The Goodway

Hello my beautiful friends,

I'm back! How's everyone doing? I hope all of you have been absolutely splendid over the last couple of weeks! I know I haven't been quite active on here nor on my social medias, but I have been, and still am pretty preoccupied with my A-levels. Well, that's why I wanted to write this post today, to basically have a little chat with all of you. So just grab yourself a cuppa, get comfy and keep on reading!

As I just mentioned above I am in the middle of doing my A-levels, though the written ones are finished since Wednesday and now I need to prepare for my oral ones. In case you are wondering what I'm talking about, the education system in Austria is quite a bit different to the one in the UK, if you have any questions on that just leave them in the comments down below and I will be sure to answer them! Anyways, It's been a heck of a stressful time and I am super glad that it's over for now!

Still I can't believe that soon, and by soon I mean in like three weeks, school will be over for good. Like what?! That is crazy! And, fyi, this is not the fact that's making me stress out but more that I have absolutely no idea of where I will be in a few months. By that I simply mean that I have no damn clue on which university I will be going to, if I even will be accepted nor where I will be staying. So, as you can see, there are a lot of factors playing with my mind and my hormones (I apologise to all of my friends for being such a monster lately *chuckles*).

Wanna know what I have planned on doing in the future? Well, I am planning on studying either Behavioural Studies or Nutritional Research in *drums please* Scotland. Even though I have actually never been to Scotland before, I consider it as an option since they are very well known for their amazing universities. Besides it is way cheaper studying in Scotland than in England as an European citizen. Now you might think I've gone completely bonkers for wanting to study so far away from my home country Austria but I truly want this. I have been wanting to move to the UK for quite some time now, and I worked everything out, in my head at least, on how I'm going to do it exactly.

So that's my plan for now, of course things can change and plans never go as planned, I know that for sure, but I have set myself a goal and I want to make my dreams come true, so I need to work hard for it!

But, good news now, I am planning on travelling with a very good friend of mine in July, so I am super excited for that. We will be going to London and Brighton and maybe another country as well, I am so looking forward to finally travel again!

What are your university/college plans? Let me know so we can have a chat and maybe help each other out! Make sure to follow my blog, as I will be posting a lot more in the next few months and we don't want you to miss out on any goodies, do we? Until next time fellas!

Mary going offline xx

What's Going On - Life Changes, University Chat

Hello everybody,

and welcome back to my blog! I hope all of you are doing extremely well and that your long Easter weekend is going fantastically splendid! Mine has been quite okay, though I have been spending it mainly with studying for my A-levels. Anyway, without further ado, just grab yourself a cuppa, get comfy and let's get crackin'.

I know you might be thinking "Why would you put up a recipe for a carrot cake even though Easter has just been?", I know! But, let me tell you, Carrot cake is absolutely delicious and it's more than alright to eat it throughout the whole year and not just on one specific day. That's why I'm here today to share a recipe for the perfect gooey carrot cake which is only made of super good and healthy things.

What You'll Need:

350g Carrots

½ Lemon

75g Vegan Butter or Coconut Oil

150g Coconut Sugar

1 Tbsp Cinnamon

250g Apple Sauce (make sure you check the ingredients!)

75g Wholewheat Flour

3 Tbsp Baking Powder

200g Grated Hazelnuts

50g Chopped Pistachios

For The Icing:

2 Cups Soaked Cashews

½ tsp Vanilla Extract

3 Tbsp Maple Syrup

What You'll Need To Do:

Preheat your oven to 180° Celsius.

Wash your carrots thoroughly, peel and finely grate them until you are left with 300g of grated carrots. Wash your lemon under hot water and grate the skin off of it. Also, measure out one tablespoon of the juice of the lemons.

Cream together the coconut sugar, vegan butter and cinnamon until well combined. Add the grated carrots, applesauce, lemon juice and skin and mix together carefully.

Slowly fold in the flour, baking powder, hazelnuts and the chopped pistachios.

Pop the mixture in a lined baking tin and bake for around 50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. After that leave it to cool for 30 minutes.

In the meantime blend all of the ingredients for the icing in a high-speed blender until smooth.

Pop it in the fridge for the rest of the time.

Spread the icing on top of the cake and decorate with either some marzipan carrots or easter eggs.

And there you have it, an amazingly delicious, healthy and pretty carrot cake.

That's going to be it for today, I do hope that you enjoyed it, if you did then please make sure to leave me a comment and to share this post on your social medias! I would love you to send me your recreation photos via Twitter or Instagram as well!

Mary going offline xx

Carrot Cake

One Bowl Meals For A Day

Hello everybody,

and welcome to a brand new post of mine! I hope all of you are doing absolutely fantastically well and that your week has been nothing but good! My week's been terribly exhausting but I'm alive, and that's what counts, am I right? Well, without much rambling grab yourself a cuppa, get comfy and keep on reading!

In Winter we all love the deeper colours like burgundy, a dark rich blue or a deep forest green. Whatever your colour scheme was in Winter, you will most likely want to ditch these colours in Spring and opt for brighter and happier colours. In order for you to get an idea of how to wear the most popular colours with the new trends for this Spring '17 season, I will share my colour palette with you!

