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Sunday, 11 February 2024

Finding joy in the little things: Valentine's Day inspiration

✯ Hello Shiny Stars! ✯

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"Love isn't something you find. Love is something that finds you."

(Loretta Young)

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Valentine's Day is celebrated every year on February 14. Over the centuries, the holiday has evolved into a celebration of love, whereby the exchange of cards, flowers and gifts is a common tradition. In recent years, Valentine's Day has also evolved into a commercial holiday, offering businesses the opportunity to profit from it, which has naturally led to numerous discussions about this special day.

In my opinion, you shouldn't limit your love to a specific day, but show it all year round. Regardless, a little extra gift on Valentine's Day can't hurt, of course. But remember that love is best shown through consistent actions that show care, support and appreciation every day, not just on a specific holiday.

You can show your love through small acts of kindness, such as leaving a love note, giving a warm hug or cooking a favorite meal, but also with small but thoughtful gifts. Remember that the price tag doesn't define the sentiment behind the gift. What matters most is the thought, love, effort and time someone puts into choosing a gift. This can be anything from a handmade card, to a personalized photo frame, a box of chocolates or a bouquet of flowers. Other options include experiences such as a dinner out together, a movie night or cooking lunch together.

🠊 Are you celebrating Valentine's Day? If so, how do you celebrate it?

💖 "You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection."

(Buddha)

💖 "Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier."

(Mother Teresa)

💖 "Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies."

(Aristotle)

💖 "Love is being stupid together."

(Paul Valery)

💖 "You can't blame gravity for falling in love."

(Albert Einstein)

💖 "There are never enough I Love You's."

(Lenny Bruce)

💖 "The best thing to hold onto in life is each other."

(Audrey Hepburn)

With best wishes,

Friday, 10 February 2023

Hearty wishlist

✯ Hello Shiny Stars! ✯

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"In a full heart there is room for everything, and in an empty heart there is room for nothing."

(Antonio Porchia)

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Valentine's Day is just around the corner and all the shops have filled their shelves with chocolates and various heart-themed items. Whether you are in a relationship or not and whether you celebrate Valentine's Day or not, you might also like this hearty wishlist. All items are from Primark.

Source for items: primark.com

Which one is your favourite?

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If you are into crafts, you will also like this DIY Valentine's Day card, and if you want to bake something really simple for yourself or your partner, here is a delicious recipe for a chocolate cinnamon cake in a mug and my dairy-free recipe for fluffy pancakes.

Let me know, if you have tried any of these. :)

Have a lovely weekend! :)

Lots of love,

Tuesday, 13 February 2018

Chocolate-cinnamon cake in a mug

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"All you need is love and cake."

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I’ve tried some microwave mug cake recipes before, but I never was satisfied with the result, and I always stopped for months with experimenting. But today, I gave it another chance. First I microwaved my cake for 2 minutes, but it was too dry for me. Then I decided to make another one, and that time I put it in the microwave for just 1,5 minutes, which gave me a texture, I really liked. A little spongey, but hard enough, delicious and my favourite so far.

Chocolate-cinnamon cake in a mug

Ingredients:

- 2 tablespoon flour

- 1 tablespoon fine oat flakes (if you don’t have any, then use flour)

- 3 tablespoon sugar powder (or granulated sugar)

- some cinnamon (after your fancy)

- some baking soda or baking powder

- 1 pinch of salt

- 2 tablespoon vegetable oil

- 3 tablespoon liquid (water, milk, juice, anything you like – I added 2 tablespoon rice milk and 1 tablespoon orange juice)

- some chocolate chips (optional)

Method:

- Take a mug, which is microwave safe and put all the dry ingredients in it.

- Whisk them together with a spoon or fork.

- Add all the wet ingredients into the mug, and mix them up nicely.

- Add some chocolate chips to it.

- Place the mug in the microwave and let it „bake” for 1,5 minutes. (I microwaved mine on medium high, but please note, that all microwaves are different, so you might need to microwave yours for 2 minutes.)

- Let it sit for a minute, then remove it carefully.

Serve your cake with sugar powder, ice cream or whatever you fancy.

This cake is a perfect sweet relief and a lovely last minute idea for Valentine’s Day. ;)

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If you liked this post, you might be interested in these fluffy pancakes, too. (Just click on the picture to see the original post.)

http://p-and-p-style.blogspot.com/2016/02/fluffy-pancakes.html

And a lovely pinhole card for Valentine’s Day:

http://p-and-p-style.blogspot.com/2014/02/blog-post.html

I hope, you liked this post and as always, please feel free to share some lovely thoughts below. :)

Lots of love,

Saturday, 13 February 2016

Fluffy Pancakes

✯ Hello Shiny Stars! ✯

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"I love you almost as much as I love pancakes."

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A few days ago we celebrated Shrove Tuesday, which is known as Pancake Day in some countries. It has been celebrated by Britons for centuries and its exact date changes every year because it is 47 days before Easter Sunday.

There are two types of pancakes. They can be thin and light or round and fluffy. In many other languages there are even two different words for them.

Today I would like to share with you my recipe for a fluffy pancake that I made on Pancake Day, but they are also perfect for the upcoming Valentine's Day.

The ingredients are listed in the picture as well as below and if you choose the alternatives mentioned in the brackets, your pancakes will also be dairy free.

- 2 eggs
- 300 millilitres of milk (I use either coconut or rice milk)
- 25 grams melted butter (I always use vegetable margarine)
- 15 tablespoon flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 teaspoon white sugar

Method:

- Whisk together the milk and egg, then add the melted butter or margarine.
- Add all the other ingredients into the bowl and mix them together. I did it by hand, but you can also use a blender.
- Heat a non-stick pan on a medium heat and spoon some batter into the pan.
- When the upper side of the pancake starts to blister, it is time to fry the second side.
- Continue frying until both sides are golden.

Serve with maple syrup.