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A walk back in history {or how I started baking}

Let's talk cake.I sometimes try to remember when my baking addiction started. Admittedly, I haven't come up with something yet. But I like to think that it was all the way back, when I made my first...

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My first attempt at falafels

I just quickly wanted to hop by before I'm off tho the airport tonight and leaving for Africa. I made this recipe last week and it was so easy and fast, I needed to share it before it would fall into...

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Hey there! from Africa

So, I finally finally made it to my blog. It's been one week now since I arrived here and one week and one week and a day since I left Germany. New experiences, impressions and challenges have been...

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Good morning!

So, because I didn't want to just be writing about past events , I'd thought I pop in to say hi right now ;)We all just had our breakfast and are sitting around the living room table. I might actually...

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A day in the spectacular life of an intern in Africa

Not that I wouldn't have a load of pictures waiting for you all, but right now it's just more fun to write about the recent events ;) So bare with me and have fun seeing what I was up to today (because...

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What I'll be doing here

So, every time I try to sit down and write like a serious and informative blog post about what is happening here, we are all back again to the office/living-room/dinner table (let's call it O.L.D.?!...

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Home and a few other things

The last week has been a bit stressful, due to me feeling not a 100% and work being slightly frustrating but luckily it's the weekend now. Cross that out. Somehow I managed to end up as busy here in...

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Dann Viljoen Game Reserve

So, the other weekend we decided it was time to do something. Also, I hadn't really seen any animals so far (except for the guinea fowl which lives in the river bed behind our house and is a kind of...

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A clustered colourful crazy post {and yes, I love alliterations}

While I really love blogging, it turns out to be quite hard for me here. It's just so much going on, that sorting everything and writing about it at the same time is not so easy.When I write about...

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Stijl DesignMarkt Munich

I might have just binge watched four to five episodes of New Girl. I also might have dozed off during the last two so I can't be trusted too much on the amount of episodes. Anyway, since this is my...

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How to color much more with chalk than just the streets

I've been looking a lot into hair-dyeing options recently and so it happened that two weeks ago I ended up receiving the delivery of one package of hair chalk in all kind of colours imaginable.If you...

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DIY: You can never. ever. have enough mobile cases

That's at least what I think. On the other hand, I have to admit I haven't seen anyone yet who changes them as frequently as I do. Anyway, this is my blog and it has been a year since the last one, so...

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In case you're feeling down...

This is for you ;)Technically, M has the rights for this as it was a little present for him while I was away and he had a super stressful time. But I'm sure he won't mind sharingOh, and this!That was...

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Sweet potato - beetroot - salad

I've been stuck in a total rut when it comes to cooking recently. Sometimes, M and me cook but that's that. Otherwise my diet consists of muesli, bread and yogurt.Last week however, a good friend of...

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New Years Eve {A last and quick DIY, because...well it's me}

So, it's nearly nearly New Years and I have to hurry because my amazing boyfriend is getting the food ready in the kitchen but this has to be done before the New Years starts! ;)I'm normally in love...

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What happened recently {in a nutshell}

Hey there! Blogging really isn't something continuous right now, but to my own defence, there have been a lot of major changes recently (and they are still happening) so I guess, that does need some...

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A yellow smoothie {trying out the color palette}

Good weather immediately makes me go for smoothies, so that was what happened recently....recently as in three month ago. Jep this is how old this recipe is and this is how long I have been planning to...

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Cooking together {featuring the Indian cuisine}

With one of my friends here I have this thing where we try to get together as often as possible to: cook. Than, life gets in the way, uni gets in the way, family and other friends...the list goes on...

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Mobile case makeover {An easy Anthropologie hack}

Hey there!I'm really starting to tun out of appropriate mobile case makeover titles. Here, the Anthropologie part definitely did save me, but we'll see how we do in the future ;)Anyways, recently I did...

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Studying............

I. Am. So. Done with this. Done. I can not see any further books and I feel like my brain is just transforming into a sieve where everything goes through straight.Also, totally unrelated, but I noticed...

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Vegetarian Burgers {some thoughts and what I've learned so far}

Recently, on another of our weekly cooking get together, we dived head first into the vegetarian burger ocean. Who knows why I hadn't done it before but I think there is some really really dim memory...

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One week at home

It has been an amazing week. I ate wonderful food, had lots and lots of talks, walks with friends, bike rides, yoga nights in the garden, baking amazingness for my mum, sunshine, ice cream, laughter...

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Further smoothie experiments {green going two ways}

I got sick so my post got delayed.Here it is. I finally managed to make a "real" green smoothie. And the secret was the one I had expected it to be all along. Which is: don't mix your green vegetables...

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Another cooking-get-together (without actually cooking)

Just recently, for our weekly cooking-get-together, we headed into the city instead of actual cooking at home. Sometimes a treat is appropriate right?!And we finally got to try the falaffel shop I've...

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You can now...

...find me here! :)http://www.joyjohanna.com/I'd be really happy to see you again :)

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