The German Christmas Dish "Bratäpfel" (Baked Apples)

First of all, here is what you'll need:
4 Apples
1 tbsp Sugar
1 tbsp Vanilla Sugar
1 tbsp Butter
0.5 ts Cinamon
50g Nuts
50g Dried Fruits
1 ts Honey
Vanilla sauce

Okay. The first thing you will need to do is preheat the oven to 180°C.
Now, remove the core of the apple. Feel free to cut it out quite generously as this is the hole you will later be filling with your other ingredients.

 

 

I have that handy device which is meant just for carving apples, however this can be done using a knife too (even though that is definitely more complicated!) 

The next step is to prepare the nut and fruit mixture to fill the apples. This is done by dumping all the ingredients (except for the vanilla sauce into a bowl).

Melt the butter into the mixture and make sure all the ingredients are blended together well.

The next step is to fill the four apples with the fruit-nut mixture.

I added an extra bit of honey on top of it all. Before it all goes into the oven for 20 minutes at 180°C.

 And once those 20 minutes are over you add a little vanilla sauce and you're done!

Enjoy!

 

My Tumblr Addiction

I loove tumblr so much! Recently I just got an email from tumblr telling me I've been using it for a whole year now! And I actually think it's quite crazy that it's been a whole year because I don't think there has been a single day that whole year where I haven't posted anything. Okay maybe that is an exaggeration. (And I have been cheating because I always have a queue set up that post 4-5 posts every day, but I basically check my tumblr every day.)

Here is a peek at what my blog looks like...

beesandrainbows.tumblr.com

Yup, that's what it looks like. I think my blog doesn't entirely reflect me because it is extremely girly and overly perfect. But I only reblog pictures I love! It is basically all stuff I find desireable and when I reblog anything with text it is usually something that I can definitely relate to!

There is definitely a theme running through it though and I feel like my tumblr is my bucket list in some way and the pictures show things I am interested in, would love to try or experience or just like to share. So yea, I think I am going to go check my dashboard now...

My "Hello" from Louisville

Hiii!

I know it’s already towards the end of the first chapter of my gap year but I am going on to experience loads in the future which I will be able to share here when I get there.

I am currently in the USA living in Louisville, Kentucky. It’s crazy to believe I have been here for 2 whole months! I mean I have been working which is keeping me busy even though it's really not the most exciting thing ever (office work).

So... Louisville is a beautiful city! The sky is somehow always blue!! And I live downtown so I live really close to the Ohio River and Waterfront Park which are just really nice places to enjoy the weather. Okay I feel like this is all really cheesy but that is actually how I feel about the city. It's perfect for hanging out or going for jogs. I think they teach yoga there too sometimes because I see big groups of people stretching and stuff on the grass at Waterfront Park. I think from these pictures you might be able to see why I like it so much. I can’t find the pictures from when I first got here in September but these are the pictures I took today… the trees are starting to change color.

Doesn't it just look perfect?! (You better agree with me...) Well that's it for now. xx