Food & Health: Weekly Grocery Haul & How to Stop Bad Cravings!

Hello girls!

My today's video is a grocery haul, where I'm also trying to give you some useful tips & advices on how to eat healthier & how to stop bad food cravings!

After the holiday season, we all need to "get back on track", and  eat more fruits and vegetables, avoiding completely the junk food & greasy, fried food.

Hopefully my grocery shopping will inspire you :)

I always try to eat healthy, but always try to vary my diet too. 

I think eating in moderation is a key to healthy & balanced lifestyle!

Let me know your experiences with your weekly grocery shoppings!

What do you put in your basket?

What helps you to get back on track after the holiday season?

The food we indulged in over the holidays...

Traditional italian cake "Tronchetto di Natale"

Chocolate cupcake by Bauli

Yum! :)

Home made tiramisu

My hubby made it, it was a dessert for our Christmas lunch!

Looking back at what I ate, I fear I probably gained a kg or two... lol

Watch my grocery haul here:

Italy is known for it's fine cuisine & lots of delicacy!

I truly love the food over here! :)

I'm croatian, and I lived in the UK for a while too, but I can honestly say, only in Italy have I found the food paradise :)

Here are some of the things I often eat:

Apples, bananas and chestnut jam...one of my favourite healthy afternoon snacks!

"Cestino di frutta", italian cake with red berries...
...to satisfy my "sweet tooth"...

Fruit salad with pears, apples, grapes, bananas and cinnamon...

Another fruit salad!
I love making fruit salads :)
You can watch a recipe for this one HERE!

Lasagna for lunch or dinner.
Made by my hubby :)

Oven baked dish invented by moi :)
What do we have here?
Potatoes, radicchio di Treviso, tomatoes, parmigiano cheese, chicken breasts, finocchio...

I prepared this for my hubby's B-day dinner, past month.

The finest italian bread!

My late lunch...

Another fruit salad with chocolate soy milk & lots of cinnamon.

I hope these pics inspired you to eat healthier and to enjoy cooking and preparing delicious meals for yourself & your family!

Kissss from Italy ♥ Thanks for stopping by!

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xoxo, S.

Nail Polish of the Week & a Quick Healthy Snack Idea!

Hello lovelies!

Here is a little something exclusive for the lovely readers of my blog!

This week I have discovered a new line of nail polishes made in italy, by the name "Arcobaleno", which transfered in english, means "Rainbow". The name of the brand makes sense, giving the fact that they have, like one million different shades of nail polishes!

The packaging isn't anything spectacular, but what makes this brand special is its price (each polish costs only 0.99 cent!) and its durability! They're quite long lasting indeed!

I picked up only one, just because I have an outrageous collection of nail polishes and don't really need another one...but...to my defense, this is the shade I didn't have in my collection yet!

The nail polish is true to the colour in the bottle, after just one application!
However, I like to apply two coats of nail polish, so even today, with this polish, I applied two coats!
& it dries pretty fast :)

This colour reminds me a lot on OPI's nail polish "Thanks A WindMillion" from the Holland Collection. It looks even more as its dupe, in the "real life".

I might just go & buy more of these "Arcobaleno" nail polishes...I'm in a big temptation! lol

Anyway, this is what's on my nails this week :)

...

While writing this post, I'm snacking on something really yummy!

So I wanted to quickly share my meal, as a healthy snack idea :)

I'm snacking on:
- some spelled grains (Farro is the word for it in italian) dipped in honey, with some extra honey of orange blossom added on top (the brand I use is "Ambrosoli Miele")
- grapes
- peach
- banana
YUM!!! ;)

My ideal afternoon snack :)

I hope you liked this quick post!

There'll be more of these coming, as I have some really pretty nail polishes that I'd like to show you and this is the best way to do that:)

Also, my healthy snack ideas will continue, if you think that's something that interest you!

Let me know in the comment's section!

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Love from Italy,

xoxo Sonja

Requested: What I Ate Today?

Hi girls!

On my formspring, I got asked so many times, to do this type of video, a video that would show you my diet, what I normally eat in a day.


So the other day, I took my camera and started filming my meals, starting from breakfast...I included all the meals I had that day, even the "unhealthy" snacks ;)


I hope you'll find this video interesting & if you'd want me to, I can film more of these in the future!


I try to eat different things every day, just because I like to vary my diet!

Watch my "What I Ate Today" video here:

And what are you eating today?


Kiss from Italy,
xoxo Sonja

Good Breakfast Everyone!

I really enjoy starting my day...

...with a good breakfast! This is my essential meal and I never skip it!

If I had a good, yummy breakfast, chances are, it's going to be a great day! :)

So in this post I just wanted to share with you what I have been eating for my breakfast recently...

this is now my favourite way to start a day!

I'm starting my day with a natural yoghurt, fresh strawberries, choco krave cereals by Kellogs and "I Cantuccini", the famous italian almond cookies :)

And now, just by looking at these pics, I'm hungry again!

So I'm off to preparing something delicious :)

I'll talk to you soon,

xoxo from Italy,

Sonja