Thursday, January 21, 2010

tarrytown!


oh i m so exited!

there are BIG chances i ll spend one month 

during summer in tarrytown,language exchange 

program.  this sounds so unbelievable ,i m just 

too happy :) and got one more reason to 

RECOVER.

so know it's your turn dear readers,

tell me everything you know about tarrytown ?;)

i really can't wait for the summer ,

but it seems so far away as right now 

looking out of y window everything is 

white and snowy :/


i m really not a winterperson

well i like to "watch" the winter,wintersport,

but: it's to cold for me.

i m always freezing,even in summer,so during 

wintermonths, it's really hard,as most of the 

time we have like 23 f...which kind of paralyses 

me and makes it difficult to go outside.

winter=cold=home=missingwalks=boring=headaches....

thank you very much e.d. for making me such a

"chilblain" :(


oh but it has one positive side,

i ve plenty time to cook :


1) dinner:pastelsalad.


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(quorn.apple.avocado.quinoa.wheat(ebly).redrice.salad.cashews )


right before falling asleep,i suddenly had pictures of great meals in my head,couldn't wait to get up ;)

well as usual i was up at 4(:/)

an pretty soon i started cooking:


2)the best oatmeal i ve ever had!a day started with this ,can only become a good day :)


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banana.coco.cashew.creamcheese.choco.oats.

heaven.

(and (too) many cups of cinnamon&vanilla coffee )

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3)lunch:as i had plenty time,i decided to create my first veggiburger,as i didn't find a good recipe,i made some freestyling haha :)

but i m quiet happy about the result 

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curry.coco.redlentil.raisin.date.quorn.oat.cin.honey.burger.

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&bread"chips" (grainbread+currypeppersalt+oven+rollingpin)

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&coco.cin.guacamole

(mycurry spice mix recipe will be post 2morrow not enough time left;)

(and a nice cup of ginger&citron tea)


4) unfortunately i was still very early,so i tried an other new thing:larabar

ever since i read f-blogs i m so jealous to see people eating larabars.in my country they don't sale anything like that,and i would almost take a plain to make a trip to the u.s. just to try one of this bars haha :) 

one day i m gonna marry a multimillionaire ;) 

but until then i tried to come up with my own larabars :



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dattle.raisin.almonds.cashew.apple.cin&van.cashewbutter


first i tried to blend it all in my mixer,but he didn't survive it haha,so i just mashed it with a fork after:

-heating the raisins&dates with water in the micro.

-shredding apple ,an with paper/towel trying to get the most juice out of it (don't throw it away,this juice is absolutely delicious :) )


mixed all of it & formed a bar >fridge

and oh this was so good,like apple.cin.xmas.nut cake :)


unfortunately i m not able to tell you if it tastes like the real larabars haha :) but it tastes as i imagine lbars taste ;)


it's gonna be hard to top that tonight haha


it's so strange to read this,some weeks ago i had never even dreamed of eating like this,to be honest yesterday was the first time i had avocado since years! my main problem : fat...i m still not able to use oil,butter ...it's just so difficult for me to "waste" those calories in something that doesn't brings me much satisfaction/taste,for me the difference between oil-free or oily vegetables for instance isn't worth the calories :/

therefor i try to eat plenty nuts ,which i love,to give my body at least some fats.


but now i m off to have coffee with a friend in a very small coffeehouse in my city.it's so cosy,at the inside it looks just like a livingroom,even little cheesy , the coffee is amazing & best of all: there are only (very lovely/hot) boys working,which are always in the mood for some chitchatting :)

maybe i m gonna make a pic ,as i believe my descriptions aren't very clear ;)

i wish you all a tasty day,tomorrow is finally friday,almost weekend :)

8 comments:

  1. Your eats look fantastic! I love having lots of time to cook and be creative... and it looks like you too total advantage of that :) So creative... come cook for me? Please? :) It's great that you're letting yourself enjoy good food again... That's definitely one of the best parts of recovery.

    And I hear you on the winter... I think it's beautiful and I love the season overall, but I get really really cold too so it's hard for me to do anything...

    Have a great end of the week, hun!

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  2. hey lovie,
    ahh Tarrytown?...is that in NY...because my dad lives in a town called tarrytown :) well any ways, your eats are like works of art, so beautiful and look so delicious, that bowl of oatmeal looks and sounds soo good!...and i am going to make that granola bar, yum! :]

    have a great time with your friend at coffee...oh and thanks for the friend request on face book you are so gorgeous by the way! :)

    xx
    Eliza

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  3. I am in love with your blog love!
    Your homemade eats are beautiful! I hope they tasted as amazing as they look!
    Hope to read more from you, you are so wonderful!!
    All my love
    Amanda xx

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  4. ahh Tarrytown NY this summer omg so cool, thats like 10 min from where i live! :] we have to meet! and by the way are you from Belgium, i have a lot of family from Belgium!

    xoxox

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  5. my bus stop for camp used to be in tarry town! its a beautiful area i think :] never spent much time there but yes, another reason for recovery!!! keep up that motivation :]
    congrats on making all those fantabulous looking eats! they all look super delicious, especially the veggieburgers :]
    and good job on the avocado :] i used to be sooo scared of them but now i'm absolutely in love again, such a good tasting thing those things are! haha
    lovelovelove
    becca

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  6. Your blog is beautiful! What kind of camera do you use?

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  7. hello beautiful!
    ja ich spreche deutsch! so wonderful to meet someone from europe! yay! are you from germany? if so which part of germany?
    you have such a beautiful blog and i am so happy to read more about you in the future.
    have a beautiful friday morning to wake up to
    xoxo

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  8. you can't beat cozy coffee houses! hope you had a great time. OH and i am so jealous that your friend makes homemade bolani, wow!

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