Wednesday 6th May 2015

Tuesday 5th May 2015

Breakfast: The ultimate Breakfast Smoothie

Recipe-

• 1 Banana
• 1 handful of frozen summer fruit berries
• 1 handful of fresh strawberries
• 3tbs oats
• 1tbs chia seeds
• handful of spinach
• 1/2cup of almond milk

Today I mixed the smoothie up a bit and added some fresh strawberries to it and it tasted divine!



Lunch: Gluten free seeded roll, salad and a gluten free flapjack

I didn't manage to take a picture of my lunch as I was at work but I shall do another blog post on my gluten free flapjack recipe.

Although I didn't eat a lot of this as my anxiety was playing up and I was feeling pretty sick and anxious!

Snack: Pear

Dinner: Gluten free pasta in a roasted garlic and tomato sauce

Todays dinner was a quick and easy pasta dish using gluten free pasta and a lloyd grossman sauce as I had a busy day at work and wasn't really up for cooking anything fancy!

Monday 4th April 2015

Breakfast:The Ultimate Breakfast Smoothie

Recipe-

• 1 banana
• Handful of spinach
• 2 handfulls of frozen summer berries
• 1/2 cup almond milk
• 3tbs oats
• 1tbs chia seeds

Blend it all together and enjoy. This was super sweet and super yummy and filling. The added spinach helps give you all the energy you need to start your day off right.



Lunch: Ciabatta, salad and salsa

Recipe-

• 1 Waitrose Ciabatta roll 
• lettuce
• tomato
• cucumber
• olives
• salsa

Todays lunch was very similar to yesterdays but with the addition of some olives and salsa.



Dinner: Quinoa, Avocado, brocoli and salsa

Recipe-

• 50g quinoa
• 1 lime
• avocado
• broccoli
• 2 tomatoes 
• olive oil
• basil
• salt and pepper

Let me know if you try any of these or have any yummy quinoa recipes for me to try xxx

Sunday 3rd May 2015

Breakfast : Blueberry and Banana Breakfast Smoothie

Due to not having any gluten free cereals, I decided to make a Breakfast smoothie, packed with goodness to start me off for the day.

Recipe -

• 1 banana
• 1 cup of blueberries
• 1/2 cup of water
• 1 1/2tbs Chia seeds
• 1tbs Oats
• 1tbs Almond butter
• 3 dates   

I slightly tweaked the recipe and added more blueberries and didn't have flak seeds to added a few more chia seeds.

Recently my anxiety has been through the roof and has been messing with my stomach. For the past two months I've been on anti-emetics due to constantly feeling sick to the point where I wasn't actually eating and was feeling extremely dizzy and run down. The anti-emetics (Cinnarizine) I take after every meal and seem to help or put my mind at peace that I won't be sick as I have a huge phobia (Emetophobia) of being sick.

I've been feeling constantly bloated and my stomach has just been feeling pretty unsettled but everyone has just been saying its all psychological! However after analysing when I get bloated, i've realised it's after i've eaten bread or foods with gluten in, and my symptoms are very similar to my brothers who then became intolerant to gluten!
Therefore with the encouragement of my new 'Deliciously Ella' book i've decided to try a gluten free diet and eat more natural foods and no processed or foods high in sugar to see if my stomach will settle down.

I'm going to be recording  the first few days of what I eat and new recipes as a record for me and hopefully inspire those in the same situation as me.

I've also brought a juicer to make some delicious juices to hopefully boost my energy and fill me with all the nutrients I need :)

So if this new diet works, I will be going back to my doctor and saying "in your face, it wasn't all in my head" as it was making me feel really down and angry that I was being told that it was all psychological and my symptoms weren't real (grr I hate doctors sometimes)

So follow me on my journey to a more natural and gluten free diet xxx

So on the 1st May I turned 19 and was very spoilt! I love reading and seeing what people get for their Birthdays so decided to jump of the band wagon and share what I got!

From my amazing parents I got this gorgeous Ted Baker bag! The minute I set my eyes on it I
immediately fell in love. I feel the pastel colours is ideal for spring/summer and can complete any outfit. The inside is pale pink and the zips are rose gold (drools)
It's a very handy day bag and is very spacious and includes different compartments for all the essentials and not so essential items that you feel at the time are essential then wonder why they are in your bag!











I then treated myself to another Ted Baker bag as I couldn't chose which one I wanted, so cheekily opted for both (whoops!) This cream and black panelled bag I feel can be used all year round and goes with any outfit! The inside is a gorgeous floral design and the zips are gold. This one again has various compartments for all your handbag essentials and the handles can be made longer too. The only downfall to it is it can be quite rigid and hard to get big items out of, but it''s beautiful so who cares!





From my Grand parents I got the Giorgio Armani Si perfume which smells define and is very different to my usual Marc Jacobs Daisy perfume which is very florally.  It comes in a very simple but sophisticated bottle and I also got a mini handbag bottle and hand cream with it too!



From my Aunty and Uncle I got this stunning floral watch from Essential Jewellers. I wanted a plasticy watch that I can wear to work and not worry about getting it messy as I work in Early Years as I was getting weary about wearing my Rose gold fossil watch to work as it was getting ruined! So when out shopping I spotted this floral beauty in the window and just had to try it on and add it to my Birthday wish list!


From my Brothers I got two gorgeous Urban Decay eye shadows in the shades 'Smog' and 'Maui Wowie' which go together like a dream. I originally went to the urban decay counter to get the 'Half Baked' shade, a gorgeous glittery gold colour which was running out in my Naked 2 palette but then spotted these two beauties so immediately added them to my birthday wish list!
They also got me this amazing scented candle from Saingburys I belief in the scent 'Passion Flower and Mango' I honestly can't get enough of it! I'm a huge candle addict and this goes on my top five favourite candle scents!

Left - Maui Wowie Right- Smog

Lastly,  I got the 'Deliciously Ella' book and am so excited to start eating more natural foods and gluten free foods to see if it settles my tummy (blog post coming on my journey to a Gluten Free diet)



Hope you enjoyed seeing what I got for my Birthday, here's a Birthday selfie to end the post xxx