Puurty in Pink

Pretty in Pink.

My feet look awfully veiny, no? They help me through my runs and all that dancing I've been doing. Poor feetsies. They really should have been pampered ages ago.

I casually sipped on some tea yesterday because I felt like I was coming down with something yet AGAIN. I awoke this morning with a really bad sore throat but I'm determined not to let it get the best of me this time.

While waiting for dinner, I snacked on some of these peanut thingamaboppers. Funny thing is, I was standing in front of Tesco's yesterday and this really nice woman started chatting to me and Sonoma. She ended up giving me these for Sonoma even though I kept telling her no. A bit weary of taking something from a stranger (maybe she thought I was a homeless kid with her dog in front of Tesco??), I made T try it first. :o) :o)  The flavor is quite interesting. You get a peanut taste at first but after a few seconds of chewing, there is a peanut butter flavor that intensifies. Innnnnnttteeeeresting....... but good!

Dinner: T was able to come home a bit early and make me dinner. I sat back and relaxed as he buzzed around the kitchen.

Kalamata olives w. feta cheese and baguette

w. a glass of Grenache. This wine tasted fabulous on its own.

T's take on burata with mozzerella and cottage cheese on a bed of homemade pesto. It was very delicious!

Goat cheese and oyster mushrooms wrapped in smoked salmon on top of a toasted baguette with truffle oil on top. Wowwowowoowwowowza. Such a great flavor combination.

Mbakbaka- pasta with lamb and middle eastern spices. It was nice to have some meat back in my life after my recent vegetarian lunches.

Dessert: Straight from Cadbury's and in MAH BELLY!!

We ate this while watching an episode of Top Chef. Did I mention how much I dig Tom Colicchio!?

Microwaved warm with toffee sauce on the bottom. Yuuum!

Breakfast this morning was a combination of the two cereals.

With some additional toppings on top.

I'm not kidding around. Neither is my husband as he made a trip to get me meds and vitamins. I'm going to be doped up on cold medicine!! :-D Kidding.. I would much rather feel 100% naturally than be loopy all day.

heh heh.

Brussel Sprouts

Dinner last night was Bigham's Breton Chicken w. a side of brussel sprouts. I'm now obsessed w. this vegetable.

They added bacon bits to the Bigham's recipe and someone wasn't happy. Of course I was because I heart bacon!!!

Dessert:

Purely entertainment reading material. I'm not looking to lose any weight but the book came with the magazine so I'll check it out.

Breakfast this morning:

I was in a cereal mood today aka just pour and eat.

Added in some dark chocolate chips, raisins, goji berries, and almonds for some extra filler.

 

The gym is back to its regulars and the rush of the New Year resolutions have already seemed to die down. Sad.

Workout today: LEGS 3 sets of 8-10 reps

• leg curl
• leg extension
• barbell squat
• stiff legged deadlift
• leg press
• dumbell lunge
• standing calf raise
• assisted dumbbell lunge

Protein shake: Skim milk, vanilla yogurt, banana, one scoop of protein powder, one scoop of Life's Green's, splash of water, two cubes of ice, handful of frozen berries, and muesli on top.

More stirfry for lunch.

Song of the day: Elizio: Amor Amor

Nery is da man!!

I don't have any bread in the house so it's back to the same breakfast this morning. Vanilla yogurt with lots o' toppings.

• banana
• almonds
• pumpkin seeds
• goji berries
• dark chocolate chips 
• muesli

The breakfast gave me enough energy to get through 2 hours of Zumba practice this morning. It's raining and icky out in London so my somewhat laziness prevailed. At least I did some sort of exercise :o)

Lunch was trying to scrounge together whatever we had left in the fridge. It was looking pretty meager at one point.

 

Leftover Indian

I had forgotten about these vegetables in the fridge. Yippee!!

I love the crunchiness and flavor of boy choi.

I decided to make a stir fry with the leftover rice and veggies. I added some soy sauce, sesame oil, siracha, 2 eggs, onions, and bok choi.

With some plain boiled brussels sprouts. Simple, vegetarian, and quite good.

I can't stop watching this man dance. Nery Garcia is the man. Seriously. Oh yeah and she's amazing as well. Holy flipping A!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amO1sDZlrkI&feature=related

Hanna Supermarket

Farewell lunch for my mom and bro. They leave tomorrow morning and I have a quiet house once again. :)

http://www.bertorelli.co.uk/

We met T for lunch at Bertorelli on Fetter Lane.

More BREAD! Poor waitress had to cut us more bread for a second basket.

The olive oil here wasn't anything special but the breads were tasty!

Olive oil, balsamic, salt, and peppa. The perfect bread dipping combination.

Burratta Pugliese- fresh, creamy mozzerella cheese, basil, and tomato with a drizzle of olive oil. 

Simple, clean, delicious.

Calamari with tartar sauce to dip. I miss dipping my calamari with marinara sauce!!

Ravioli stuffed with spinach, ricotta, parmesan, and sage butter.

Pasta ala vongole aka clams.

Seabass fillets with potatoes

My pasta stuffed with cheese, crab, and lobster with rocket leaves on top. All the food here was decent. Nothing that provided the wow factor but everything was good standard Italian food.

We found a Korean supermarket on the internet but much to our dismay, it was shut down. Major F.A.I.L! Let's hope this isn't indicative of Hanna's life.

Dinner was Indian takeout for uno.

http://www.just-eat.co.uk/restaurants-new-didar-tandoori

I meant to order the Chicken Tikka Masala but I realized when the food came that I had just mentioned Chicken Tikka on the phone and this is what I got! At least it was a bit healthier without the creamy (yummy) sauce.

Spinach and cheese mixture. I was hoping to dip my naan in the masala sauce but since I didn't order it, this proved to be a good substitute.

Pilau rice

I scarfed everything down like it was my job.

Garlic naan- this could have definitely used more garlic. It just tasted like regular bread. 

Song of the day: Carrie Underwood "Starts with Goodbye"