us and I'm glad you enjoy the videos 😊

[@carolynwiens360]

Q: For the single women, men, widows, do they live alone or is there a sharing a house arrangement? Also noted you have a tattoo on the inner aspect of your left wrist I believe .. was that obtained during your colony breaks x 2? (PS If I am getting too snoopy, you know not to answer :)). Thanks again for a fun and interesting post ... Have a Great Sunday!❣

[@kathyvelasquez3682]

I don't think it's a tattoo
I believe it's a Bible verse written in pen.

[@andiandersen3746]

Yes, it is a tattoo she got when she was living off the colony. I too have been curious about the living arrangements of the older singles/widows. And what happens if a person with disabilities (who can’t live on their own) out lives their relatives as well.

[@ashleynaobes8677]

Please do inform us 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@stephaniehannah2003]

I just love your channel. Oh my goodness. I wish I had grown up in a colony like yours. Such a good way to teach young people about proper life skills. I just love it. I learn so much from your channel and I’m pretty sure I’m old enough to be your mom. 🤣🤣🤣❤❤❤

[@joannelucille]

Just curious, for those who want a more hearty breakfast than a muffin or a parfait, what do they do? 😁 I know I'd be hungry an hour later.

[@joycel242]

Good evening, Giselle. You certainly did a lovely vlog of Asian cuisine Hutterian Style. I quite like that canopy over your porch and I would daresay that Kona appreciates the added shade as well. It has been a hot summer! Thank you again for the lovely music, encouragement and the sharing of recipes. Hopefully you are allowed to do an audio-only vlog of church with the sermons in the future. You could simply use a visual of the river and trees as the video part but have the church sermon dubbed in; that way no one is filmed who does not want to be filmed? It's just and idea. Prayers and hugs to you and the colony.

[@DavidDavis-Central_FL]

Gooood afternoon from central Florida! Hope everyone has a great afternoon!

[@offairhead]

11:40 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@eringruenholz8692]

I would love to see you do more of the actual cooking

[@KellyS_77]

My fave potatoes are garlic parmesan roasted potatoes. The college I went to used to do them for banquets, if we were lucky they let the housekeepers (what I did to help pay for school) have the leftover potatoes. They were SO good!! The parmesan gets all crunchy and brown. Yum! I'm getting hungry just thinking about them (it's also supper time lol).

[@johngrober6244]

Thx Giselle 🌹❤️🙋💪✌️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@tgchism]

I'm always amazed at the wonderful kitchen facility you have at the colony! I'm even more amazed at the quality and variety of meals you ladies prepare! Well done! Have a great week!

[@gisellewaldner9406]

Thank you very much 😊

[@sheliamaynus9869]

Fun video! I can listen to you say bouncy house all day long!😊

[@chattychatham606]

Hi Giselle, enjoyed the video and loved how you said at the end, come with us we are going for a walk❣️
I wish I really could of joined you dear girl and you have a wonderful week ahead of you and God bless you and your family.

[@russellprickett1652]

So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Psalm 90:12

[@elizabethprickett7934]

Amen!

[@jodiely7983]

Hi Giselle, I too love snow pea pods fresh from garden. I’m not sure if I have seen you processing and storing fish in your videos. Do you buy fish from a market, or do your own fishing? I also wondered if your colony hunts for deer or other wild game to eat? Have a blessed week! ❤❤❤

[@ameliafroehlich2577]

It's ironic that I don't like to cook and your cooking videos are my favorites. When you picked the veg on your walk it reminded me of my mother. She grew up on a farm in North Dakota. She said she'd take the salt shaker and go out to ear tomatoes off the vine. 😄

[@valentinalytwyn1722]

Can you make me a blouse? They are so pretty! Especially the sleeves.

[@rebeccanichol]

I always love your cook weeks even though they make me so hungry!😂It's nice to be able to hear the church service in the kitchen. I don;t think I've ever been on a bouncy castle, it looked like a lot of fun 😊

[@gisellewaldner9406]

I always tried to eliminate the background noice but i have learned that it's more realistic and adds its own special touch 😊

[@lruss5050]

I think that bouncy castle slide made my Summer! Lol!❤

[@kellytraylor]

Wow the breakfast dessert looks delicious

[@dougbear5498]

Hi Fräulein Giselle. It's 3:30 in the morning your time, and 6:30 in the evening my time, but still we are in the same day. I'll say good morning Giselle, how are you today, did you sleep well ?
Your cooking and baking are second to none. Bravo. I did email you yesterday, go look it up.
Many greetings from Doug, to you and family and congregation. Aufwiedersehen.😘

[@brittanyhofer3786]

Iam cooking also,,, we had this in our plans to but didn’t happen!. And I wouldn’t have went for that nap eighter!!!

