Thursday

Light breakfast with a tea and a couple of biscuits

I had a glass of prosecco with few friends to celebrate wthe International Women's Day

A friend presented us a lot of potato croquettes instead of bunches of mimosa as we traditionally do in Italy so we had a gourgeous happy-hour.

I was drunk at 2 pm.....

There's a market here in Pietrasanta on Thursdays: I couldn't be  bothered to cook today so I bought myself some skinny crispy chicken and roasted potatoes: it was my last night's heavy craving and I happily satisfied it.

Light dinner: just a slice of bread with a bit of prosciutto crudo. I was in a hurry to go to a party where I drank a very light rhum&coke.

Bad with alcohol, good (more or less) with food

Wednesday

Tea and biscuits for breakfast. No pic.

Quinoa pasta with vegetables and soy sauce. mhm. Nothing special.

 I had a 2 hours walk today. So I needed a snack this afternoon. 

Tea and bread with olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper

Simple and yummy

I love it

 Stewed fennel with spices (it was disgusting) and scrambled eggs with vegetables

Than I had crackers with mayo...Ouch....

I force myself to stay indoors lately but hey: I keep on eating at home.

Tuesday

Having breakfast while gardening...with tea and chocolate biscuits

Matuffi with cheese (Matuffi are a recipe based on polenta) for lunch

 Mixed salad and kipper with I-don't-know-what-cream-is-it (dill and something else?)

And some chocolate afterwards

Monday

Tea, cookies and fruit 

I don't like fruit very much, but I like it in my breakfast 

No lunch because I had my breakfast very late

But I had a snack during the afternoon: infusion, cherry yoghurt with a bit of muesli
Look at my silly-coloured sock and my penguin slipper: yep, it was a lazy afternoon

Chicken hamburger, mixed stewed vegetables and salad for dinner

Another infusion and microwaved pop-corn during the evening, in front of the telly

Damn boredom...

Sunday

I had a sleepless night

When I woke up I had a huge breakfast with fruit infusion, a toastie and fruit salad. I also went to the bar's for a coffee and my plan of the day was to sleep all the afternoon long avoiding lunch.

But I couldn't sleep and the lack of sleep made me sad. I had a caloric lunch in the late afternoon.

Wuster and french fries

Even if I wasn't that hungry I had dinner very late at night (11 circa) because I was still sad and I needed some comfy food.

So cereals and legumes soup for me

I've been very naughty today, I feel all swollen...

Saturday

No proper breakfast because the Americano coffee I had at the bar was enough to make me full

But I had a copious lunch: pasta with broccoli, zucchini and philadelphia sauce

Pity I forgot my camera at home tonight...I went to the carnival of Viareggio and I had a nice fish fritto misto from @La Barchina

Fried calamari and shrimps sold from a little boat near the port
Nice idea and it was delicious:

Friday

Tea and a bit of pizza left from last night.

I love cold pizza left-overs for breakfast

 Leek soup left-overs for lunch I wasn't that hungry...)

I avoided carbohydrates again

Salad with tuna and olives for dinner

Am I good lately, right? No skipped meals as before and I'm regular with my diet

Thursday

Muesli and milk. I crave milk and cheese lately. A lot.

 No lunch but a nice dinner instead. 

As I had no carbohydrates yesterday I made my first pizza ever.

It didn't suck, but I have to improve the dough and the oven cooking

Wednesday

Tea, cake, cranberry juice. Breakfast in the living room in front of the telly. For a change.

 Scrambled eggs with fresh baby spinach stewed in broth and garlic. Delicious. 

In addiction to a slice of plain focaccia and onion focaccia.

One of the best meals I had lately

 I had guests for dinner, all of them on the diet.

That's what I cooked: leek puree with croutons, baked zucchini stuffed with broccoli, onion, ricotta cheese with saffron and diet vanilla pudding (I had no time to take a picture)

Another diet day I'm proud of

Tuesday

Tea and cake for breakfast 

Boulgur salad with tuna, capers, olives

Pork steak with fennel stewed in demerara sugar, ginger and cumin

Finally a perfect diet day

Monday

I woke up late so I skipped breakfast.

