WIAT: #1

I've decided instead of doing what I ate Wednesday's, I'll do what i ate TODAY's :D Apart from i ate this yesterday....

YUMYUMYUM - for breakfast I had Dorset Cereals gingerbread porridge (my favouuurite <3) with soya milk, and half a banana (i just gobbled up the other half) I'm not sure about putting fruit ON my gingerbread porridge... I love fruit with breakfast, but with a flavoured porridge I think it's better on the side... ANYWHO.

My mum and i went to get our haircut, and then we went to Uncle's to "Pop 'round" - came home at like half two, i was so hungry, so i munched up an apple ^_^

 Lunch was soso good - we thawed out some leek and potato soup dad had made (he'd gone crazy with the quantities, again, so we have loads of frozen soup now) and to the side, had a honey and sunflower seeded roll from Budgens which was a tad strange because it was white bread, which I'm not really used to anymore, and it was sort of sweet... But it was quite nice.

 We bought these beautiful plums so I just had to eat two!

 I decided to finally do my homework, and to help me think I thought to drink chocolate soya milk - but i got a bit sick of the sweetness, though the chocolate milk is super yummy, so I only drank half...

 But then made myself a chai tea!

 I really wasn't very hungry, and I know you shouldn't eat when you don't really feel like it blah blah blah but mum had bought THESE from Dorset Cereals - they tasted JUST LIKE A BROWNIE! It was incredible! I do usually eat a snack around 4ish to keep my blood sugar levels up, and this was PERFECT! Dorset Cereals bars are my favourite; I like 9bar, but i feel they're a little too sweet for me so I love these ones - i'm pretty sure this must be packed with antioxidants though because it's got dark chocolate and raisins in ^_^

 No, I didn't eat James and his CUUUTE doggy - but look how adorable! JAMES TO WIN THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF! WOOOOOT!

 Rubbish picture, I know - i had to take a picture of my brothers before he went for THIRDS. Mum made this pasta dish from Nigella; it was really yummy! I had seconds :)

For dessert i made my mum and I this little bowl of goodness (I also had another piece of my bread - bit of a seconds day :/) - i made cinnamon fruit and nut bread earlier, though it didn't really turn out like bread it turned out more like a BAR... But it was still yummy! So I added some soy yogurt and a plum, with a english breakfast tea on the side - it was so yummy!

So I hope you enjoyed this slightly strange food diary thing! :D

Esh

xo 

WIAW - no... What I've Been Eating (on Friday...)

Hello! I want to start doing WIAW's, but it's Friday... And i'm not very good at taking pictures of ALL my meals...
SO, instead you're getting a WIAF, with just a few pictures dotted around - next Wednesday I'll try and do a better post!

 As I came home from school, I really wasn't in the mood for a granola bar (which is my usual after-school snack to keep my sugar levels up ;D) because my sweet tooth has just RUN AWAY! So I had this, a chai tea with soya milk and alpro raspberry yogurt with a sprinkle of muesli (the yogurt was a bit sweet too though!)

 On Wednesday, it's Chinese night so dad cooked up a yummy stir fry - i ate mine before taking a picture so i took a picture of the leftovers in the wok :D

 After dinner I had a yummy chai tea latte ^_^ nom nom...

 Dorset Cereals Gingerbread porridge (HOW COOL AHH SO YUMMY NOMMM) and a chai tea!

 This is what I had for breakfast today - gingerbread porridge with an apple cut on top!

Yesterday I had a yummy salad and a piece of bread for lunch - mum and dad weren't too happy though, they said it wasn't enough for lunch but it was yummy! Excuse the terrible pictures, these two were taken on my mac...

 We went to Costa after school yesterday and I got a YUMMY gingerbread latte with soy milk! SO FESTIVE!

Hope you enjoyed this rubbish-y what i've been eating post!

Esh
xo

Beanie Blogs #15: Gingerbread Porridge, Failed Pumpkin Seeds and My Day!

Hello my little pumpkin seeds!

I'm trying to edit a tea vlog at the moment (well, not LITERALLY at the moment as that would take four eyes, two computers and four hands. That would be creepy.) but - well, I edited (most) of it, and then iMove decided to go cray-cray and turn off so it deleted everything eeehh D:
I also have history homework to do. Oh dear.

