As you may know it already, I'm working on a self-hosted blog with own domain.
It's not easy, but makes me very happy and proud. It's far from being perfectly ready, but I feel, it's on the stage where I can say, I'm ready to launch it!
Concerning older posts, only a couple of them were moved to the new blog, but it's still under process.
From that moment, all the new contents will be posted ONLY to:
So #pancakesunday turned to be a pancake Tuesday and finally posting it on Thursday, so... you know what? It's pancake whatever day, enjoy!;)
On the menu: Chocolate pancakes, no sugar, no eggs, so it's vegan and super healthy the same time!
Lately I'm in love with Minimalist Baker and I used one of their pancake recipe from the 7 ingredients or less cookbook what you can download as well if you subscribe on their newsletter.
Although as always, I've changed hell lot of things, added my own ideas and turned it into a healthy version.
1 cup wholewheat flour mixed with some ground almond
1 tbsp baking powder
1.5 tbsp xilit
1 cup almond milk
1.5 tbsp grape oil
~15-20 g xilit chocolate or any type of no sugar diet one.
Combine the dry ingredients first, then add the rest. Cut, or grate the chocolate before adding it into the mixture.
If you have, you can use some nonstick spray on the griddle, otherwise use oil.
Flip the pancakes when bubbles appear on top and edges appear dry. Then cook for 1-2 minutes more.
Get ready, no surprise, chocolate made them a bit sticky, but I guess the amazing smell and taste compensate us for all the difficulties.
And if you are going for an extra pleasure, serve with a mixture of melted butter & chocolate. In one word, it's yummm.
*If you are not particularly looking for a no egg recipe, I would recommend to use one, at least I'll try that way next time.
Painting eggs,decorating the house, visit my family at home, spending time with my loved ones, eating traditional Hungarian food, baking cookies and simply enjoy that spring is knocking on the door. Not that it's knocking too strongly today!;P
Here are my last couple of days in snapshots:
Glitter Easter!:)
Painting eggs is definitely one of my favorite traditions.
This year we decided on creating colourful, shiny, glittery ones... it was so much fun!
Peaceful relaxing in the winter garden at home. Perfect!
Japanese cherry blossom ✿♡
We've rescued this cutie. ♡
No sugar bunny cookies, yummm
Delicious breakfast to start a workday, priceless.
I love train rides, staring out the window and thinking about small&big things of life.
After feeling so sick on Friday morning, I didn't even go to the cafe on my last working day which is really disappointing actually.
Without this good bye day, it's just weird that suddenly it's over. Ok, ok, it's not that I don't go there anymore, I know my work is not totally over, it's just changing into a different level. I still want to help and do what I can, but won't be there every single day and won't be the smiling barista girl who welcomes guests on an early Monday morning.
That's sad, but good. It was my choice, a hard choice indeed. I'm tired of being tired and I need new challenges. And I have a couple of them already, so although I won't have a daily job, I feel I'm still going to be a busy girl.
I'm truly excited about this new lifestyle.
But... That post supposed to be about PANCAKES.
So let's talk about it. ;)
Today (after an amazingly long sleep, a totally late breakfast, a well deserved visit to Lush) we went to Maramuto Japanese tea house.
It was so perfect to sit there, it was calm and peaceful, sitting by the sunny window... ahh, totally zen feeling! Loved it so much! This is how I imagine a nice Sunday afternoon.
And for sure I'll go back there more often.
But back to pancakes.
Buying matcha to prepare drinks and special cakes, was already on my shopping list, but now that I had a delicious matcha coffee latte I was so inspired to get a small bag of this wonderful green tea powder.
Of course I was so excited to try it immediately, and as it's Sunday... it was no question.
I prepared Matcha Pancakes.
I used this recipe as an inspiration, but I was trying to change it a bit healthier and also I had to replace a few ingredients I didn't find at home.
Here is what I used:
1 cup graham flour
1 tbsp xilit
1 tbsp tapioca syrup
2 tbsp matcha (powder)
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup ground almond
1/4 cup oat bran
1 large eggs (beaten)
1 cup soy milk
1/4 cup almond milk
2 tbsp grape oil
Make a smooth mixture and fry them in a pan. When it's ready, you can use melted butter to flavor the pancakes and/or natural tapioca, plum or maple syrup. Also recommended to slice some fruits, I guess it's a perfect breakfast this way.
Thank You All for helping me to reach 3000 pageviews!
I know some blogs are reaching that amount daily, but for me that's a huge step and want you to know, that I'm grateful for every single views and hopefully that's only the start.
I have plenty of new stuff to come, recently I've started to check options about an other blog platform and an own domain.
A whole new lifestyle, new experiences and more adventures.
So, the best is just about to come!:) Hope you join me and give me a visit time to time!
I should seriously think about renaming Pancake Sunday into Pancake Monday!;P
This time I was good and prepared them in time, but to sit down, upload & write... that's always an other question. I'm the type of person who takes her time!;)
These strawberry flavoured pancakes were perfect end of my lovely weekend.
