Luloveshandmade

Recipe: Exotic Bagels

August 13, 2014

Hello everyone! Remember my tropical food table I made some weeks ago? :) Here’s still one of the recipes, this time it’s for super delicious and exotic bagels, hmmm. See yourself!

What you need for your exotic bagels:

You need:

– Sesame bagels

– Pineapple curd cheese

– Rucola salad

– Fresh apricots

– Grilled cheese

– Salt and pepper

Make your own exotic bagels:

Cut the bagels into halves, spread the pineapple curd cheese on them and add salad and apricot slices. Then add salt and pepper.

To prevent the bagels from falling apart, use yarn to hold the layers together. I used my pretty yarn I once got from Garn & mehr. :)

Hmmm, so delicious! I love mixing sweet and savory ingredients, so good!

Enjoy those fresh and fruity summer bagels, they are so so good!

In case you are looking for even more recipes, make sure to check out my recipe archive. :)

Happy day,

Merken

Outfits

What I Wore: Mint Colors at Vienna’s Prater

August 10, 2014

Skirt: she

Cardigan and Top: h&m

Sneakers: Vans

Bag: hallhuber

Earrings: gift from Anja

Ring: gift from Flo

Oh my, it’s been a while since my last outfit post. The happier was I when my dear friend Stef and I decided to take some together during my week with her in Vienna (blogpost coming soon). :)

We went to the Prater, Vienna’s old and magical fun fair, and that’s where we took those photos.

Imagine the smell of candied almonds, fluffy cotton candy and gingerbread hearts, imagine the sounds of rollercoasters, happily screaming people, kids filled with joy while riding a carousel and the two of us happily giggling while posing for photos in the fun fair’s crowd.

Just a perfect day! :) So here’s what I wore:

My Mint Colors at Vienna’s Prater

This minty skirt is just perfect for summer, I bought it last year and it’s so soft and airy.

As you know, I love wearing candy colors, so this mint and pink combination seemed to be just perfect for a fun fair. Moreover, I adore this cute heart top.

Eeeeeeeks, soooo happy! I loooove fun fairs and amusement parks so so much!!

This bag was a spontaneous shopping score last summer and since then, it has super often been my companion.

Cotton candy, IT’S SO FLUFFY I’M GONNA DIE!!!

Stef bought us cotton candy and we really had to hurry, because it soon starting melting in the heat. :)

Oh and how I love my new bright pink Vans. They have been with me on many days this summer.

This was tons of fun, I love taking outfit photos with Stef! :*

Happy Sunday!
Lu

Merken

Everything Else

My Life in Instagram Photos: June and July 2014

August 8, 2014

Hello my lovely readers! Here’s what I did in June and July in Instagram photos including the beginning of my summer holidays. :)

Enjoying time at the lake or on our small but pretty balcony.

A birthday picnic at the water. // Dinner outside. // A walk through the gardens. // Daily outfit. // Watching our fave series in a private cinema. :)) // Choosing an outfit.

Lovesick Mogli. :/ // Beach time. // My pretty home. // Carnival of cultures. // My sweet Mogli. // Daily outfit.

What I wore. // Colorful food. // Daily outfit. // Klunkerkranich happiness. // World Cup public viewing with my loved ones.

Balcony oasis. // Preparing a tropical food table. :)

Running day. // Off to the countryside with the dogs. // Happy outfits. // Beloved Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.

At the lovely Sitzfeldt blogger event at The Apartment, one of my fave locations in Berlin. // My sweetheart. :) // Pretty kitchen. // Making a video at my desk. // Colorful food. // What I wore.

Girl’s date with watching the World Cup. :) // Kitchen happiness. // My lovely colleague and I working for DaWanda at the FashionBloggerCafé. // Greedy dog and tasty breakfast with my Mama. :*

Wearing an old and beloved band shirt. // Home. // Food preparations. // Batman look with my bestie. // Delicious lunch break. :D // Dinner with a dear friend before my last day at work before my holidays.

