Vongole , Mussels & King Prawns

Hi Ladies, it's been a while i know. But i was really busy and i was abroad too :).

This is one of my favorite meals.... MMMMMMMMMM smells like summer.

So for 2 persons you will need the following

250 Grams of Spaghetti

10 good sized King Prawns

10 Mussels

and 500 Grams of Vongole.

Some Cherry Tomatoes or normal tomatoes will do just fine

1 large Onion

4 Cloves of Garlic

1 Fish Cube

2 Glasses of white wine

Butter, parsley, & some olive oil  

PS: the mussels are the black ones the White ones are the vongole, You can even buy a jar of vongole without the Shells it's cheaper. 

King Prawns

Chop the tomatoes the onion and the garlic.

In a medium sized pan , melt some butter together with some olive oil. Put half the onion and half the cloves in with the butter . Let them cook for a little while. Don't let them turn black. It wont look nice in your plate later on :(.

MMMMMMMM it already smells great.

Boil some water for the pasta to use later.

Now add the vongole and the mussels in with the butter and onion.

Melt the cube in some boiling water pour half of it in this pan and keep the other half aside do the same with the glass of wine.

Add half your chopped tomatoes and some parsley on top of every thing and let it simmer for around 25/30 mins.. If the sauce reduces pour in some more wine. (But i should be fine)

 Its time to put the pasta in the boiling water.

The King prawns will only need like 8 mins to bee cooked, So once you put the pasta in the boiling water, in another pan melt the butter and put all the remaining ingredients in the pan. 

Butter, olive oil, onion, garlic, tomatoes, fish cube and wine.

Place the King Prawns one buy one not on on top of each other , so u will need a big pan for this.

When the pasta is ready just switch off the king prawns burner. 

Put you pasta in the colander so all the water will drain, Put it back in a pan and just add the sauce that is left in the pan of the vongole and mussels.

Once that is ready just place the spaghetti in your plate vongole & mussels on top and King Prawns on the side.

And simply Enjoy :)

Purple Reign eye makeup look!

Hello Ladies!

I hope you are all doing great!

Today I'm coming back to you with another eye make up look...which is very very easy.

This is the end result!

I decided to go with purple and pink because they are very popular colors when it comes to eye shadows and basically go with every eye color and complection.  I don't really believe that there are colors that don't flatter certain eye colors....blue doesn't necessarily have to be used by people who have blue eyes. The secret is to find the shade that goes well with your eye color and skin.

Anywaysss back to this easy easy eye look! :)

The first thing is to choose your favorite purple shadow and apply it on your eyelid. I chose a dark purple because I still wanted to have strong color even after blending it out.

The purple I used is from  the urban decay dangerous palette. You can obviously use any purple color you have in your makeup collection.

The next step was using a pink color to blend out the purple. So I grabbed a blending brush with a cute pink color and applied it on the upper part of the purple. This is very easy all you need to do is place the brush on the edge of the purple color and with a wind shield wiper motion (from side to side) you blend out the purple with the pink to avoid any harsh lines and create that nice color transition.

This is the pink color I used. This is from the BH cosmetics  tropical color palette. Again, this is just to give you an idea of the colors I used....you don't need to be using the same exact products!

This is the result after blending. As always I used a white or off white color on the brow bone and some of the purple we used in the beginning to line my under eye area.

Now for those of you who are not afraid of going the extra mile! I used some glitter and spread it on the eyelid and used fake lashes!

I used the purple glitter in this NYX palette. Loose glitter will also do the trick ;)

Ohhhh and I almost forgot to tell you! Never forget to put some shimmer on you tear duct as it will make a lot of difference! It will open up your eyes and make the whole look better!

These are the other brushes and products I used! An eyeliner and mascara and a blending brush and a flat brush!

So girls...I hope you enjoyed this look. If you would like to see a particular look let us know and we will do our best to re create this!

See you soon :)

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Chocolate Heaven

I'm sorry for those of you that are not eating sweets at this time of year. But for those who can

You will need


175grams margarine (room temp)
3 eggs (room temp)
175 grams caster sugar
175 grams self raising flour
50 grams Cocoa Powder
1 tablespoon Baking Powder
1/2 tablespoon Vanilla extract


1 Large jar of NUTELLA yammi yammi

Preheat oven 180 degrees




In a bowl mix the margarine and the caster sugar once the sugar is all blended in the margarine , add the eggs one at a time and continue beating by hand (if by mixer about 5 mins )


Sift the flour. Mix half the flour into the mixture. When it is well combined , fold the other half of the flour with the cocoa powder and baking powder and add to the mixture too. Stir in vanilla extract.


Butter the base of the baking tray and cut a piece of baking sheet for the base.


I use this baking tray

Put the mixture in the baking tray.

