Croque Inez

A while back, I had a day off from work and I had it all to myself since the boyfriend had to work. The perfect time to experiment with food because there's no one there to see me fail if it all goes horribly wrong. That's when I came up with this 'Croque Inez' (for lack of a better name).

Most of you probably know the classic Croque Monsieur and its variants (croque madame, hawaï, ...) which I adore but sometimes you just want something different. Inspired by a delicious bagel I ate once at Jackie's Bagel bar, I came up with my own version of this classic. Arugula, pesto, bacon and mozzarella are the key ingredients of this toast. And pine nuts of course, they were the reason I invented this croque in the first place.

January + February.

1.  Celebrating that we booked our vacation to ARGENTINA! Yeah, we did! // 2. Baked a chicken pot pie with the boyfriend // 3. Boyfriend went shopping at Starbucks. Because we're such hipsters // 4. My colleauges trying to take pictures of snow // 5. Cookie Dough Cupcakes!! // 6. Went to the movies to see 'Into the Woods'. Gotta love Disney// 7. Breakfast at Grand Cafe De Singel // 8. Waiting for the boyfriend at the train station // 9. We went to a concert of the Broken Circle Breakdown Bluegrass Band // 10. ... At de Roma in Antwerp. Such a beautiful location // 11. Baking (s')more cupcakes for my lovely colleagues // 12. Carnaval! // 13. Valentine's Day Dinner // 14. Valentine's Day present: the boyfriend got me flowers! // 15. Finally, the Boyfriend and I spent some quality time in Bruges. Beautiful city.

Lisboa. /3

Suddenly it dawned on me that I hadn't shared the pictures of the last day of our trip to Lisbon. So with a little (a lot) delay, here are the last pictures:

Lisbon skyline

December.

I know, I know, first I say the only thing I want to commit to this year is to spend more time here, on my blog, and then I go and disappear for two-three weeks. Not exactly what you would expect. But I'm here now and I'm all excited to tell you about what I did in December. It was a very christmassy month... And I loved it!

1. I gave blood (together with the boyfriend + the in-laws) // 2. Studying for my French exam.. Just like old times // 3. Sinterklaas has come to work... // 4. and at home! // 5. Went out to eat tapas with my highschool friends // 6. Being crazy with the boyfriend #wewokeuplikethat // 7. Dinner of the month; fish burgers // 8. Sneeky selfie from the boyfriend // 9. INSIDE a christmas tree in the mall / 10. Went to a christmas fair in Oberhausen and saw a huge Lego store // 11. Super cute store window (I love disney) // 12. I also went to a christmas fair in Brussels with the boyfriend and saw a cool light show... // 13. and our national symbol: Manneke Pis! (first time for the boyfriend) ... // 14. and the most awesome merry-go-round... // 15. and took more selfies with the boyfriend // 16. We eventually finished the month with baking some goodies: poffertjes!

2015.

First of all, a Happy New Year, everyone! I wish you all the best for 2015, may all your wishes come true. Unfortunately, the holiday season is now officially over (well, for most people, the Boyfriend's birthday is tomorrow so I still have one last party to go). I hope you all enjoyed cosy family dinners, crazy party nights with friends and got lots of lovely presents.

I'm not going to bore you with all of my resolutions for the new year since I still have half a birthday bucket list to complete and well, I always give up my new year's resolutions before February has begun. No, I decided that from now on, my birthday is the day I set new goals for myself which takes the pressure of January. No dieting or sports for me this year. The only thing I've told myself to do is spent more time on this little webpage of mine here. But first let's see if I'll make it to February.