Busy times and a new addition – WIAW

Whoops, I apologise for the delay between posts. Things have been crazy busy! I have some very exciting news (which I will get to shortly), a weekend catch-up with What I ate Wednesday. Whew, better get started.

 

Friday night Ben and me decided to treat ourselves to a take-away Indian meal. Honestly, I was so excited about it. We haven’t had one in ages. We have a lovely local Indian restaurant/take-away and it’s just brilliant. I had a starter of chicken tandoori:

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Yum! This is basically a piece of chicken covered with yogurt and spices and cooked in the clay tandoor oven.

I then had a chicken tikka main (which is essentially very similar to my starter but chunks of chicken rather than an actual leg etc. – what can I say, I love this meal!). I had it with the ludicrously coloured yogurt side-sauce it comes with.

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I had both starter and main with the salad garnish you get free with the starter and an onion salad as well. I love the onion salads but it pretty much kills any romance haha. Normally I don’t have any poppadums but I really fancied them so stole a fair few from Ben (Alfie loves them too…I know this is naughty!). We then watched Argo. Brilliant film, such a good story. But SO tense.

Saturday morning we got up early and Ben went for a 6 mile run and I went for a 9 mile run (we ran separately as we had different routes and different paces). The weather was pretty rubbish: cold and wet. And unfortunately on mile 3 when turning round a corner I slipped straight over and landed on the side of my thigh. Seriously painful. A woman passing her car stopped and helped me. She was very nice and offered to drive me home but I told her it was fine. She warned me not to run anymore…She clearly doesn’t understand the running mentality. I’m a third of the way in! No backing out now. I did have a bit of a rest but then carried on. What was great was as I fell I stopped my Garmin – runner’s mentality again haha.

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Yeah so carrying on running was a bit painful but my own fault obviously for continuing so what can you do!

After the run I showered and made my usual breakfast of oatmeal and almond milk. So good after a run.

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Then I was on fire and cleaned the bathrooms, hoovered, did the washing, ironed, put away laundry, and then walked Alfie. Super Anna! I then crashed haha.

For lunch I made a yummy sweet potato soup based on THIS recipe. It was lovely and warming and quite spicy. I used chickpeas instead of black beans though. And I sadly used all my nutritional yeast up *sobs*. It was another annoying meal that required grating sweet potato though.IMG_3961

Then Ben and I collapsed onto the sofa and watched three episodes back-to-back of Game of Thrones series 2. AMAZING.

For dinner I tried another new recipe. Prepare yourself, because this is something amazing.

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Chicken Parmigiana (based on THIS recipe) serves 2

  • 2 chicken breast 
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 40g breadcrumbs
  • 40g parmesan, grated (split into half) 
  • Garlic clove, diced
  • 1/2 can passata/chopped tomatoes
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • ½ ball light mozzarella, torn

–  Mix 20g of the parmesan with the breadcrums.

– Dip the chicken in the egg, and then the breadcrumb mixture to coat the chicken (I double-dunked back in the egg and breadcrumbs to ensure maximum yumminess).

– Grill the chicken on both sides until golden and crispy.

While the chicken is grilling, fry the garlic in a saucepan, then add the passata with the sugar and oregano until bubbling.

– In a shallow baking dish, add the chicken and the pour over the passata, place the torn mozzarella over the chicken and around it, then dust everything with the remaining parmesan (the pièce de résistance). Grill for 5 mins (until all is melted and gooey like the photo).

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This was phenomenally tasty. The best part was when I served it Ben he had no idea really what it was apart from being a ‘cheesy tomato chicken thing’ (this is how I sold it to him). He had no idea the chicken was breaded. He said it literally made the meal and was possibly the best meal I’d ever made. These are CRAZY words. I almost cried Winking smile

Sunday was supposed to be a relaxed day but something exciting happened that no one was expecting so soon…

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My sister gave birth, six weeks early, to little Megan. It was always planned that Rachel would have a planned caesarean because of the baby’s position, but this was to be closer to the due date. So obviously this was quite a surprise for everyone, mainly the now very proud parents. She’s a little on the small side (as to be expected) but she is very well and so is Rachel thankfully.

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She’s currently going to be spending the next two weeks in hospital just to make sure everything is perfect and then she can go home and join her sister, Ellie.

So Ben and I went to visit them on Sunday after dashing quickly into town to buy some pressies. And then we got to see mum and baby. Rachel was understandably very tired and Megan was fast asleep. But I did get to rest my hand, very gently, on her back. We couldn’t hold her as she needs to be kept as germ-free as possible. But it was just a beautiful experience. I’m always so awe-struck by how tiny and delicate and soft new borns are (I’ve only seen two – Ellie & Megan). And my sister is literally made to be a mum – she fits so naturally into the role.

How very exciting! Big congratulations to Rachel and Nick, my brother-in-law Smile

Do you have any little ones in your family? Our family is very small so Ellie and Megan are the only ‘little people’ we have.

Have you ever fallen when running? It was more embarrassing than anything, but I do have a HUGE bruise on my leg now. I guess that’s one good thing that it’s still trouser weather.

What’s your favourite take-away/take-out?

7 Replies to “Busy times and a new addition – WIAW”

  1. Congratulations, how exciting!
    And poor you about falling over- at least someone stopped to help. I fell over once and fell awkwardly on my wrist (carrying my water bottle and stupidly didn’t drop it)- I had blood pouring down my wrists and there were people at the bus stop who just stared at me. I limped home, and then nearly fainted in the bathroom when I was rinsing my wrist because I am so squeamish with the blood, and could not clean it. In the end I went to hospital (the next day) and had to have the wound cleaned properly as it had all glass and gravel in it, then I had to have my wrists bandaged so I looked like I had attempted suicide or something. Not good. I still have the scar on my knee from that too!

  2. Awww congrats to your sister!! She picked an excellent name if I do say so myself…

    And ouch! It seems like a lot of people have been falling on runs lately..it’s one of my fears I’m crossing my fingers I don’t fall like that, but awesome job keeping on with your run anyway! Definitely a runner’s mentality haha. And I love that you were “on fire” after your run and breakfast..that’s the absolute best part of an energizing morning run. Productive Saturdays!

  3. That’s an awesome 9 mile! You rock for continuing after that fall. I did 9 this morning, but mine was a treadmill run with the tv to entertain me. Hoping for spring to show up soon!

  4. CONGRATS to your sister–and to you, the new auntie, too! Megan is a beautiful little girl; you all must be so proud! <3

    I'm so sorry about your fall! I know how painful–and jarring that can be. The exact same thing actually happened to me yesterday. I was literally a block from home, and was jogging across the street, when WHAM! I face-planted on the asphalt. My foot had caught on a plastic cord on the street, which sent me tumbling. My knee was bleeding, but I was most sad about a hole in my running pants! ;-p I'm glad you're okay, and that you were able to continue your run without too much trouble!

    Oh my goodness, the chicken parmesan you made looks incredible! That's one of my favorite Italian dishes, yet I've never made it at home. You're inspiring me!

    Hope you're having a great week, Anna, and congrats again on the new addition to your family! <3 xoxo

  5. Congratulations to your sister!!! When I first saw this post I thought maybe YOU were pregnant haha 🙂 That chicken parm looks delicious!! That is Fabio’s most favorite meal and he would die of happiness if I made it for him more often lol

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