Bake the chocolate cake for about 30 to 40 mins or until a scewer inserted in the  middle cames out clean

When ready let it cool for an hour. Then slice it horizontally as a below pic.

In a saucepan heat some water and put the jar of Nutella in it. When it starts to melt just spread on the cake :). Don't cheat stop licking the spoon :). I added whipped cream on top of the nutella (but it's optional). If you decide to use it just follow the method on the packet.

If you are going to use the cream spread it now. And just put the other part on top of the one spread with nutella and cream(optional).

Last step grab what's let in the nutella jar and pour it on top of the cake and with the help of a scraper scrape the nutella all around the cake.

You will end up with this CAKE.

Put in fridge for about 30 to 45 mins and get it out 20 mins before serving to get room temperature.

Enjoy !!

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Rainbow Cupcakes

Hi Ladies hope everything is well. I'm stuck at home because my husband had a puncture this morning and took my car :(. So i decided to have some fun in the kitchen :)

Here is the recipe of the Rainbow cupcakes you will make 6 cupcakes in all with the following ingredients. I use a Silicone mold and they are deep that's why just manage to bake only 6, but if you have a normal muffin tray, you might be able to bake even 10 or 12

125 grams Caster Sugar
125 grams unsalted butter ( stork)
2 eggs
125 grams Self raising Flour
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Essence
3 Tablespoons of whole milk
Food coloring Red,Blue,Green,Yellow


Start with preheating the oven at 220 Degrees .

If you have the muffin tray, It's better if you grease it. Mine is Silicone so i don't need to.

Mix the butter and the caster sugar together until the sugar is all gone, a fork will do the job. Beat the eggs in one at a time adding a little flour in each time until the ingredients are mixed. Add the vanilla essence and mix. Then  add the milk 1 tablespoon at a time mixing after each tablespoon.

You will get this.

Now divide the mixture into 6 bowls add coloring as below and mix so that the mixture in the bowls will become colorful.

In Bowl 1 - add half a cap of red coloring
In Bowl 2 - add half a cap of red and half a cap of yellow
In Bowl 3 - add half a cap of yellow
In Bowl 4 - add half a cap of green
In Bowl 5 - add half a cap of blue
In Bowl 5 - add half a cap of blue and half a cap of red

Divide the purple mixture in the tray and repeat with the other colors. Till you get something similar to this.

Bake for 10 to 15  mins and you should end up with something like this 

 The bottom part is not burned (like my husband thought) it's cause it's the Purple color.

Ladies hope you had fun as much as I

 did baking these Cupcakes :)

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Autumn leaves eye makeup look!

Hello Girls!!!

So if you have been following our blog lately you know that we recently got some stuff from BHcosmetics. One of these items was the 88 tropical colors matte palette, which was my favorite purchase.

I immediately knew I wanted to try something with orange, so after scanning the palette I choose 3 colors and this is the end result! Keep on reading to see the products I used and how I did it!  

First of all these are the products and brushes I used. Apologies for the dirty brushes but the picture was taken after the look was all done! Apart from the brushes I used the Urban Decay primer potion which is an eye shadow base which will let the colors of your eye shadows pop more and last longer. I also used NYX jumbo pencil in milk, ELF's brown liquid eyeliner, a Revlon black eye kohl, Nee's brightflash which I already spoke about in a previous post and Bourjois' volumizer mascara.





These are the colors I choose from the palette. The first color is a beautiful orange which I chose as a blending color. The second color contains some shimmer and decided that it would be the color to go on my lid just to add some sparkle to the whole look. The third color is a brown which I decided to put on the outer corner of my eye to create some definition and in my opinion make the look more wearable! I'm not the type to go out with an orange lid!

So the first step is applying some eye shadow base so as to ensure the best results and longer lasting eye makeup. Then I put some NYX jumbo pencil on my eyelid and blended away with my finger. The reason for this is that some pale colors will show up more on a white base. With a normal eye shadow brush I put color number 2 over my eyelid.

Then I grabbed some of color number 1 with a blending brush and put it on my upper eyelid and blended with color number 2. The last step is to grab a pencil brush and apply color number 3 on the outer corner of my eye. Blend blend blend until there are no harsh lines and the end result should look something like this.

I also put a highlight on my brow bone and filled in my eyebrows because I like a strong looking brow especially when I put on eye shadow.

Finally I put on some black eyeliner and mascara and you're good to go. 

For those of you who like to go the extra step....you can add lashes! I chose to line my eye with liquid liner in order to conceal the fake eyelashes.


I used Nee's brightflash to conceal my under eye circles because they're not so charming!

This is not a difficult look but the secret is to keep on experimenting and trying. As you might have guessed I am not a professional make up artist...but I just love make up and like experimenting.


