It has been a while...

...since I blogged! Busy with everything and nothing and a little lack of inspiration. Hoping that it will return and in between enjoying the summer so far! The boys started their summer with a sailing week and flying together to France. They had a blast, and so did we ;-) the weather was perfect!
And to think that today is our first day of summer vacation! Feels like an extra long summer...

DIY nr 6 - Do more...

I wanted to try and work with wood instead of canvas this time. So I painted a piece of triplex with wallpaint for a beautiful matt base. Then I wrote the quote with pencil and used silver paint for the base of the letters. After that writing again but with a with a black marker. The silver has a great effect when looking at it from different angles!!

Final painting project

We had our last paintingclass last Wednesday and I could finally finish my last project. This one was pretty difficult... but I do like the result! So for now we are done, but we decided to join the next course after the summer.

Pink smoothie

Instead of a green smoothie, a pink smoothie this morning!

Thinking there were plenty of bananas & greens I came downstairs. Plenty of greens, but the kind that blend perfectly with banana, or mango for that matter. But NO bananas (or mango...)!

On Thursday there were at least 10 of them... And come to think of it we're running out of apples as well! The boys are looking at me with a face that says hey we're eating fruit!!!

So true my lovely, health conscious buddies...I'll find something else to blend!

For this smoothie I used:

• 2 scoops of raspberries & blueberries
• Added a cup of nut milk
• A scoop of oatmeal
• Little bit of honey
• Blend it all together
• A scoop of Greek yoghurt on top

Delicious!

Pastry Project

The assignment in last night's painting class was painting pastry! And you have to finish it during this class as well!

Now does pastry look quite easy, but is isn't when you have a good look at it. The shape, the fluffiness of the cream, the light that reflects on it. And what a about looking at delicious pastry all night that smells declicious! But we stood strong and even though we could eat it by the time we were finishing up, we said no thank you...!

Nice to eat - Power breakfast Coconut-Basil smoothie from Delicious

We have a green smoothie almost every morning and every now and then there's a lack of inspiration and we tend to choose the easy combination of spinach, banana, and another fruit. Even though we have lots of greens in the fridge and I know, there are tons of recipes to find online, we even have a recipe book for shakes & smoothies....!

Since variety is key ;-) we have great alternatives - an oatmeal or yoghurt breakfast, or an egg/avocado breakfast. Yum!

I found this green smoothie in Delicious, the Powerfood edition. The combination of coconut milk and basil is really nice, we both liked it a lot. And even better it is so easy to make:

Coconut-Basil smoothie (4 serves):
1 (fairtrade) banana
1 (fairtrade) mango
200 ml fresh orange juice
1 can of coconut milk
handful of basil leaves

You can freeze the banana and mango for an hour in advance, it says in the recipe. We didn't do that, but the frozen fruit must give an extra nice kick to it!

Enjoy!

Decorative Wooden Chain - DIY no. 5

Wooden beads are a trend in interiors e.g. the wardrobe snake and I really like the look of wooden elements in the house!

This DIY is done in an instant and I don't think a turorial is necessary....and on a rainy day like today, a Sunny thing-to-do!

Sharing good vibes

It's time for sharing some good vibes!

We had a wonderful week in Portugal.... The weather was warm and sunny. Not a cloud in the sky! On top of that we stayed at Pinheiros da Balaia Villas!

Looking outside now I wish we could go back....

Knitting XXL

Okay, I made the decision I will continue knitting through the season! Probably not as much as during winter, but I'm thinking of trying new things. What I really like to do is working with XXL needles and wool. I love chunky knits! Working with the wool I used before for the pouf is nice but it is not as firm as I would like it to be. So first I'm looking for different wool and bigger needles and then a new project....to be continued!

Pinterest



Easter Brunch

Getting ready for Easter brunch with my parents-in-law this morning! On the menu we have eggs (off course), all kinds of breads, jellies, chees and wonderful prosciutto! Bubbles, coffee & fresh orange juice. And even though they're 12 and 10, the old chocolate easter bunny still works ;-)

 

And tomorrow we're having brunch with friends. We all bring food so today we'll start preparing the lobster thermidor, delicious!! Green asparagus yummy....! And they are preparing great food as well.

 

So it's all about brunches this Easter, I love it. If we are able to do anything after brunch? We have plans to finish a bathroom and do some work in the garden....but those plans might be a little ambitious...!

 

Enjoy your breakfast, brunch or dinner and be lazy this Easter!

Pics: Flowers and chocolate eggs: my own | Food: Pictures of the recipes we're making (from: Donna Hay & Delicious)