Happy Sunday lovelies! Hope you are all enjoying your weekends. Mine has been a lot more relaxed and restful compared to last weekend when I went to a fantastic wedding in Hampshire with one of my closest friends. Here’s our wedding selfie from the day:
We were actually super hungry by this point because the beautiful bride was 2 hours late for the ceremony – she obviously wanted to keep the groom waiting. The wedding breakfast was buffet style and full of lots of Caribbean and African food, which meant lots of spice and flavours.
Rather than having a traditional dessert there was a fun gelato stand that included some delicious and strange flavours. For my first portion, yes I went up for seconds, I had a scoop of pistachio and cherry gelato topped with sprinkles, so yummy! I adore gelato and would happily visit Italy again if it was only for a few heaping mouthfuls of the stuff!
My friend stayed for the weekend so we had a nice long catch up. We treated ourselves to breakfast before she headed home and went to one of my favourite deli’s. We both had an English breakfast bap and I had a chai latte with mine. This kept me going for hours as it was full with bacon, sausage, a fried egg, mushrooms and tomatoes, perfect Sunday breakfast treat!
During the week I’ve been getting back to my regular eats and I’ve been on that fig train again:
This was autumn in a bowl for me with lots of pretty sliced figs, pecans and maple syrup on top of organic natural yoghurt. I’ve made a few more bowls like this over the week and I can seriously say that I’m addicted.
Speedy quick dinners have been a favourite this week and I made a really easy stir fry that contained only a few ingredients. I mixed soba noodles, stir fry vegetables, soy sauce, sesame oil with an egg stirred in to make this really simple healthy meal. It reminded me of a pad Thai and I think I will definitely be putting this on the speedy, healthy meal list for when the baby arrives.
Fruity salads have been a staple for me recently, I just love them. On this one I added grapes, apple, cheddar cheese and almonds to mixed leaves. I’m pretty sure that some balsamic would have been great on this, but I left it plain and it was still yummy.
Foodie deliveries are the best and I was kindly sent a package of drinks from Rebel Kitchen. I’ve only tried this Chai Mylk flavour so far and that was delicious. A full review will be on the blog soon.
Tesco has been great recently for healthy living food stuff. Last week I picked up a couple of Kind bars and yesterday they had boxes of Kashi Go Lean reduced from £4.50 to 68p…bargain! I had this particular Kind bar with a banana and coconut green smoothie for breakfast.
In terms of exercise, with my due date looming (more on that in a moment) I finally decided to take everyone’s advice and stripped it back a little. I’ve just been going on 30-minute walks for some gentle exercise around the village as I do like to keep moving and I haven’t been to the gym at all this week. Unfortunately, I didn’t do any yoga so I’m hoping to do some prenatal yoga later today and go on another walk. Also, I’ve been getting in my rest before the baby arrives and taking naps in the afternoon – definitely making the most of it whilst I still can.
Talking about due dates, my cupcake in the oven is officially over baked! Yep, we were due to go into labour yesterday, but there wasn’t even a twinge or a sign that we were going to be delivering. It’s nice to know that my little man loves the nest that I’ve created for him over the past 9 months, but I’m ready to meet him now. Alfie and I went out for a curry last night to see if all of those spices would help him along, but still no-show, bless him! I’m sure that he will make his grand entrance in his own time. Meanwhile, now in the 40th week I’m going to enjoy the remainder of my pregnancy and try to relax as much as possible, which as I mentioned in my pregnancy update is so hard for me to do, my fingers are itching already.
Have you ever tried Caribbean or African cuisine? Are there any world cuisines that you just don’t like?
Do you have any tips to induce labour naturally?
I had a nice warm bath with lavender and castor oil and went into labour the next day. Hope your little one arrives soon for you 🙂 xo
I heard that castor oil is supposed to be good for inducing labour. I will have to check that out.
This gelato does look like heaven, I must admit.
I hope your bundle of joy will decided to come out and play very soon.
Good luck and all the best.
Thank you hun, I hope he comes real soon. 🙂
Wow! You’re really glowing. Must be all that healthy, lovely food–a joy to the eye as well as the digestion. I’m amazed at the food presented for the wedding breakfast. It’s more like a two course dinner.
But, speaking of overdue cupcakes. my second child came one month late. She was born with long black hair and long fingernails at a whopping 10 pounds in old weight. Maybe she was reluctant, but she came when ready. All the best for your event.
Wow! One month late!!! How did you manage with the wait?
That gelato looks so good!
You look amazing in the wedding selfie 🙂
Thanks Claire, the gelato was a real hit!
I was two weeks overdue, and I will be honest, the only thing that worked for me to get things moving along was sex. Seriously. Give that a try if you’re feeling up to it 🙂
Ha! Thanks for the tip Trish. 😉
You can tell you are ready to have that baby! You look great though. Must be all that healthy food 🙂
Thanks Christen, yes we are so ready now.
Oh it is any moment now, isn’t it! You have such a healthy attitude (and diet!). I love both Caribbean and African food, I love food from nearly everywhere! I am not a huge fan of the Filipino food I have so far, but I am not giving up, I know there is going to be something I like!
I hope it’s any moment now, really want to meet my little man now. I don’t think I’ve ever tried Filipino food at all. Hope you find something nice to try from that particular cuisine soon.
That stir fry looks really good! Not a fan of fig but that fig yogurt looks great.
Thanks Winter. 🙂
Figs are so good right now! I love the rebel kitchen drinks, they are delicious.
They are brilliant aren’t they. 🙂
Can’t wait to hear more about the chai milk!!!! I love chai!!! That figs and honey look great!!! And good luck this week!!! That cupcake will be here soon!!!
It tastes amazing, so much spice which is perfect for autumn.
Yum! So much deliciousness!
Thank you! 🙂
All of the food you post looks SO good and it’s healthy! You inspire me in my food choices!
Glad that you find inspiration in my posts Kendall, lovely to hear. 🙂
You look so adorable! And so happy for being so pregnant! At the end of both of mine I was so beyond miserable! Fingers crossed your lil bundle comes in the next few days! Good luck!
Thanks Amber, I really hope that he comes soon too.
Love the idea of the gelato – what a great idea 🙂
Hope everything goes well when your little man makes an appearance.
Thanks Maria. 😀 The gelato went down a treat at the wedding – queues and more queues! 🙂
TWO HOURS late?? My god, that is testing people’s patience!! But the gelato and buffet do look good so I’d have been appeased somewhat 😉
You look so lovely! You really suit pregnancy 🙂 Fingers crossed your little one doesn’t make you wait much longer.
He will come out when his good and ready lol, i love my african an caribean cuisines they are the best
I haven’t tried it I don’t think…I’m not great with spicy food but I sm definitely getting better and would love to try some your plate looks very tasty!
Aww, congratulation!! He’s coming so soon! I can’t wait for you to experience this! Best of luck!
Love the idea of a breakfast style for a wedding. The food looked AMAZING!
Sounds like you had an amazing weekend. Nice and relaxing and filled with good eats! Your fig dish looks so yummy!
You are GLOWING! You carry 40 weeks well! I have no advice as my babies were all c-section but I wish you a quick and easy labor!