Frozen mimosa | Liebster award

Well, this is something that caught me completely off guard.

Thank you so much, Mowdjo's Kitchen, for nominating me for this pretty Liebster Award.

I am deeply humbled by this. 

So apparently the rules for this beautiful award are:

1. Thank the blogger who nominated you.
2. Attach the award icon to your site.
3. Answer questions from the previous blogger and choose new ones for your nominees. 
4. Nominate other bloggers for the award and let them know. 

Potato, pea and mint salad with feta

Mr Boyfriend and me are on a salad kick.
Not because we gained a huge amount of weight since we started to hang out on a more regular base at the stove.
{wich we did}

Not because the weather is inviting us to get away from the oven and into the greens 

{wich it doesn't}
And definitely not because I don't have any time to spare on frying donuts or baking pie

{wich I do}

No, it's more of a craving that we're currently sharing.

A craving that doesn't feel like any other craving I've had before
A craving that's getting away from anything rational
{donuts, taco's, burgers are the usual suspects}

We're sharing a craving for greens, light lunches and the Oh!I'mfeelinghealthy...

Spicy white bean - couscous burger

One of the nicest things about cooking in these modern times {do I sound like an old fart now?} is how it’s no longer a necessity to survive. Cooking is no longer simply the fulfillment of bodily need and in this line: it's no longer a chore or hassle you need to do to. 

You can now easily order in, take away or go out without wasting too much money or ruining your taste buds.

While only touching two buttons on your oven and a small time waiting, you can have a lasagna, mousaka or [fill in the blank]. 

beetroot- feta salad

This makes the way we cook feel less like a chore or routine and more like an art of personal (and social) pleasure.

The moment I start to chop vegetables, it feels like buying a new dress or holding hands with someone you love.
It isn’t necessary, but it surely does feel all kinds of awesome.

So yes; you can easily buy hundreds of premade vegetarian burgers in the supermarket. 

Yes, most of them taste pretty good. 

Yes, you can spend your time on watching stupid cat video’s instead of kneading white bean mash with garlic and lots of herbs. 

The question is now; do you want to buy ‘em premade? 

Or do you want to get your hands all dirty and spend some quality time with the veg’s/ yourself/ your sous-chef?

For me, the answer depends on my mood, the weather and the sous-chef.
How about you?

carrot cake

Dudes,

Let us sit down for a moment and talk about totally important unimportant stuff.

NYMD recently turned one year!

My little girl is growing up so quickly.

Today, exactly one year ago I posted this post in wich I challenged myself to go about and have one crazy year.

 I wanted to run through a list of 24 tasks before I turned 24 years old.

I haven’t given you an update on my list because well… I’ve turned 24 and well, yeah... I’m no where near done with my list.

So let's just go with it and call this a list in progress; 

a list of things which lead us to a better life; 

a life with more cartwheels, more books and way more fancy dinners.

Baked eggs

So, it's finally the last week of my exams... 

 Are you also rocking on the concentration department? 

Yeeaah, me neither.

In case you're in need of some further distraction, here's a list of 15 13 things that are way more fun than studying.

1. Chewing a pencil

2. Looking at pictures of food in space

3. Getting really fascinated by the wonders of gifs

4. (Re)pinning a loooot of shit on pinterest

5. Writing a best-selling (to be) novel

6. Watching 435.558.434 TED-talks

7. Planning the post-exams party

8. Yodeling

9. Getting bit by an alligator

9. Planning summer vacation
{Morocco, here we come!)

10. Doctor Who marathon, anyone?

11. Windowshopping through the internet

12. Doing push-ups

13. Doing the dishes

13. Cooking 

If you're to busy practicing your yodeling to even start cooking {really, who could blame you?} I sincerely recommend you to try this pretty baked egg for breakfast, lunch and/ or dinner.

It's the easiest, yummiest treat that's ever been made in 20 minutes tops.

Haaaajajajaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaajajajave fun!

{that's me yodeling, folks}

Aubergine parmigiana

For recipe: scroll down

Dear 2013,

how you smell like fresh linnen & unpooped babies.

You're just so young and new and all different kinds of innocent...

Boy, how I have the highest expectations of you!

You and I, we're going to be besties.

Not sure? To much pressure?
Let me give you 5 reasons why you'll be the awesomest of years: 

Seafood pasta

I aim to be a focused, well organised shopper. In this scenario; I make pretty lists with little boxes on the side to check off, I don't have to run twice a day to the supermarket and my fridge isn't a total mess.

As you could've guessed by now, I'm not quite as efficient as I would want to be in the kitchen. I'm glad to tell you I'm seldomly out of wine or butter. Nevertheless, I never seem to have a sufficient amount of plain flour in the pantry.

So last week I didn't have the right kind of cheese at home. That happened. 

I threw in some creamy ricotta to make up for it. And it tasted divine.

Yolo!