Before running out the door to church this morning, I managed to quickly decorate the top of my non teens birthday cake. I wanted it to be the first thing she saw when she walked in the door for her birthday lunch. I was so thrilled yesterday when a trip to the shops bagged me 3 punnets of strawberries for only $3- I knew that would make the perfect topping. It was then just a matter of trimming several strawberries, placing them in the centre of the cake, melting a row of cooking chocolate and roughly dolloping it on top, then sifting a small amount of icing sugar over it all. And here is the result...
Mmmmmm, decadent, moist devils food cake.
As I knew lunch would be quite large, as birthday lunches can be, I wanted to start with a healthy breakfast. This smoothy was simply delish...
And was made with these ingredients. I honestly prefer not to consume protein powders containing soy, but at the moment, it's all I have. Still shopping around for a substitute.
Lunch was so basic and really good: lamb meatballs with nothing but rosemary, salt and pepper. The salad: wild rocket, pear, red onion and crumbled parmesan with lemon juice, olive oil and salt/pepper seasoning. This food was accompanied with a loaf of ciabatta that had olive oil and spices to dip into. As stunning as it was simple.
This very generous slice was my non teens.
Only four slices gone and so is over half the cake! Proud to say, none went into my mouth. I enjoyed the bread and olive oil quite a lot.
My happy daughters, one being cuddled, and one birthday girl ready to enjoy her cake.
After all of that, I needed to make myself ready for the week, so as always, I want to start how I plan to finish. These contain the following from bottom to top: 1 tablespoon of oats, 1 tablespoon of natural yoghurt, a heaped teaspoon of almond meal, 3 chopped strawberries, a tablespoon of pepitas, cinnamon and a 1/4 cup of whole milk.
As yet, I haven't eaten dinner. I am trying to get into the habit of not eating unless I am actually hungry, and after a big bread feed with lunch, I'm not. Just thirsty, so i am flushing with plenty of water. If I do get hungry, I will eat something light and simple, like a salad or steamed green veg.
And now, today's eating, which I have pretty well just told you anyway...
On waking: A big, milky coffee at 7:30am
Breaky: green smoothy at 8:15am
Lunch: 2 lamb meatballs, large serve of salad, several pieces of ciabatta dipped in olive oil and spices, followed by a large coffee at 1:30
Dinner: Nothing at present
That's your lot for today. Hope you all are having a great weekend. Until tomorrow
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