All Pretty Things

Lunch for dinner

The other day, my husband and I had lunch for dinner. As in this is a lunch recipe. But ever since my friend Vicky made it for me I kept craving for it, so I made it for dinner. The picture is not that good, I know, but I wanted to show it anyway. And we didn't eat those huge portions either, I think we ate half! 

I would give you the recipe (it was delicious!), but I can't. This recipe will appear in the book I am styling and my friend Vicky, the Amsterdam Foodie, wrote: Vicky Hampton's Working Lunch. I wrote about it here.

However, there is a way you could get the recipe! You just need to buy 5 or more shares of our book (it is being crowd-founded in order to get it published) and we will send it to you!

And trust me, you WANT this recipe! yum!

 

Thank you

xoxo

Lunch, like Vicky would do it

   {Vicky preparing a dressing. Photography by Trey Guinn}

You heard me talk about my friend Vicky sometimes. She is the talented Amsterdam Foodie and one of my best friends. Some months ago, she approached me with a business proposal:we would get her book, Vicky Hampton's Working Lunch published. Click on it to see a preview!

Vicky had written this book some time ago after she realized her colleagues looked at her lunches with envy while they were eating a ham/cheese sandwich. Vicky Hampton's Working Lunch is a cookbook for everyone who has a kitchen at work. It's for busy, working types who are nonetheless keen to eat healthy, simple food made from scratch.

So how do I come into the equation? I am responsible for the look of the book; photo styling, graphic design and the overall look&feel. 

Many of you are bloggers too and publishing a book has probably crossed your mind sometime. It is not an easy task, let me tell you. But we found a company to support our process: TenPages. Basically, one can place his/her manuscript on TenPages and let people buy shares (each share is 5 euro). If a book sells 2000 shares, TenPages takes the book to all big publishers and if all goes well, your book will get published! We are positive (ok, maybe really really hoping) ours will be published! It's a crowd-sourcing method, but shareholders can also make money from investing on the book.

This means YOU can also invest! If you are from the Netherlands, just follow the instructions on the web page, its fairly simple. If you are not from The Netherlands, I have some good and some bad news. You can still invest (good news) if you have a credit card, but you cannot make any money from your shares (not so good news). I am afraid the system at TenPages is not prepared for this yet. But you could see it as a donation? ;) In this case, you will also need instructions since the web page is in Dutch. But not to worry, here is Vicky's explanation on how to do it. 

{one of the yummy recipes you can find in the book excerpt on TenPages. Photography by Trey Guinn}

 

Thank you for supporting our journey into being published!

Inspiration wednesday week 39

 

//no words//one image//every wednesday//

 

{from the book 'Zoete & hartige heerlijkheden' by Gartine}

comfort food

I think the baking is more comforting for me than the actual eating, but it provided what I needed nevertheless. I used this recipe but then changed it a bit. I had only one banana, so I used cream until I had a cup of banana-cream mixture. And then I included around 1/4 cup cacao powder too...because I'm into chocolate today. What are your comfort foods?

 

{Banana Chocolate Bread a la Andrea}

inspiration wednesday week 17

//no words//one image//every wednesday//

{Queen Elizabeth's Wedding Cake, 1947}

Loving...

...Herriott Grace's Cloud Cookie cutter.

 

inspiration wednesday week 04

//no words//one image//every wednesday//

 

 

{via Primetime}

Lunch, today

A three step Wednesday

i. study

 

{Le Ballon Rouge, Albert Lamorisse}

ii. lunch

{chicken breast, rocket salad and parmesan sandwich}

iii.bake (or preparation for Christmas)

{(not so) Melting Moments, via Joy of Baking}