Hi friends! It has been a week again since I updated my blog … Time just flies by, and as always when I am busy, I feel somewhat detached from real life and not being able to catch up with the things going on around me.
On Tuesday, I had my birthday (), and while I am waiting for my friend to send me the pictures she has taken, I will just show you some of the things that have happened here during the past weeks.
The trees have staged fireworks of colors …
… and then, everything in nature turned inwards and became tranquil and mellow.
For some time, there was a free place in my friend’s office at the institute, and I had the possibility to work there. It was the first time that I had this kind of office experience, and although I was a little concerned in the beginning how I would sustain several hours a day there and still have everything at hand I need eating-wise (not a problem when I work from home with my fridge, stove, and blender just a few steps away), but it went very well. It was nice to experience this separation of working and living space, and of course to have chat and food breaks with my friend.
~ office meals ~
I very quickly got into the habit of preparing meals in advance when I came home in the evening, so I would have something I could take the next day. Several of those recipes I want to post in the time to come because they were really nice, and I am actually quite surprised that I still come up with so many recipe ideas … But the more I cook, the more creative I get.
~ fresh boxes with bean stew ~
One thing that makes me happy is that my tummy is still improving, and after successfully reincorporating legumes again, I now tried brown rice for the first time in months, and this time I could eat it without getting the dagger-in-my-tummy feeling immediately afterwards – what is nice because brown rice is pretty much the only gluten-free grain I really like so far. So it seems that, due to cutting out gluten, casein, and soy protein, my body is gradually recovering, and I can eat things again that would have always been followed by heavy pain before. This does not only refer to legumes and brown rice, but also to vegetables such as kale and savoy cabbage.
Therefore, I will just go on with this kind of diet, and leave you with a couple of pictures of meals enjoyed recently.
~ roasted chicken with onions and kale ~
~ adzuki and green bean stew with winter squash and basil ~
~ lemony fish with spinach and cilantro ~
~ chicken, broccoli, and Chinese cabbage with gingered miso sauce ~
~ steamed fish with fresh tomatoes and cilantro ~
~ adzuki bean and carrot stew with cherry tomatoes and parsley ~
~ turkey and celery in herbed tomato sauce ~
~ roasted chicken, onions, and lamb’s lettuce on tomato salad ~
Do you feel that your cooking and eating has gotten much more creative since you started blogging?
