My life on Fridays

Monday, February 15, 2016

Alexander The Great

Rose Ringed Parakeets named after Alexander the Great in London.Yes it's as weird as it sounds. Hyde Park offers a wide range of wildlife to it's visitors,such as foxes, pelicans and lot of types of birds, so feeding these beautiful exotic parrots was just another strange thing London offers to it's visitors and residents.I have no clue how did they get there and how can they survive these low temperatures since they mainly live in India, but I hope they will.I was lucky that me and my friends had a day off and David could snap these cute pictures.

Sunday, February 7, 2016

Healthy breakfast ideas

You've all probably noticed how fitness took over instagram and social media in general and people are now almost obsessed with being healthy. Some say that it's a bad thing, and that it is awkward and ridiculous to post pictures of their progress in loosing/gaining weight on instagram, or that healthy meals are literally disgusting. Yeah, I understand that some people just don't get fat even though they eat whatever they want and they have never experienced what 30 minutes on treadmill feel like, but I think eating healthy and working out is a good thing. Not only you look better, but you definitely feel better, reduce stress, gain more energy and become one happy confident person.I've never been a fan of sports either, but when you hit certain stage in your life, you realize (especially when you don't have a model type body) that maybe it's time to change something about you. Luckily I have never been a person who only eats meat and fast-food but I have always loved sweets and snacking. What always bothered me was that whenever I wanted to buy some super cute top or only wear a bralette with my high waisted shorts I always felt that I looked ugly. Many times I ended up buying something that I was't comfortable in wearing around people I knew, so I only wore it on vacations or when I went somewhere with my parents.This year I have finally started hitting up gym regularly and I gained (at least some) interest in fitness. The most important thing that I've learnt is, that if you want to be healthy, you have to first change your lifestyle, and that can be very hard especially if you're a teenager or in your mid 20's and want to have fun, drink a lot with your friends, stay up late and don't get enough sleep because you partied whole night and then you had to go to class the next morning, or you want to try all burger restaurants in your town.(my case) But really, you have to incorporate gym/any kind of physical activity and healthy food in your daily life in order to change something about yourself, and most importantly not to get back to your old life. It has to become a routine, and that's what I am trying to do with my life.(still in progress) I don't want to seem like I am bragging right now, so let's move on to what this post is going to be about. If you love fruit and vegetables it will be a lot easier for you to pick up on these recipes.(I am not fan of salty breakfasts like eggs and toasts and sausages, which seems to be totally incomprehensible for my boyfriend) Of course you can find these on almost every fitness/healthy food blog or webpage but I decided to choose few of my favourites and share them with you :) They are all very high in protein and fibre and are the beast option to kick off your day.

Hope you will like it.

Oatmeal topped with fruit/nuts

This is a really easy recipe and you can basically buy oatmeal bags in every store instead of cooking it from scratch, but they might contain lot of sugars and admixtures that you don't need.Therefore I'd recommend to buy simple oats and perhaps add honey to make it taste sweeter.

Ingredients:

1.150 grams of oats
2. 150 ml almond milk/or semi skimmed
3. 1 tablespoon of honey

Directions:

1.Mix oats with milk in a pan over medium heat and cook for 5 minutes.Add honey and stir well to make it smooth.If you want you can add more milk or oats,depending on how rich you want the oatmeal to be.
2.Put in a bowl and top with fresh fruit,coconut flakes/nuts or chia seeds

Chia pudding

Chia seeds are something you can now see in almost every healthy recipe,because they are a great source of fibre.I also like to add them to my breakfast meals and this one is absolutely delicious!

Ingredients:

1. 150 mlAlmond or any other milk
2. two tablespoons of chia seeds
3. fresh fruit
4. nuts or coconut flakes
5. one tablespoon of honey

Directions:

1. In a jar, glass or bowl mix almond milk,chia seeds and honey together.
2. You can add some fresh or frozen fruit and create layers- pudding,fruit,pudding,fruit
3. Leave in a fridge for couple hours or overnight
4. Add additional ingredients such as nuts or fruit on top before consuming

Avocado toast with eggs

I love this recipe because it's super easy and quick and because I love avocados.It is the best option for those who love salty breakfast but want to keep it healthy and light.

Ingredients:

1.wholewheat bread
2. avocado
3. two eggs
3. pinch of salt
4. butter

Directions:

1. Toast two slices of bread on a saucepan
2. Mash avocado with little bit of butter and pinch of salt until you get a smooth texture
3. Fry eggs on a saucepan
4. Spread avocado all over the toast slices and add eggs.You can also scramble the eggs instead of just frying them if you'd like

Overnight oats

My favorite recipe which I make almost every day/night before I go to sleep, so when I wake up in the morning,I just grab it from the fridge.(sometimes I even eat it on my way to uni) It's simple,healthy and fresh!

