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Chocolate Chip Cookies
(clique aqui para versão em português) I really need to share this recipe with you. I’ve baked these cookies time and time again and I can’t get enough of them. They are so easy, sweet and tasty! Who doesn’t like homemade chocolate chip cookies, right? I’m that kind of person that once I find a great recipe I just keep on doing it! These are perfect for those rainy days (pretty much like today) when you feel you need something comforting, but don’t know what to bake. Here is the recipe. You will need: 1 cup of flour 1/4 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup white sugar 1/3 cup chocolate…
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Holiday Season
(clique aqui para versão em português) Better late than never, right? Even though we are in mid-January I still want to share with you my experience throughout the Holidays. As this is always a tough time for me for some years now, I was able to objectively look back now and write something I think it is worth sharing. Oh well… How should I start this? If you’ve been following my adventures through veganism you might have noticed that these were my first Holidays as a vegan. Therefore, I had to adjust some of my behaviors, like making my own food, and to have conversations that sometimes I didn’t…
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Welcome 2019!
(clique aqui para versão em português) And I’m back! In the beginning of December I went to Brussels for two weeks to visit family and I was really nervous about having the time to blog. I thought that was what was expected of me as a wannabe blogger. I had to constantly feed my audience (do I even have one?) with information, opinions, recipes… and for the first time the blog left me anxious. This obviously defeated the purpose of having the blog. At least for me. So I decided to take the time off to rethink my strategy and what I wanted of all this. When I came…
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Vegan Almond Cookies
(clique aqui para versão em português) Yesterday, I spent the day baking 800 cookies with the wonderful ingredients from NutVitae (don’t forget to check their website!). When they asked me to bake the cookies for them, because of the large amount it was required, I had to think of a quick and easy recipe, that would be delicious and help showcase their products at the same time. So I started by deciding to have the same base for all of the cookies and add different nuts and seeds to make them different and tastier. However, I believe the star of all of them was the almound flour (also from…
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Trip to London – Part 4
(clique aqui para versão em português) On the last day we woke up early again and intended to go to London. However, there were no trains available and we decided to go to Cambridge instead. So, even though this post is called “Trip to London – Part 4”, we made a little detour along the way. M and I had already been to Cambridge before and visited the different Colleges, but it is always good to return to those beautiful places. Especially when we had been to London for the past three days. We hopped on the train and there we went. Day 4 – Sunday We arrived at…
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Vegan Chocolate Brownies
(clique aqui para versão em português) The recipe is from Tasty Vegetarian and they claim these are the best vegan brownies ever! Well, I think I might agree with them. They are so gooey and chocolaty, that you wouldn’t even know they were vegan if nobody told you. So, here’s what you need to make them: 200g of vegan cooking chocolate 2tbsp of flax meal 6 tbsp of water 1 cup and 2 tbsp of sugar ¾ cup and 2 tbps of flour ¼ cup of cocoa powder 1tsp of baking powder First make the flax eggs. In a bowl, add the water to the flax meal and…
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Trip to London – Part 3
(clique aqui para versão em português) We weren’t the only ones visiting our friends that weekend. Another couple that is currently living in Ireland had arrived the day before and as one of them had never been to London he wanted to go to some of the most known places. Day Three – Saturday We decided to wake up really early that day, me especially, because I always take a while getting ready. Maybe you won’t be able to tell by the photos (or maybe you will) but I can’t get out of the house without some make up on. So, because I didn’t want to have everyone waiting…
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Trip to London – Part 2
(clique aqui para versão em português) Did you think I used all my words with day 1? Well, I’m back! This time to tell you about the second day (I’ve been trying to write smaller posts, but it has been proven to be almost impossible!). Day 2 – Friday We arrived home the day before a bit late, close to 11pm, and we had walked so many miles that I could hardly move. I’ve been really lazy lately and I haven’t exercised as much as I should. Who am I kidding? I haven’t exercised at all! Most of my days are spent seated in front of a computer and…
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Trip to London – Part 1
(clique aqui para versão em português) I love London. Since I went there for the first time, when I was 16 years-old, it has become one of my favourite places in the world. I remember coming back from that trip and telling my mum that I would live there some day, even if it was just for a year. That’s what I did between 2016 and 2017. After being in other countries for a bit, I moved to London on the 6th of September 2016 and stayed until the 26th of October 2017. Time flies… It has already been a year since we moved back. M and I love…
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Vegan Portuguese Sandwich “Francesinha”
(clique aqui para versão em português) Those of you who know me know I’ve been living in Porto for almost a year and one of the typical dishes of that region is the so called “Francesinha”. This is typically a sandwich made with fillet steak, ham and smoked sausage covered with cheese and a spicy sauce, which couldn’t be further away from being vegan. I was never a big fan (sorry my dear friends from the north of Portugal!), but M really enjoyed it, so he decided to try and make a vegan version. Ok, the only thing that makes this a vegan “Francesinha” is the store bought sauce from…
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