I tell you how I prepared them, but as always I would like to remind you that this recipe was spontaneously came to my mind, so I don't have exact quantities. Be creative! ;)
(No sugar) Strawberry Pancakes
I used:
~1,5 dl soy milk
~3-4 tbsp graham flour
~2 eggs
~1 tbsp ground almond
~ 2 big strawberries
~1/2 banana
~1 tbsp xilit
~1 pinch baking soda
~1 pinch salt
~1-2 tbsp grape oil (plus some extra for frying)
Mix the ingredients and add any extras if needed.
During baking them my first 2 were too sticky and burned, but finding the right temperature finally helped.
In the end I prepared the same type of cocoa sauce as last time with adding some extra strawberry pieces and 2 tbsp of strawberry jam (diet one sweetened with Stevia).
I cooked the ingredients on low temperature for a couple of minutes until the sauce was nice and smooth. You can use a blender if you don't like the strawberry pieces, although I think that's the best yummy part.:)
I've just found this cool list which gives me plenty of great ideas what to plan for this summer!
Summer is always passing by super fast, so better to get your pen and paper ready to write your own list just to make sure, you're not missing out anything this year!:)
Yesterday I've run out of time a bit, there were so many things in my mind and actually we had a really cool weekend with lots of fun programs.
So this time #pancakesunday became pancake Monday!;)
A wonderful yummy looking pancake on Pinterest was my inspiration, but honestly finally I've changed so many ingredients and basically everything about it, that I guess, this is kind of a new recipe now!;)
When I'm baking I love to use my imagination and never really sticked to the quantities, so forgive me, but I can give you only a circa idea how to prepare this!:)
Here is what I used to bake no sugar cocoa-muesli pancakes
3 tbsp oat bran
5 tbsp muesli mix (no added sugar)
1 tbsp cocoa powder
1 tbsp xilit
1 tbsp ground almonds
2 tbsp graham flour
1 banana
2-3 dl almond milk
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 tbsp grape oil (and some more for the baking)
Use a blender to mix everything. Be careful with the milk, add it slowly and try to do some baking test before using the whole quantity depending how thick pancakes you prefer.
My first few tests were a bit sticky, was hard to turn them, but finding the right balance of ingredients finally made me happy on my pancake day!:)
Don't be afraid to differ and change things, but something I can tell you for sure, it tastes gooooood!:)
And it's a perfect healthy dessert, guarantee you won't feel guilty!;)
If you want a little bit of extra sweet delicacy on the top, you can prepare cocoa sauce.
There are millions of recipes on the internet, but I was lazy so I mixed only some cocoa powder with xilit and tiny bit of almond milk. I heated up the mixture in a pan on low temperature until the xilit melted smoothly.
That's it, easy peasy and definitely not the real pro version, but who cares until it tastes delicious!
What if I won't be able to do all the thing I want to do? That's my biggest fear in this life.
There is no day this question not crossing my mind.
I was never good in choosing. In deciding. Telling what I want to do, what's gonna be my exact profession and how I'm going to spend my days in the rest of my life.
And that's a fight, a fight with myself. Because there are moments when I see that everybody around me has more idea about these things. And I want to decide too and I want to know the answers for all the questions.
But most of the time I love to be the way I am and I believe it's ok not to know all the answers and all the solutions.
I kind of like to be different and love the fact that I've never put myself into boxes. And I'm not even planning to do that.
I'm a bit of everything, a weird, crazy mixture of a creative person, maybe I can call myself an artist. Somebody who enjoys sport, so she just found herself having a tennis coach diplom. Someone who loves fashion and style, so she's studied to be a wardrobe stylist.
A girl who is in love with coffee, dreaming about an own hotel & cafe and on the way of realizing this, ended up working as a barista in the coolest little place ever.
And I feel like writing. Telling stories, sharing adventures, showing the World, convince people how wonderful life is. So I decided on blogging.That's it. I don't mind being different and walking on undiscovered paths.
I believe we all have the chance to do whatever we want to do. I know it's never easy and know I'm lucky I'm not alone in this World, the greatest people on this Earth are behind me. And I'm truly thankful for that.
But the question is still left unanswered... Is it possible to do everything?
No, I can't say yes, not even with the biggest dreamer heart I have.
I guess we can do thousands of things we wish for, but definitely we have to choose sometimes. And that's hard for me, that makes me worried a bit. Makes me feel like running as fast as possible to go and LIVE! To BREATHE to LOVE!
And that what life is for, isn't it?
My answer is: I'm ready for the challenge!
What say you?:)
Yesterday I've found an inspiring post on the blog "A beautiful mess".
Basically the challenge is about to take a photo of anything that makes you happy every single day for 100 day in a row.
I had kind of a same idea in mind for a while, but never really started to accomplish, so here is the moment to do it! I gladly say yes and join the fun!
If you're interested about my 100 happy days, come and follow me on Instagram.
I'm sure it's going to be funny to look back after finishing the challenge. The reason I particularly love that idea is, because I think we forget about many crazy little moments that made us smile. Most of the people only remember for the big events, birthdays, Christmas, holidays... but life is made of everydays. So instead of waiting for the next big thing in your life, try to enjoy your next 100 ordinary days!;)
My #day1
I'm totally happy for my frozen banana soy milkshake (:
Do you want to prepare that too?