[@missbabs1959]

Just beautiful love the hymnal,, love eveything about what you do,,, Enjoy your peaceful walkss with Kona

[@shirleymurphy1958]

The fun week of cooking in that you get too improvise some!

[@liaciba6388]

Love you Giselle

[@lauriemckone3635]

Hello hello I enjoy your videos when I find a recipe on my phone that I like I sent it to myself in a text that way you'll always have it.

[@lawrencewurz8500]

Hi Giselle you are so inspirational, you motivate me to stay healthy, so I eat more healthy, your meals are always superb!

[@sophiemorrison9820]

Very calming and enjoyable. Thank you, Giselle.

[@debrachan1899]

I always love watching what you make and what chores you have during cook week! Well done it is a lot of work but I am sure appreciated by the colony. I think a lot of the vegetables come from your own gardens, hopefully it is a good growing year for you. I love the way Kona is always around to greet you or go for walks. Thank you for sharing your week 😁

[@gisellewaldner9406]

Oh yes, a very good growing year which is also a blessing in the cookweek 😊

[@debbiecrouch709]

I always wanna set down in that chair beside you with a cup,of coffee and just enjoy! Im late viewing but get here eventually! Always love seeing how you are. Had some cherry tomatoes that came up voluntarily at work, I used to open so I grabbed them everyday n ate them for morning snack! Your meals always look so good. Bahha looking like fun on that slide. Always enjoy see you next time thanks for the music endings love it❤

[@DollyJohanne]

Thank you for sharing!
Love and blessings from Johanne, Norway 🇳🇴

[@brit7202]

Time for coffee and to see what Giselle is up to. 😊

[@gisellewaldner9406]

❤❤

[@Mrs_Guac_and_Glock]

This was a perfect way to start my Monday. Watching you ladies work is very motivating 😊

[@aprilmapp3140]

INTERESTING AND YOU AWAY SEEM VERY BUSY, BUT IT NICE THAT YOU DO GET TO REST X

[@China-Clay]

I get so excited for your videos! Thank you very much for new ideas 💡

[@GittaM]

Hallo Giselle...das Ende war so schön Kona,du und die Natur❤..Grüße aus Deutschland von Gitta😊

[@SandyRenshaw-ox8zp]

You make a hungry. Your food always looks so yummy 😋

[@Loesters]

Hi Giselle, your summer looks lovely and fun. Just wanted to give you a quick hello and lots of blessings!

[@gisellewaldner9406]

Thank you and blessings to you too ❤️

[@sarahrickman6609]

I enjoyed this vlog. I am really interested in making some dresses like what you ladies wear. They are so feminine and we like the length too. My friend sews. She also bought some snaps so thats perfect. I wandered if you would ever make one of those retro jello salads from the 50s. I made a lime jello one with cottage cheese, pineapple, whip cream, marshmallows. It's delicious. I bet your colony would like it, maybe. Hope to see ya next week. Ill see ya here or up yonder way. Layla Tov (Good night). Shalom.

[@hmccharmedgirl]

So happy to see another vlog Giselle! I always enjoy watching your videos! It’s so uplifting!

[@chefevilee9377]

Lol I think that’s broccoli. I’m just picking at you. It is so funny how the gardening is different all around the world. I’m here in the deep South point of South Carolina and I haven’t even started my broccoli seeds yet. In about a week and a half or so I’m gonna be starting them up and praying over them.

[@sherriechampion7979]

It always makes me hungry not just cook week but seeing you with the fresh fruit and veggies straight out of the garden! So hard to believe summer is almost over, well where you live, we have been dealing with 99 to 100 degree temperature with heat index hitting 108. Some states it's even worse, of course that means thunderstorms and tornadoes. The southern US has strange weather! 😂😂 Kkna looks beautiful as always! ❤ Enjoy your week!

[@jbnorth4835]

Thank you Giselle!🌷🐕‍🦺🌷

[@GoingGreenMom]

Thank you for taking us with!

[@condod414]

Another great cook week. Good to see you are doing well. Take care.

