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Sweet 'n' Salty Raw Brownie-recipe

Monday's recipe was such a simple one, so... to bring more yummy flavors into your week, here's one of my favorite recipes at the moment: a sweet and salty raw chocolate brownie. Get ready to fly through a chocolate heaven while eating this... (And because I am a total eyeballer when it comes to measuring things when I cook, this really is a stretch for me to write recipes like this... That's how much I like you guys!)

The Sweet 'n' Salty Raw Chocolate Brownie

makes one big brownie/two smaller ones

(no cooking required!)

You'll need:

Oats, about 6 tablespoons (preferably soaked)

Nuts/seeds, 2 tablespoons (soaked) / OR milled nut-mix (this is what I use, see pic above)

Sesameseeds (great calcium source btw), 1 tablespoon

Dried fruit, 1 tablespoon

Virgin coconut oil, 1 tablespoon

Lucuma, 1 tablespoon

Raw cacao powder, 1 big tablespoon

Cinnamon, according to your tastebuds
Himalayan pink salt / good sea salt, a good pinch

- Mix everything well in your blender.

- Mold into a brownie-shape. 

- Decorate with banana & some fresh apple puree. (makes it more fresh)

PS. You can also put the brownie into the fridge - gets kind of a hard consistency pretty quickly - then you can dice it into small chocolatey cubes & enjoy as a candy-like treat OR crumble it on top of your ice cream... Uh-huh yum-mee!

 Enjoy you Wednesday guys!

Great news! Now you can follow Wellabe with Bloglovin! How did I not know about this site before? Makes reading your favorite blogs way easier.

So hoping that I will get a lotta lovin to Wellabe through this new cool site! 

And then off to show you a few snapshots of my day today. It was a special one (will tell more later) so I went and did lots of fun stuff to celebrate... here you go, some moments from my day in pictures... Including a surprisingly tasty green tea-drink, visiting a museum (the shots from the children's side - in case you wonder) and eating fresh pineapple with fresh strawberries and blueberries... Now feeling very artsy and summery at the same time! That's what a bit of museum meets pineapple with berries can do to a girl! 

Yummy Monday series continues

This really ain't a tricky recipe, cause it's such a simple one. But it deserves its place as the second post on the Yummy Monday-series because it is one of my favorite summer foods by far. So here you go ladies & gentlemen: 

The Amazing Asparagus

you'll need:

asparagus

water 

good quality salt

butter

(lemon juice)

- Cook the asparagus in boiling water until al dente. (so not until mooshy!) Place the wonderful green sticks of joy onto your plate. A pinch of salt on top plus a bit of butter (and a drizzle of lemon juice if you want)... and oh brother, how can something SO simple be SO good?

Happy days with your asparaguses!

A great interview is waiting for you to read it...

I was interviewed recently by my lovely IIN-classmate Merja. She has a beautiful blog called Glowing Balance and starting from today, you can find an interview series called "Soul searching and Self-Love Sundays" from the blog - and I am proud to say I got to be the first one she interviewed! 

"I’m delighted to get these Soul Searching and Self-Love Sundays going on with a fellow Finn and IIN classmate, Viola Nygren. She is the bubbly and sparkly voice behind Wellabe, a colorful blog that brings positivity to your everyday life in forms of beauty, recipes, uplifting videos and inspiring things."

Read the whole interview here. And be sure to check out Merja's Glowing Balance-website & her site on Facebook. She is one nutrition-gal who is sure to be rockin' her thang!

PS. And don't forget to comment on the blog post below - I am waiting for the massive amounts of comments to the feedbackme-post! *insert puppy eyes and please comment-smile* Thank you! <3

feedbackme-Saturday!

FEEDBACK wanted: what kind of blog posts would you like to see more of on the Wellabe blog? Or would you like to see more videos? Or something totally different? Please tell me, I am on the mission to make the Wellabe-blog better & would love to hear your thoughts! Thank you so much! 

Palautetta kaivataan: minkälaisia postauksia lukisit tulevaisuudessa mieluiten Wellabe-blogista? Vai kaipaisitko lisää videoita blogiin - tai ehkä jotain aivan muuta? Jokainen vinkki ja ehdotus otetaan avosylin vastaan, tavoitteenani on tehdä Wellabe-blogista entistä parempi joten palaute olisi kullanarvoista! Kiitos! (ps. Vai kaipaatteko Wellabe-blogia, joka olisi kokonaan suomeksi?)

♥ Viola

So okay, I am a girl who most of the time has a happy-grin on my face and I may seem like it's all good even when all things around me are kinda - well, not great... (or let's face it, sometimes just totally messed up)

But at times I have felt that some people don't see that the way you see things and life your life really is almost entirely up to your attitude, and not the circumstances. They might think I have it easier somehow or that I am not as "deep" as a person because of my joyful-image.

Well let me tell you.. Even though I may seem all smiles - I have had my heart broken, my dreams shattered and my spirit knocked down. And not just once.

But after all these I have chosen to stand up. 

So even after the worst ever-date(s), or events that led to people leaving my life, or losing the apartment I so loved to live at... even after all that and a lot more - I really would not trade any experience or day away. Not even the über-crappy ones.

And when I think about it - I think I could be kinda lame without all the set-backs I've had... cause now I have balls to do what I want in my life, and just smile at the people who try to take me down in some way or think I am "a silly girl with unrealistic dreams", or something totally silly like that.

It's my life I have here. And you have your life. And it's in our hands to make them super-sparkly ones... (And there really is nothing stopping you - except you.)

So, shall we? 

lots of love,

Viola