A Proposito

I think I haven't told you yet that I'm a real foodie :) I love good food (& wine of course, which absolutely needs to go with good food). Today I had lunch with my mother, and because she couldn't walk really far (bad knee), I was searching for a good place nearby the Central Station (of Rotterdam). I love Lebkov for coffee, and I know their sandwiches are great, but it's just not that 'gezellig' (dutch word for cosy/nice/good atmosphere) for lunch. On the other side of the station there's A Proposito. It never looked very appealing to me, but I heard that it was good, and after a look on the internet I was convinced. Only good reviews! And they deserve it! We shared these two dishes:

Bruschetta with gorgonzola dulce, sundried tomate, balsamicodressing & more

Pasta with salmon, shrimps, tomato & more

It was great! I recommend this place to everyone. Prices are around €10 for antipasti en pasta and around €20 for meat and fish dishes. Our lunch was about €40 (two dishes, two glasses of wine, one cappuccino, two espresso). They're only open on weekdays (lunch & dinner).

Buon appetito!

Springspiration!

A while ago I made this Spring moodboard (for my course to become a make-up artist)!

In this moodboard you can find some main make-up trends for this Spring:
- Tangerine Tango
- Big Natural Eyebrows
- Heavy Lips
- Smokey Eyes
- Metallics
- Pastels
- Humidity Skin

Which trend do you like?

Another great photographer: Niqi Segers

I just discovered another great photograper: Niqi Segers. I just love her photo's! <3

Wanna check out more? Click here!

New work online

Yay! I put some new photos online on my website. Please check it out & like my facebook page while you're at it, I would appreciate it! Digital work this time. It's still hard for me to get satisfaction from digital photography instead of analog photography but it saves me a lot of money and I think I'm getting the hang of it.

When the weather is getting more sunny I'll start to shoot film again until the end of summer like I do every year :).

Love,
Hanke

Quiero! op Enige Echte

Sinds enkele dagen staat het grootste gedeelte van de collectie van mijn sieraden-label Quiero! op Enige Echte! De eigenaresse van Enige Echte heeft hierover ook een blog geschreven :)

Neem eens een kijkje! <3

Meri Björn Photography

Just recently I discovered an awesome young photographer from Finland! I love almost al her photo's. Hope you like it too! Look at her Facebook to see more of her photo's.

Low fat banana bread!

I discovered this banana bread via Pinterest. I tasted this bread from Manon, and it was delicious! So I decided to make it myself too, to take it to the Swan Market! (you can see it on the photo in the previous post)

I used a recipe from the Viva-forum.

125 gr whole wheat flour
125 gr oatmeal
75 gr soft brown sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
tiny bit of salt

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring
150 ml buttermilk
2 big eggs
3 big ripe bananas
I also put some walnuts and raisins in the bread.You need a pastry mold of 26 x 12 x 8 cm (volume 750 gr).

1. Start mixing the oatmeal with the buttermilk in a big bowl. Leave this soaking for about an hour.
2. In another bowl mix the other dry ingredients (whole wheat flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon). Grease the pastry mold wit a bit of olive oil. Put a little bit of oatmeal on the surface and the sides. Preheat the oven on 180°C.
3. Put the bananas with de soaked oatmeal and mash it with a fork. Then add the eggs, the nuts and the raisins.
4. Add the dry ingredients. Mix it quickly and put it in the greased mold. You should do this fast, because when you put these two together, the bread will start rising.
5. Cover the mold with aluminium foil, make sure there's enough space for the bread to rise.
6. Put the mold in the preheated oven straight away, and let it bake for 45 minutes. Take away the foil after 15 minutes.
7. The bread is ready if you prick a skewer in it which comes out clean.
8. Leave the bread to cool down for 10 minutes in the mold, then take it out to cool further down. Leave it for an hour or so, before cutting and eating it (I didn't to this ;))

Instead of a bread, you can also make muffins out of this dough. The bread is not very sweet, and not very moist. It's great for breakfast, or with a cup of tea!

Enjoy!

Swan Market

Last Sunday I was at the Swan Market with Quiero!. 

Lots of thanks to all my fans and customers, and to MacBlogster who posted about Quiero! in her blog! <3

No-bake Nutella Cookies yumyummmm!

Looking for an instant choco-shot without baking? Then this recipe is just for you! All you need is milk, sugar, cacao, nuttella, peanutbutter, milk and in the end some vanilla and oats.

Absolutely yum yum without baking!

You can find the recepy here, don't forget to check out the other yummy recipes!

Welcome!

Hooray! Yup here is our new blog! Let's start with introducing myself as well (you can read a bit about Inèz below).

My name is Hanke and I am a graphic designer living and working in Rotterdam. Besides graphic design I have a growing passion for photography and especially analog photography. I just started my shop where I sell some of my prints. I would love it of you'd take a peek at my shop :).

Besides design and photography I love things like: vintage stuff, colors, creative DIY and everything FUN!

Hope to see you around!

Love,
Hanke

NEW BLOG!

That's fast ey?! ... a new blog right after my first one! After the first post at my Quiero!-blog I got a very enthusiastic reaction from Hanke Arkenbout to start a blog together, and together of course is better than alone! Besides, four eyes see more than two ;) From now one Hanke and I will blog together at www.foureyesrotterdam.blogspot.com! And I am really happy with that!!

For new readers... I am Inèz, very busy with my own jewelry-label Quiero! (look here) and with a lot of other stuff that I want to share with you. I will post all kind of stuff I find, see, hear, DIY's... so no clear-cut content!

Hanke will probably also quickly post something on our blog, so you can all get to know her too!