I was very kindly asked to come up with my Spring colour palette and to create some looks for both female and male by a very lovely lady from Bonobos. Bonobos is an American clothing shop for men which sell amazingly stylish clothes at very reasonable prices!

PINK

Pink is THE colour for this season! Everywhere you look you see pink. Pink shoes, pink bags, pink trousers, pink tee's and so on and on. This is definitely one to check out, as I think it's just such a pretty colour and you can choose from muted tones to a very hot pink, meaning that there's one for everyone! Whether you are a woman or a man I personally think that anyone can rock it! I LOVE a nice light pink plaid shirt on a man!

KHAKI

If you haven't noticed yet, military and khaki is a massive thing at the moment! And I have a feeling that it's not leaving us anytime soon, but is going to stick around until Summer. Khaki is the perfect way of incorporating some colour into your outfits without going all out there, so absolutely splendid for all the basic peops out there!

FLORAL

Floral prints are on everything and they look absolutely amazing! They add a girly touch or vibe to everything you put on. So if you lust after a piece of clothing which makes you look cute and embraces your feminism then this is the way to go! Obviously, you can get your hands on some Hawaiian print shirts for the boys out there, they look super cool and effortless!

EMBROIDERY

Stickers, badges - embroidered goodness? Yes, please! They come in a variety of shapes, patterns and colours, so everyone is guaranteed to find the perfect pair of jeans with some embroidery stitched onto it! Or a skirt maybe? Or are you more the staple shoe kinda gurl?

RED

I don't know what it is with red but it just makes every outfit look so much more put together, more expensive and just in general, way better! But in all honesty, you don't have to wear a bright red dress or a pair of red culottes for that matter. You can add a simple pop of colour with some small bits and bobs, like a nice small body-cross bag or if you don't want to add it with fashion pieces then try to go for a red lipstick or some accessories!

What are your Spring colours? Let me know in the comments down below! If you want to know how I would style the above-mentioned colours and trends then you can check out the widget down below, and if you would like to buy any of them then you can simply press onto them and you will be directly forwarded to the Asos website!

Now, I hope you enjoyed this weeks post, I definitely had a lot of fun creating it! If you did enjoy it, then I would love you to share this post over on your social medias and you can follow my blog so you will never miss a post of mine!

For the men out there - Bonobos Website

Mary going offline xx

Colourful Spring '17

Stripes Meet Suede

Hello everybody,

how's everyone doing? I do hope only good and that your week has been nothing but fantastic! For starters, I would like to apologise for not uploading quite as regularly as I should be, but with my A-levels, just around the corner, I'm getting busier by the second. Still, I hope you will enjoy the content on my blog and without further ado, grab yourself a cuppa, get comfy and keep on reading!

I'm 100% certain that everyone has heard the word "superfood" at least once by now. We all know that these amazing seeds, powders and what not are packed with loads of nutrients and have a tonne of health benefits for your body and mind. I am here today to talk about one superfood in particular (probably my fave too): Matcha Green Tea Powder.

Matcha powder is just simply ground green tea leaves. It has been a tradition in Japan for centuries now, and monks like to drink matcha tea especially before meditating due to its high amount of caffeine. But what differs regular caffeine from coffee to caffeine from matcha is the effect. Whilst with coffee the caffeine is being activated by coming in contact with our body's gastric acid and is therefore being released instantly. Whereas with matcha the caffeine is firstly transferred into the bowels and then being released there, which makes the whole process longer than with coffee but you feel more awake for way longer with matcha.

Along with it amping up your concentration level, Matcha has an antibacterial and antioxidant effect. It prevents tooth decay, bad breath, speeds up weight loss, boosts your immune systems as well as your metabolism and so on and on. Matcha really is miracle powder!

Source: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=matcha+tea&biw=1366&bih=662&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi23piE-a3SAhUBIMAKHSSjC90Q_AUIBygC#imgrc=roBSDf470ZPSJM: - but edited

In addition, matcha can reduce your stress gauge and even help with depression! Now, this is for my student colleagues out there, Matcha can scientifically proven, help you focus and concentrate for longer and better due to it being rich in L-Theanine, a rare amino acid which helps to put your body in a relaxed state, to focus whilst remaining completely calm. L-Theanine is found in nearly every single tea, though matcha contains up to five times more than any regular green or black tea.

Matcha is also a great natural way of detoxifying your body. Chlorophyll being the main ingredient in matcha which helps to get rid of heavy and chemical metals as wells as any other bad toxins flowing around your body. Chlorophyll is the element which gives all green plants their vibrant green colour.

Source: my own

Overall it is to say that matcha is one of the most powerful superfoods out there and the Japanese definitely know what is good. So I suggest you better include a Matcha Green Tea Latte into your weekly if not daily routine and make it a habit, I LOVE Matcha Green Tea Latte's and I possibly drink them around 4 times a week!

Now that's going to be it for today's rather informative post, which I really enjoyed writing for you guys! Let me know if you would like me to write a post about something else that would interest you, I totally would do it again! If you liked it then please don't forget to follow my blog and to share this post over on your social media's, it would mean the world to me! Until next time!

In case you want to read even more about matcha: Matcha Source Website

Mary going offline xx