Thursday Tunes.

A few songs that remind my of my Italian holiday. I'm homesick already.

Chocolate covered strawberry popsicles.

It's actually been hot these last couple of days! Okay, today it started raining and it looks like it will continue to rain for a little while longer (gotta love Belgian weather) but when I was preparing for this post it was hot. Trust me. So anyway, I needed to cool down and my friends just recently bought me new popsicle molds. Add 1 and 1 together and you see where I'm going with this. Strawberry being my favorite summer fruit and chocolate being great with everything (especially strawberries), I didn't need to think long about getting a recipe together. Did I get your interest? GOOD! Behind the break, you'll find the (super simple) recipe. Only 3 ingredients needed!

Italy /1

Hello again! I'm back from my trip to Italy (insert sad face) and I still feel like I'm on 'vacation mode' while in fact I have lots of things to do to prepare for real life (ànd I have to read 500+ blog posts -- whaaaat?). Oh yes, the job hunt begins. More about that later. Right now, all I want to talk about is my amazing vacation in Italy. The past 2 weeks were the best. I've made new friends, discovered new recipes (which I'll try to replicate later) and tried new things. Oh Italy, I miss you already. Anyway, I wanted to share some of my favorite pictures of this past holiday with you. Starting with part one today: here we go!

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies.

So recently, I've discovered oatmeal. Or better yet, my mom has re-discovered oatmeal and introduced me to it. Although I haven't tried it as breakfast yet, it doesn't really look too appetising to me. But that doesn't stop me from trying it in other recipes! As you may remember, I've already tried a rhubarb and strawberry crumble and these oatmeal blinis. I've heard a lot about oatmeal cookies and voila, I gave that a try too! Even if I say so myself; it was quite good! And easy! Cooking time aside, it took me like 10 minutes to make the dough for these cookies. If you want to try it too, you'll find the recipe after the break.

DIY Garden markers.

Last year, I already told you about our vegetable garden. We absolutely love this little garden and the Boyfriend and I have come up with a pretty good working schedule: he does all the dirty work and I do whatever I'm in the mood for :D. Okay, I might not be the perfect gardener but I am pretty good with a painting brush and you need to know where you've sowed the carrots and the beans too. So I promised the Boyfriend that I would take care of the garden markers while he does all the rest. What I've come up with is pretty basic but very clear, I think. And what you'll need to do to make these is pretty simple too.