From time to time I like to have pancakes for breakfast...
...who does not ;)? I think we all do.
Of course I make vegan pancakes and I make them with whole grain flour. My recipe is as easy as it can be:
Flour (whole grain spelt or wheat...)
Water
Some Baking Powder
(You can always add salt or sugar if you like - or cinnamon or vanilla or fruits... :))
Mix it all together (make sure the dough is not too firm) and make your pancakes!
I like to eat my pancakes with jam - especially with the Vita Frucht from Jomu. This jam is more than 80% fruit, plus a little bit of barley grass. Nothing artificial in there - nature only! The jam consists of 24% raspberries, 14% cherries, 13% strawberries, 12% blackberries, 10% red currant and 10% black currant. Then there is a little bit of brown sugar in there and apple pectin to jellify. All natural, all good :)
I love the sweet yet natural taste of it and we actually finished it in two days (we were three persons though). Isnt it the best when something tastes sweet, amazing and somehow like a sweet little sin - and is still really healthy and good for you? I think it is!
Feel free to find out more about the jam and other healthy products from Jomu here.
Whats your favorite way to eat pancakes? And what is your favorite recipe?
Wishing you all a great weekend and sending much love!
Happy Wednesday!
The week is half over and so is Summer (more than half actually) ... but we are not yet at the really end and I am all ready to show you a few more Summer looks of mine :)
So here we go with this white Summer outfit- a simple dress from H&M paired with some turquoise accessories and my favorite sandals from a market in Tanzania (I think I have to go back to Tanzania the day these sandals break ;))
How do you like this simple white Summer look?
By the way, this is me not wearing make up :)
Its really hot again around here and I just do not feel like wearing make up when its so hot. How do you handle hot weather and make up?
Also, I have some trouble with the light these days - we somehow only manage to go out for pictures in the evening sun and either I pose in the sun and I am way too bright on the pictures, or, like here, I pose in the shade and the pictuers turn out really dark. Sorry for that! I hope you dont mind. Some day I really need to get one of these professional cameras that can take perfect pictures in almost every light. But I am not there yet and since my old Nikon is still working fine I am going to stick to it for a little longer and you guys have to live with the outcome ;)
Have a great Wednesday and enjoy the rest of your week!
Sending much love!
Here are my July and August purchases...
...as you may remember from this post, I was thinking a lot about my behaviour as a consumer in the past few weeks (also in the past few years but more intense in the past few weeks) and I decided to change my shopping behaviour. I want to shop from organic and fair shops only OR second hand. That is because everything else is not sustainable, is promoting child labor, exploitation etc etc. look at this post for more information.
ANYWAY, in July and early August I bought a few things from "bad brands"... hopefully the last ones of the year. I really hope that I will remain true to myself and adhere to my new principles and I think the blog will help me since it puts some pressure on me - imagine I will post H&M clothes again in my new "My Purchases" post... you guys will never believe in me again then (and I do not want that to happen!)
But now back to my deals:
This one is my favorite one! A really really wonderful super pretty jacket/blazer/kimono/whatever from ZARA which I got on sale for 40€
I love it! I only wore it twice so far because its still too warm to wear it more often - but Fall is around the corner and I will wear it every day as soon as it gets colder :)
This Kimono is from H&M and I got it on sale for 10€. I wore it on the blog here and I wore it a couple of times with jeans or even with my chinos. Its a great basic and I am really happy that I found it (before I decided not to buy H&M any more ;))
These yoga pants are from Amisu and I got them for 10€ I love to pair them with the shirt I was wearing here and I mainly wear them at home :)
These shorts were another H&M sale find. I got them for 5€ and I wore them here and a couple of times during my vacation :)
I spent a total of 65€ which is a lot less than I did in the previous months.
Well yes, this one has hopefully been my last "My Purchases" Post ever which included sale frinds from H&M, Zara, etc.! From now on I will show you second hand finds and new ethical brands :)
How do you like these items? And how do you like the fact that I am no longer going to support the "bad brands"? Do you think this will change my style? I am curious if it going to do so :)
Sending much love and wishing you a wonderful week ahead!
The last weekend of my vacation I spent at the North Sea Coast...
... since this place is so beautiful, I thought to share some images with you.
In the area there are loads of dykes because of the floodings which happen from to time. On those dykes you will find herds of sheep which are tramping down the soil so that the dykes stay firm and solid. My husband and I enjoyed a beautiful walk with our baby on one of those dykes and I took lots of pictures of those cute sheeps walking around there :)
We also went mudflat walking which was a lot of fun. Since there are ebb and flow at the North Sea the water is sometimes just gone for hours and you can walk around in the leftover mud. We saw children completly covered in mud, screaming and jumping around - they obviously had a lot of fun! Since we had the baby with us, we decided just to walk in the mud and not to dive in it ;)
In the past six weeks we travelled to a lot of different places in the northern part of Germany and we were thinking about where to move... this is a really difficult question since so many factors play a role in this decision. For now, we are going to stay in the city for a little longer, but in around two years we want to move to the countryside somewhere in northern Germany. I am already looking forward to it :)!
