Healthy food diary: weekly meals/ Дневник: здравословно хранене през седмицата

Dreamer's weekly healthy food diary

Здравейте!
Зимата тук е много дъждовна, ветровита, чаена и медена. а при вас?

За закуска всяка сутрин има:

• огромна чаша чай, кафе или топъл шоколад, а по-рядко и ароматно кафе (зависи колко рано сутрин е...)

• заедно с купа мюсли или плодове, (тази седмица нямаше смудита и разни зелени сокове)
  
  Hello!
  The winter here is pretty rainy, windy and tastes like teas and honey, how does your winter taste like?
  
  My daily breakfast consists of:
• a giant cup of tea, hot chocolate or coffee (depending on how early it is). 
• there is also always a bowl of muesli or fresh fruit (this week I did not make any of my favorite smoothies). 

Dreamer's weekly healthy food diary

Lunch:
Monday

Egg fried rice with veggies and a cup of hot chocolate 



Обяд :
Понеделник

Пържен ориз с яйца и зеленчуци по китайски и топъл шоколад.

Lunch

(from Tuesday to Thursday)

from left to right on the photo below: 

1. Boiled rice with shrimp and roasted veggies

2. Boiled potatoes and mushrooms with raw peppers

3. Leek and potato cream soup

Dreamer's weekly healthy food diary

Обяд:

(от Вторник до Четвъртък)
от ляво на дясно на снимката:

1. Варен ориз с доматен сос, скариди и задушени зеленчуци

2. Варени картофи с гъби, пресни чушки и рулца от раци

3. Картофена крем супа с праз

Dreamer's weekly healthy food diary

For Desert
We had a delicious carrot cake with raisins and a mascarpone frosting with almonds and chocolate sprinkles (we had to battle with it for about 4 days until it was gone), that goes amazingly well with a cup of hot chocolate with whipped cream of course.

 Няколко дни подред десертът бе кекс от моркови, със стафиди и покритие от маскарпоне и бадеми, което естествено върви с чаша топъл шоколад със сметана. 

Dreamer's weekly healthy food diary

Lunch
Friday
Roasted potatoes, mushrooms and peppers with apple slices for desert and a big cup of hot chocolate.

Обяд
Петък
Картофи на фурна с гъби и чушки. Резенчета ябълка за десерт, придружени с голяма чаша топъл шоколад. 

 Excluding the excessive amounts of hot chocolate, the menu was pretty clean and healthy, containing plenty of vegetables and as little meat and sweets as possible. How healthy do you consider your weekly meals to be?

 Изключвайки големите количества топъл шоколад менюто беше предимно зеленчуково и много вкусно, ха-ха. А вашето седмично меню, доколко може да се нарече здравословно?

Weekly food diary: healthy-ish meals/ Почти здравословен хранителен дневник

 Hello lovelies!
Today's post is all about food and eating healthy-ish :) .
My breakfast this week consisted of either fruits or crunchy oatmeal with nuts and fruits inside.

Здравейте!
Честит понеделник (ден на луната)! Днес ще ви покажа седмичният ми хранителен дневник с (почти) здравословна храна.
За закуска винаги ям плодове или мюсли с ядки и плодове(понякога си правя зелени смуди сокове, но не и тази седмица). 

Moving on to lunch and dinner: potatoes, potato wedges, jacket potatoes, savoury dish with corn flower and veggies; chicken breasts with guacamole souse, and stir fry veggies were the stars on the table. 

За обяд и вечеря менюто беше предимно картофено: картофи на фурна, картофи с кашкавал, лук и зеленчуци, качамак (с чери домати и моркови за украса); печени пилешки гърди със сос гуакамоле и задушени зеленчуци. 

As for cheat snacks and sweets: I've made an apple pastry with chocolate, and oatmeal cookies; plus we ate few times cake and doughnuts outside. Now there is a lot of running and sports awaiting to be done, so that all of the extra sugar rust/calories are gone.

