A Grand Adventure

Lightly salted edamame for a healthy protein snack!

T made another omelette this morning filled with green peppers and shallots

On top of 1/2 a wholegrain bagel as usual

Mid morning snack of low fat vanilla yogurt with walnut pieces, blueberries, and a swirl of honey. The honey was a bit of a sweetness overkill.

Lunch was Bigham's ready meal Morroccan Tagine Chicken with wholewheat pasta and I had some sauteed kale and mushrooms on the side.

 

low fat cherry garcia yogurt cone for dessert- Yumminess!

"A grand adventure is about to begin"- Winnie the Pooh

Birfday celebrations!!

May the force be with you. tehehe. I haven't put up a Sonoma picture in a while. My baby is too cute!!

We went over to celebrate Tarek's sisters birthday and had dinner prepared by her daughter.

A delicious vegetarian curry with sweet potatoes, chickpeas, and spinach

over steamed rice. YUM!

Some bubby for him and a sparkling flavored water of blackberry and raspberry for me.

Dessert was an assortment of cupcakes from Hummingbird Bakery. There was carrot, red velvet (fav!), black bottom (cheesecake and dark chocolate), and a vanilla with chocolate frosting.

Kinda also made a chocolate tart for her mom. How sweet :)

I love how close this family is-It gives me the warm fuzzy feeling :-D

Make a wish.

Cutting the tart proved to be quite difficult but it was still delicious nonetheless.

Rocky road cupcake

This was delicious but it wasn't really a cupcake. It was a schmorgasboard of different chocolates- snickers, fruit and nut, maltesers, and marshmellows all smothered in dairy chocolate. We all took a bite and passed it around.

Breakfast this morning: Wholegrain bagel w. dairylea cheese and honey.

Today's agenda: Zumba, Finish up my Sports Conditioning assessment (last thing to do!!)

Hillsong

We went over to T's moms house and were met by a wonderful and delicious spread. Check out all this amazing food!

Breaded tilapia with rice and pinenuts and salad

I ate to my hearts content :)

Olives and pickled radish

Plate of sweets

Candied almonds- I snuck a  few. I couldn't really taste the almond but I loved the crunchiness of the candy coating.

We called it a lazy Saturday night with some episodes of Modern Family and Top Chef

My breakfast this morning of decaf coffee and crumpets. I've given up coffee because I've become to dependant on caffeine. I used to have 3 cups in the morning and a red bull or some sort of energy pick me up in the afternoon. NO GOOD! It's been tough switching to decaf but I'm actually very surprised at how much easier it is than I thought it was going to be. I did have a couple days of headaches but I'm not as lethargic and dead to the world as I would have thought. Yippee!!

I may be slightly obsessed w. crumpets now :)

We went to a Hillsong morning service today and then went out to lunch.
http://www.hillsong.co.uk/.

http://www.yalla-yalla.co.uk/

Pomegranate lemonade. Finally! A restaurant that serves something flavorful other than water. Yummy

Falafel- fried chickpea balls with a tangy yogurt based sauce.

Shifa- sort of pizza like dough with minced lamb, onion, tomato, and pomegranate molasses.

Blurry picture of schwarma hummus :( I only had my phone to take pictures!

phyllo pastry filled with spinach. The dough should have been a bit more crispier and the filling more predominant. It was sort of a mushy mess.

Mixed grill platter

It was a very delicious lunch :)

Time to celebrate another birthday dinner!!

The Lincoln Lawyer

healthy snacking of cottage cheese, dried fruits, and cashews.

Lunch was tomato basil soup with a turkey pita sandwich and roasted potatoes on the side with lots n lots of ketchup :-D

We went out to dinner last night at a cute little French restaurant. The ambience was dimly lit and romantic.
http://www.petiteauberge.co.uk/aboutus.html

We started the dinner w. some bread and butter. I know the butter was packaged but it was salty and delicious!

My grilled calamari appetizer with rocket leaves and tomatoes. Simple and very tasty!

T's fried Camembert cheese with sweet jelly

I was craving a good steak w. peppercorn sauce. The steak was very tender and flavorful. Of course the chips were crispy and amaaaazing!

T had the ribeye and roasted potatoes.

Dinner wouldn't be complete without a crepe with chocolate sauce and vanilla ice cream. The crepe was a bit too stringy and doughy but we still ate it all up :-D

After dinner we saw The Lincoln Lawyer:

Marisa Tomei, Matthew McConaughy, Ryan Phillippe, John Leguizamo, and Josh Lucas. I couldn't have asked for a better thriller with an all star cast. MMM mmm!!

Breakfast fuel this morning:

Citrus fruits=vitamin C

Shallots and mushrooms omelette on top of half a whole grain bagel.

I also tried crumpets for the first time EVER! I didn't actually realize the phrase "tea and crumpets" actually referred to an actual crumpet. I thought it just meant a biscuit or something! Crumpets are like doughier versions of an english muffin and a lot tastier. It takes on the flavor of what you put on it so we put on butter and strawberry jam. Yummy!

Afternoon agenda: some family time and relaxation. Happy Saturday!!