Second day of my three week summer holidays at the lake with the guys. :) // Happy feet. // Two of my favorite people, my best friend Anja and Flo. :) :* // Home. // At the lake. // Packing for my holiday trip. // Cat lady! :) // Bye bye photo with my lovelies before heading off to a girl’s trip to Vienna. :)

Enjoy your colorful summer!
Lu

Everything Else

A Wonderful Day at Ben & Jerry’s Taste & Tunes Tour

August 7, 2014

How could a day be more perfect than when it’s filled with the most delicous free and fair trade Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, perfect summer weather, good live music and lovely people? :) Right, it could hardly be any better! :)

Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream

But first things first: back in the 1970s, there have once been two guys in the USA who were students and joined a 5$ class about how to make ice cream. The two of them invented crazy ice cream flavors and decided that all people should be able to enjoy their awesome creations. They took their saved money, lent some more and in the end they had about 12.000$ to open their first Scoop Shop in a restyled gas station in Vermont. Those two young guys with a vision and an incredible sense for delicious ice cream are called Ben and Jerry and that’s when the story of their own ice cream brand has started.
Before it gets too long over here, make sure to hop over to the Ben & Jerry’s page and read the whole story about Ben & Jerry’s ice cream and about their values and fair trade concept!

Ben & Jerry’s Taste & Tunes Tour 2014

So now that you know about everything about how this great ice cream brand has been founded, here’s my own Ben & Jerry’s story.
Some weeks ago, I have been asked if I wanted to visit Ben & Jerry’s Taste & Tunes Tour in Berlin, an event with free ice cream and live music, just like a big open air party. Of course I wanted and which kind of blogger cooperation could be more fun than visiting such an event, handing out ice cream, tasting all the flavors and then writing about it? :) So I was absolutely in!

When I came to the Arena in Berlin yesterday, the team was still preparing for the afternoon, but everything has already been so pretty and colorful, just my kind of style. I love Ben & Jerry’s corporate design and all their cute cow and ice cream illustrations and those colors make me oh so happy!

There were two buses with ice cream, one with shorties and one with the large ice cream pots with their new flavors ‘All or Nut-ting’ and ‘Caramel Sutra’, mhh!

When the doors to the area opened at 1 p.m., it was incredible how the crowds came in, just as if there has been a rock star at a concert. :D

So the event was opened and masses of people came to the ice cream trucks and stand in line. wowza!

The most fun thing for me was handing out ice cream out myself. In my next life I’m definitely gonna be an ice cream vendor. :)

To cut the huge ice cream packages into halves, there was the so-called ‘core-divider’. Such a cool thing! Thus, one could really see the delicious core of every ice cream flavor.

Even a few hours later, the masses of people didn’t get less, this ice cream is just too popular. :)

The whole Ben & Jerry’s team was just so friendly and charming, created a great atmosphere around there, gave me a super warm welcome and let me try out everyhing I wanted.

The location for this tour day was great, because the Arena is next to the Spree and one can even see the TV Tower from there.

Apart from the ice cream buses, there was also an info booth for getting to know the brand better and for getting merchandise for free, one just had to share photos on social media channels.

The Ben & Jerry’s boys must have felt like rock stars with all the screaming people in front of them! ;)

Strawberry Chessecake is one of my absolutely fave flavors.

During the whole day, there has also be a band playing good live music, just perfect!

The whole crew was so funny and charming and made this day extra special!

Oh my, I have always been a lover of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, but after this awesome event and after I got more insights behind the scenes and got to know about the story of the brand, I love it even more.

Thanks for this awesome day and for all the ice cream! :)

Happy day, everyone, and make sure to check out the tour dates, maybe there will also be free ice cream in your city!? :)
Lu

P.S.: Although this blogpost was written in the context of a cooperation, this of course does neither touch, nor influence my personal opinion. Thanks!

Recipes

Recipe: Watermelon Margarita

July 31, 2014

Happy sunny summer day everyone! ;) Today I’ve got another recipe for you which I made for my tropical food table some weeks ago: I’m showing you how to make a super delicous and really refreshing watermelon margarita.

Ingredients for your Watermelon Margarita

You need:
– Tequila
– Triple sec
– A watermelon
– Two fresh limes
– Sugar
– Honey
– Water
– Ice cubes

The amount of alcohol and fruit depends on how you want your cocktail to be. I rather like it fruity, so I use only a little bit of alcohol and much watermelon.

How to Make your Watermelon Margarita

First of all, juice the watermelon in a juicing machine or – more simple – use a mixer to puree it. Add sec, tequila and some fresh lime juice. Mix it. Then use honey (or lime juice) and sugar to decorate the cocktail glasses’ rim, put ice cubes inside and pour the cocktail mixture into your glasses.

For decoration, hang watermelon slices and lime slices onto the rim of your glasses.

Enjoy and have a lovely day! :)

P.S.: For more cocktails, drinks and shakes, check out my recipe page.

Merken