Are you ready for some football?

This cold has sort of gotten the best of me so I haven't really been in the blogging mood as of late. My routine this week has consisted of doing 3 things
1.) Sleeping/Napping (Since I don't seem to be sleeping through the night very well, I'm needing daily naps and/or to lie down to "rest my eyes"
2.) Eating
3.) Going to class
4.) Studying (barely)

I can't believe I made it to all my classes this week! *pats myself on the back*. T and I got some really fantastic news on Wednesday so I think I've been drifting on that high.. Lord knows I need some sort of high since I haven't been to the gym once this week! I'm taking my own advice and not hitting the gym when I'm sick. Hopefully by next week, I'll be recovered from this cold and ready to hit the some weights. I NEED to be  recovered from this cold. It's NFL weekend this week! Weee!! *squeal*
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/8833902/NFL-Fever-hits-London-this-weekend.html

Some of my recent eats:

London Turkish Kabob shop on the corner saves us on busy/lazy nights!

I always get the grilled chicken/lamb cubes with veggies and spicy red with garlic sauce

finding extra ways to sneak in some Vit-C

I've consumed lots of soup and noodles this week (this wasn't my only bowl!!)

I have this suspicion that the reason I got so powerfully sick is I wasn't eating well AT ALL and I wasn't exercising on a regular basis. Maybe its all in my head, but... maybe not..

mas soup

cinnamon and all-spiced eggs.. I can taste food AGAIN!! ever so slightly :)

don't ask me why I have a hankering for doritos!! Chicken soup, millet bread, chips, and a glass of OJ (I had an unpictured tuna sandwich on the bus back home from school)

afternoon snack attack: I made myself some chicken wings to go w. broccoli and ranch dip. ha!!

the wings were washed in water, coated with a prepackaged chicken fry mix, seared in a skillet and finished cooking in the oven. I think next time I'll remove the skin from the chicken first!!

Well, I'm heading out soon for a trunk show party so I best get ready! I'm not much of an accessory person but I've always considered that my weak spot I want to improve. What perfect timing that my ex-pat friend invited me to a showing of Stella and Dot at her flat. I told her my sick bootay will come but now I'm thinking I won't stay the entire 2 hours... Please go away cold!!

Dinner partay

T was feeling inspired and created this amazing tasting amuse bouche- cucumber slice, Japanese spicy mayo, prawn topped with a quail egg. It was a crunchy, savory, and salty delicious bite!

fresh pesto made in a mortar and pestle.. I seriously doubted why he had to go through the trouble of making pesto by hand when it could be done so much easier with a food processor but T was quite particular about using this M&P.. maybe it's all in my head but the pesto did seem extra flavorful!

mock burrata- buffalo mozzarella cheese with smoked salmon, olive oil and homemade pesto

GF flour?! Yes puhlease! We had a menu that was mostly Gluten Free except the beers and speculoos cookies because Tarek's friend turned out to be watching her gluten intake as well. I didn't feel AS bad making T be sure not to add any gluten products.

He double fried these bad boys for extra crispiness. Bt dubs- We said it was GF, not healthy!

K.F.C. (Korean Fried Chicken) . Awesome sauce!!!

these wings turned out to be tastier than any other batch he's made. I think he finally perfected the recipe!

 

I seriously could eat a bajilion of these.. whatever a bajilion is ;)

this dover sole with shallots was super tasty but T thought it was his weakest dish. His and another person's turned out to be slightly spoiled? or at least didn't taste the greatest so he'll be writing a letter of complaint to Waitrose since we had just gotten the filets that morning. It was unfortunate because at least mine tasted good!

the makings of an Indian spiced Shepherd's pie.

After this dish came an unpictured but mightly tasty, tender, 7 hour cooked shoulder of lamb with a balsamic glaze. Yuuuuum!! It was so good I must have forgotten to take a picture.. I also forgot to take a picture of our guests. :( blergh. I need to be better about taking pictures of actual people instead of just the food. How sad I have to even think about doing that! Anyways, our dinner party was a success! It was so nice to have good company, food, and drinks all around. Even Sonoma got in on some of the action- she loves party guests!

Breakfast then its time for the gym.. I'm debating on what to do today. I'm t-i-r-e-d but thinking back and chest since my legs are quite sore still!

duck sauce egg scramble