Having a lot of alone time on my hands equals playing around at home. I´ve always wanted to try out the self-timer mode of the Nikon D70 and to try using a tripod to take photos.
Here are the ones that I liked from the hundreds that I must have taken! They aren´t perfect, check out the feather behind me which I needed to help the camera focus, needless to say I had a lot of fun doing this shoot.
P.S. All photos where taken in the bedroom where the afternoon sunlight is brightest. The walls at home are all white and makes the perfect backdrop for the shots I like to do.
What a productive day! (If I may say so myself). I woke up early and since then I´ve done yoga, prepared lunch, taken photos and now writing this post while watching the news in Spanish (Hahaha). I still have a long ways to go as I start teaching at 7pm until 10.
I am excited because the other day I found a recipe (Spicy Roasted Chickpeas) from Brewedtogether´s page that I knew I was going to have to try and prepare myself. (Before anything else, I want to say thank you for sharing, M&K). For the complete list of ingredients and preparation instructions do check out their page and along the way find inspiration, like I have!
I added a new ingredient, Iberian Patatera Spicy Sausage, to make the dish a little more heavy for lunch and to feed a hungry B when he gets back from class. I´m also serving the dish with some couscous. Just writing about it is making me hungry!
To prepare everything (including the coucous) took about an hour. I think this is perfect if you are looking for something quick and very tasty to chow down on.
What´s keeping you busy today?
Bisous, bisous
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Killing time before I had to get ready and leave for my classes, I found myself watching reruns of Cold Case and trying to write! (I like to multitask.) All this is has made me think about what other things I can spend my time on.
1. A Sushi-making class: I had a former student who teaches a class and maybe it would be a nice change to be the student. I know B would like to try this one out with me as we both share the passion for eating Japanese food. This could save us some money too as good sushi is never cheap!
2. Volunteer work: I´ve found one catered for foreigners like me living in Spain. They organize something every 3 months and usually on a Saturday. I can´t say I have done much on this end apart from throwing a Christmas party for homeless kids back in 2007 in the Philippines. I would like to do more and help.
3. Continue Spanish classes and take the DELE. I´ve been practicing and using all that I had learned from 2010 and 2011 when I was going to class 3 hours each week. I want to take it a step further and really speak and understand the language well and along the way get a certificate from the Instituto Cervantes.
4. Spinning classes: I used to go 4 times per week but again back in the Philippines! It is my preferred way of doing cardio exercise. These days, the only cardio activity I do is brisk walking.
5. Cook more. My teaching schedule has lessened the time that I spend in the kitchen. I´ve also allowed myself to get too caught up in other chores around the house which seem to be piling up! There are just too many dishes that are still waiting to be tested out.
Fast forward to 2 hours later. I started preparing some lunch. It´s another one of those dishes that I have pinned and always wanted to try -- Honey Glazed Chicken and Bacon Bites. Based on the positive feedback from B and Sylvie who both had some, this is definitely going to be repeated for other times. I really enjoyed it as it so easy to prepare and tasty! I like to eat it with a bit of rice though and that´s me being Asian.
Whew! I´ve been moving non-stop since I got out of bed. Sadly, I didn´t do yoga (again) today as I was too sleepy to wake up at 8!
On the upside, I kicked off yesterday with a two hour conversation class with a really funny and sweet student who works for a fast food chain and she gave me different flavored tea in boxes that they serve to their customers. I had mentioned that I am a tea drinker on the first day of class.
Last Saturday I prepared lunch and had the intention of taking photos of the finished product but forgot to. I cooked yesterday and almost did the same thing! I think this will be the start of a new page on this blog about ´What Comes Out of My Kitchen´ which is basically me bringing to life the recipes I find on Pinterest or in cookbooks.
Only a few people know that before last year I couldn´t and wouldn´t cook. B was always the one in-charge of preparing food and I did all the cleaning. The second task hasn´t changed, I still do ALL the cleaning!
The dish was Baked Chicken with Bloomin Onion Dipping Sauce! I adapted the recipe and changed it up a little bit to use Chicken instead of Zucchini and the spices I used were not exactly what was indicated either and neither was the type of cheese. I take credit for coming up with a very tasty meal but I would´t have been able to conjure anything so good without the pegs I found.
I´ll keep adding more of my culinary adventures here as the year rolls along!
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