I had boulgur with bell pepper and chicken with curry sauce

Fruit salad afterwards

 Toast with tuna and vegetable broth. And a bit of dark chocolate as a dessert

Saturday

No proper breakfast: just an Americano Coffee at the bar's 

Tai noodles wih vegetables, chicken and  peanut sauce for lunch.

Home-made and awesome!

Pizza with sausage and artichokes for dinner at some friends' place

Wednesday

Late awakening so no breakfast: I'm sleeping a lot lately. YAY!

I started the day at lunch: moscatelle in broth with cheese

For dinner I attempted to bake my first meatload with roasted potatoes.

Stuffed with prosciutto cotto and cheese

It could be better, but it was surprisingly yummy for the first try

Monday

I woke up late this morning....And I didn't get up at all untill lunchtime: I had pasta with cheese and vegetables (leftovers from my home-made broth).

I ate it wearing my nightsuit sitting all curled up near the radiator watching Real Time on the telly.

Fennel, carrot, zucchini, leek puree and veal with valeriana salad

Plain dinner

Sunday

I woke up with my stomach all messed up due to all that late night Chinese.

I skipped breakfast and I had vegetables puree for lunch. And a coffee afterward at the bar.

Gave up with liquid diet in the evening. I nibbled few fruit rings while my dinner was getting ready: (not-fried) frittata with leeks and valeriana salad as a side.

Wednesday

Appointment with the nutritionist's this morning.

All is OK but I'm too swollen due to few issues I had with my period this month.

So I ate a lot of junk food as I always do the day of the monthly visit.

Spicy lemongrass noodles for lunch

 Potato waffles as a snack

 I love my Wednesday nights at home: comfy food and Chi l'ha Visto?

Hot dogs and french fries

Tuesday

Just a bit of prosciutto cotto and crackers for lunch

 And carrot, pumpkin and asparagus puree for dinner

Monday

Lots of liquids today and a bit of prociutto crudo with few crackers for dinner

Sunday

Warm milk, crispbread with the last spreads of my banana and chocolate jam

Nice way to start the day

I behaved for lunch: spinacine with valeriana salad and cucumber

I tried so hard to behave also for dinner.

But I failed...

Elisa: 0 - Chinese Restaurant "Shangai" @Pietrasanta: 1

Steamed shrimps dumplings; wanton soup; dumplings sautéed in soy sauce with vegetables and egg; tangerine ice cream....And the worst sweet&sour pork I've ever eaten....

Pity I forgot my camera

Friday

San Biagio's Day

That's my city Saint Patron's Day 

There's a huge market in the city centre, a nice fun fair and lots of yummy food around

I like it more than Christmas!!

Goat's yogurt with blueberries and a plumcake for breakfast before going to the fair's

Lunch at my parent's

Traditional San Biagio's menù

Selection of startes: panzanelle with sandwich meat such as prosciutto crudo, pancetta arrotolata, mortadella versiliese and salame cacciatorino; zucchini flan; stuffed vol-au-vent

As a main dish: tordelli

Typical dish of this area, one of the yummiest food on Earth

It's a kind of dumpling such as a raviolo stuffed with beef, mortadella di Bologna, eggs, Parmesan cheese, parsel and boiled chard. With ragù sause as a condiment.

Dinner out with my girl friends to celebrate San Biagio's Day

We went to La Locanda del Gusto @Pietrasanta

Pic 1 : Starters: pecorino cheese with fig jam; crouton with pear, gorgonzola cheese, prosciutto crudo and balsamic vinegar; leek and zucchini flan with fondue

Pic 2 : First (and Main) Course: nuts dumplings with gorgonzola cheese and radicchio sauce

Pic 3 : Dessert: soft chocolate cake