True love for tomato and eggplant.

I am not sure of what I want usually, dinner has become a challenge since I have to eat healthy and balanced but there are so many things I really don't want to even look at at this moment!  Like fish, any fish!  So, today, I started thinking about what I wanted.  No meat today either please!  

Tomato.  Always tomato.  I love tomato.  And eggplant.  I could eat eggplant any time any day.  So I decided to make my own version of "ratatouille" or "pisto" or whatever you want to call it.

Onion, red bell pepper, eggplant, and lots of tomato (I cheated here, I had found a readymade Arrabiata sauce in the good supermarket, and I was saving it for a rainy day.  I usually make things from scratch, but this one looked and "sounded" soooo good).  I stirred fried on EVOO (I know, how very Rachel Ray, but really, it's a mouthful!) 1 roughly chopped onion, then added 1 roughly chopped bell pepper, then the eggplant (cut in small cubes ca. 1x1cm), after around 10 min.  I added the arrabiata sauce (spicy tomato sauce originally from Rome), a bit of water, salt and pepper to taste and some basil.  Let it cook for a while... I measure by eye but the idea is to try not to kill the veggies and to let it reduce enough that the taste is intensified.

I made a 50/50 mix of bulgur and quinoa to eat it with. To add a bit more protein besides the quinoa, I made some hummus with toasted pita chips.  All very tasty, fresh and delicious!  This I could never get tired of eating.

Tip:  Sprinkle some feta on top!  Give's it an extra little something.

I got it!

In an older post I said I really liked this summer jacket from Monki, well today I just went and got it!

 Silvi Jacket

While at it, I happened to find this super confy, roomy (specially roomy) and very welcoming winter jacket.  I didn't buy it, but my eye is on it.  I'll sleep on it... I am growing, and by winter, I will definitely need something warm with enough room for the two of us!!

Noomi Jacket

Autumn boots at Bianco.

My obsession with Oxfords is NOT going anywhere at the moment!  I found these really nice booties from the autumn collection at Bianco among some others that are not bad at all either.

Church Boot

 

Camel Boot

Lotte Boot

Me and my obsession with Oxfords!

Also found in black and white.

Found this pair at La Redoute, I think is the perfect summer-autumn Oxford but I already have enough...maybe... :)

The Boots

These booties are the ones... I don't even know how much they cost, probably A LOT (yes, just checked, and they are completely out of reach!), but I am in love with them.  Maybe I'll spot something similar at a more affordable price or maybe they'll put them on sale eventually ;)

These are Acne's "Pistol Short"

What a kitchen!

Just some interior delight I found at Emmas Design Blog.  The kitchen made me think of my sister in law Nicca, who talked about wanting green chairs in their new dining room.  I know this isn't what she meant, but green chairs: couldn't help but thinking of her (miss you!!!).  Anyways, here are the pictures, and a link to the rest of the house. As Emma defined it in her blog, the industrial/retro/country style is just very well put together.  Not too much not too little.  Definitely very Scandinavian.  Love the hints of baby blue in the cabinets, and I would have never thought of using tiles to cover a kitchen wall to wall, I would have thought it might look too much like a bathroom or a hospital, but somehow, they pulled it off.  Very cool, very cool I must say.

Crave!

There are a few Etsy items that I have been obsessing about for a few months now.  I am going to post them to see them decorating something of mine! (I am pretty sure my sister in law will like at least 2 out of the 3, so this post, is partly dedicated to her too).

The first one is Jean Pelle's candleholders

The second one (or oneS) are Rock & Salt hats

And last for now (I don't want to seem greedy) are the Neology multiple rings: