Ginger Lime Chia Fresca

Glass of ginger, lime chia fresca

About a week ago I decided to cut out coffee for a few weeks, I don’t think there is anything wrong with coffee as long as you tolerate it but I felt like I was relying on it a bit too much and wanted to give my body a break. So I’ve been trying some alternatives to coffee in the morning, like Chai, Rooibos, Earl Grey other herbal tea varieties and things like warm water with ACV or lemon juice and a little honey to sweeten.

I recently came across a drink called ‘Chia Fresca’ and while I had head of people adding chia seeds to water and drinking it, I didn’t realise this drink had an actual name. Turns out that this drink hails from Mexico! When I saw this post I knew I wanted to try it out for myself so I came up with this quick and easy to make ‘Ginger Lime Chia Fresca’. This drink is nice and refreshing and a great pick me up in the morning! [Read more…]

Persian Salad Shirazi with Fresh Sardines

Persian Salad Shirazi with Fresh Sardines

Welcome to the start of a new week! Apologies for the lack of posts last week, I’ve been feeling a bit under the weather lately and just didn’t have it in me to share any blog posts, I was also so caught up in not feeling well that I totally missed our one year anniversary of moving to the UK! I really can’t believe that one year has already passed… it doesn’t seem real! I will admit though that it has probably taken about this much time for me to get adjusted to actually living here, to be very honest I’m not 100% sure that I can see Joe and I living here long term but for the time being it’s the place for us to be. [Read more…]

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