Колкото до десертите и хапванията между основното ядене: правих шоколадова торта с ябълки и курабии от овесени ядки. Отделно на няколко пъти бяхме навън, където не ни се разминаха няколко парчета торта и понички, които трябва да потичат за да слязат от ханша и бедрата...

Eating clean: Печени домати, гъби и моркови/ Roasted tomatoes, mushrooms and carrots

Печени домати, гъби и моркови/ Roasted tomatoes, carrots and mushrooms

Products for 2 portions:                                          Продукти за 2 порции:

• 8 tomatoes - cut them in halves;                     8 домата - нарязани на половинки.
• 4 large mushrooms/or 500 small                    4 големи гъби/ или 500 гр. малки.
• 1 garlic clove - cut in small pieces;                 1 глава чесън - нарязан на ситно.
• 8 long carrots - rinse and peel;                       8 големи моркова - измити и обелени.
• half a teaspoon of salt;                                   половин чаена лъжица сол.
• 3 spoons apple cider vinegar;                         3 с.л. ябълков отцет.
• 4 spoons olive oil;                                          4 с.л. маслиново олио.
• a teaspoon of basil.                                        1 ч.л. босилек.

Preparation:

Firstly put the cut in halves tomatoes (they should be baked for about hour and 20 mins), put over some salt, vinegar and olive oil. Then after 40 minutes put the carrots (bake them 40 mins) and lastly put the mushrooms (bake 25 mins). 10 minutes before you turn off the oven put the rest of the salt, vinegar, basil and all the garlic over all of the vegetables. 

Приготвяне:

Първо поставете нарязаните на половинки домати (пекат се около час и 20 мин), сложете щипка сол, 1 лъжица маслиново олио и отцет.  След 40 мин. прибавете морковите (пекат се около 40 мин.) и накрая гъбите (пекат се 25 мин.). 10 минути преди да изключите фурната поръсете със ситно нарязания чесън и добавете още сол, по 2 с.л. отцет и 3 с.л. олио, както и още малко босилек.

Flora original butter

Опитваме се храним и готвим по-здравословно. Следователно по-малко месо, мазнина и сладкиши. За сладкишите само съжалявам.  Понякога забравяме да се замислим как полезното може да бъде и вкусно, давайки предимство на бързата храна: аламинути и боклуци. Започнах да чета една много интересна книга, на английска диетоложка "Ти си това, което ядеш'' (рецензия скоро). Тя обещава да промени лошите хранителните навици и даде насоки за по-здравословен начин на живот.
Ала промяната идва с желание и усилия, вдигнете ръка/вежда, ако ви мързи и сте скептично настроени.

Тази рецепта е много лесна и вкусна, надявам се да ви хареса. 

Рецепта за Пухкави палачинки / Fluffy pancakes recipe

В тaзи рецепта за палачинки има 2 тайни съставки за пухкава наслада. Пропорциите са 1:1.
Продукти:
1 чаша брашно, 1 чаша прясно мляко, 1 яйце, щипка сол, щипка сода, 1 с. л. захар, 1 с. л. олио, 1 с. л. ябълков отцет. 

Порция:- за 3 големи палачинки
За по-голямо количество палачинки: 2 чаши брашно, 2 ч. прясно мляко, 2 яйца, щипка сол, щипка сода, 2 с. л. захар,1 с.л.олио, 4 с. л. газирана вода/лимонада. 
По желание готовите палачинки могат да се поръсят с канела/пудра захар.


For wonderful fluffy pancakes you need 2 secret ingredients: one of them is a table spoon of Apple Cider vinegar and the 2nd one is 4 table spoons of a fizzy drink:lemonade or sparkling water. The proportion is 1:1.

Ingredients: 1 cup of all purpose flour, 1 cup of milk, 1 egg, a pinch of salt, a pinch of soda, 1 table spoon of sugar, and a table spoon of Apple Cider vinegar.

