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  • Hotspots, The Netherlands, Trips and Travels

    Pumpkin farm Onderdijk

    The last three years Shannon (a.k.a. Sniffy) and I have been looking for the perfect pumpkin patch in the Netherlands for the ultimate fall feelings, to do a photoshoot and buy pumpkins.…

  • Recipes, Desserts & Baked Goods

    Simple Pumpkin Spice rolls with honey glazed pecans

    Okay, so I’m the kind of person who can’t wait for fall to start. I’ve been thinking about autumnal recipes since last heatwave. Now that it was finally starting to cool down…

  • Travel Reports, Trips and Travels, United States

    Texas: 3 days in Austin

    We left San Antonio in the evening, to drive to our Airstream AirBnB. It’s been a dream of mine to stay in one. It was such a cool experience. We dumped our…

  • Dinner, Recipes

    Asparagus with tofu scramble

    It’s the season of what we named ‘white gold’ in The Netherlands, asparagus season! And I couldn’t wait to try and make it in a traditional way, but vegan. It turned out…

  • Travel Reports, Trips and Travels, United States

    Texas A day in San Antonio

    After 3 days in Houston, we got into our Mustang and drove to San Antonio. We only had the day, because we had an AirBnB in Austin for that evening. So we…

  • Cocktails, Recipes

    The Amarula Dream Cocktail

    When I received a bottle of Amarula, I couldn’t wait to try it. It was Tuesday morning, so I had to wait a bit, lol. On Friday afternoon it was finally time,…

  • Travel Reports, Trips and Travels, United States

    Texas: Houston

    On tuesday, April 9th 2019, Wouter and I went to Houston, Texas with KLM, we spontaneously booked our tickets during the KLM World Deal Weeks, so we had a good deal! We…

  • Dainty Geek, Bookish

    Books read in 2019

    Like every year I keep track of the books I read during the year on my Goodreads account. This is the list of books I’ve read over the last year! My reading…

  • Cocktails, Recipes

    Bubbly Limoncello Cocktail

    Last weekend I was in Naples, Italy with a friend and every day we drank a homemade limoncello as a dessert. Limoncello is delicious to drink by itself, but it’s also really…

  • Our home & interior, Reviews

    Review: Geurwolkje aroma diffuser

    A while ago I got an email if I wanted to test out an aroma diffuser from Geurwolkje. Before I got that e-mail, I was already researching different kind of diffusers and…

  • Travel Reports, Trips and Travels, United States

    California: Sequoia National Park

    The last destination of our RV trip, Sequoia National Park, a national park in the southern part of the Sierra Nevada in California. The park is notable for its giant sequoia trees,…

  • Travel Reports, Trips and Travels, United States

    California – Yosemite National Park

    We’ve seen so much different landscapes so far! From huge cities, to small towns, the Grand Canyon and the beautiful red hoodoos in Bryce Canyon. We went from Lake Tahoe to Yosemite…

  • Travel Reports, Trips and Travels, United States

    California – South Lake Tahoe

    From Bryce Canyon we had a full day of driving through the middle of nowhere ahead of us. After driving for 8 hours we finally arrived in Fallon, where we spent the…

  • Lunch, Breakfast, Recipes, Sauces & Dips

    The easiest vegan creamy herb cheese ever

    Sometimes it doesn’t have to be that hard to make something delicious. There are plenty of recipes to make vegan ‘cheeses’ from scratch, but sometimes you just don’t have to time or…

  • Travel Reports, Trips and Travels, United States

    Utah: Bryce Canyon

    After driving from our campground at Grand Canyon to a new campground near Bryce Canyon, we took a trolley to the canyon itself. We’ve spent the afternoon walking along the rim of…

  • Recipes, Desserts & Baked Goods

    Pumpkin cake with frosting

    This has been my go to cake for the last couple of birthdays. It’s delicious, perfect for this time of year and easy to make. It’s totally not healthy, but for special…

  • Dainty Geek

    Lego Harry Potter – The Great Hall

    I was eying the latest Lego Harry Potter sets for sooo long. I finally got myself my first set, The Great Hall. Now I want everything else of course. I just wanted…

  • Travel Reports, Trips and Travels, United States

    Arizona: Grand Canyon

    After we said goodbye to Sionna and Aidan in Las Vegas, we packed up the RV and went on a trip to the Grand Canyon, we arrived at our campground near Grand…

  • Dinner, Lunch

    Vegan ‘chicken’ and tzatziki wraps

    Since eating more and more vegan, I like to experiment with veganizing some of our favorites. That’s why I decided to make these wraps. They’re super tasty, perfect for easy Sunday evening…

  • Bookish

    Books Read in 2018

    Like every year I keep track on the books I read during the year on my Goodreads account. This is the list of books I’ve read over the last year! My reading…

  • Travel Reports, Trips and Travels, United States

    Nevada: Las Vegas

    Na onze korte stop bij de Hoover Dam reden we door naar onze campground: Oasis Las Vegas Resort. Vanuit daar namen we meteen een Uber om Las Vegas te verkennen. Voor mij…

  • Breakfast, Recipes

    Recipe: Pumpkin Spice overnight oats

    I love overnight oats on a busy morning and I love everything pumpkin, especially in fall. So this recipe is perfect for my autumnal cravings! It’s also perfect to make with left…

  • Travel Reports, Trips and Travels, United States

    Nevada: Hooverdam

    The start of our RV trip! We started our trip in San Diego and we planned to camp at an RV park in Las Vegas, on our way there we stopped at…

  • Hotspots, The Netherlands, Trips and Travels

    Day trip: Artis Amsterdam Zoo

    Last summer my parents took us all with them for a trip to Artis Royal Zoo of Amsterdam. Zoey never went to a zoo before, so she was super excited and pointed…

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Hoi, ik ben Mandy en ik woon samen met mijn vriend Wouter, dochter Zoey en Franse Bulldog Pip in Zaandam. Ik heb een heleboel hobby's waarvan veel op mijn blog terecht komt. Zoals koken (maar vooral eten), reizen, lezen, tekenen en schilderen.

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Books I’ve read

Mandy's bookshelf: read

The Cinnamon Bun Bookstore
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The Cinnamon Bun Bookstore
by Laurie Gilmore
tagged: 2024
Drop Dead
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Drop Dead
by Lily Chu
tagged: 2024
Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice
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Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice
by Katie Cicatelli-Kuc
I think I would’ve liked it more when I was younger, but it’s cute and cosy. And now I want to open up a coffee shop myself.
tagged: 2024
The Honey Witch
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The Honey Witch
by Sydney J. Shields
tagged: 2024
When the Crow's Away
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When the Crow's Away
by Auralee Wallace
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