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Hi everybody, dear readers and loyal subbies,
Today I was in the mood to share what I ate for dinner this Sunday.
And for today’s menu my BF and I made Chicken Korma with a simple cucumber, tomato and onion salad also known as a Kachumber😀.
I loved that this meal was done in 30 minutes and full of flavour. And whoop whoop leftovers to spare
Hope you enjoyed this post.
Until next post friends!
XoXo
Kim
Hi everybody, dear readers and loyal subbies,
I could not resist sharing this quick little post of what I ate for lunch this Saturday. It was pretty dammn good!
Today I went out for lunch with my sister and my BF, and ordered this amazing Avocado and Corn Brioche sandwich at the Thrill Grill in Haarlem ! It tasted so wonderful and creamy that I definitely order it again. The balance of sweet and soar was wonderful. To make my lunch complete I ordered a side of onion rings. Which was pretty delightful I might say!
Until next post friends!
XoXo
Kim
Hi everybody, dear readers and loyal subbies,
Another trip to a far away country means another post filled with delicious new food to share. Ok Bali is not new to me anymore, yet my love for food will never die. If you love food like I do, I believe it will be hard for you to look away and not continue reading. So read on and drown in all this yummy food goodness.
Asian
I finally had the opportunity to try out some new Indonesian dishes. Such as Sup Buntut a delicious Oxtail Soup. The meat fell straight of the bone and was so succulent and the soup was really filling as it was filled with vegetables and served with rice, emping and pickled vegetables.
Another new dish I had the pleasure to try out at Honeybees restaurant,was Babi Guling. Now if you like pork and crispy skin, you will love this. Eventhough I am not the biggest meat eater I really enjoyed it. This dish was served with some rice and some green vedge. I am unable to recollect what it was.
I was already familiar with different forms of rice porridge but I have never tried out the Indonesian version, the Bubur. OMG! I love this for breakfast, hell I would have this for dinner it is really delicious and nutritious. You eat this porridge with flaked chicken, spring onions, fried onions, ketchap and sambal. So delicious. You can really dress this porridge the way you want it. If you have an opportunity to try this dish I would recommend it.
The other Asian dishes I ate in Bali were , Soto Ajam,Nasi Istimewa, Beef BimiBap, Green Curry and Chicken Springrolls. Even though the spring rolls were tasty I had a hard time locating the chicken. Just had to share that.
European
During my stay in Bali I had some European/Western dishes. I had a chicken burger with fries and some Carbonara Fettucini with a garlic crostini.
Drinks
Besides drinking a lot of water I had some sneaky drinks. Boy did I enjoy drinking my Virgin Mojito next to the poolside. That drink was so refreshing and provided the necessary sugar rush for during the day. Also I thoroughly enjoyed having a nice fruit smoothie, being banana or strawberry.
Deserts
During my holiday I did not have a particular sweet tooth. However I had the pleasure to try two. One was a bread and butter pudding served with strawberry ice cream.
The second desert was mind blowing and so delicious. Now let me tell you what this was. Sweet Potato Doughnuts with a caramel based sauce. This was so good and the portion size was just perfect. Now If I would know how to make these doughnuts I would definitely give it a try.
I hope you all enjoyed reading this post as I have enjoyed sampling all this goodness. If you have any recommendations of dishes I should have tried out in Bali or dishes I should try in the future please leave a comment.
Until next post friends!
XoXo,
Kim
Hi everybody, dear readers and loyal subbies,
This post is dedicated to all you foodies out there. I thought it was about time to share what I ate in Bali with you. Trust me food is very important in my life and Asian food is one of my faves! So I could not say no to writing this post! Please note that there were 2 days I had some European food ( I know shame on me! )
But without further a do please check out the food and some drinks I had in Bali!
Unfortunately I cannot remember what I had on each day but here is the overview :
Nasi Goreng Gambing, Seafood Curry ( Cannot recollect the name) , Nasi Goreng Kampoeng.Singaporean Noodles, Gado Gado, Corn Fritters and Kwetiaw Goreng Seafood.
European
Haloumi and Beetroot Salad and Penne with Mushroom
Drinks
Tropical Cocktail ( Again forgotten the name) and a green ice tea. The great thing about that one was you could adjust the sweetness of your tea. As my experience was that the Iceteas in Bali and Singapore are real sweet.
Deserts
Pisang Goreng with Ice and Nutella and cheese croissants. Now you would say this sounds strange but I was pleasantly surprised.
Food is a joy in my life and I hope to find more delicious food in the years coming.
What is your favorite food and what would you recommend me trying? Feel free to leave a comment.
Until next post friends!
XoXo,
Kim
Hi everybody, dear readers and loyal subbies,
I think I mentioned this smoothie 2 posts ago? I am not sure anymore , but as I bought back 4 banana’s from work, I decided to make this smoothie. This smoothie is great to finish up some ripe/ over ripe banana’s.
Ingredients needed for a liter smoothie
4 x Banana’s
500 ml Vanilla Yogurt
Method
Chop up your banana in tiny pieces and put the banana’s in the blender. Blend the banana’s until smooth. Poor the yogurt in the blender and blitz for another minute or so. You can drink this smoothie immediately ,all though I think it tastes better after you have chilled it in the fridge for at least an hour.
This smoothie serves very well as a quick breakfast or if you want a quick pick me up during the day.
I hope you all enjoyed this post.
Until next post friends!
XoXo
Kim
Hi everybody, dear readers and loyal subbies,
Ok, ok I confess it is not very creative that I am posting two food related posts in a row. But I felt like sharing this one! This Rainbow salad is so simple to make, uses left over veggies, is healthy and looks so colorful.