Portion: 3 large pancakes

Ingredients for a double portion 6-8 pancakes depending on how thick you like them: 2 cups of flour, 2 cups of milk, 2 eggs, pinch of salt, pinch of soda, 2 table spoons of sugar, 4 table spoons of lemonade/sparkling water. Finishing touch: a sprinkle of cinnamon or icing sugar.

Chaophraya Thai Restaurant & Bar, Glasgow review/ Тайландска кухня

  Our eternal love for food and natural curiosity led us to trying some Eastern delicacies. I've always been highly recommended to try Thai food so we finally ended up in the city center's Chaophraya restaurant - in the middle of Buchanan street, just a little after Forever21. We sat in the open area as the weather outside was sunny and warm  - Scotland is an extremely lovely place in the summer. Too bad that season doesn't knock on the door for more than few days in the year ( 2013 is a lucky exception).
By reading reviews of places you get a rough idea what is the mass/common view and then decide whether to invest your time going there. I am not a fan of Negative reviews, unfortunately this one is going to be such. There are pros and cons listed to be fair and honest. It was a bit of delight and a bit of a disappointment.

The Menu

Pros: 

• Nice selection of different kinds of food: Rice and Noodle section; Meat section; Salads and soups and vegetarian options as well.
• Delicious - absolutely wonderful - spicy, however not burning your mouth. 

Cons:

• Taking into account its central location - on the High Street - less than 5 minutes from George Square, the price range was reasonable. Around £10 for appetizers and around £15 for a main course meal.  
• However if it was not in the city center the prices would not fit what you get. The main meal would not feed you if you are really hungry (as in the case was as much as the appetizer). 

Customer Service:

Pros:

Very friendly and positive - always polite and smiling. Overall very helpful. 

Cons:

EXTREMELY unorganized. Firstly we had to wait more than 15 minutes after sitting to be offered a menu, after asking for one in the beginning (it was not extremely busy at that point). There were 3 different waiters serving us, ending up with ordering a coke to all three of them which came 20 minutes after we've asked the 1st waiter ( my glass of Mekong came on time - just about 5-10 mins after the order). The meals came without any delays served by another 4th waiter and were lovely.

Mekong - alcoholic drink: whiskey from Thailand

Customer service is a vital thing for me, it can put me off even from the best places: shops/ restaurants; no matter if the quality of the food is good, if you are mistreated in a way (as in our case forgotten for few times by different waiters) then that place does not deserve your attention. 

Mekong - alcoholic drink: whiskey from Thailand

Grade for customer service 1 out of 5, because the staff were polite. Nonetheless our orders came with extreme delays. It might be due to a training process, tiredness, the heat...but it happened few times, which I do not consider as good excuses. 

Fried Prawns: with cherry tomatoes and cucumbers

If you'd like to try Thai food I would strongly recommend it...but not especially in that restaurant.

Fried Prawns: with cherry tomatoes and cucumbers

Beauty from the nature: oil and vinegar/ Красота от природата: олио и отцет

Hello!/ Привет! :))

The big dilemma now - to put it on your face, or on your plate? Големият въпрос - козметиката става ли за ядене?!

Being an absolute beauty addict and curious to try new things I have decided to apply more natural products into my daily routine. Realizing the sad truth that all the posh* and glamorous shampoos and conditioners would be not just an unnecessary splurge, but a loss of trust in the brand - when it comes to serious issues with the hair. I was not surprised when I came across million blogposts, articles and videos about how to get rid of the unpleasant dandruff (you can read more about what causes it here)  - the cure is apple cider vinegar! However the great ideas are simple, yet so hard to think of in the 1st place.
The hair mask treatment is simple - pour the vinegar on your scalp and put on a cap, while you sleep with it. In the morning rinse off and apply shampoo, there is no smell remaining after, however it might cause a little bit of discomfort if you are sensitive to scents (it was 1,5-2 out of a 5 point scale for me). I saw big difference after the 1st procedure and continued doing it 2 times weekly for a month. After 7 procedures I have about 50 ml left. An apple cider vinegar from your local store might be a lot cheaper version, which will work just as well.

