Moving day approaches

I just warmed up a sweet potato in the microwave and scarfed it down plain with my hands- no more plates left! I was hannangry!!

Who needs cups these days?!

Moving day is in 4 and most of our stuff is in boxes. GO ME!

I had a very productive French lesson today. Love it. 

Time for a real dinner..

Hello sunshine..

Trying to eat what we have in the house. I'm Chicago bound in two days and T is moving all our stuff this weekend.

Veggie burger w. avocado slices, loads of ketchup and hot sauce. Yum-O!!

Afternoon plan: More packing and second French lesson, weee wooo!

Notting Hill Festival

Before the mayhem...

Getting ready to start the afternoon!

the smell coming from this grill was amazing...

Wait.. I'm hungry..

Apparently the chicken is marinated overnight that makes it so juicy

Persian food!!

I wanted to see Samba dancers but unfortunately, I couldn't see!

She was just waving her sword around..

Aww.. I thought this guy looked so endearing.. but very out of place!

There were a ton of people dancing on the street to this dude. His voice sort of reminded me of the guy from the Prodigy.

This festival reminded me of Mardi Gras

The crowd was insane!

 FOOD!!!

Gotta have the jerk chicken

Curried goat w. rice and beans

Curried chicken and noddles w. veggies

Electrolytes!!

Coconut water. YUM!

A little machete action..

Breakfast:

Sliced mushrooms, one egg and 3 egg whites

Oh yea.....Bon appetit!

Mexicali

Mexican food no bueno!!!  Restaurant: slight resemblance to Chipotle but definitely not as good.

I'm not sure if this classifies as authentic Mexican food ya'll.

I could probably make this....

I said probably. :P

I got the taco salad without the nacho chips and I substituted it with some rice. I also asked for a little bit of sour cream (I saw their heavy hand with the sour cream ladle!)
Check out their rice. It looks like Uncle Ben's spanish rice. I miss the herb fantastic rice they use at Chipotle and even at another burrito joint here in London called Chilango. O well!

Breakfast this morning:

I ran out of my usual granola topping so I used a new product, Alpen The Swiss Recipe. Pretty good stuff. It contained raisins, hazelnuts, almonds, rolled oats and wheat flakes. I also added in some fresh raspberries, blueberries, wheat germ, cacoa nibs, and a sprinkle of my own plain almonds. I tried a new yogurt as well. Yeo Valley organic plain yogurt. It was creamy and delicious.

Yogurt tip: When buying yogurt make sure you check the label. I was surprised at how many brands have added sugars and other funky ingredients. You also want to make sure it containts live probiotic cultures (Yogurt-Superfood alert!!). When I'm in doubt, I'll stick with Fage Greek fat free yogurt.

Gym time yo!

Hi ho off to Brighton we go

I went to the gym this morning to do some miles on the treadmill. I ran for about 45 minutes. I had to watch soccer on TV. I miss working out to Sportscenter highlights!! Damn UK television.

After the gym, we headed to Brighton again.

Check out my loot!

What more could a girl ask for than a new pair of boots, French books, and a running shirt. I heart Brighton! tehehehe..

Eats on a slightly chilly day:

Advertised as the healthiest Pho (pronounced FUH) in Brighton! I could do healthy after last night.

Fresh summer spring rolls.

Beef pho- I asked for it spicy of course. I couldn't stop coughing from the spice but I didn't want to stop eating as it was VERY tasty.

Song of the day: Natasha Bedingfield's version of "The Scientist"

Last night's rendition...

Last night. Yoisho restaurant.

I prefer hot sake over cold. I enjoy sipping it.

Kimchi (a korean side dish) at a Japanese restaurant. I can deal with that.

Yakisoba-greasy but delicious!

Fried octopus topped with the sauce they provide w. pork tontkatsu

Pork cutlets

Fried chicken

I'm not sure what sauce they smothered this in but it was the best eggplant I've had in a while.

Skewers of chicken, meatball, quail egg, gizzard, heart, pork belly, and chicken wings. Not for the faint hearted. I didn't like the gizzard or the heart. Yuck.

Sashimi

Fried shitaki shrooms in soy sauce deliciousness

Green tea noodle salad. You can't see the noodles but they were such a pretty green color. So yummy and healthy!

Seafood omelette

Sidenote: this oversized meal was eaten w. a friend.

Dessert:

Chocolate brownie ice cream with a Belgian waffle. The ice cream was SOOOO good. The brownie chunks had a gritty texture, which I love and it was incredibly chocolatey! My mouth is salivating now just thinking about it!! I might have did a happy dance after I finished eating it :)

Wine in the afternoon makes me sleeeeepy!

My body combat class this morning was amaaazing as usual. My instructor is one badass chick. I can tell she has some martial arts experience because of her kicking and punching techniques. I assure you she's not just aimlessly punching in the air!

After class, I was ready for lunch. I really wanted to sit outside because the sun finally reared its pretty face. There is a quaint outdoor area with a few restaurant options near where we live called Battersea Square.

Even the sun wanted to shine on the menu!

We went to a Taste London restaurant called Rivera. Taste London is a discount card that gives you either a 50% discount off your total bill or a 2 for l on everything but alcohol.

Drinks:

The house white wine. When in the mood for something light, refreshing and on the cheap, we always order the house. I very rarely turn my nose up at a restaurant's house wines.

Carbo-licious garlic bread w. mozzerella cheese. Gooey and warm!



 

Their spin on prawn cocktail with a huge avocado (gotta eat those healthy fats)






Grilled sardine salad (Superfood alert!) I find sardines hard to eat. I understand the bones are digestible but it is not a very pleasant eating experience for me. I will have to find another way to get these healthy buggers into my diet.

Yes.. Those were only the appetizers. This girl can eat if you had any doubts! I had the vegetarian pizza.  I could only stomach two slices (2 large slices) because of all the appetizers we ordered.

His: Veal Milanese

After lunch, I made an executive decision to have a lazy Saturday afternoon (can you blame me after all that food?!) and skip the rugby match. I decided my book and bed was calling my name instead. Needless to say, the nap won over my book. Getting up early every morning takes its toll sometimes. My body was saying "SLEEEEEEEP".

Song of the day: Little Big Town "Bring it on home to me"

New reading material. Oh yes.