My favourite CARROT CAKE

This is one of a few recipies that I learned by heart without checking the ingredients. In some way it is healthy, but sometimes, especially when I feel sad, I like to add little bit more sugar :) 

My family and friends love that cake and I was made to do this already 4 times this month! It is very fast to do, it takes about 15-20 minutes to prepare the cake, but we need to be patient and bake it about one hour. It is really worth to try! Personally, I like to eat this cake with a natural yogurt and fresh fruits. Yummy!

Ingredients:

1,5 cup of grated carrot

1,5 cup of flour (wholemeal)

4 eggs

1 cup of oil

1 cup of sugar (I add less)

1 spoon of baking soda

1 spoon of cinnamon

1 cup of crashed nuts

Icing:

100 g of cream cheese for exemple Philadelphia

3-4 spoons of honey

Preparation:

Mash the carrots on the grater, cut walnuts or smash them, next turn on the oven to 180 degrees. Mix eggs with sugar for about 3 minutes than add slowly the oil - cake will absorb it all. Still whisking, add the flour with baking soda, the dough will be thick. Add also the cinnamon. At the end, pour the carrot (squeezed) and nuts. Bake in a from with a diameter of 26 cm. Best served with yogurt or powdered sugar.

FLORIDA

As my next travel destination this summer, I decided to choose Florida. I do hope that I will avoid the tornados and other climate changes and I won't spend this time hiding somewhere under the ground :)

Florida and especially Key West are famous for water sports. nightlife and historic site. Near the Key West, many museums are located to see. It is a good option to take a trolley to strart visiting with a guide. For exemple, definitely worth to see is a Ernest Hemingway's old house. 

Personally, I'd like to discover also the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Universal Studios and Everglades National Park. I've always wanted to see a crocodile in his natural environment and it might be possible in this park :) Unfortunately, Florida really feels the effects of a warming clime, The level of water is very low.  It can be observed in landscape of this place. 

The best way to visit in during the spring, the month of march. There is not so many tourists and the temperature is much pleasant. 

Useful life TRICKS to make your life easier.

All of us want to make our life easier. Recently, I was looking for different tips to do things faster and less complicated. Some of them are very simple, but I have never thought that it could work.  

They can save time and your money. It is very important in student life isn't it? Life is full of stress and it is a good idea to make it happy by little things. Share it with your friends to show how creative and smart you are! :)

The warmth of candles makes the coffee beans smell wonderful!

You can easily keep your keys apart.

the bananas will be fresh for 4-5 days longer if you wrap them in plastic wrap.

The advantages OF CHEAT DAYS

Recently 'cheat days' became very popular, as popular as taking care of our health and healthy lifestyle. Personally, I can not resist 'cheat days' because I can't stand eating all the time salads and rice with chicken. Without eating sweets I getting angry and veeery iritating. So basically I am doing it for the people, that they could survive my company :D

Firstly, our body must keep the balance, the vegetables and grill chicken is not enough. We should remember that we can't make cheats too frequently, sometimes it is not a cheat day but just a bad habit. It is worth to plan our cheat days. For exemple, keep it for special occasions like weddings or birthdays. When you shock your system with a high influx of calories at one time, the body's metabolism will show an increase and you will start your 'furnace' into high gear once again. 

Cheat day means also a break from a exercising. This is very important to take a 'day off' because your muscles need to repair and recover. It is good to go to sauna, that you could improve the circulation. Sometimes just sleep a little bit longer and stay in your PJs and don't stress! It is a wonderful way to give you a kick start and energy for the whole day :)

COACHELLA

The time of summer festivals in USA has already begun. 

Festival Coachella is one of the most popular one because every year we can meet there not only random people but also very famous people from music and fashion industry. 

Coachella is not only a music festival but also a fashion festival. The interesting thing is, that the festival takes place not in Los Angeles, like everybody thinks but in Indio, California. It's about 80 km from LA. Last year they sold 189 thousand of tickets and at the same time they beat the box office record, earning about 84 million dollars. 

The full name of this festival is: The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. So we can admire there also a showcase of a visual arts, sculpture and interactive pieces of art. 

The festival never gets too crowed because people have also an abillity to stand in the back of the stage. They can dance and have fun without feeling overwhelmed. 

The Coachella does take care of environment. Every person who picks up a trash or bottles, they can exchange it for water or other rewards. People are encouraged in good way to clean after yourself.

Having fun and meeting new people - that's what matters most!

Chocolate nuts crispy COOKIES

Every Sunday (and sometimes often :) I'm doing my cheat day, we cannot eat only vegetables, right?

This recipe is very simple and tasty. You don't need many ingredients and it is very fast to do. The cookies don't look spectacular, but the taste defends itself. They fit perfectly with a cup of tea or coffee.

That's all you will need: 

500 g of flour

1 cube of butter

2 eggs

1 glass of sugar

1 pocket of vanilla sugar

1 pocket of baking soda

+nuts, choolate, whatever you can imagine!

It will be about 30-40 cookies

Firstly, mix all the ingredients, than put the dough on the wooden board and knead until it will be smooth and little bit sticky. 

Then pin out the dough and cut the circles using a glass. 

Bake 15-20 minutes in 180 degrees. 

If the dough will be too sticky you can add more flour with no doubts :)

Good luck and bon appetit :)

Novelist: Haruki Murakami

Recently I read his first book, I bought it accidentaly, but many people recommended me his books before. I decided to choose 'Norvegian Wood' very strange, but gripping and addictive book. Haruki Murakami is a Japanese writer. He is not only popular in Japan but also in the world, his books are translated in the 50 different languages! It's a huge succes, isn't it? His writing seems little bit melancolic, surrealistic and magical.

The 'Norvegian Wood' is a nostalgic, sad story about loss and sexuality. The main character is named Toru Watanbe, a student living in Tokyo. He is torn between two girls, emotionally destroyed Naoko, but his true love, and outgoing and brave Midori. This book maybe seems depressive, but behing each sad moment comes up the light and hope. It was very pleasant to read it, but the story maybe was a little but predictable. I guess that at first sight we won't notice the beauty and provocativeness.

If you have not read Murakami and you enjoy literary fiction, you're truly missing out. I'm ashamed I didn't come across him sooner. His books are at turns beautiful and sorrowful, and consistently magical.

Even when there's no magic involved.