Omega 3-6-9 oil and Apple balsam vinegar from Vomfass in Buchanan Galleries

Много исках да изпробвам нещо ново и направо от природата. При една от разходките ми из малък местен шопинг център попаднах на най-интересното място в мола - отворен щанд за отцет и олио от цял свят. Внася се от Германия www.vomfass.com  e сайта и има продукти от Мароко, Италия, Гърция и тн. Ах, красота! Никога не съм предполагала, че съществуват толкова различни видове отцет и олио. Опитах около 8 от тях и обслужването беше на невероятно ниво - продавач-консултантът знаеше подходящите продукти както за готвене, така и за козметични цели.
Ябълковият отцет е идеален против пърхот. Нанася се върху скалпа, след това се поставя кърпа или найлонова шапка и се спи (8 часа, ако разполагате с лукса). Миризмата не е натрапчива (поне на този, който купих) 100 мл. за около 15 лв. Което като се сравни с милион безполезни шампоани е разумна цена. Нормалният ябълков отцет от магазина би имал същото действие.

С маслиново олио гримът/дори водоустойчивият, се премахва идеално. Овлажнява кожата оставяйки я мека. Антибактериален измиващ препарат за чинии + маслиново олио - блаженство за четките за грим. Тук е обяснено как става.
Хмм не обичам да се шляя дълго и безцелно сама по магазините. Интересно е за около час, два (освен, ако нямате нещо определено, което търсите), после ви се вие свят и стяга сърцето. Хиляди хубави неща, които са ви излишни или пък не-чак-толкова-спешно необходими, НО които искате и ви е криво, че няма как да трупате още един чифт бански за когато станете минус 1 размер...ах!
Бъдете авантюристи* и опитвайте нови неща...дори само за да се убедите, че нямате нужда от промяна :))

Olive oil can be used as a makeup remover. It breaks your makeup/even waterproof magically and also conditions the skin.  Also along with antibacterial dish washing gel (50/50) you can wash your makeup brushes - they need to be desinfected and conditioned! Here is a video by Michelle Phan explaining how and why. I have tried it today and I hope my brushes had an amazing spa treatment ha-ha.
I am keen on trying Marroccan oil which is good for the hair. And the average price for a bottle is around 30 pounds, however if you buy it from http://www.vomfassuk.com/ it is few times cheaper. Around 10 pounds for 100 ml. (and you pay for a glass bottle separately).

Omega 3-6-9 oil and Apple balsam vinegar from Vomfass in Buchanan Galleries, Glasgow

One day few weeks ago I was wondering about one shopping center, which happens rarely, because after few hours walking around nameless shops you feel dizzy and miserable. It's often full of eye candy, which is predominantly for window shopping, part of the reasons being - you do not need to own many things which you do not need. Anyway - that is NOT the philosophy of a shop-a-holic!

Omega 3-6-9 oil and Apple balsam vinegar from Vomfass in Buchanan Galleries, Glasgow

I found the best place to explore tastes from all over the world - a stall with oils and vinegar, usually used for cooking. The staff were extremely nice and helpful - wonderful customer service. There are products from Greece, Italy and Germany - the last one is actually the supplier for Scotland. I have tried around 8 different types of vinegar and oil and ah there are so many amazing tastes which can make a big difference to your dish!
For cooking purposes the products might seem a bit prissy - depending on your food budget, however for my dark cosmetic plots they were just perfect - 13,80 for 2 100 ml bottles. 

If you want to try something new - go for it, explore the wonderful world of tastes and try to change something in your routine - change is good...even if you are testing it just to make sure you are better off without it.