00:01Summertime in the Netherlands is for me the best time of the year.
00:05Waking up, opening my patio doors and letting the cool breeze come into my house.
00:12Drinking a latte while listening to the birds singing their morning songs.
00:18Enjoying the morning sun before it becomes too hot to sit in the sun.
00:25Making a green smoothie. I love it all.
00:36In my previous vlog I told you that I was busy cleaning and repairing my kitchen floor.
00:42Last week I did the living room as well. And today I end with the hallway.
00:48I'm ready for summer.
00:54Hello everyone and welcome to a new vlog.
00:59And today it is the 11th of June.
01:03And actually on the 22th of June the summertime starts for real.
01:08But today it is 30 degrees in the Netherlands and the sun is shining on my kitchen.
01:16So it is hot in here.
01:19And for me summertime always means smoothies and salads.
01:24Because I love cooking.
01:26But in this temperature it is too hot to move.
01:32So I want to stay calm.
01:36Do as least as possible.
01:40Because I don't want to stand in front of a stove and just feel the hotness the whole time.
01:48Not for me.
01:49So I am going to make a salad for lunch.
01:51You saw me already making a smoothie.
01:53And the smoothie was good.
01:55And actually my salad is always containing some ingredients.
02:00Like some basics.
02:01At first I have like a grain.
02:04Yeah I call it a grain.
02:05But for me potatoes are part of the grain.
02:09Like a carb.
02:10Just call it a carb.
02:12And this time it is a sweet potato.
02:16I was thinking about using some pasta.
02:19But then I thought no, no, no.
02:20I have my sweet potato.
02:21So I am going to use sweet potato as a carb.
02:24Then I have some greens for my salad.
02:27I use this salad.
02:29I think I use maybe half or maybe one-fourth of it.
02:36Then my salad always contains a protein source.
02:40And since I am vegan I am going to use the black beans.
02:44I think I am going to use half of it.
02:47And a salad is nothing without some veggies.
02:50So I like to do some variety of veggies.
02:55I am going to use some carrots.
02:57Cucumber.
02:58Lime for a sauce.
03:00Paprika or bell pepper.
03:03But these are grilled and already cut in pieces.
03:07And some tomatoes.
03:09And those are going to be the ingredients for my salad this time.
03:14But like I said, I just mix and match.
03:17And that is how I do my groceries nowadays.
03:20I just search for all the vegetables who are now in the discount.
03:24I put it in my basket.
03:27And I just mix and match for the salad.
03:31And I said, I am going to use a lime for my salad.
03:34But I am going to see what kind of dressing I will make.
03:40But along the way it will happen the way it happens.
03:44First I am going to put this one in the microwave.
03:48I am going to put some holes in it.
03:50And then put it in the microwave for 10 minutes.
03:53And in the meantime I am going to prep my salad.
03:56So let's make some salad.
03:58All right.
04:01Bye.
04:06Bye.
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04:54And this is my colourful salad.
04:58This is literally what I love.
05:00And maybe the Ugandans will say, where is the food?
05:03Well, this is my food.
05:05And I love it.
05:07It is just so nice.
05:10Look at all those colours.
05:12This is how I like my food.
05:13Hello, hello everyone.
05:14I'm now at my sister's place because we're just going to chill.
05:19Yeah, I don't know how to say that.
05:20It's not really a pool, but it's like, it is a children's pool.
05:24I'm going to show it.
05:25This is it.
05:26I didn't find this in Uganda, but I didn't search for it that much.
05:31But we fill the pool with water.
05:34But the water is so cold that we're going to do some cooked water in it as well.
05:39Because otherwise it's not okay to sit in there.
05:42Actually, we should fill this in the morning, leave it for some hours in the sun and then
05:47go in.
05:48But now it is really cold water, so not for me to enter.
05:52But hey, soon we will sit in the pool and then you will see us again.
05:56Okay, I'm going to try now to, I don't know if you can see it, but like to enter the
06:03small pool.
06:05But the water is really cold.
06:07Okay, we've got some zero alcohol champagne and I'm scared.
06:13Yeah.
06:13Woo!
06:15Happy new summer.
06:19Woo!
06:19Oh no!
06:22Champagne in the bath.
06:25Oh, it's actually really nice.
06:27Yeah.
06:29Well, I'm not a big fan of champagne, but I like this lifestyle.
07:05Oh, guys, I'm home again, but I wanted to show you something because I don't know if
07:11you can remember it, but I sew some strawberries.
07:14And look at this one.
07:17How beautiful is this strawberry?
07:21I think it's the only one until now.
07:24Yeah.
07:25Here are two, one growing.
07:28And there are coming some flowers.
07:30But it's going to take some time.
07:32And I don't know what's wrong with my avocado plant.
07:35I just shed it now in the shadow because I have the feeling that he can't handle the
07:41hotness.
07:42But I thought it's an avocado plant.
07:45We need hotness and sunshine, I got a strawberry.
07:50This one is for tomorrow, my breakfast.
07:53I'm going to open the window in the kitchen because I want to have some fresh air as well.
08:00And I had an amazing day at my sister's place.
08:03It was just a cozy day.
08:05We chilled in the bathtub or yeah, how you call it, the swimming pool, the pool, blown up
08:11pool.
08:11I don't know how to say this, but it was a nice day.
08:16And I think I'm going to take a quick shower, do some little work in my bed.
08:22And then sleep.
08:24I hope I can sleep.
08:25I hope my bathroom is not that hot, but we shall see.
08:29I hope you enjoyed this video.
08:31This is a little bit how summertime in the Netherlands is.
08:34So stay tuned.
08:35There will come more vlogs like this.
08:38Next week, I'm going to a festival and it's a special festival.
08:42It's called Oerrol and Oerrol is a theater festival, but that's for next week.
08:47You're going to see that next video.
08:49So stay tuned.
08:50We're Baleño for watching the videos.
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08:56Bambi.
08:58And see you next week, Muguanos.
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