For this Rainbow Salad you will need some ( FYI you are free to add as much or as little as you want of these ingredients. :
Cook the quinoa as per instructions. For extra flavor I cooked my quinoa in some vegetable stock. Layer all your different components in the jar. Make sure that your quinoa has cooled down. Create a dressing with some lime juice and add salt and pepper to taste and drizzle over your salad in a jar.
I can imagine creating this one with couscous, Beetroot, Feta cheese and cucumber, mint and a dressing of lime, salt and pepper. I have not created that one yet but the flavors should work.
I hope you all liked this post. For my last post click here. And as always please feel free to leave a comment. Until next post friends!
XoXo
Kim
Hi all,
Just wanted to share the Indian food which I had with my parents last Sunday. I just love Indian food. I love the spices and love the smell. The food tastes so good and comforting and I always feel very happy afterwards.
So my dad had the Lamb Vindaloo, my mum had the Tandori Salmon and I had the lamb Bangali. Does it not all look very yummy!
For the desert I had a pistachio kulfi. Even though the flavor was very concentrated it was very yummy. The only thing what would have made it more enjoyable for me, and this is personal off course less coconut on top . But I loved the pistachio flavor.
I hope you all enjoyed this little food sharing. For my last food orientated post click here. Have a good weekend and until next post.
XoXo
Kim
Hello friends,
I turned 29 on the 18th of May! Yeeh! Because it was a bank holiday on a Monday I took the Tuesday and the Wednesday (my birthday) off. So yeeh for long weekends! Because my birthday was in the middle of the week and a lot of people had to work I got two birthdays! Who does not enjoy that huh?
Day 1 pre -birthday (17th May )
Tuesday I went shopping in the city Haarlem and Purmerend with my mother. So my mum and I started in Haarlem. We were browsing the little stores in the center of Haarlem but we decided to have lunch first. We settled to go to Cafe Brinkman which is located on the Grote Markt in Haarlem Center. I had a sandwich Bali which was quite tasty . The sandwich photographed really well. Such a nice big sandwich.
I was really surprised that when my mum and I were out and about it was really nice weather, as the Forecast that week was crap. It was sunny and even I felt hot on occasion. After lunch we visited some stores tried on some things and then we decided to go back to Purmerend and do some shopping there. Once done we returned to my parents house and had some pizza and salad and ofcourse some cake. The cake was really good but I had too much. At 0.00 hours I opened some pressies. Awesome!
Day 2 The real birthday ( 18th May)
Day 2 I spent with my sister. She told me to be at Haarlem station at 12.45 hours so we could get lunch at 1300 hours. Lunch, really sis ! She made me walk this weird route . And I was like what is going on. Where are we having lunch? And then we ended up at Douglas at the MAC counter !! Hell yeah!! I got a MAC make over and afterwards I could choose € 60,- worth of products! Pretty sweet! As I was in the moment , I sort of caved and purchased some other stuff from MAC. So below you can see the items the MAC artist used on me. Can I just say that the MAC water weight foundation is awesome. My skin looked really nice.
After my MAC makeover we had lunch at the Thrill Grill. I think this is turning out to be a great place for lunch. I opted for the Kranenburger, a burger. On the picture it looks so simple but the flavor combination is awesome. A beef burger , lettuce, red onion jam, Blue Cheese dressing and crushed black pepper on a toasted organic bun. Hmmmm so good. Also their homemade Ice tea is soooo good.
Afterwards it was shopping around and scoring some great deals really. For dinner we had some nice sushi. Afterwards we chilled out in front of the tv all in all a good day,
Day 3 day of cake
As per Dutch tradition you usually get cake for your co workers. Unfortunately I forgot to make pictures of these cakes. I got 3 cakes and they were delicious. They all went down a treat.
I hope you all enjoyed this post. I am planning to do a what I got for my birthday post and do a little haul post what I got during those days. For last year festivities click here . Until next post friends!
XoXo
Kim
Hi everybody, dear readers and subbies
So a week ago my friend J apped me that she was going to be back in the Netherlands and we went out for lunch. We decided to have lunch in my fave place in the city of Purmerend. Het hoedje van de Koningin. Roughly translated as the queens hat. So this restaurant is very Dutch royalty orientated stuffed with memorabilia. Which I quite enjoy.
We had a lovely lunch and nice cooling drinks as the weather was really nice. Hello sunshine!
Curious what I had for lunch? I had a lovely Queensclub sandwich with shredded chicken, tomato,cucumber bacon egg, and a curry mayonnaise. Very delicious thank you very much. Just looking at the picture of this sandwich again, makes me all hungry.
During lunch J surprised me with a pre-birthday gift. How kind was that! I received a lovely necklace and a matching bracelet to go with and another bracelet. They are really nice looking and add a nice little touch to an outfit.
Overal I really enjoyed my lunch with J, we chatted a lot and time flew by so quickly. I hope we will meet up soon again!
I hope you all liked this short little blog. If you like me to do more post like these let me know. If you enjoyed this post you might enjoy this one. To not miss any of my posts subscribe to Thumbelinaslifestyle.com. Until next post friends!
XoXo
Kim
Hello dear readers,
I felt like sharing a quick Sunday post. After a week of horrible weather, finally some good spring sunshiny weather. Really the weather has been on steroids the last week, which resulted in a nasty migraine attack last Friday . Don’t you hate that when weather causes that.
Anyhow my sister and I had some lunch at Bagel and Beans. After long deliberation I went for the Japanese Salmon bagel which was very delightful I must say. Loving the wasabi and teriyaki sauce that comes with this bagel. It tasted great. Also my Latte was excellently made. Always a delight to come to Bagels and Beans for lunch.
What are you doing this Sunday? Have a good week guys! Until next post friends.
XoXo,
Kim
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