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Hello there, ladies and gents!
Keeping in line with all the fun and interactive threads asking about your most recent halls, items you have your eyes on, what you're currently wearing, what's your hair routine, and more, I've decide to branch out and ask:
"What's on your plate?"
The beauty world doesn't just stop at skin care and cosmetics, it also goes hand in hand with your overall health and well-being, so with that, I'm curious to see what we're all chowing down and snacking on be it for breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert, or inbetween!
For those with apps that help count calories or to those who just want to keep a log, here's a place to share, possibly find and share some recipes, and even tips on maintaining a balanced diet.
Don't just share food items, but even drinks! I'm a huge fan of tea and at least have a cup of green tea a day (anti-oxidants) and drink plenty of water.
For lunch today, I had:
-Brown rice
-Steamed egg
-Steamed red snapper with green onion, sesame oil, and black pepper
-Gai lan (it's a type of Chinese vegetable/greens)
Now, tell me, Beauty Talk world, what do you have? 😄
This sounds amazing. Count me in!
I hosted my birthday party on Sunday for my family (aunts and uncles, etc), and I had intended to take photos of everything. Unfortunately that didn't happen because I was so busy and stressed and when I finally finished, I was so hungry that I completely spaced the photo-taking. By the time that I remembered, everything was picked over and not so pretty anymore. So I will list what I made:
Finger tea sandwiches
-egg salad with butter lettuce
-salmon lox with ginger & scallion cream cheese
-avocado with cucumber & fresh mint
Black currant & vanilla bean scones
Strawberry & banana fruit salad
Lemon cream layer cake - my favorite cake; I have perfected this recipe and my family is always requesting it for their birthdays too... It is made with a doctored Betty Crocker cake mix, the frosting is cream cheese and powdered sugar and whipped cream with fresh lemon juice and zest, and it is coated in vanilla crumb topping. Rather labor-intensive, but so very rewarding.
The only thing I managed to do was take a snapshot of my leftover cake slice that I took home (how tragic).
Happy Belated Birthday, Gwen! That cake looks amazing! It reminds me of these lemon cupcakes I made for my friend for her birthday!
I took a picture! They don't look like any big deal in the picture but they were seriously amazing. They had fresh lemon zest and lemon juice in both the cake and frosting and the frosting was cream cheese! They were such a hit!
Share share share please, Randee!!!????? I'd love a good lemon cake/cupcake recipe!
Cupcakes:
1 large egg
1 cup granulated sugar
2/3 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup canola or vegetable oil
1/4 cup lemon juice (freshly squeezed if possible)
2 tablespoons lemon zest (or more to taste if you're really into lemon)
2 rounded tablespoons Greek yogurt or sour cream (I used sour cream and it seriously made the cupcakes so moist!)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups + 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour (2 cups minus 2 tablespoons)
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
pinch salt, optional and to taste
Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting
1/4 cup cream cheese, softened (I used Trader Joe's soft spreadable light; don't use light cream cheese if you want thick frosting that you can pipe)
2 tablespoons lemon juice (freshly squeezed if possible)
about 1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar, or as necessary for desired consistency
1 to 2 tablespoons lemon zest, optional for garnishing
I'll try and find the recipe for you!
Whoohoo! Thank you, Randee, I can' wait!
They are extremely dangerous! 😉
LOL....out of all you had, just a cake photo! That looks so good, I looooooove me some lemon cake!
Happy belated!!!
I'm very late, but HAPPY BIRTHDAY
That cake looks delicious.
I hope you had a wonderful time and are in store for a fantastic year!
That kitty is seriously so adorable, EvangelineDamon. I love his little feet!
You are not late, I think today is actually the day. ^-^
This is what dreams are made of! yum-yum-yum
Even though you have a photo of just one piece of cake, I claim it as MINE !!!!!
Everything you made sounds like it was so delicious! Your cake looks luscious!
Thank you, DiVWA! :3 It's quite an easy recipe although time consuming. I would be happy to share my recipe for those whom I cannot bake one for.
Salmon again tonight, but I broiled it with a sauce to keep it interesting. (We try to eat salmon once or twice a week.)
The sauce was put on the salmon and onion slice and contained sugar-free orange marmalade, coconut aminos, olive oil, fennel pollen, and ground coriander. The salmon was broiled skin side up so the healthy Omega 3 fat would melt down into the fillet; the skin was crispy and yummy.
To complement the slightly sweet sauce, I put ground vanilla on the banana slices.
I drizzled some roasted hazelnut oil on the romanseco (which is a cross between cauliflower and broccoli).
Tonight...
Homemade chicken broth with rice farina+oat bran dumplings ( gluten free re-creation of my mom's wheat semolina dumplings that I absolutely love, and so friggin much!... and miss dearly... Darn you gluten! Why you hate me so much?! ). I like to add some chicken liver into these dumplings when I have some on hand. That makes the dumplings even more yummy.
Aaaand, this. 🙂 I love to smother everything with bacon, so, yeah.... YUMMMM! ( I'm crazy 'bout asparagus, too! )
That GIF may be the official GIF of this thread! Mmmmm bacon asparagus!
Agreed..
You should add him to your intro!!
Very yummy looking!
Ohhh, you guys! I've found them pics of my avocado chocolate pudding experiment! Now I only need to find the recipe, as well. 😄 It was something very simple...
Yummy! I need some avocados right meow! ( Btw, I hate avocados. 😄 )