Hello Sun!

Last night's dinner was quick and easy. I had to scramble to eat and dash to my salsa class! Red pepper hummus with wholegrain pita bread.

Vegetable beef soup

The hubby brought back a late night snack of rice and lentils w. caramelized onions, spinach stuffed dough, and a little Lebanese meat pizza. That's the best way that I can describe it folks. It was all delicious!

This mornings take on breakfast was quite unusual but a nice way to switch it up. I'll let the pictures do the talking.

I topped this bad boy with some ground seeds (you couldn't taste it at all!) for some Omega 3, 6 action.

Fruit on the side

Lunch today:

I stopped by Itsu because I was feeling very tired after cleaning the house and I didn't really feel like putting anything together. I was pleasantly surprised by how many vegetables were in the grilled chicken rice bowl! It had a nice ginger kick to it

Frozen yogurt Cherry garcia milkshake for dessert :)

TGIF!!

Omega 3, 6, 9

Afternoon snack of oranges for a Vitamin C kick

leftovers for lunch- morrocan tagine chicken with wholewheat pasta and asparagus/kale/spinach mixture

Dinner last night was from T's cafeteria- veggie lasagna with cabbage, edamame, and spicy chicken wings he picked up on the way back from work. Mmm.. fried chicken wings.. Yuuuuuummm...

Breakfast smoothie

I got lazy this morning because we haven't been able to use our kitchen sink (we're waiting for our new dishwasher to be hooked up to the water hose) and I didn't feel like leaving ANOTHER dirty pan to be washed later so smoothie it was! I rinsed out the Vitamix in our bathroom sink. :-P Improvisation!

Lunch @ Pret A Manger

Hummus salad with beet root, roasted red pepper, seeds, beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, and chickpeas with a tortilla roll and a vinegar based dressing. It was mighty filling and delicious!

Stopped by Holland and Barrett before meeting a friend for window shopping and outside cafe chit chat :)

Rice pudding w. a heaping tablespoon of ground seeds on top.  I read in my nutrition book that it's better to eat seeds that are ground because your body finds it easier to digest. Lots of good nutritious stuff in the bag:
http://www.linwoodshealthfoods.com/productdetails/24/milled_flaxseed_sunflower_pumpkin_and_sesame_seeds_and_goji_berries.aspx

Nap time!

Pilates anyone?

GREEN SMOOTHIE-

• cup of milk
• 1/2 cup blueberries
• 1 banana
• splash of vanilla yogurt
• 2 big handfuls of spinach
• ice
• small handful of raspberries
• squeeze of agave nectar 
• Toppings: raisins, cocoa cherry bear granola 

Dinner: Mac n. Cheese with a side of sauteed spinach and kale.

Breakfast this morning: Scrambled eggs made with salt, pepper, and dill with a big heaped tablespoon of ground flaxseeds. It gave my eggs a nice nutty taste.

Yogurt bowl of low fat vanilla with blueberries, walnuts, and raisins.

I did some pilates today for the first time. It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. I tried yoga for a few days in the past and was completely bored outta my mind with it. This DVD was divided into 6, 10 minute segments which made it a lot easier to do. I combined 3 segments to do a total of 30 minutes; working on my muscular strength and flexibility. I definitely see some more pilates in my future :-)

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!!