Good eats I’ve recently discovered or made:

A nice and easy side dish if you wanna do something new with your potatoes: smashed potatoes. You cook potatoes until they’re almost done and lay them on a baking sheet (or in a baking dish). Then you smash the potatoes (with a fork, or with a pan) until they are a bit flat, they won’t look pretty and that’s a good thing! Then, bush them with a generous amount of olive oil (or butter) and salt&pepper. Bake them in a hot oven for about 20 minutes until they are crispy and crunchy. Delicious!
Realisation I’ve recently made:
As promised; part II of my answers!
- Karina: What is one of the most motivating things you have in your life–could be a quote, person, movie, idea.
A really motivating thing for me is dancing. As I mentioned earlier, I decided to stop and it was a good, but such a hard choice. I can’t wait to start again and being able to fully dance again is a really big motivation! (Other motivations are my family, my health, blogging…)
- Neela: I wanna know more about your life, what do you do? hobbies? favorite stores? music? idols maybe??? you get the picture! some more background to the lovely person that’s making smile with every comment
I’m a student (marketing and journalism) at the moment, besides that I also do some voluntary work. My hobbies are dancing (almost…almost), reading, writing and cooking of course! My favorite store is difficult, I love the big stores with cooking essentials and can get lost in a book store:) For clothes, I love Hollister. I really listen to every kind of music; pop, jazz, rock, classical…I love the variety!
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- Mitri: What is your “dream job(s)”? What is your favorite flavor of muffins? x) Equally serious questions
Both really serious of course;) My dream job? Difficult. It would involve organizing, writing, a bit of PR, lifestyle…is this a job?! My favorite flavor of muffins depends on my mood, it’s the carrot cake muffins or chocolate chip.
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- Christina: Since you’re from Europe, do you tend to eat a lot less processed food than you see on American blogs? I’m just curious what you have available there!
I think there’s a difference and yes, there is a lot less processed food available here. For instance bread, I find it crazy that most American supermarkets only have those plastic-sealed gummy fabric breads with all those crazy corn syrups and additives. I would so miss the smell of fresh bread with a crispy crust if I didn’t live in Europe…I see it changing (with Wholefoods for instance), but those companies are still the minority. But on the other hand…I think Europe goes more and more in the US direction. Way more processed food here these days, but luckily…also the trend of more ‘natural, homemade stuff’. (I like to make clear that I don’t only eat healthy, or biological, or unprocessed foods at all. Everything in moderation is my idea!)
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- Amanda: If you could sit down and have a conversation with anyone, dead or alive, who would it be and why?
Such a good (and difficult) question! I would love to have a conversataion with my grandmother. We were very close, but she died when I was still a young girl. I have never had a ‘real conversation’ with her and I would love to have that. I would like to know more about her and about what she would think of me…
Julia