[@janeevans4758]

You Girls work incredibly hard for your community as does the next man or women..you are all so wonderful and thank you for sharing your cook week ❤.
Also i put Turmeric (jar type) and garlic on wedges,and salt & pepper and a little oil of choice,i use coconut,then simply rub all over the wedges and bake them..absolutely delicious! Give them a try 👌.

[@billijoragland6267]

Cook weeks are my favorite.......the food looks so delicious! The strawberry dessert might have been messy but it looked so good. I am sure Kona is happy cook week is over so she can spend more time out on walks with you. Thank you again for sharing your adventures with all of us.

[@gisellewaldner9406]

I miss those walks too 😊

[@annieneumann2540]

Saskatoons are so good, I make jams, muffins, pies and so much more with fresh picked saskatoons. YUM

[@AnitaK196]

Always enjoy your videos. That strawberry pie looked so delicious. Thanks for posting the video.

[@kaysmith2847]

You, my dear, are wonderful, but I do hope you mix fun with cooking!

[@apcadd80]

Glad to see you are back for weekly vlogs! Missed you bunches!

[@KarenAveritt]

Thank you for the great vlog, Giselle! I've been looking for easy, higher protein lunch ideas, and your chia pudding with yogurt sounds like the perfect solution! All your food looks fantastic!

[@lw3733]

Thank you! I always enjoy your life updates 😊

[@sarahsiskin6780]

Always love your videos, Giselle. Have a great week!

[@patriciagreene5842]

Amazing cook week! I hope you had a great adventure on your day off ❤

[@user-gs7wo8rc2g]

Enjoyed very much.thank you

[@barbaraconnolly9000]

Looking at your food, good nutritios cooked from scratch food. Do you have any vegetarians in your community? Love your vlogs.

[@kendralynn897]

The parfaits look fantastic!!!!🤩

[@margiemoseley1424]

So glad your back. Missed you.

[@birgitk8065]

Very delicious looking every day. Have nice day

[@DioneN]

Love your cook week vlogs! Hi from Edmonton.

[@michellehochstedler7809]

I love using rice vinegars when I make rice. It give the rice such good flavors.

[@jodiely7983]

Do you add the vinegar after cooking rice, or put it in water while cooking?

[@victoriazhu2185]

i put coconut milk in chia seeds pudding... amazing

[@terryaltunian1525]

Whenever I find a recipe on my phone I take a screen shot so I have save it for later.

[@linhdasagen6498]

Love this episode!

[@lenovotny]

Always love your videos. Hope you are doing well.

[@AdirondackJenScott74]

Regarding books, I found this series at my public library- by Lauraine Snelling. Have a great week!

[@bridgetdavis9752]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@judithbutler9695]

Loved your video❤

[@Conjorlove1]

Love the videos Giselle!

[@scotserve]

Throughly enjoyed that one Giselle I enjoyed every minute of off it. I had a quick look through my books but I can't like the author your reading. I love my books after we moved my son counted them he gave up after a thousand. But I've been reading books since I was six and I keep them so that is why I have got so much, have you read the hutterite diaries I bought it a few years ago it is really good but I lost it but when we were moving I found it in the garage. Its got a bit tatty thanks to someone but if you want it I will send you it, that's what got me interested in the hutterites, because I read a bad one, then this one what a difference it's more like your views of your family. Anyway take care Jean. Ps good luck with you're new recipes.

[@Morgan47louvenoire]

Tolles Video!!!!! 😊😊🥰🥰

[@Lisa-ne5pd]

Lol if I lived with ya'll I would be so fat eating all that amazing food. Just saying 😂

[@uleubner]

I know you've mentioned that you have a 4 week work rotation. Week 1 being your bake week, and week 2 being your cook week, what is the routine for weeks 3 & 4? You've mentioned washing dishes after meals, is that part of the weekly rotation on week 3 or 4?
And what is the routine for dishes? Do people just leave them on the table? Do they clear their own dishes, scraping/emptying them, and sorting into trays for the industrial dishwasher? For things like napkins, do you use disposable paper ones, or cloth ones that can be washed and reused? (Washing napkins, I imagine, would be fairly easy, with your industrial washers and clothes driers.)
Also, how is food served in the main dining room? Buffet style with everyone helping themselves? Serving dishes on each table, to pass around? Your cook week and bake week videos general stop short of showing the final presentation of food to the colony, it would be interesting to see it all pulled together and ready to start a meal.

