Happy Easter everyone! I hope you’ve all had a great weekend enjoying this beautiful weather. I’ve certainly got my quota of vitamin D over the past two days!
Yesterday we had a walk into town, we are so lucky to live somewhere so beautiful:
River Wear, Durham City
I wore my charity shop bargain top for a summery look:
OOTD: sunglasses: Dorothy Perkins, necklace: French Connection, purple top: charity shop, cocktail ring: Topshop, bag: Dune, wooden chunky bangles: Oasis, skinny jeans: Topshop
We stopped to enjoy a cuppa in town. I had a lovely loose leaf green tea:
Such a great day!
I have also had some crazy tasty eats this weekend. Breakfast on Saturday was a socca wrap with mixed seeds filled with crunchy peanut butter and a chopped pink lady apple plus a big pot of earl gray tea:
When we got back from town I made a really amazing salad for lunch. It included lots of leafy greens – cos lettuce, little gem, spinach, watercress and red chard then sugar snap peas and griddled asparagus with some dressing made from my divine squash dip (watered down) then topped with a snack pack of Clearspring pumpkin seeds, soya nuts, dried cranberries and dried apple:
It was just the most delicious salad, I enjoyed every single forkful! I really liked the snack pack – it made a great salad topping with 8.5g of protein.
For dinner I made a fantastic dish of red rice with coconut and ginger braised greens and kale (just kale, greens and fresh minced ginger cooked in coconut oil then some reduced fat coconut milk and shoyu poured on top and simmered for 5 minutes) roast kabocha squash and fried tofu marinated in soy sauce and mirin:
Soo good! Dessert was a wonderful strawberry and mango pudding (fresh fruit blended with ice, agave, xanthan and guar gums):
This morning I was up for my usual long run. I had only been planning on doing about 8.5 miles but I ended up doing 10 miles in 1hr 32 minutes! It was a good run, when I compare my pace to the last time I ran 10 miles a month ago my average pace has gone from 9.42 to 9.13! I can’t believe I have improved so much in such a short period of time.
When I got home I knew that chocolate had to feature in my breakfast with it being Easter Sunday so I went for my favourite chocolate peanut butter cup green smoothie:
Amazing!
We then headed to my parents for Easter lunch. It was fantastic, we played with my nephews and had an Easter egg hunt! We also enjoyed lots of sunshine in their garden:
OOTD: colourful beaded necklaces: Oasis / thrifted, pink loose top: Warehouse, white vest: H&M, grey cropped utility harem pants: New Look (new purchase!) grey peep toe ankle boots: Oasis
I had lots of salad and veggies with 3 different flavoured hummus:
The hummus was roasted veggie, lemon and coriander and roasted red pepper, yum! I also enjoyed a few glasses of the Pomegranate and Elderflower Presse I was sent for review:
This was so light and refreshing! I also had lots of fruit plus one of my Sinless Brownies that I had baked yesterday:
I reworked the recipe for the brownies to make them vegan and extra chocolaty by subbing out the egg whites for Ener-G egg replacer (for two eggs, you could also use flax eggs) plus one 100g pot of apple sauce. I also added 2 tablespoons of vegan dark chocolate chips then baked at 170c for about 30 minutes. I can honestly say that these brownies are the absolute bomb! They have the best fudgy texture – which has improved by making them vegan! Just awesome :-)
I didn’t get any Easter eggs this year as I already have a huge chocolate stash so I’m getting a little bit of spending money for NYC instead :-) I am now slightly regretting not asking for a dark chocolate Lindt bunny though!
Have you been given any Easter eggs this year? How have you celebrated Easter? I really enjoyed watching my two year old nephew hunt for his eggs!
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Sounds cheesy, but I had to do a double take of that very first picture because I thought it was a model, like one of the piccies you sometimes get off the internet and paste on your page. But it was you!! Looking amazing chick!! :-D
That green smoothie looks amazing!
Oh yeah, meant to say about your spelt wraps. You could replace the egg white with the Ener-G egg replacer. Would that work? You could still have your spelt wraps then!
I love love love your outfit, it looks so pretty there!
And, that wrap looks amazing!
Happy Easter :)
Yummy eats, but no egg! Love ya purple top xx xx
Oohh a socca wrap for breakfast?! I think I have to try that! Your dinner looks particularly good..partly because there’s kabocha :) I have never tried red rice before, is it similar to brown rice in flavour?
You look gorgeous in your pictures! Very stylish like usual!
Sounds like you’ve had a great day today – very jealous! I didn’t get any eggs but I got some perfume and some vegan marshmallows!! I have soooo missed them!!
I love your pretty tops- very summery. My Mum gave me and Andy an easter egg, (we will share it at some point) but that is all- like you I have a chocolate stash.
And that recipe looks amazing for the brownies- squidgy brownies are the best.
I hope I didn’t scare you too badly when we crossed paths running! I don’t usually wear so little to run, but it was so hot out there. Hopefully you’ll have recovered from the sight by now. I saw you in the far distance and didn’t realise who it was at first: all I thought was ‘ooh, she looks fit and speedy, I’m going to try to catch her up.’
Both of your outfits are gorgeous: I love that you use fashion as a template rather than following it to the letter, and add your own quirky and original touches that really make the ensemble stand out.
No eggs for me: I don’t need an excuse to overdose on chocolate!
xxx
I didn’t have an Easter egg either because of my huge chocolate stash. Although I did have a piece of an amazing chocolate cake that I baked for my family so that made up for it.
Looks like you had an amazing weekend! :-)
Looks like a great Easter! Great outfits and yummy food :)
We went to my mother’s for Easter dinner and it was so nice to spend time with family. No egg hunts though!
I didn’t have any easter egss, I never do really, but Iestyns Mum did give me a bag of mini eggs, (which I may of polished off already…oopps!) and a lindt bunny which I am trying to savour!
The Socca looks good! I’ve just made it for the first time this week, I’m trying to think of different ways to experiment with it!
You look beautiful! I love your outfit- so fresh and spring like!
Love the charity shop top, you look amazing in it :-)
Love the bargain charity shop top! I need to go charity shopping again soon you can find some great buys!
Love the outfits – especially the FC necklace… has to be one of my all time favourite clothes shops :)
Cat – thats such a lovely thing to say thank you so much! I’m not sure about the enerG working in the wraps, it was a bit weird and I had to add extra fruit puree to make it work!
Lauren – thanks!
Kimberly – thanks, happy easter to you too!
Tam – no egg, have far too much chocie as it is!
Nicky – vegan marshmellows sound lovely! Yes, the red rice is pretty much like brown rice but a pretty colour!
Maria – I agree – squidy brownies are awesome!
Jess – no, not at all, it was lovely to see you! You look in amazing shape – honestly I can not believe you think otherwise!
Jemma – seems a few of us already have too much chocy!
Lisa – glad you enjoyed spending time with your family
Ffion – oh I love socca for breakfast wraps you should give it ago!
Kate – thanks!
Babywilt – thank you x
Laura – I know, I’ve been surprised by some of the fab stuff you can find!
SJ – I agree I love FC, especially the sales!
I like your style, Laura(looking hot in the first pic:)!
Loving all the foliage and verdure going on! It’s nice to see Spring vicariously through all your photos! ;-)
We celebrated Easter by cracking into some traditional Russian Paska and eating some chocolate! :-)
Hope you are having a nice bank holiday!
I love your spring ensembles, we’re still decked out in winter gear and it’s killing me.
What a beautiful view down the river! And I’m loving the move to Spring outfits — yaay!
you are totally rocking those harem pants! I think I’m too short to pull them off!