Ingredients:

1. 150 ml Oats
2. 100 ml Almond milk
3. 4 tablespoons coconut/plain yoghurt
4. 1 banana
5. chia seeds
6. cereal and nuts- additional
7. fresh fruit

Directions:

1. In a bowl, mash one banana, then add yoghurt,milk and oats and mix everything together.
2. Add additional chia seeds and mix again.
3. Put in a large jar or glass and create layers of oats,fresh fruit,cereal or/and nuts,oats and again until you fill up the whole glass.
4. Leave in a fridge overnight
5. Top with fruit or nuts, honey or whatever you like and consume

Healthy oat pancakes

Everybody likes pancakes and these are even healthy,so you don't have to feel like you're eating bunch of carbohydrates.Get prepared for Tuesday,National Pancake's Day! :)

Ingredients:

1. large banana
2. 2 eggs
3. cup of oats
4. two tbsp of almond milk
5. 1 teaspoon baking powder

Directions:

1. Blend oats until you get flower mixture
2. In a bowl mash one large banana and add to the mixture
3. Add 2 eggs and milk and mix well
4. Add baking powder and mix again
5. Put the batter into the pan and make either big or small round pancakes
6. Top with fresh or frozen fruit,jam or white yoghurt

D.

(I don't own any of the pics)

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

BACK TO BLACK

Hey guys! I know it's been ages since I wrote something new on my blog,but I was enjoying my 3 and a half week long holidays back home in lovely Bratislava.Now that I am back in London, I can finally start focusing on more important stuff like uni,work,gym and my blog.(That's actually everything that fits into my schedule) I hope you had great holidays and crazy New Year's Eve and that you are all relaxed and ready to start next semester or work.

In upcoming weeks you can expect some interesting interviews that I did with my friends(one has spent her summer in India and the other one moved to Australia to start a new life.Both of them are very inspiring lovely girls and it will definitely be an entertaining reading)

Also I will try to get my boyfriend to work on the visual side of my blog as soon as possible.He is very lazy...(Why the hell did he study software engineering when he does not want to help me with my blog?)

You can also be expecting lot of art gallery reviews and fashion articles,since my flatmate is a very good fashion photographer.Check out his site here.

For now I will just say that I am very thankful for each one of you who read my blog regularly and I hope you will stick with me for a long time!

Have a nice week :)
Domi.

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Cool gifts for HIM

Many of you are probably still deciding what to buy your boyfriend,brother or your guy friend for Christmas.In fact,I think buying presents for guys is soo much more difficult than buying presents for girls because not only they barely talk about what they want,but when you think about it,they dont even need that much to be happy.(just kidding) I usually always end up buying clothes or some house decorations,but this year I wanted to chose better stuff and therefore I spent more time on websites and in stores.I am very happy to say that I have all of the presents sorted early this year, but if you were not lucky enough or simply havent got enough time,here are some tips that can inspire you on what to buy him, picked according to my personal style.Just remember to always think about his hobbies,favorite movie or T.V show or simply a clothing brand he has the most clothes from.(Or just do it like I did it,just choose what you think will look/suite him the best)

6pack beer holder for bike

Bed table for ipad and breakfast

Breaking Bad apron

Star Wars bluetooth speaker

Calvins

Adidad Originals Hoodie

Star Wars pyjamas

Mugintosh Mug

Hershel Backpack

Laundry bag

Casio gold watch

Ugly christmas sweaters

Huarache Utility

Odd future Tshirt

wooden cube alarm clock

BVLGARI AQVA parfume

Sunday, December 6, 2015

Christmas gift ideas for HER

If you haven't noticed the Christmas spirit spreading through your city, streets full of lights and decorations, overcrowded shopping centres and shopping streets, overdecorated shopping windows and Christmas markets everywhere,you should come to London.I swear this city goes nuts during Christmas period.Oxford street is full of people every day and every night,street artists,dressed up as various characters from North Pole are singing Jingle Bells and are offering themselves for pictures with tourists,fake snow is falling down from Harrods's roof and the whole city is decorated and lighted with Christmas lights and decorations.Even though,it wasn't until yesterday when I realized Christmas is behind the corner,and all of that just because I worked at Christmas party for one anonymous company.I actually love Christmas,because since I moved to London,it is a special time for me to spend with my family and eat good food,but it is always a problem for me to chose the best Christmas gifts.You usually want to buy the most expensive and best presents for your loved ones,because you feel like they deserve it,but you don't have that much money.It is not hard for anyone to pick gifts for me,because like every girl,there wasn't a day when I wouldn't say I liked something,or wanted to buy something,but I simply haven't had enough money.By that I mostly mean clothes,shoes,acessories,parfumes and other similiar stuff.However,it is hard to buy gifts for someone,who simply doesn't say what he wants.As for example your mom,dad or boyfriend/girlfriend.Therefore I decided to choose some gifts which may make it easier for you to decide what to buy.In this post it will be for HER.