What I ate Wednesday #2

Breakfast 09.30

For breakfast this week I've been trying to get in one portion of fruit. Fruit as energy that you need in the morning it ticks of one healthy thing of the day! Today's breakfast was some bulgarian yoghurt, with 1 whole banana chopped up into little pieces. The yoghurt by itself is quite flavourless, so on top I sprinkled some cinnamon and drizzled some honey to add flavour. The mix of banana, honey and cinnamon is very delicious! This lasted me until lunch time, before I got hungry.

 Lunch 13.00

By the middle of the day I get very hungry, but seeing as I was in an exam at lunch time I had to wait a little longer. Also, by midday I crave something sweet so I usually have something healthy and a little treat. At the moment I've been loving bagels so it isn't a surprise that that's what I ate. I had one whole bagel sliced in half, one half had low fat cream cheese with sliced avocado, one quarter with a little butter and jam, and the last quarter with a little butter and chocolate sprinkles. Bagels are very filling so this keep me going for a long time. 

Dinner 19.00

For dinner we had pasta planned but realised we didn't have pasta sauce so we improvised! We boiled some fresh tagliatelle pasta, and added it to a wok. In the wok we cooked tofu, fresh cut up tomatoes and tikka masala curry sauce! Strangely it worked very well, it was just a little odd eating pasta which would usually be rice! On the side we had some salad leaves. 

Outfit Of The Day • Here comes the Sun

Hey everyone! Spring is finally here, the sun is shining and I can smell summer is on its way. When I woke up I looked out the window and saw the sun was very bright and the sky was blue, so I took a look at the weather forecast and to my delight it read 13 degrees! Now that may not sound like a lot, however our winter over here has been very long and has never peeked 5 degrees. It was time I took advantage of this moment and wore something other than thick boots on my feet. I went for some spiked white flat from Topshop. As it's still not that warm, I wore some jeggings from New Look and a jumper with lots of holes. This was very beneficial because when the sun shined, I could feel the heat on my arms and the refreshing breeze. I paired all of this with my eagle chain necklace also from Topshop.

I hope you enjoyed this blog and that summer is coming to you soon! xoxo

What I ate Wednesday #1

Breakfast 07.00

I was in a rush today so I went for an easy breakfast, of granola and soyamilk. The reason why I eat Dorset Cerieals is because their ingrediants are rich in fibre and food that gives you the energy you need in the morning. It keep me full for a good two hours if I'm busy and all the way until lunch if I'm having a lazy day! My favourite at the moment is the Honey Granola, the mix of honey and different nuts and seeds is abserlutely delicious! For a month now I have gone of dairy milk and swapped to soya milk because it contains less fat and nutritions like calcium and vitimins that are very healthy.

Snack 10.00

As a mid-morning snack I drank a little bottle of Kiwi, apple and Lime Innocent smoothie. I love these smoothies because they are healthy and tasty at the same time, and it contains two of my five a day. We usually don't buy the little bottles like these because they are very pricey as they are almost the same price as the large carton box! Some were on offer so we decided we could get some as they are easy to take to school.

Lunch 12.00

This is a typical lunch of mine to take to school because it's easy too make, tasty and quite healthy. I take two slices of brown bread, and if possible I go for a bagel or any whole grain product, and spread a generous amount of low fat cream cheese on. I go for low fat cream cheese because to me it taste exactly the same as the normal one and it contains less fat. For nutrition I put a layer of salmon. I love the taste of salmon and it contains healthy oils and fats your body needs. Usually I would add another layer of some salad leaves however we were out so I went without!

 

Snack 14.10

I've started to create my own flavour of yoghurt so I know exactly what i'm putting eating! At the moment for the yogurt I am using Bulgarian style yoghurt. In this particular yoghurt I made, I added a small handful of dried cranberries and some left over juice from a glass of forest fruits. This glass originally had lots of different forest berries, but the berries were finished and I didn't want to waste the fruity juice. Since I take it too school I put it in a little lunch box. 

Dinner 19.00
Hope alone I wanted to make something that was easy and yummy! You can never go wrong with pasta so I cooked some spaghetti. For topping I heated up some ready made cheese sauce and cooked some tofu. I find tofu quite tasty and it's a lot healthier than meat so I thought it was a good option.

This was my very first What I ate Wednesday and want to do them every week! I think it's interesting seeing what other bloggers are eating so I wanted to give it a go! Hope you enjoyed it xoxo

Outfit Of The Day • On The Go

Hey everyone! Just another Outfit Of The Day! At the moment I am loving my Docs so there's no surprise that I'm wearing them! I wore them with my dark blue silky leggings from Motel Rocks, and my pink ombre jumper from Topshop. I thought the bright pink made sure the look wasn't too dark. As I was going to school, I took my fairly new old school leather rucksack from Accesorize, which I thought worked well with the look! I hope you like it and please don't forget too hype the look and follow my blog, it will mean a lot! xoxo

Cooking Blog • Valentine's Day Cupcakes

Ingredients

• 325g butter (125g for batter, 200g for icing)
• 125g granulated suger
• 125g self raising flour
• 2 tabelspoons milk
• 2 eggs
• 200g Icing sugar
• Mini marshmallows (or normal marshmallows cut into halves)

Preparation Instructions 
Before you start making your cupcakes, preheat your oven to 170 degrees. Also, take a baking tin and fill each socket with a cupcake case, ready for when you need it. Make sure your butter is melted, so it's easier to stir into the batter and icing, by heating it in the microwave for 30 seconds. To make the process faster, measure all your ingredients correctly before hand so you bake with ease!

Instructions 

To begin we are going to start with the batter, so add 125g of the pre-melted butter to a large bowl. Next add the sugar a little at time. Make sure the butter and sugar and mixed together well so they look fluffy, before moving on. To follow, add the eggs one by one mixing each one in well before adding the next one. After that, add the flour little by little mixing it well using a whisk or if possible an electric mixer. Lastly, add the milk a bit at a time beating it into the batter. Once all the ingredients are together mix the batter until it's smooth and fluffy!

Once your batter is complete, it's time to get your ready organised cupcake cases. Using two spoons, fill each case a third of the way, leaving space for a marshmallow and another layer of batter. Once you have finished, place the marshmallow to the middle batter in the cupcake case. Now all the cases have marshmallows, grab your two spoons and place batter over the top of the marshmallow, so they are hidden.

Put your tray with the cupcakes into the preheated oven for twenty minutes at 170 degrees. After twenty minutes have passed, pierce a cupcake with a toothpick to see if the cupcake is fully cooked. If your toothpick comes out wet, your cupcakes still need a little time, if the toothpick comes out dry, your cupcakes are ready! Note: while your cupcakes are cooking, the marshmallows might rise so they are visible. This is normal, so there is no need to worry!

While your cupcakes are in the oven, you can make your decorative icing! To do so, first place the rest of your pre-melted butter in a bowl. Gradually, while stirring, add your powder sugar to the butter. Mixed these together until you are left with a smooth and delicious smelling icing butter!

When your cupcakes are ready, take them out of the oven with a pair off oven gloves because they will be very hot! Leave them to cool in the baking tin for a minute as they will be to hot to handle. Once they are cool enough to touch take each cupcake case and place them on a cooling rack to cool further.

Once the cupcakes are cool, you can decorate your cupcakes with the icing! You can do this in a number of different ways, one of which is taking a generous amount of icing and smoothing it onto the top of the cupcake using a spoon. If you have an icing tube however, you can make your cupcakes look very professional. When I decorated the cupcakes I made them Valentine's Day styled and added little pink and purple hearts to top of the icing for even more decoration. Decorating is personal so do whatever you think will look great!