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Monday Inspiration

Monday Inspiration

This week I love - 16/11/2015

Here are my favourite reads for this week:

This article on blogging Beyond the Recipes: Your Responsibilities as a Health Blogger

Good article on how to learn to go solo You don’t always work well in a team

This recipes: Simple Tomato and Mushroom Pasta Moroccan Carrot Salad with Millet Salted caramel tarte tartin

Monday Inspiration

Monday Inspiration

This week I love - 25/10/15

Adele is back!!! New single Hello

And so does Daniel Craig!!! I can not wait to see  Spectre movie

Keep walking How to improve your health by walking

This article on social media What happened when I quit Facebook

This recipes: Roasted Aubergine with Fennel and Pomegranate Slaw  Grain-Free Waffles with Spiced Apples and Caramel Sauce

Have a great weekend!!!!

This week I love - 23/08/2015

After a significant break "This week I love" series is back. So what has caught my attention this week?

Great article about introversion So Apparently There Are 4 Kinds of Introversion

This adorable video of baby sloth Edward from London Zoo

 

2 great exhibitions in London:  Travel Photographer of the Year Exhibition 2015 and Audrey Hepburn: Portraits of an Icon - Exhibition

This recipes: Corn and courgette cakes, Mango, Cucumber and Hazelnut Salad and 5 Minute Avocado Cilantro Dressing

I hope my selection will keep you inspired. Have a great week!!!

 

Pasta with chorizo, red pepper and spinach

 

Ingredients:

250g pasta

200g chorizo, cubed

400g tinned tomatoes

1 red pepper, sliced

200g washed spinach

2 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped

1/2 tsp. chilli powder

salt and pepper for seasoning

 

Method:

Cook pasta in a saucepan as per instructions.

Meanwhile, place cubed chorizo in a large pan and fry for about 5 minutes until nice and crispy. Add garlick and cook for another minute or so. Stir in sliced red pepper and cook until soft. Then add the tomatoes and about a half of teaspoon of chilli powder (or more) and add more seasoning if needed. You can also add 150 ml water if needed and cook for further 5 minutes or until the sauce becomes thick.

When pasta is ready, drain and leave on a side.

Add spinach to the tomato mixture and cook for 5 minutes. Stir in your drained pasta into the sauce. Serve into bowls with a sprinkle or parmesan or a cheese of your choice.

 

It's been a while.....

.... one year and two months if I am more precise. 

What has happened? Have I forgotten about my blog? Why such a long break?

Life happened.....basically, my life took over.

I started a new job in September and continued in my psychology degree studies, took some time to myself and rediscovered my forgotten dreams and passions.

Even through I wasn't posting and actively updating my blog, I still followed and read my favourite blogs. And of course I discovered and felt in love with Pinterest where I am actively pinning - please feel free to come and have a look.

With a long break and new beginnings I have decided to start over and changing my blog's name after my favourite month in the year to "The September Diaries". 

So here is to new beginnings and rediscovered passions!!!!

 

Mayfield Lavender Farm

I’ve heard about this place from a good friend of mine. So last week on Tuesday, I decided to have a day out from London and I visited this gorgeous place in Surrey. Located in near Banstead which is only 15 minutes drive from London, this organic farm is easily accessible and free for public. I absolutely love this place.  Once you enter the farm, you will see beautiful lavender fields. It is so breath-taking and I can guarantee that you will be literally blown away.

You can then wander through the lavender field, relax, enjoy the view and take lots of photos.  This place will literally unleash your inner creativity. I felt really inspired by its beauty. You will meet lots of other photographers and couples posing in the fields. You will see lots of Japanese tourists and bloggers jumping around and creating some fashion photo-shoots. It was really funny to watch : )

There is a massive tree with benches underneath where you can sit down and admire the fields. A perfect place for a picnic.

 

There is a little gift shop on the side where you can buy some plants, lavender bouquets, lavender oils and cosmetics. They really have a good choice of items.

 

 

Next by the gift shop, there is a small tea shop where you can try lavender infused tea or lemonade. Both very tasty. Also, because I have a sweet tooth, I’ve tried a vanilla fairy cake with lavender. Also really nice.