Hello My Old Friends & a Vegetable Chilli Recipe
It’s amazing how these two simple things can transform a meal. Oh cumin and chilli, how I missed you. Even though I don’t have space to carry around loads of cooking things with me, I decided that two tiny packets of spices wouldn’t do any harm. On the contrary, it would make me and Jimmy [...]
Lots of Veggies but Zero Exercise
Recently I’ve talked extensively about the ‘journey’ part of my life and not so much about the keeping ‘lean’ part of it. In all honesty, that’s because over the past two and a half weeks I haven’t been doing much to contribute towards keeping fit. Other than walking a lot and some hiking, working out [...]
Mince & Chickpea Stew: Easy Hostel Recipe
Today I’m off to see Perito Moreno Glacier. I don’t have much spare time for blogging so I wanted to share a quick recipe with you. It’s so basic that I’m not even sure it should be classed as a recipe. However, it’s the perfect meal to make in a hostel and I always appreciate [...]
Mediterranean Couscous Recipe
Today we’ve had non-stop rain. Jimmy and I attempted to walk around the city, but gave up after a while. It’s all good though because we took refuge in a cafe for a few hours. We had coffee, Argentinian style. With our cafe con leche we got orange juice, biscuits and mini chocolate muffins free! [...]
Summer Vegetable Risotto & Some Power Inducing Bodyweight Exercises
Last night I went to my friend’s house. The one I cooked Chicken Tikka Masala with last week. She’s been asking for cooking tips (from me?!) and we decided to cook dinner together again. We were saying that I should make a new section here called ‘Cooking with Laura’! We made a simple dish which [...]
My Weekend Eats
The sign of a good weekend is running a race AND eating lots of good food. I had both of these, making me one happy girly. Cool… Friday night started with a glass of champagne with my mam and sis. We had a bit of an Indian food theme with lime pickle and poppadoms to [...]