[@mommas2470]

❤🙏❤

[@jerryodell1168]

Curious: Are there greenhouses in the colony? If yes, what do they grow. (greens, tomatoes, strawberries, other fruits, small fruit trees, etc.)

[@cordiscoscorner]

Yes, they have a HUGE one. Not sure which video it's in sorry.

[@jeannieboisvert8839]

Love your blogs! I was wondering if you use the beet tops?, aka beet greens? They are delish, and very good for you.

[@megangreene3955]

In my church, we fast until after church every Sunday and everyone who is well enough to leave the house is supposed to be at church. Therefore, we would have to make dessert some other time so that everyone can be at church.
The castles looked like fun. I guess you ladies don't use bathing suits... even if they are modest. My daughters and I wear modest bathing suits to swim in. Wholesome wear is expensive, but also has enough coverage. Dressing for His Glory also has swim separates. But I guess you don't need those things if you aren't allowed to wear them.

[@jeannine1739]

I had never heard of either, thank you! Checked out and bookmarked both. :)

[@mayra9834]

They do wear modest bathing suits when swimming in their community pool. They wear tshirts and swim trunks. She mentioned it in another video.

[@ozarkview928]

Was that chia pudding or yogurt? It looked so delicious! Off topic but how did you wild flower patch do that you sowed in the woods ?

[@cindimiller6929]

Were those red beets you served one day?? Tell me how you cook and serve them. Thank you !

[@erinkimmel9479]

I'm curious how much food you end up throwing away? Are people offered the leftovers that aren't going to be served again to take home? In our small household we rarely throw anything out but I can easily know how much each of us will eat and plan accordingly. It must be difficult with so many variables.

[@jacobsteinberg9002]

Kochen, Putzen, Kochen, Putzen, Jäten, Putzen
Könnten Sie bitte den alltag der landarbeiter (auf dem feld und mit den tieren) und die arbeit in der fabrik zeigen? Dadurch wird der Vlog informativer über das leben in der Kolonie... Vielen Dank

[@gisellewaldner9406]

Ich versuche, so viel wie möglich einzubeziehen, besonders während der Dreschsaison, aber abgesehen davon, dass ich es nicht mehr wirklich mache, ist es viel zu stressig für mich. Es gibt Leute, denen es unangenehm ist, wenn ich RUclips mache, und es gibt keine Männerleute die ihr Gesicht auf RUclips sehen wollen und ich respektiere das, wir leben in einer Gemeinschaft zusammen und wir müssen uns gegenseitig respektieren, sie respektieren meine Entscheidung, RUclips zu machen, und ich respektiere sie dafür, dass sie nicht auf RUclips sein wollen.

[@gisellewaldner9406]

Ich verstehe vollkommen, dass ich es sehen möchte, aber im Moment fällt es mir etwas zu schwer, vor allem, weil wir gerade so beschäftigt sind
Ich werde sehen, sobald sich die Dinge etwas verlangsamen. 😊

[@jacobsteinberg9002]

@@gisellewaldner9406 Vielen dank, Giselle, für deine antwort. Die privatsphäre sollte unbedingt respektiert werden. Vielen dank, dass Sie Ihren alltag in der Kolonie auf sehr authentische und schöne weise mit uns teilen. Deine schöne persönlichkeit spiegelt sich in jedem Vlog wider. Cheers !

[@naomikriss5208]

Does your colony use microwaves? Your dress, religious practices and elements of your lifestyle mirror my grandmother’s. She never had a microwave so I am curious if you folks do. Thanks!

[@debranightengale4352]

Could you please give me the bowl recipe. Please😊

[@Avocadomushroom]

I make a new album in my photos for recipes 🙂

[@KristianAugust1964]

Are there any vegetarian or vegan hutterites?

[@shawnj124]

'promosm'

[@bvcnvnbcvn]

If you are going to show us a book, stop wiggling it, so o can see the cover.

[@sarahrickman6609]

I enjoyed this vlog. I am really interested in making some dresses like what you ladies wear. They are so feminine and we like the length too. My friend sews. She also bought some snaps so thats perfect. I wandered if you would ever make one of those retro jello salads from the 50s. I made a lime jello one with cottage cheese, pineapple, whip cream, marshmallows. It's delicious. I bet your colony would like it, maybe. Hope to see ya next week. Ill see ya here or up yonder way. Layla Tov (Good night). Shalom.