OUTFIT: Add a little colour

I just love the cashmere scarf! It is so soft and nice. It could be longer though, but it still looks great and turns a greyish outfit into a more interesting one. I like these types of black n' white or grey n' white outfits, more or less monochromes, but spiced up with some interesting accessories.

Outfit:
grey coat, off-brand,
white cardigan, thrifted (Atmosphere),
blue pants, thrifted (Atmosphere),
grey shoes, thrifted,
white satchel bag, eBay,
green scarf, thrifted,

How to cook: Couscous with salmon, peas and Parmesan cheese

What I like about couscous is that it is really quick dish. Using the electric kettle to boil water and then just five minutes ant it's done! Yay! All you have to do is prepare the mixture to go with it. This one is one of my favourites (the other one is with leaf spinach and walnuts and Parmesan). Truth is that I mixed a recipe for Italian risotto with a salmon (or a sea trout or what was it) I had in the freezer for some time and I really wanted to do something about it. The couscous served as light lunch after Christmas binging and even my fish-hating boyfriend enjoyed it (ok, I exaggerated a bit, he is not exactly fish-hater, he just doesn't like them much)...




What you need:
200 g of salmon /sea trout fillets (possibly any fish would do)
handful of peas (frozen, canned, fresh, depends on you)
three handfuls of couscous
60 g of Parmesan
1 really tiny onion or half a regular one
two spoons of oil
spoon or two of flour
water, salt, pepper, red pepper, leftover wine (optional)

What you do: As in many of my recipes chop the onion finely and throw it in the pan with preheated oil. You have like fifteen minutes before it turns brownish (you cannot turn the stove on full you know!), so prepare the fillets, use pepper, salt and red pepper (not necessarily red hot pepper) and mix these with flour and wrap the fillets in this mixture. Throw them on the pan and sear them on both sides. Now you should have brownish onions and seared fish, so ad the peas and pour some wine (one decilitre is enough, you can use water instead) and let it bubble. Meanwhile pour water in the kettle and wait till it boils. Use appropriate amount for the couscous in some bowl (it should be written on the package, it should be twice the amount of couscous) and salt, then cover it and let it prepare itself for five mins. As for the fish-peas mix, you should disassemble the fillets (it should go easy now, nice and soft), mix it with the peas and if necessary, add some more spices. When the couscous is nice and ready, add it to the pan (if the pan is not big enough, you can do the exact opposite and pour the mixture in the couscous bowl). Now add the secret ingredient - the Parmesan cheese and voila! Nice and quite healthy dish can be served!

OUTFIT: On the road

This time I didn't manage to take some picture in the morning as I'm used to, also my favourite photographer was still sleeping and I was getting up super early (5.30 a.m. is super early!) and didn't want to wake him up. Truth is that the best ones of my photos are taken by my boyfriend. Not that I don't know how to work with a tripod or a wireless remote, but I taught him well what I expect of the pictures and now it is much faster to let him do the job than doing it myself.
Anyway, these are taken in the train. I could let this one go, but I really loved the simplicity of it. Oh and I managed to get a white shirt I've been looking for (it's not this one, though I wear this a lot), I'll do a shopping update someday soon. 

Outfit: 

white shirt, Esmara, 

greyish pants, TU, 

brown oxfords, Lasocki, 

brown hat, thrifted, 

brown leather backpack, off-brand, 

golden watch, Geneva (gift)

OUTFIT: Golden lining

My favourite colours to pair up with black and grey outfit are - burgundy, white, red, blue and petrol blue. And this is my favourite hat. And the coat. I've had it for ages and the lining is really devastated. Now that I know how to work with my sewing machine (more sewing diary entries coming!), I really have to try to give the coat a new lining (because I love it and I really don't want to hunt for another one, that would fit so nicely).

Outfit:

grey coat, off-brand, 

black shirt, thrifted, 

black cardigan, New Yorker, 

blue jeans, thrifted, 

black boots, Sheego, 

black tote bag, off-brand, 

petrol hat, Vinted (Takko fashion),

golden bracelet, off-brand, 

gold-black earrings, Pepco, 

Have a nice week!

So, after some exam time (more like fun time for me, as I managed passing most of my exams in January and then had some time off) it's school again and this semester is going to be really BIG! As a third year and heading for bachelors degree we only have a month and a half instead of three of regular classes. So we are not allowed to skip any lectures, most classes aretwice as longer as they used to. I also signed up for four P.E. classes. It's Bosu, Zumba, Aerobic and Poweryoga. Had two of them already today (I've been doing yoga for some time and it makes me feel really good and stretched and relaxed) and am pretty excited for Zumba on Thursday. Anyway, for those, whose school has started today (or who had to go to work or anything else more or less annoying happened to you today) there's a cat for you! It is fascinating how cats immediately finds out you've unboxed something and provided them with a new hideout/ place to sleep. No matter that the box is not exactly the right size, they are not picky like me, I have to return the shoes I bought tomorrow, as they are too big when worn without tights, I have to go for the smaller size - but cat's don't care about size.