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Hi my name is Carine Olivia. I’m a wife, daughter, sister, auntie and friend. I am Mauritian. Born and raised. Currently blogging from Singapore. Read more ...
A simple day
Last night I set my alarm for 0700 hrs on my phone but I didn’t hear it ring this morning. I woke up an hour later on my own. Didn’t have enough time to do ChaLean Burn Interval but I had enough time to prepare breakfast and pack my lunch.
Breakfast – A 5-minute plum cake topped with peanut sauce (peanut butter + peanut flour + water)
I prepped and packed my lunch as the husb fixed my bike. I made a Quinoa Tuna Salad with cherry tomatoes and chopped almonds. I think salads make great easy packed lunch. Just need some greens, some legumes (carb), some meat or eggs (protein) and some nuts or avocado (healthy fats). I’m already thinking about my next lunch which involves lentils :)
[1/2 cup cooked quinoa, 1 can tuna, lettuce, cherry tomatoes, red onion, apple cider vinegar, salt, pepper, hidden almonds]
So I cycled to work today. It took me 30 minutes (at moderate speed).
After I came back home from work, I did ChaLean Burn Intervals followed by plank abs. Made myself a quick warm (yikes — no ice) smoothie as post-workout before heading out again to a park for a Lantern Festival. It has actually been a long day (came back home at 9 pm) and I’m gonna call it a night. Tata.
Mango prawn avocado bacon green salad
Posted on Thursday, September 1st, 2011 at 8:53 pm | No Comments »
Tags: avocado, Food, healthy, peanut flour, salad, sun warrior
I fell asleep during acupuncture today. I was quite tired in the first place as I didn’t sleep well last night – I guess I was thinking too much about the new part time job of mine. Today was my first day and it went well. The 5 hours flew like a breeze. I’m intending [...]
Claire’s 2nd Birthday
Posted on Wednesday, August 31st, 2011 at 11:23 pm | 2 Comments »
Tags: birthdays, claire, family
My niece turned TWO a week ago. We had a small birthday celebration among ourselves yesterday. Sis baked a nice birthday farm cake Food? More than enough … I made a mixed mango prawn bacon green salad (recipe coming up) Sis made noodles (we eat noodles on birthday because long noodles represent long life hehe) [...]
Display full post followed by excerpts
Posted on Wednesday, August 31st, 2011 at 12:14 pm | No Comments »
Tags: how to
You’ve probably seen the “Under Maintenance” message on my blog lately. Why? Well I was editing the theme so that it would show a full post followed by a few excerpts with thumbnails. How to display full post followed by a few excerpts (with thumbnail) on WordPress? First I inserted these basic codes to my [...]
Cravings …
Posted on Tuesday, August 30th, 2011 at 1:06 pm | No Comments »
Tags: Food, Health
Do you often crave certain food? Take a look at this table. *** We are heading to sis’ place later to celebrate my niece’s 2nd Birthday! I’m preparing a mango salad to bring over. ******************************************************************
Mikey vs Optimus Prime
Posted on Monday, August 29th, 2011 at 5:31 pm | No Comments »
Tags: beetroot, Cat, lunch, mikey, salad, toys
The husb is on leave today. So what do we do when we are at home on a week day? We goof around with our cat :D Mikey vs Optimus Prime haha Mikey was definitely scared of this giant. He’s hiding. See? *** I blackened some chicken drumsticks today PrintHoney Baked Chicken Yield: 2 Servings [...]
Socca (Besan Pancakes)
Posted on Sunday, August 28th, 2011 at 8:34 pm | No Comments »
Tags: breakfast, Cat, mikey, pancakes, salad, socca
Hey how is it going? This is what happened yesterday after turning my back for like just a few seconds. Mikey was the culprit. It was a mess but definitely better than having sticky floors. After cleaning up, I had a lovely bowl of greens with peanut sauce and hard boiled eggs We didn’t do [...]
Go heavy or go home + Niouk Yen
Posted on Saturday, August 27th, 2011 at 3:03 pm | 1 Comment »
Tags: ChaLean Extreme, mauritian food, working out, workouts
Yesterday’s workout went like this, followed by 12 minutes of plank and abs and another couple of minutes of butt and thigh exercises ala Tracy Anderson. Then, I spent close to 3 hours on household chores. *tiring* I didn’t have enough time to scrub the floor of the balcony as I needed to rush to [...]
5-minute upside down buckwheat plum cake
Posted on Friday, August 26th, 2011 at 11:46 am | 3 Comments »
Tags: breakfast, buckwheat, healthy, sun warrior
I have been thinking about making a breakfast cake since last night. I like to look for breakfast recipes at night! I recently bought some plums, so I wanted to use them. So this morning I gathered all the ingredients and came up with a healthy 5-minute upside down buckwheat plum cake. Buckwheat flour, buckwheat [...]
