Contigo waterbottle and travelmug...

^{Madison Waterbottle}
 750ml / 24oz.

...finally got my two new drinking bottles. I was looking for hours in the internet to find a good quality waterbottle which makes my backpack not always wet. 

press to sip

The contigo waterbottles and travelmugs are pretty famous in Hollywood. So why don't bring the trend here?

Check out the picture of the Bond Girl Halle Barry and Reese Witherspoon.

Halle Barry and Reese Witherspoon

In my country they are not really cheap but i made myself these two gifts. And i am happy!

They are really working perfect! No water littering, nice design and colours, handle and really good quality.

I got the 

^{Autoseal Madison Water Bottle in pink/raspberry}

750ml / 24oz.

The bottle is 100% BPA free (Toxic Substance).

 <sup>So no need to worry about the bottle you are drinking from. The autoseal lid patented is 100% leak-proof and 100% spill-proof. You only have to press to sip, so easy. Even the hole looks small it comes a lot of water out. Just right for healthy drinking. It's a one-handed waterbottle operation for on-the-go drinking. The waterbottle is made out of tritan, which provides high impact resistance and won't stain or retain odors. The "iiiiuuuuuu" reaction is past! The carabiner clip on the handle makes this waterbottle easy to carry on your backpack or schoolbag. The top-rack is dishwasher safe. The wide opening fits ice cubes, that's really a plus point during hot summers. Remember those old bottles with a mini hole opening? Arghh. It has also a volume marking which helps you gauge the water intake. The 24 oz. size fits most car cupholders. 

I threw away every single other water bottle in my home!</sup> 
I am so happy with that one!

volume marking

carabiner clip

and the 

Autoseal Aria Stainless Steel Travel Mug (Vacuum Insulated) in purple

470ml / 16oz.

Aria Stainless Steel Travel Mug (Vacuum Insulated)
in purple 470ml / 16oz.

A sleek mug featuring the autoseal technology for 100% spill- and leak-proof performance and vacuum insulation to keep your beverages hot for 5 hours or cold for 14 hours. Haven't try that out yet but i am really curious if that works!!

It's a one-handed operation too. Just press the button to sip and release the button to automatically seal the mug.

locked

unlocked

There is an extra button to lock that preventing accidental actuation when carrying it inside the bag or with other items like books or training outerwear. It has a doublewall stainless steel construction that eliminates external condensation. The sleek design fits in nearly every car cupholders. The toprack is dishwasher safe. But i think i will clean mine just with hand and soap. It's safer. You never know what's happening in the dishwasher ;)

The really negative thing on it is the price here in Switzerland. Here you pay like 3 times more for the waterbottle and double price for the travel mug then in the U.S. But yeah...whatever. You can't have everything. But next time i travel to the U.S. i definitely buy some more different once :p.

If you like the post and also wanna to own one please, check out these pages for Switzerland, Germany or USA.

^sana-x 

really quick good service!

^amazon.de

^{gocontigo USA}

the healthy mexican salad…

...do you need a quick healthy lunch to bring for work? I have a easy delicious recipe for filling up your stomach with good carbs, proteins and low healthy fats. With this you will stay full until your snack time and you won’t crave after sweets! It's about 300g of fresh salad. You can enjoy it with a slice of whole wheat bread.  

Red kidney beans 100g: 

These healthy beans are a great source of cholesterol lowering fibre and are rich in vitamin c and high in protein. They also help detox the body. 

Corn unsalted 100g: 

Corn is low in fat, sodium and cholesterol. It has a low GI and is rich in fibre which will help with digestion. 

Lettuce 3 leaves chopped: 

Lettuce is a good source of vitamin A and potassium. Higher concentrations of vitamin A found in darker green lettuces like spinat. You also can take spinat. Whatever you prefer and like. 

Carrot 1 chopped: 

Carrots are rich in dietary fibre, antioxidants and minerals. Especially you will find vitamin A and beta-carotene in your carrot. This helps you have a good vision, including night vision. Carrots can be stored for several weeks in the refrigerator. 

Tomato 50g / 1 small piece chopped: 

They contain one of the most powerful natural antioxidants. They are high in water but low in calories and fat. 

Radishes 2 pieces sliced: 

Radishes are very filling. It fills your stomach and satisfies your hunger easily without giving you many calories. They are low in digestible carbohydrates, high in roughage and contain a lot of water and vitamin C. 

Fresh herbs: 

For a healthy liver and a very good taste take pepper, ginger and coriander.

Light dressing: 

Sprinkle some olive oil, a big spritzer of lemon juice and 2 tbsp apple vinegar over it. 

*Shake well and enjoy*

the mason jar labels...

new organised pantry

I like when everything is pretty organised and colourful. We've got so many jars with ingredients like cornflakes, crunchymüesli, backsoda, trailmix, proteinpowder, pasta, rice, lentils and so on in our kitchen. 

And what happens when you have so much stuff in the kitchen? You can't find it if it's not organised. That's why i like when they are named. 

For that i was searching in the internet for some nice ideas to name all my jars. And look what i found some lovely free jar printables already named or blank if you wish to fill in your own product names in the language of your choice. 

I just used a semi-gloss photo paper and a printer. So let's do it.

new organised pantry

new organised hot chocolate bar

It took me ages to print, cut and laminate them but i think this has paid off!