Put a peeled banana into the freezer.
After an hour blend it with 3dl of soy milk and a tbsp xilit (or any other sweetener you prefer).
Easy, isn't it?:)
If you feel like joining, use the hashtag: #100happydays
I guess all my friends know that I'm in love with food!:)
I enjoy breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner and everything before, after and in between.
Good food always brings smile on my face.
But. I find it important to take good care about what we eat. It's so easy to find super-duper cool looking sweets full of colouring, sugar and preservatives...
I already had a initiation about healthy baking. www.bakingwithoutposion.blogspot.com
I don't feel like continuing this blog separately, but from now I try to share some more recipes and advices on Wild Compass for Freedom.
Including a #pancakesunday, hope you'll all enjoy.
Here is the first easy peasy recipe. Banana pancakes Believe it or not, but these yummy pancakes were made of 2 eggs & 1 banana. That's it. Use a blender to mix the ingredients, actually I used a tiny bit of grape oil too. Heat up a frying pan, use some oil again to prevent pancakes being too sticky. I think it looks better when they're smaller sized, like american pancakes. Fry both sides & enjoy your delicious sweets without using anything unhealthy.
Do you feel like reading about more healthy recipes?
Did you know today is International Day of Happiness?
Yes? Then I hope you celebrated the right way and you were feeling wonderful.
No? The day is not over. So do something NOW that makes you smile!
We can be horrible in finding reasons why we are not completely happy.
Have you ever told you would be happier IF:
-you had more money
-better job
-a boyfriend/girlfriend
-more friends
-more time
-less things to worry about
??
Nothing is perfect and never will be.
But there is always a reason to SMILE:
-it's spring and today was amazingly sunny (at least that part of the World:))
-but anyway rain can be great too, makes you think about life and deeper things and perfect to have a hot cup ot tea and a good book.
-you were lucky enough to have the chance to see the sunrise this morning and you were still on this Earth to enjoy the sunset.
-the night is just in front of us. Look up at the sky and stare the starts, appreciate the peace and silence.
-don't want to enjoy silence? Go have a beer. Go to a party. Enjoy a cool concert.
-honestly... doesn't matter what you do, just do it with passion, prepare your favorote pancakes if you feel like, or watch your favorite movie.
Just spend one tiny little second feeling grateful you are alive, because that's what really matters. Doesn't matter what happened yesterday and you have no clue how's your tomorrow, but your real life is happening today...
Don't miss participating in your own life!;)
(Photos are from Pinterest. I don't own any of them. You can find them here.)
Oh, I know, I was so bad when it came about writing lately.
I have so many things going on, I wish I could share everything with you, but I've just never managed to sit down, have a cup of tea and write...
Although soon I'll have 24h for me and to spend it the way I want. As I mentioned before, I'm leaving my job and starting my own projects, including writing. Reckless, ehhh, I know! But that's an other story.
Now I'm here to tell you some great news!
First of all, it's all confirmed, I'm travelling to Iceland again this summer.
2nd: my 3 weeks long journey will include 1 whole week on the Faroe Islands.
So I'm all super happy and excited, but have to tell I'm also nervous and stressful a bit.
I though I have plenty of time to organize, but these days I'm realizing that I'm totally late... Come on, it's only March, and 90% of accommodations are booked!?
Nobody can tell me, I started to organize in the last minute, I have more than 3 months left!
So yeah, I'm in panic and all my thought are about organizing, booking, checking, reading, e-mailing, asking, organizing, organizing, organizing...
As always, I'm very accurate when it's about travelling. I don't want to set every minutes, but a real adventurous, eventful and memorable journey needs a lot of work. And when everything is ready, when you found out where to stay, which part you visit, what are the must do things, then of course you can fully enjoy you journey and you can let spontaneous moments colour the trip.
That means, soon I'm able to write a travel guide of Fare Islands without visiting it actually. :D
Conversations with me can include only travel costs, accommodation booking, why don't get replies from Couchsurfing:P and of course you can ask questions about the characteristics of all the 18 islands'....;)
If you know Faroe Islands by heart, or if you happen to live there, then I guess you won't read any new stuff now.:) But actually now that I tell to more and more people about my journey, I keep hearing the questions...
Where the hell is it? The Faroe Islands are located in the North Atlantic Ocean at 62º latitude North and 7º longitude West, approximately 430 kilometres south-east of Iceland, 600 kilometres west of Norway and 300 kilometres north-west from Scotland. (Now you understand why I'm in love with Faroe Islands already) Population is about 50.000 people and the capital called Tórshavn. Autonomy within the Kingdom of Denmark. Total area is app. 1,400 km2 . And as I mentioned before, Faroe Islands comprise 18 islands. (I guess I won't be able to visit all of them, right?!:D)
And more...
So... What do you think? Do you feel like having Faroe Islands on your travel list?
(Photos are from Pinterest, can be found on my Adventures board. The rest are found on Google and linked directly. I don't own any of these photos.)
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