THE COOKING CURE

Spring is finally coming!
I've just had a lovely terraske (word that deisgnates the act of having a beer in the sun), and I wanted to share that with you today.
The warmth of the sun, the freshness of the beer, the loveliness of my garden.
I only thought that, as much as I'm totally fine in having my terraske in between my garbage bags, maybe that's something someone might want to keep for herself.
And for all the neighbours that are sharing the same frontyard with her.
We still didn't take on to the proverbial Spring Cleaning.
Beer first.
So, saving outside image poetry for cleaner days, there is something else worth talking about: "the cooking cure".
Quoting from The Kitchn, the cooking cure is "four weeks of assignments to help you get fresh inspiration and build some new habits with the goal of three home-cooked meals a day".

Even though I have a 45hours-per-week job I always cook my meals at home, and I'm still pretty satisfied with my food. For the moment I'm still far from being tempted by the work canteen.

I really don't need any cure.

Or, maybe I'm in just in phase 1. DENIAL.

Maybe frozen pizza and canned beans are signals that I shouldn't underestimate.

Phase 2. ACCEPTANCE.

And I subscribed for the cure. I'm ready for phase 3. TURN YOUR BREAKFAST INTO AN AWSOME BREAKFAST.

After writing a list of your breakfast habits and setting new goals, the task of today was finding 5 new breakfast recipes.

Here are our 5 winners:

 

CHOCOLATE ALMOND SMOOTHIE - from Love and Lemons

 

 

COCOA PUFFS 

from What should I eat for breakfast today

 

 

 

 FRIED CHEESE, FRUIT SALAD, NUTS AND HERBS

from What should I eat for breakfast today

 

POLENTA WITH POACHED EGG, SALMON AND PESTO

from What should I eat for breakfast today

 

CUPS OF YOGURT AND FRESH FRUIT

 

 

 

I'm honestly super excited about this project.
Please subscribe and share your actual misery and plans of awesomeness with me.

WEEKLY PLANNING - WHEN PASTA IS NOT ENOUGH

Do you remember all the times you said "Oh, I could so live on pasta alone! All my life!"

You were wrong. So wrong.

And I can say it because I've tried it. And I did it for just a week. So enough.

Appearently something went wrong with my grocery shopping last week, which led to an alimentation based entirely on pasta and carrots. Taking a walk on the bright side, this has been really stimulating for our improvising skills, but there's a limit even to the joys of creativity.

That's why I've decided to write down a "weekly menu", which is actually just a collection of eight inspiring dishes, based on which I wrote down my shopping list.

Surprising to see it includes so much more than carrots.

And yes, just in case you're also in need of some inspiration, I'm so nice to share my plan with you.

Half of the recipes are coming from Love&Lemons, which is overflowing with tempting dishes.

Here is what I've chosen:

coconut creamed spinach

spiced carrot and chickpea salad

cauliflower puree with chickpeas

okonomiyaki

veggie curry with cardamom yogurt

These chickpea quenelles with yogurt sauce come from FeelCook.

While I've found this endive salad on Skinny Taste

  Finally, this cauliflower veloutée, from Giallo Zafferano.

And this, is a tiny reward for all this planning.

Apple spice cocktails. Well, now it's time for some grocery shopping, I guess.(All the recipes are redirecting to their original, inspiring blogs. There you will find these and even more beautiful pictures, all taken by the writers of these blogs.)