SOOOO, how are you all today?
I woke up at 7:22, and got dressed suuuper quickly, then got some BREAKFAST.
*runs to kitchen to turn pumpkin seeds* (i'll explain that in a min
For breakkie today I had GINGERBREAD PORRIDGE - AAAAAAHHASDFGHJKLHOWAMAZINGISTHATGINGERBREADINAPORRIDGEITSLIKEAUTUMNANDWINTERSANDEVERYTHINGLOVELYINABOWLOFPORRIDGE!!!
It's from Dorset Cereals and it is sososo yummy! It has little chunks of gingerbread (well, not like cut up gingerbread, but little chunks of gingery stuff that just BURSTS full of Christmas flavour) in and it so is SOOSOSOSO warming and scrummy >,< ^_^

Then, my mum and I dropped my  brother off at sixth form, and went into town to go to the library (where i did a bit of my history homework, read a bit, and went on about three million food blogs <3), then at 12-ish, we walked to my school. I went in, had English (which was good, i love my teacher for English she's so nice :D), ate my packed lunch that dad made me heheh, had French (BLURGH.) and then HOOOME!

I munched on a 9Bar and drank a hot cup of fire chai whilst blogging/vlogging/youtubing/tumblring (the usual stuff).

SO YEAH.
BASICALLY, my mum and I tried out a Lorraine Pascal recipe for PUMPKIN MUFFINS (THAT'S RIGHT WE BOUGHT A PUMPKIN IN WAITROSE AAHHHHHHH I PRACTIALLY SCREAMED, AND I GAVE THE PUMPKIN A KISS - i think some old ladies were a bit scared of me after i kissed it...) but they turned out pooey eh D: But I scooped the pumpkin seeds out, and i'm just roasting them (with a bit of oil, salt and cinnamon) now ^_^

It is SO cold. I love it!

*next day*
I didn't finish my post yesterday. Sigh and tutut, I know. But basically;
1. Pumpkin seeds didn't turn out right
2. I made falafel burners with pitta. Bread and salad for dinner last night
3. I want to start doing WIAW's.
4. It is raining SOSO hard I love t!

Okay, byeeee!

Esh
Xo

How to make a Fire Chai Tea!

HELLOOOO! Today, I will be teaching you on how to make a chai tea latte (or a Fire Chai... it has a ring to it.)
I think i PREFER this one to Starbucks :O

This is the drink that I'm starting to have in the evenings, but it's lovely any time of the day ecspecially as it is NOW OFFICIALLY AUTUMN (since yesterday! WOOOT WOOOT WOOOT!)!
It's so warming, not only because it's actually WARM but the spices are just so laaavely!

Ingredients:

• 2/3 of your mug (not cup, just choose a mug and fill it 2/3 up) of milk (normal, soy, almond, etc)
• 1/3 water
• a chai tea bag
• Sweetener to taste (i used one tsp of agave syrup - so good!!!)
• A generous pinch of cinnamon
• optional: FROTHY MILK!

Okay, what you do is; put the milk and water in a saucepan, put the chai tea bag in and let heat up for about 2 minutes (I just sort of put it in, waited until it was getting hot and then put the rest of the ingredients in), then put in the cinnamon and sweetener and give it a really good stir, to get all the flavour from the teabag and to dissolve the sweetener and cinnamon. Then, once hot, pour into a mug and ENJOY!

OR, froth some milk up, put it on top, sprinkle with cinnamon and THEN enjoy!

Esh

xo

Beanie Blogs #14: Cookies, OFFICIAL START TO AUUUTUMN WOOT WOOT and School-y Things!

HEGGYOOO!

I'm watching back MORE Vlogmas videos ^_^ teheh :D
I LOOOVE watching back old videos, I don't know why, it's just so nostalgic and festive and eeeeee <3

I made cookies earlier - ANOTHER recipe! I have been trying to find perfect vegan cookies, but it's hard! BUT, these ones are sosososossososososososoSOSOSOSOSOSO yummy! They're pretty thin, but really chewy and sweet and yumyumyumyum (i've had two and a half.)
They went a tad wrong though. Okay, when I was trying out my first VEGAN cookie recipe (not mine, i mean i was trying out someone elses' ;)) i put them into little cookie dough balls, put them on the tray, put them (put them put them put them) in the oven, and they didn't move. They stayed stupid little un-cookie like shapes! So this time (using a rather wet batter, i think i put too much milk in) I made them into cookie shapes then put them in the oven. Big mistake. It formed one thin giant cookie, so I had to cut them up myself so they're all odd different shapes, BUT THEY TASTE GOOD!
Note to self: Next time, make them into cookie dough balls (OOOH OR MAYBE I'LL MAKE THEM IN A MUFFIN TRAY THING! They'll all be the same size that way!)!
But yay for yummy cookies!

