Dinner with friends

Had a yummy meal after a day at the IJhallen flee market with my friends Lesley and Rowan!

Picnic

Wednesday I had a day off work and I went to Amsterdam with Jessica for a picnic at the park. We brought nice and jummy food, Jessica made banana/oatmeal cookies with walnuts and some pure chocolate (easy & healthy!). After that we went for a little bit of shopping (didn't buy anything, applause for me!)

Sunny days

Last free days before I start working again I spent mostly in the garden, cuzz we finally have some SUN ! Yesterday I started the day with a good breakfast, my favorite magazines and pierre sleeping next to me in the shadow. I could not stop looking at my watch that I received a few days ago, very happy! Had a great weekend, we barbecued, swam and I prepared rhubarb & strawberries (recipe coming up). Right now I'm going to sleep because I need to get up at 6 am for work tomorrow! pff

Darth Vader

Still alive, survived the trip to Portugal, but very busy atm. Started my summer job at the retirement home last week, the people are so sweat and thankful. Also did some extremely good sale shopping, more about that later!

Wednesday I'll have a small surgery, because I basically have a cold everyday.. My boyfriend even said I sounded like Darth Vader one night, eh thanks! It's just a small surgery but I'm nervous as hell.  I'll be at home for 1,5 week so I'll finally have time to post my holiday pictures!

Bought myself a 'gift' at asos: a white watch. I really love the pink watch as well, I think the white one is a little more 'timeless' and easier to combine with more outfits.

Watches: €19,88 ASOS

Barcelona

Barcelona was AMAZING. Beautiful architecture, nice people, delicious foods and the best weather! I have no time to write whole stories - for the ones who are interested - 'cause I'm leaving again tomorrow morning for a week to Estoril, near Lisbon. I'm making good use of the fact that I'm done with school very early this year! This time I'm going with my boyfriend. Hmmm, more sun, sea, nice food, surfing and a big city! Luckily packing my bags is easy now :)

A lot more pics will follow, both from Barcelona & Estoril

Study-food

When you're working hard, don't forget to treat yourself with nice & healthy foods! Love to have a big lunch and actually enjoy it, instead of eating my bread during lessons at school. Taking breaks helps me to concentrate better!

Happy easter

I made a nice lunch today :)

Today's garden things

Food diary: Day 5

Breakfast
Day of school: Muesli with nuts and green & white orange ginger tea.

Lunch

Homemade bread with goat cheese (great with honey, but I had to take it with me to school.. I hate to lunch at school bleh). I drink a few bottles of water during the day at school!

Snack

More apple pie ghehehe <3 This is definitely a pie-snack week!

Dinner

Chicory, (< i kinda like the name of this vegetable, had to look it up in google translate cause, obviously, I don't say this in english every day.. ), in ham and cheese with a potato.

Dessert
Mango mango mango mango!

Food diary: Day 3

I really enjoy doing this btw! My dad looks at me like I'm a crazy person when I walk around in the house to find the perfect spot to take pictures of my meal, but I'm happy with most of the results :) do you like it?

Breakfast

Muesli again + kiwi <3

Lunch 

Low fat yoghurt (forest fruit flavour) and two crackers with pesto and tomatoes. 

SnackWhite grapes & dried apricots and biscuits // green tea during the entire day.

Dinner

Bean sprouts and leek, a potato, cod fish and some carrots. (omg the fish is staring at me! :o )

Food diary: Day 2

Breakfast
Muesli again but without nuts this time and with a kiwi + green tea.

Lunch
Homemade bread with philadelphia light and a glass of soy milk.

Snack
I have no idea what this is called in english! It's got a sort of cake structure with a sweet taste and it's made of eggs. + dried apricots: very iron-rich!

Dinner

And again, a not very photogenic meal: broccoli with potato croquettes and pork meat in mushroom sauce. The potato croquettes are fried in our air fryer (tip) so we don't have to use frying oil > healthier!

Late night snack

I am watching super exciting series and I totally forget about the time. Suddenly my stomach reminds me that it's 22.30 and I slightly get feelings of hunger. I know it's not very good to eat late, but I can't resist green tea with biscuits.

My food diary

Since half a year I am am keeping up a food diary. Writing it all down definitely helps you to be more aware of how healthy you eat. I decided to take pictures of the meals I eat for a whole week and put them here. (After I shot the first day I realized that my dinners at not very photogenic)

>> Day 1

Breakfast
I always start the day with a good breakfast, I never skip it because I think it's the most important meal of the day. Helps me to wake up, gives energy and I'm pretty much always hungry when I wake up.. I eat biologic muesli with oatmeal, raisins, extra linseed and bran, a few unsalted nuts and low fat yoghurt. I drink two cups of green tea.

Lunch
At home we bake our own bread. Sometimes we add some nice herbs or nuts and raisins. It's very good with marmalade (the one in the picture is made of pineapple & pear). I also drink a glass of soy milk and I eat a kiwi for the vitamins.

Snack
In the afternoon I met up with a friend in Utrecht and we drink a cup of tea with a piece of french apple almond pie, hmmm!

Dinner
For dinner we my mom cooked tagliatelle with some spinach, italian vegetable mix and shrimps. One of my favorites!

First day of spring

Today the temperature reached 13 degrees in my village! Lucky me I got a day off school so I went outside to go running and after I took some pictures in my backyard :)