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Morning Routine – Lemon Water

March 25, 2017March 26, 2017 akitchenfairytaleImage1 Comment

A wonderful habit to add to your morning routine – a mug of lemon water before breakfast: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vs2vVYoq1I

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Penne pasta bake with a tofu béchamel sauce, green beans, spinach and tomatoes 🍅🌿Sometimes (most of the times 😏) simple is best. And the sauce was leftover from the day before, I just added some chopped tomatoes to fill it out a little and it worked a treat in the bake. This may have to make it into the toddler book as little turnip put it away like there was no tomorrow 😳 The tofu sauce is also exceptional on its own, so can’t wait to share it with you guys! If I had a month on my hands I would love to just put tons of recipes with photos together on my website - but time is really just escaping me at the moment in this glorious baby-phase so just taking the time to enjoy it all 💕 Little sweet potato is chubbing up beautifully by the way, midwives have been very happy and she has already outgrown a fair few of her babygros 😳 . . #vegan #veganpasta #pastabake #dairyfreepasta #plantbased #wfpb #wfpbno #wslf #starchsolution #autoimmunedisease #paddisonprogram #akitchenfairytale #toddlerfood #vegantoddler #veganmama #breastfeeding #surrey #surreyvegan

Pumpkin and sweet potato soup with coriander, lemon and roasted pumpkin seeds ✨ I oven baked white sweet potatoes the other day and when this beautiful pumpkin showed up I knew it was time for soup! As you can see it ended up being a little thicker than desired but still tasted incredibly good 😋 Some cayenne pepper gave it a bit of a kick, cinnamon and nutmeg for seasoning and almond milk as the liquid. It is pretty much the sweet potato and butternut squash recipe from the cookbook though - just so quick and easy to make, and perfect midwinter. The roasted pumpkin seeds are my absolute favourites still, maybe because of the iron in them that ny body craves, but I can just put them away like popcorn 🍿 🧡💛 . . #vegan #plantbased #vegansoup #sweetpotatosoup #plantbasedsoup #wfpb #wfpbno #wslf #akitchenfairytale #breastfeeding #veganmama #vegantoddler #vegantoddlerfood #whatveganseat #love #autoimmunedisease #rheumatoidarthritis #paddisonprogram #healing #spoonie

Starting to resurface from the baby mist 🌾 (Just a heads up, this isn’t a post about food 💛) So 13 days with this little parcel of ours, who is just the most divine little thing. She does a lot of “rire des anges” - you know when a baby smiles in their sleep: smiling to the angels ☺️ It is the sweetest, most heart warming thing to catch a glimpse of ✨ And time just flies past so quickly at the moment! I was just relistening to my birth-playlist and the songs brought back memories from various moments of the experience (pleased to say our lovely midwives enjoyed the playlist - S, I am looking at you 😄) and the one song that stood out the most was Stad i Ljus with Tommy Körberg. It wasn’t actually on my playlist, but Spotify started suggesting songs once we’d gone through the list once or twice (it was a long birth 😜) and when it came on it just made me feel really empowered and calm. Hah I just read the lyrics properly for the first time and OMG it is the perfect birth song 😄 . . “I wanted to see the miracle, and hear words that give life..” It is a proper 80s power ballad! 💪🏻🎤🎼🎺 . . .. so having a good playlist for the birth would be one of my best suggestions (in addition to doing your hypnobirthing exercises 🤱🏼💆🏼‍♀️🧘🏼). I can’t wait to get back to some kind of exercising à la @paddisonprogram but giving my body a good long break to just heal in peace and quiet at the moment. In between chasing our little turnip around of course, he is such a champ getting used to the new family constellation 💛 So that’s probably enough reflection from me for one day, sending you guys lots of love and wishing you a most wonderful mid-winter’s day. Oh and I roasted some white sweet potatoes two days ago so will roast pumpkin as well this morning and then make a soup for lunch - sweet potatoes are just so good to have ready-cooked at home as you can make an endless number of different dishes! . . #vegan #veganmama #plantbased #akitchenfairytale #whatveganslooklike #breastfeeding #homebirth #hypnobirthing #love #autoimmune #rheumatoidarthritis #paddisonprogram #postnatal #wfpb #wfpbno #wslf #selfie

Managed to whizz this up for lunch - had forgotten how proficient one becomes in one-handed-cooking with a baby around! ✨ Brown rice (made lots of it to have enough for more meals) with red miso, chickpeas, spinach, asparagus from last night’s supper (again, made lots) and almond stuffed olives 🌾 A warming and delicious, quick and easy meal - although a little challenging to eat using a fork over a sleeping baby so I’ll probably find chickpeas in her sleeves over the coming few days 🙊 Definitely back on the breastfeeding hunger, maj gaaadh! Looking forward to another 23 months of this, as aiming to nurse her for the same length of time as little turnip. I was chatting to a friend about breastfeeding earlier and if you can do it then the health benefits (future and present) for your baby are just tremendous. For the mum as well by the way - everything from the oxytocin (happy hormone) released, to how it helps the body recover after birth and speeds up the speed at which the uterus gets back to normal size, protects against various health conditions they say, as well as strengthening the bond between you and baby 💕 I make sure to have oats every day and also leafy greens, as I find those to be helpful in milk production 🌾🥬 I once had thyme which is the only time I’ve noticed a DEcrease in the amount of milk produced 😳 Every night I make sure to bring some food into the bedroom as I get ravenous otherwise! Anything from homemade pancakes or banana bread to cereal, oats and chia seeds with oat milk and berries. And lots of water! My ice water-obsession has decreased loads but ice water is still my choice of drink ❄️❄️❄️ How about you guys, in terms of breastfeeding obsessions or interesting observations?! . #vegan #veganmama #plantbased #breastfeeding #paddisonprogram #akitchenfairytale #chickpeas #miso #misorice #veganchickpeas #autoimmunedisease #rheumatoidarthritis #quicklunch #veganlunch #surreyvegan #wfpb #wfpbno #wslf

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Penne pasta bake with a tofu béchamel sauce, green beans, spinach and tomatoes 🍅🌿Sometimes (most of the times 😏) simple is best. And the sauce was leftover from the day before, I just added some chopped tomatoes to fill it out a little and it worked a treat in the bake. This may have to make it into the toddler book as little turnip put it away like there was no tomorrow 😳 The tofu sauce is also exceptional on its own, so can’t wait to share it with you guys! If I had a month on my hands I would love to just put tons of recipes with photos together on my website - but time is really just escaping me at the moment in this glorious baby-phase so just taking the time to enjoy it all 💕 Little sweet potato is chubbing up beautifully by the way, midwives have been very happy and she has already outgrown a fair few of her babygros 😳 . . #vegan #veganpasta #pastabake #dairyfreepasta #plantbased #wfpb #wfpbno #wslf #starchsolution #autoimmunedisease #paddisonprogram #akitchenfairytale #toddlerfood #vegantoddler #veganmama #breastfeeding #surrey #surreyvegan

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