I Feel……..Fine

 

Evening peeps.  Sorry for my absence yesterday the internet died in the whole village, the exchange was down or something! lack of internet didnt only mean lack of blogging but also lack of Xbox for Buddy, doubled with no work out yesterday = a lovely long evening! quite a treat!

Lets talk about the title first, I dont actually feel fine, more on that later but for now - have you heard of We Feel Fine if not check it out! i found it because i saw they had looked at my blog, when i did a bit of digging, turns out they hadn’t looked at my blog per say, but its a “thing” (sorry not very technological like that) that scours the internet and blogs etc for sentences that start with “I Feel” and it assesses (how crazy is that work!! waaaay too many s’s!) the mood of the population! it picked up on my from my post the other day when i was talking about how I feel so lucky just now!!  you can see the sentences and read thoughts and feelings, its lovely, and a little bit sad too coz not everyone feels great! its definately worth scoping out over a breakfast (which according to the commenters on Freya's Blog a large number of us bloggers seem to catch up on blog reading over breakfast). 

Now I’ll tell you why I didnt work out last night and i haven’t worked out again tonight.  I bought a cooked chicken in Sainsbury’s at the wknd, and unbeknown to me your supposed to eat these things on the day of purchase or at a push the day after, well i bought it on Saturday and ate it on Sunday and again on Monday, by the time i came to do Insanity last night, i had to run to the loo twice before i started, and then i kicked off and had to pause 3 times in the middle of the warm up to run to the loo, hmmm not a good start and Buddy insisted that enough was enough i was to give in! so give in i did, my tum’s still not right today, its a tad like a washing machine – so another rest day today.  Hopefully I’ll be back in the game tomorrow night, i’m just glad that it didnt make me super ill! i’d have been mega bummed out about that!

So i got my legs waxed today, you know i Got my bikini waxed for the first time last month (to test out for the wedding) and this month i tested out leg waxing, the ankles were a little painful but otherwise a walk in the park, and for £12, I just cant complain, i think i’ll now be a regular bikini and leg waxer! LOVE it! if you haven’t tried it out dont let the pain put you off, its nothing, really just like ripping a band aid off, its really quick, easy, cheap, and last for ages!

Right then without further ado – lets get to the eats from yesterday/today

Bfast yesterday, Peaches, strawbs, blackcurrants and some blueberry and apple compote for dipping

A Pumpkin and Choc Chip Muffin

Some of THAT amazing houmous, 3 mini pittas and some veg sticks

I had grand plans for a chicken and edamame veg stir fry with insanely hot sauce using some of my new ingredients i picked up at the wknd, but as my tum was poorly, i just had a small portion of stir fried veg, with soy sauce and a couple of mini pittas

Breakfast today was a nectarine, strawbs, bluebs and some compote for dipping

And a Pumpkin and choc chip muffin

 

Mid morning i had a couple of the most perfect plums i ever had, so flavourful and firm, and a little bit pretty with their speckles

Lunch today was some left over stir fried veggies, a food doctor seed and cereal pitta (love these!!) and some of THAT houmous!! AH.MAY.ZING lunch!!

Today i drove past the Fruit/butchers shop and THERE.THEY.WHERE!  I’ve been keeping an eye out for these for the past week or 2, i knew it must be time soon, he gets them in every year, their locally grown and he always has such a great selection! (its not often you’ll here me say that about shops out here in the middle of nowhere! but seriously our fruit/butchers shop and our health food shop are two of the best stocked shops i’ve ever been in!)

I drove by this morning, slowly to see if they were in and there they were (he always displays them in the window) so i swung the car round and just abandoned parked it and dived in! i picked up one of each kind they had!

I LOVE SQUASH!!

After a bit of research on line i *think* i figured out what these are (if you know differently please let me know)

from left to right: Carnival Squash, Ambercup Squash, Petty Pan, Acorn Squash and finally Jarrahdale Squash.

 

I also picked up a globe artichoke! i dropped that off at my mums and we’re having it there tomo night, theres no point in me keeping it at our house as its not really a one person meal type of thing i dont think and there no way in hell Buddy would even entertain trying this!  do you have any ideas for Artichoke?

For dinner tonight, i roasted the Acorn Squash in halves with a little paprika, garlic, salt and pepper and cooking spray, some mixed roast veg, 2 little pieces of Buddy’s pork medallions, and some steamed garden green veg.

The Acorn Squash was delicious, not like butternut squash at all, it had a more dry and powdery texture, a little less flavour, but still deliciously sweet and smooth, i’ll be eating alot of these over the winter.

 

I also made a Stew with the Carnival Squash for lunches, I’ll post the recipe tomorrow I promise, its worth the wait!

Rightio I’m off to paint my nails, i got a new colour today (i’ll show you tomo once i’ve painted ) you know me, i like to get a new colour every month :-)

Questions:

Can you tell me have I got the Squash names wrong?

Do you have any good tips/recipes to share for Squash (of any kind) and Artichoke?

Coming Up:

Eating out and the Squash Stew Recipe.

Nyt all. Much love <3 <3 <3 xx