Some of the steps I took are optional and the products to recreate this look can obviously be from different brands. 


This look reminds me of Autumn so I am calling it Autumn leaves eye makeup look!


Hope you liked it girls!


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See you soon :) 
xx

Non fried Doughnuts

Well they are not as good as the fried ones and once done they look more like soft biscuits rather then doughnuts ,but they are good & also they are fun to do with your kids :)

I bought a measuring jug that has measures for flour sugar ect in CUPS it's really good cause u wont need a scale every time :)

You will need :
1 Egg
1/2 Cup Caster Sugar
2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
1/2 cup Whole Milk
50 grams Melted butter
2 cups Plain Flour
2 teaspoons Baking Powder
Some Icing sugar
100's & 1000's
and Food Coloring

Method:

In a bowl break the egg, add the caster sugar, add the vanilla extract and the melted butter. Whisk all the ingredients you have int the bowl, until every thing is combined together.

Add the milk and baking powder to the mixture and sift the flour too. Now start to mix everything together again with the whisk and then continue with a wooden spoon, Cover it with stretch and seal and put in the fridge for 30 mins.

Preheat oven at 200 Degrees.

Now that the 30 mins passed put some flour on table get the dough from the fridge and work it in some flour, Just open it with your hands don't use a rolling pin & don't make it thin it needs to be thick. Now start cutting the shapes if you don't have a star shape you can use a small glass and an apple corer to do the whole in the middle :).

Cook them for 15 to  20 mins you should get this

Now the fun will start. Put some icing sugar in a small bowl add a little boiling water the some food coloring :)...Mix well.

Dip you shapes in the Colored icing sugar and dip them again in the 100's & 1000's :) and put them to dry and serve :)


I did 3 different colors and this is what i got :)

Well this is the non fat version of these doughnuts/ biscuits but if you want to fry them be my guest. I'm sure they would come much much better but with more calories :)

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Unconditional love

Rule number 1 : If you work long hours don't even think of getting a dog.
Rule number 2 : If you are not ready to wipe and collect his dirt from all over your house. Don't get a dog.
Rule number 3 : If you are not committed to your dog 100% Don't get a dog.

Have you ever heard of unconditional LOVE? It's very rare to get & I only received it from my dog. No matter what my mood is, he's always there for me and if I shout at him for doing something stupid, he will come running back with lots of love for me.

Few months ago I felt alone at home and came out with a great idea. I went to ask my husband "Can we get a dog ?", First things he said to me where , are you ready to clean after him to walk him every day?. Obviously I said YES. To cut the long story short we got TINY, our Alaskan Malamute.

This is Tiny when he was few months old. He wasn't with us yet ,we got him when he was 9 months old. Why did we get him at this age?. Simply cause we saw him and fell in LOVE.

The day before we went to get him home we went to the Pet shop and got all the stuff we thought a dog would need. Mind you even tough we got him at 9 months he was still a puppy don't be fooled by the size, he will still act as a puppy till the age of 18 months.

This is TINY I know I know hes not that tiny but that's his name :)

A lot of people when they see me walking him, either cross the road or you can see them pull back, But I can promise you if you don't do any harm to me he won't bite. I mean I'm sure a poodle is more dangerous then he is.

I'm sure that sometimes I can see him smile at me :). I'm sure he's happy with us. But unfortunately not all the dogs are this happy, A lot of the are out there in the streets, some of them cause their owners can't cope with them anymore they just kick them out in the streets in the cold.

I'm sorry to say that here in Malta we don't have responsible breeders. Once you bought a dog from them it's your job to take care of him and it's only fair. But if something happens and you can't keep the dog, they won't take him back. They are ok if you throw him in the middle of the street cause its just business for them !!

Worst case scenario:

Lets say I bought a dog and when I got him home my kids where allergic to him, I couldn't know that before but now that I know I can't keep it. I can only take him to the sanctuary or throw him in the street. Why? cause the breeder won't take him back cause that's business for him. PS: Im not asking for money back.

Don't buy, ADOPT you are asking yourself why on earth I didn't adopt instead of buying. It wasn't my choice it was my husband's. If you adopt all they ask for is food and love and you will receive sooooooo much in return.

List of Sanctuary where you can adopt 

http://www.noahsarkmalta.com/ Noah's Ark

http://islandsanctuary.com.mt/ Island Sanctuary

 http://www.aaamalta.com/ AAA Malta

http://www.tomasinasanctuary.org/?page_id=2 Tomasina Sanctuary

One more thing lately where ever I look all  I see are  Alaskan Malamute and Huskies like it's a trend to own one. Both breeds are very very hard headed , very powerful and very loving. But if you can't cope with 3 weeks of living in fur land . Don't buy these breeds.

Woof Woof Tiny sends his love to you all Ladies xx

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