Happy WIAW chaps and chapesses. My photos aren't fantastic this week I apologise, I've been a wee bit busy the last few days. This week's selection of eats is from Monday.
Breakfast was a standard bowl of oats, which I had with unsweetened almond milk, banana, pumpkin seeds and honey.
As February's WIAW them is Love your Veggies Month, I thought I'd talk a little bit about my favourite ways of eating them this week.
One of my favourite ways of eating veg is salads - crunchy and crisp leaves and veggies, yummy!
On Monday I had a turkey salad with greens, carrots and green peppers. I love peppers, they are my favourite veg. I find them incredibly versatile in salads, soups, stews, chillis, pasta dishes, you name it I can probably find a way of putting peppers in them. Stuffed peppers are absolutely Delicious with rice or cous cous, lots of herbs and spices and some beans.
Another way I love eating veggies is making soups with them. I had a vegetable soup as part of my lunch on Monday, although this was not a homemade one.
I love soups and salads as a combo. I try not to eat too much bread, as it bloats me, and there is the odd occasion where I dunk a slice in a bowl of soup, but to keep me satisfied at meals, I've been eating soups and salads.
Afternoon snackage was a hazelnut yogurt. I usually eat no added sugar natural or Greek yogurts, but when I was doing my weekly shop I fancied some flavoured ones. I was looking at the labels of a lot of them and they were full of refined sugars or artificial sweeteners. I came across the Longley Farm range which are sweetened with unrefined cane sugar.
It was gorgeous, slightly sour creamy natural yogurt with a bite from the hazlenuts.
Stirfries are another way I love getting in my five a day. They're quick, easy and are a great way of using leftover veggies. I had a chicken and cashew stirfry with rice noodles.
In the evening I munched on a bag of the delicious smooth and rich Beyond Dark chocolate drops while I was picking the winners of my giveaway. But I forgot to take a pic. This is what they look like...
Happy Hump Day!
Those dark chocolate chips looks so good! Can't find proper dark 70% up chips here anywhere...jealous! :)
ReplyDeleteI love Longley farm yogurts, and their cottage cheese is amazing!
ReplyDeleteYou have made some yummy meals - I think the Beyond Dark chocolate drops wouldn't last long with me1
ReplyDeleteThat salad looks so colorful and fresh!
ReplyDeleteThe hazelnut yoghurt sounds yummy!
ReplyDeletePeppers are one of my favorite veggetables to snack on too!
ReplyDeleteOh wow, that Hazelnut sounds like an interesting yogurt flavor!
ReplyDeleteThe dark chocolate looks so good, my fave! Nice hazelnut yogurt too, wish I could find those here.
ReplyDeleteI love using veggies in soups too. They are so satisfying and comforting for me. I generally try to make a ginormous batch so I can eat some right away and then freeze some for later. Love the addition of cashews to your stir fry.
ReplyDeleteYour chicken and cashew stir fry looks AMAZING! Man, I just decided that's what I want for lunch. That very dish. Do you deliver?
ReplyDeleteI LOVE peppers! Sometimes, I even eat them like an apple! Lol
ReplyDeleteThat yogurt sounds so good...never seen one with hazelnut in it before. And omg, that stir fry look AMAZING girlie! Yum!