How adorable is this gingerbread muffin? Diving into this and sipping on my chai latte made yesterday’s Christmas shopping trip extra special. I love all of those warm spicy flavours at this time of year and it wouldn’t be the festive season for me without any delicious gingerbread. Something tells me that I might be back for another one before Christmas arrives.
What I’ve Been Eating This Week
Whilst out shopping we stopped for lunch in a very busy M&S restaurant. Normally I pick up a salad or sandwich from the fridges and rarely stop to have a sit-down meal there. The butternut and grain salad jumped out at me from the menu and as soon as it arrived I knew I had made the best choice.
Colder mornings means it’s time to get the porridge and lots of toppings on standby. I’ve been enjoying my porridge simply made with almond milk and a mashed banana and going crazy on the toppings. This time, it was almonds, dried cranberries, desiccated coconut and pumpkin seeds.
Sorry about the rubbish picture, the mornings have been so dark this week – a food bloggers nightmare! Rye bread is back on the menu this week and my favourite way to eat it has been with mashed avocado, bacon and fried eggs with those runny yolks, of course!
I’m not the biggest tea cake eater, to be honest, but I was totally won over by this one that I had at a play cafe with Aiden. Play cafe’s are brilliant because you can enjoy your tea or coffee while your little ones go and play with all the toys, definitely worth checking out if you have any bambinos.
Chocolate is never too far from my lips and a very lovely friend treated me to this gorgeous box of chocolates. They’re just far too pretty to eat, well that thought lasted only for a few moments and I soon got stuck into these beauties.
Regular readers of the blog will know that I’m all about easy, fuss-free healthy cooking and this lunch was just that. A baked sweet potato with refried beans, cream cheese, salsa and baby kale on the side, such a simple and tasty meal.
My Moves This Week
- Monday – Hiking
- Tuesday – Rest
- Wednesday – Total Body Yoga with Adriene
- Thursday – Rest
- Friday – 40-minute walk and a 20-minute run
- Saturday – Rest
- Sunday – Strength training workout
Yay! I actually have some moves to report this week. Getting out of my workout rut has been a struggle but my motivation returned this week, albeit a little, I’m still proud of my workouts. I’m taking things slowly and not forcing myself to workout for too long and only doing things that I enjoy. Next week I’m hoping to pop to the gym and get to a spinning class for the first time in nearly 2 years!
In other news, my Healthy Snacking 101 E-guide is finally here and I’ll be launching it this week. Love snacking but feel that you’re not making the best choices for your body? Subscribe to my newsletter to discover how to snack happy and healthy for FREE!
Oh the gingerbread muffin is just too cute. I would have had to stick a picture of it to my wall.
It’s so adorable, too cute to eat…but I did! 🙂
I’m getting hungry looking at those photos! Thanks for the nudge though – I really need to get back to some regular exercise.
I’m glad that this post was helpful Helen, we all need a healthy nudge sometimes. 🙂
We shared a gingerbread muffin in caffe Nero the other week, it was so good! No cute picture on the top though.
I went to London yesterday and it was so busy so I think it will be internet shopping the whole way this year for Christmas.
That’s one of the reasons I decided to start my Christmas shopping early to escape the mayhem. I bet London was chaotic!
The gingerbread muffin looks so yummy. Great post.
Thanks Stella!
That gingerbread muffin looks wonderful 🙂 And you can’t go wrong with chocolates right? But that sweet potato looks delicious, I never have them baked (usually cut into wedges). Will have to try!
Please do try it! I just put them in the microwave and they come out great.
I adore gingerbread me so there’s no way I could resist that muffin!
Me neither, hence why I just had to buy it! 🙂
That gingerbread muffin really is so cute! Looks like you had lots of healthy and delicious food the last few days, with the occasional treat – balanced and healthy with no depriving!
Just the way I like it Nadia, there’s got to be room for treats…always! 🙂
Oooh gingerbread muffin sounds good. Usually I’m not a muffin fan but that would make me reconsider! We have an M&S restaurant near us too and they do such good breakfasts as well.
I was eyeing up the breakfast menu as well. Definitely have to go back for breakfast as they all sounded yummy!
Ok, you’ve been doing some seriously good eating! That salad with lentils looks amazing!
It was one incredible salad. 🙂
Loved them all.. lovely post .
Thanks for stopping by! 🙂
Loved all your breakfast ideas! I should get into the habit of making porridge, especially in the cold months!
Porridge is perfect for the cold winter mornings!
That butternut salad looks amazing! I’d love that right about now. Love all the variety, veggies and color!
It was one tasty salad!
Your gingerbread muffin is super cute! What a great idea!
I swear you make the simplest meals, look mouth watering. Looking at the porridge alone, made me hungry. I typically eat it by itself and now I must try toppings.