Showing posts with label Food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Food. Show all posts

Sunday, 25 October 2015

Autumn Sunday

Happy Sunday Lovelies!

 
I think its safe to say Autumn has officially hit us, leaves on the ground, dark mornings and tonnes of pumpkin spiced goodness.
 
I've been pretty busy since getting back to work as they made me key holder which involves plenty of late shifts, early mornings and barely any time to myself and I'm not going to lie, it's taken it's toll. I'm not sure if it's just me or a handful of us but I suffer with major anxiety and lately it's been pretty intense, so haven't been feeling very ace!
 
However, mum is always on the end of the phone and after several tearful conversations she decided to take a trip up with my uncle to make me feel better!
(Literally have the best family)
 
They came up quite early so we ended up getting Sunday lunch at The Pembroke, gorgeous pub with an even prettier beer garden!
 

 
The food was insanely good (as was the wine), we all went for the Sunday Roast, which was Beef (Chicken, turkey or pork options) with a massive homemade Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes, roasted parsnips and seasonal veggies. Was the biggest plate of food I've ever seen and I literally ate the lot, much to the surprise of both my mum and uncle haha.
 
 
Once we'd finished stuffing our faces we needed to walk (waddle) it off, I took them to Primrose Hill as it's probably one of the prettiest places in London and neither of them knew it was even there so they were pretty impressed!
 
Obligatory autumnal shoe shot..

 
We stopped off for coffee's and cakes and then they headed home. I'm so thankful they took the time to come up for the day, as busy as London is, it can be a very lonely city and as I don't have any family up here it was just nice to be able to see some familiar faces.
Can't wait to see my sister next month and hopefully my dad will pop up soon!
 
Hope you enjoyed this little blog, something a bit different, and I actually have a couple more lined up which I can't wait to get writing!
 
Love Keeks xx
 


 
 
 
 
 


Wednesday, 19 August 2015

Mid-Week Munchies!

Happy Humpday! 
Thought i'd share with you a few of my favourite meals at the moment! They're super quick, easy to prepare, delicious and gluten free!
Brekkie!

I've recently gone gluten / wheat free and so finding foods to eat at the moment is pretty tough (I haven't nearly done enough research on it all). So I popped into Waitrose the other day and went to their free from section, and found Pains Au Chocolat by Genius, they're gluten free and wheat free and still taste exactly like the real thing, plus they're only £2!

Dinner Timeeee!


Couple of my favourite dinners at the moment, one being mums classic Spaghetti Bolognese, I recently went back to Bristol for the day and of course mum likes to make sure I'm well fed before I'm off again. So this time she cooked the Bolognese with gluten free spaghetti from Asda's Free From Range, and a tomato & basil sauce from Heinz who also have a selection of gluten free products. As well as the usual mushrooms, onions & garlic!


Another of my dinner time or lunch time faves, is a little concoction of my own, I'd bought some fresh salmon pieces from Sainsbury's and couldn't decide what to do with them, so searched the fridge and raided the cupboards for inspo and decided to create a Salmon Salad. I used a bag of fresh mixed salad, chopped up half an onion, 1 pepper, some baby tomatoes & cucumber, boiled up some new baby potatoes and cooked with salmon in the oven for about 20 mins with a little oil and some garlic. I also halved a lemon and gave that a squeeze over the top, my mouth's watering just thinking about it. The whole meal took 20/30 minutes to prepare and is pretty healthy, it also looks super impressive, no?

Snacks


As much as I try not to snack, when you need a little sweet fix, my go to at the moment are the Nakd Salted Caramel Nibbles, they are literally incredible, if no one was watching I'd probably eat about 4 bags in one sitting and pretend it never happened.
If the fact that theyre salted caramel doesn't sell it to you just check out the nutritional value of these bad boys:
- ​Dairy free
- Wheat and gluten free
- Vegan friendly
- Kosher Approved
- Low in saturated fats
- Free from added sugar
- GM Free
- One of your 5 a day!
- Deliciously simple! Made with Dates (54%), Cashews (24%), Raisins (18%), Rice Flour, Salt and Natural Flavouring

(And great with a coffee)


I'm going to stop now because I've made myself really hungry, but I hope you enjoyed this little foody post! Let me know if you want actual recipes, and I'll be happy to share!
Hope you all have an ace weekend,
Love Keeks xx