Have you every been to the North Sea? Have you done mudflat walking? I would love to know :)
Sending much love!
This blouse is my favorite one...
...I wear it all the time since I got it back in late June this year. I wear it with my pencil skirt, with shorts, or with skinny jeans like the one I am wearing here. Its definetly the coolest blouse Ive ever owned and I love it. Its another H&M piece that I got on sale on my last order (which you can see here). I do actually not even know the brand of the jeans since I got it second hand and its not indicated anywhere. So nothing more to say about this :)
I think an oversized item makes every casual look a little more interesting. Do you agree?
How was your weekend? I hope you had a wonderful one!
Mine was really nice even though I am a little sad today since I am going back to my city while this post is going online. We had beautiful last weekend here in northern Germany where I was staying with my husband and my baby.
I am wishing you all a great start into the new week and sending you much love!
I rarely wear dark colors in Summer...
...but the other day I felt like wearing this outfit. I bought the shirt last Winter on sale at H&M and I combined it with some black shorts from Vero Moda. Not much more to say about this look, except for the fact that I love how my earrings have the same color as the sequins on the shirt ;)
Oh, and even though I decided no longer to buy cheap clothes, I still wear the ones I have, of course, and I am also still going to tell you here where I got the items I am wearing. Since most of them are old anyway, I think it doesnt matter because there is not really a "risk" that you run to some shop to buy them too ;)
Like this, I feel like I am not really supporting the "bad brands" I am wearing.
Do you wear dark colors in Summer are or you like me - prefering to wear white and light colors, or if not, then bright colorful outfits :)?
Did you all have a good week?
I did... it was the last week of my holidays here in northern Germany and I am ready to go back to my city. I do not really feel like it, because I really began to love living on the countryside in these past few weeks. I would like to move to the area, but for now we do not really have a budget for a cute little house somewhere in the nature.
So maybe we should at least look for a place with a terrace or a large balcony in our city so that we can slightly closer to the feeling we had here in the past five weeks (oh my, they went sooo fast these SIX weeks of holiday...).
There is another holiday waiting for us in October so I should not complain and should not be sad but instead try to enjoy the weeks at home before we travel again :)
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
Sending much love!
I don't know about you...
... but I rarely wear socks in Summer. I am barefoot from May to September and I am loving it :)
When walking around barefood for months, I want my feet to look pretty, of course. I love to use nail polish on my feet and I like to spoil my feet with nice and rich products from time to time. I use the nailpolish from benecos because they do not contain any toluene, camphor, phthalates and formaldehydes.
benecos is a awesome organic brand with great products that I use a lot - maybe you remember when I presented the company to you for the first time back in February this year (if not you can find the post here) - since, I did not only use their nail care and their make-up but also their shower gels and body lotions (so good!).
I love the brand because all products are attractive, BDIH certified and their prices are really good compared to a lot of other organic cosmetic.
Feel free to check out their website for more information on why to use organic cosmetics and the variety of products the company offers.
But now back to my Summer nail care :)
On the picture I am wearing the color "be my baby" which I find perfect to combine with all kind of outfit colors. On the pictures you can also see the color "desire" which I find a little more elegant and chic than the more basic and simple one, I am wearing here on the picture.
I love to wear nail polish but I also take at least two days off every two weeks so that my nails are able to breathe and relax. I love to use nail oils when I do not wer nail polish, to give my nails a little extra care. I usually use almond oil or shea butter but I also love to use the nail care pen from benecos. This one became one of my favorite products recently and it makes both my fingernails and my toenails so smooth and nice!
When it comes to nail polish remover, I only use aceton free products. I like the one from benecos because its organic, and, as most of you, I am a huge fan of organic products and I rarely use anything else (the nail polishes are not 100% organic, but, as mentioned above, without toluene, camphor, phthalates and formaldehydes, which makes them a great product for me).
Oh and by the way, if you are looking for a rich, nutritious hand lotion, which smells like Summer (of orange and sea buckthorn), I can totally recommend the hand and nail cream from benecos. The smell puts me instantly in a good mood and the cream absorbs really quickly and leaves the nicest, softest feeling :)
Benecos is a brand that I really like and that I can honestly recommend to everyone out there, because their products to not contain any
mineral oils or derivatives / silicones / parabens / synthetic
emulsifiers or their derivatives (PEG/PEG derivatives) / synthetic
colorants or aromatic substances. Furthermore, benecos does not carry out tests on animals itself nor does it have such
tests carried out by others! Neither do their partners. This applies for
both end products and individual ingredients.
This is why I like to support this brand and I LOVE using their products :)
Thank you a lot for sharing your thoughts on my last post with me! It meant a lot to me to read your opion about our behaviour as consumers and the impact our behaviour has on the entire world. This topic will come up again on my blog for sure :)
Sending you all much love!