IT'S AUTUMN TOMORROW, GUYS.
OFFICIALLY.
AUTUMN. OFFICIALLY. TOMORROW.
HOLY FALLING LEAVES.
YYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHYYYEEEEEEEEEAAAAAEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *jumps up into air*

And it's really cold ^_^ Though, at school we have to go outside at break time and after lunch and i don't think I'm aloud to wear MY coat. The school sells blazers but 1) blazers aren't very warming and 2) they're flipping expensive and I don't want mum to buy me a poshly cut piece of thin fabric.
But maybe i'll be able to sneak about wearing my fox gloves without getting caught >:D

Today at school was preeetty good - in English we all read for about 3/4 of the lesson, and then we talked about reading - but reading's fun so it's all good! (we pretty much did the same in the English lesson later on too) Then drama was okay; we were doing "status" which I've done quite a few times with my lovely old drama group (who i miss :( sniffle), but y'know, oh well.

I'm going to this girls birthday party tomorrow :O I'm slightly nervous... I did make the cookies for her party, but they're not very pretty heheh so I'm gonna make some cinnamon cupcakes or just some plain fairy cakes - with eggs in, but the chickens come from next door and they're happy hens so it's all good!

Bedumbedumbedum.... How's your life my little leaves?

Okay, I'm going to go: watch some more old youtube videos, have a bath, then eat dinner!
Toodle pip!

Esh
xo

Easy Basil Pesto Sauce!

My family and I were really disappointed when we found out that shop bought pesto pretty much ALWAYS has Parmesan in (which has got rennet in, a product derived from a cows insides). This pesto recipe I LOVE, it tastes so... Real. If you've had shop bought all your life this may taste different but as I love garlic and basil (super foods!) I love this recipe :)

I'm afraid I don't have a picture, but it's a slightly pale green colour, though it gets darker as it heats with the pasta :) its just so yummy!
this is quite a loose recipe, as it does depend on taste. Add more or less garlic, basil, lemon juice, etc it really depends on how you like it! But the recipe down below is how I make it
Ingredients:

• A large handful of basil (also, this only served four lunch sized portions, and it was quite pesto-y so this may make enough for more but you may have to stretch it a little bit)
• Three cloves of garlic
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1/4 cup of lemon juice
• 1/2 cup of olive oil
• A large handful of walnuts

So, to make just out everything in a food processor, test it and adjust to taste then stir in with hot pasta, put broccoli and tomato on the side and that's it! So easy and yummmmy!

Esh

xo

Beanie Blogs #13: Pesto, Biking and Healthy Eating

Heyyoooooooooooo!

This evening I made PESTO woot! It was so nommy, recipe will be up next time I make it! (I forgot to take pictures)
I also made granola bars, but I made it in a tin that was too big so it's all a bit crumbly but I've eaten three dumbly parts and they're really nommy so YAY!

Today my mum, brother and I drove to town as always, my brother got a bus to the centre for sixth form and mum and I cycled in! It was really hard work even though the road is flat and it's not that far out, but I think it's because my bike is WAY too small for me do it's really uncomfortable... But it's good that I'm biking again, need to use hose leg muscles!
Tonorrow's my "full day" at school... That always scares me, I don't know why, but it does :D I think it's because I'm there from 8:45 to 3:50 and... Gosh I don't know but it's my only full day out of te week so yeah.

RIGHT. Let's get serious. SRS. SRSBSNSS.
EATING.
That's right; FOOD.
I LOOOVE cooking and baking as you know and in my past time I read food blogs and just read hundreds of recipes, but recently as I got into "health and nutrition" shizz, I started calorie counting.
Not good.
I didn't want to lose weight, but I got worried about how many calories I was consuming??? My mum and dad got really worried about me because (and side note: theycan be over dramatic) they thought I was becoming an anorexic. Which is completely not true because I would never dream of such a thing! But I've stopped calorie counting now. I eat sweet treats! And I don't follow a low carb or low fat diet, I just eat YUMMY, HEALTHY FOOD. That doesn't mean I just eat salad. I'm not the healthiest person in the planet, but I make sure I don't eat processed junky food, and then I know I'm doing fine! Okay this is what I've eaten today:
Breakfast: a bowl of muesli with soya milk
Snack: a banana and soy chai
Lunch: four mini pittas, cucumber sticks, celery sticks, red pepper sticks and homeade humous (SO GOOD. I'd rather et that than a giant burger, wouldn't you? Homeade yummyness)
Snack: a piece of wholemeal toast with strawberry jam
Dinner: a bowl of pasta with homeade pesto with Brocolli and tomatoes, then a couple of chunks of granola bar
This was a slightly random topic, but if youre in a rut of "healthy eating" I'm here to help ^_^

The confused dot con adverts are very... Disturbing.

Okay gonna pop off now! Nunight!