January inspiration & plans

pictures via my tumblr

One week into the new year, a total 11 000 words worth of essays submitted and I can finally enjoy the month of January. Up until this morning, my main focus (and source of stress) were my deadlines today, which have been keeping me busy for almost two months and were one of the reasons for the lack of updates. Now that I'm free until the end of January, I can finally focus on blogging a little bit more again, before my last term of University starts. 

The one thing I'm looking forward to the most this month is the trip I'll be going to in two days: I'm going back to New York City - and this time for even longer than the last time I went! I'm incredibly excited to visit the city in winter, walk around wrapped up in my coat and scarf, warm up drinking coffee in the cutest spots, go ice skating in Central Park and discover more of the city. Naturally, I will be taking lots of pictures during my stay there, so stay tuned for travel and outfit posts as well as the one or other Vegan Eats post - if that's something you'd like to see more of for New York?

At the end of the month, I'll be going home for a week to spend some more time in Luxembourg and with my family before coming back to Brighton for the craziness that the next term will bring. Apart from my deadlines today, this month seems like the perfect start of 2016! What are your plans? Are you going anywhere exciting this month or in 2016 in general? Did you make any new year's resolutions?

In 2015...

Vegan Eats | Budapest: Napfényes Étterem

Budapest wasn't only my favourite stop city-wise but also foodwise...

RECIPE: VEGAN CARBONARA SAUCE

I was never a big Carbonara sauce eater, so I didn't really miss it too much once I went vegan. Some days however, especially those days after a long night out dancing, I get cravings for a creamy, savoury pasta dish. Today was one of those days, so I decided to try making a vegan Carbonara sauce and it took me less than 15 minutes to whip this up! It turned out so well (my brother loved it, too), that I just have to share it with you. Ready for some creamy, rich deliciousness?



Ingredients (serves 2):

• spaghetti
• 200 ml soy cream
• 150 gr smoked tofu
• 1 small onion
• yeast flakes, salt, pepper, basil and lemon juice to taste
• (if you have kalanamak salt, use that too - it adds a bit of an egg-y flavour to the sauce)

Directions:

1. Bring water to a boil in a big pot to cook your pasta in. Meanwhile, chop the tofu into small cubes and dice the onion.
2. Fry the onion in a bit of water (or oil - whatever you prefer), then add the tofu and fry it for a little while - when it starts browning a little bit, set aside the tofu.
3. Add the cream to the onions still in the pan, season with salt, pepper, basil (or mixed herbs), yeast flake and lemon juice. Bring everything to a slight boil, then let the sauce simmer and thicken.
4. When your pasta is almost ready, add the tofu cubes to the sauce and mix everything.
5. Serve the pasta with lots of sauce, extra pepper and yeast flakes - enjoy!

Hippie pants & crochet

pants, top: h&m divided shoes: mango sunglasses: rayban

Whilst I'm hoping to see some snow over the next three weeks that I'll be back home, I decided to post another (and the last) outfit I shot whilst I went interrailing in summer. In Budapest, I came across these perfect hippie pants with huge splits on the sides - they're flowy, light, summery and they were on sale for 7€. As soon as I had the opportunity, I took them out in Croatia and wore them to go for dinner. My friend was kind enough to lend me her crochet top, which I think complements the whole summery look and we found a cute street to take pictures in, old pavement, colourful doors and all. 

An all time favourite combination

coat: camden lock jeans, sweater: monki shoes: adidas bag: primark

I've recently started to really tone down outfit wise, often sticking to simple pieces I like, combining them to get a classic and clean look. Pieces like this grey turtleneck sweater I'm wearing in the pictures, which I found at Monki during my stay in Hamburg, are perfect to create such outfits, as it's grey - one of my favourite colours, which is also incredibly versatile, it's super comfortable and warm but not too thick and the turtleneck adds a little something to it without overloading it. As in previous years, I've been loving grey/camel/black/white combinations, so this outfits hits the nail on the head. It was perfect for a day out in London, strolling through pretty streets and big stores - comfortable, adequately warm and fuss-free.

Croatia Photodiary