They perfectly fit on all the glass jars. Best are 250ml or smaller once. If you have larger jars you can handle it with copie-paste and make them wider and print them out as well. 

I laminate them, so they hold longer away the dirt and they are still nice nearly after one year in the busy kitchen!

new organised pantry

These labels are available in all different colours to match every kitchen.

If you wanna do this for yourself please go to this homepages for downloading the awesome printable mason jar labels!

Free printable mason jar from theprettyblog

Free printable mason jar from Limeshot Design

Good morning...

another day off to start with a healthy breakfast

nettletea, 3min.egg, müesli oats, strawberry,
banana, plain joghurt, grape,  flaxseed, proteinpowder

Every year London...

Have you ever been to London? If not you should definitely go there if you have the opportunity for. For me it’s pretty easy to go there. Flight takes about 1.5h airport to airport At the Gatwick Airport we always take the easybus which you must pre book online before the journey. It’s really cool, because it costs you only about 1-6£ per way depends when you are travel. You may have luck and get a ticket for just 1£! I always got a pretty cheap run with the bus ;) 

If you want you can also take the train but then you spend for sure more money but it's a bit faster as the bus. 

I think the best time to go to London is in May or October, it’s not to hot or cold and calmer then during the big holidays in summertime.

Gatwick Airport

Hello UK

The ultimate insider tip is the Griffin House Hotel next to the famous

1.5mile end to end shopping mile in Europe, the Oxfordstreet. I've been in the Griffin House Hotel for the 3rd time now and it gets always better and nicer. The stuff is sooo friendly and breakfast is cute. They got free WLAN and 24h security door as well. The hotel has small rooms with shower and toilette in it but for us it’s okay because most time we are on the run to discover all the different places, shops, cafes and street markets the city have. The price per night is very good too! Book early so you will get cheaper rooms!

Oxfordstreet the shopping mile

So now to my more interesting blabla. For all the shopping girls and boys out there you must go thru all the shops on Oxfordstreet. Most shops open from Monday to Friday 9-10am until 6 or 8pm. Many also open on Sunday from 12 to 6pm with late nights on Thursday. Oxfordstreet is best known for the busiest shopping street in Europe. Most shops are all found in the section from Marble Arch to Oxford Circus, along with most of the big-name multinationals. It's more of the same towards Tottenham Court Road, but generally on a smaller scale.

They have such a wide product lane for young to old fashion. You can find so many trendy shops with clothes, shoes, accessories, bags, perfume, deco articles and so on. BUT don’t go there on weekends, it's pure death!! Weekdays it’s more calm because all the people are still in school or at work. And then you can shop with no stress until your $$$ is gone!

Shop till you drop

Here is a little list with my favorite shops on the mile; 

Bershka, Topshop, Primark, Next, River Island, Zara, New Look, Forever21 and so on...

Portobello Road / Notting Hill

For all the vintage and antique fans, you definitely must go to the  Portobello Road Market. This is the reason why most people visit Notting Hill. Remember the movie? Clothes and food stalls are in the middle section of the market. Antiques and collectibles are at the southern end, nearest to Notting Hill Gate tube station. During the week the area is more peaceful. You can buy fresh veggis and fruits there, it's cheap!

I had there the best strawberries ever.

Portobello Market at Notting Hill Gate

Camden Town

Camden Market, Camden Lock Market, Camden Canal Market and Stables Market - all selling vintage clothing, street fashion, antiques and arts and crafts. Plenty of leather wear and body piercing too. Extremely busy at weekends. If you have the opportunity go there weekdays!

It's pretty touristic there, but you have to see it. Crazy shops, people etc.

And next to the bridge there is the best doughnut stall ever!!!!!

One for 1£

   Doughnuts yummi

Soho and Chinatown

During the day Soho is more about coffee bars and cafes rather than the sex shops for which the area was once known.
The area near Leicester Square is London's Chinatown with some funny little chinese shops and there some chinese all you can eat
buffet for about 4£ cheapest to 8£ more expensive once.



Govent Garden and Seven Dials

In general, for best selection of shoe shops and independent fashion outlets, café and bars. Sweet little spot in the middle of London. Urban Outfitters, Dr. Martens and Oakley stores you canfind there.

On these two websites you can find so much information about London.

Shoppinglist, maps, tube and bus map with times schedule, tourist attraction, hotels and so on.

Dry fruits on the street markets

Bond Street

This street is the street for the most elegant and expensive shops in London. Designer clothing such as Gucci and Armani. So nothing for me. But maybe for you?

http://www.streetsensation.co.uk/oxford/os_intro.htm

http://www.oxfordstreet.co.uk/

Famous double decker bus

Riverbridge

I try to go there once a year. It's so much fun and i think it's a pretty nice city with old buildings and big parks where you can hang out during the day if you have enough of shopping or sightseeing

So go there check it out and have fun!!

Flight back home

the candy cane marshmallow...

sitting at home, watching some TV trash and sipping on my white hot chocolate with a candy cane marshmallow on top. tried this sweet funny thing for christmas and got still one left. but by now its gone...yummmii.

To bad i couldn't find a little candy cane anywhere. They only got the large once.

So finally after searching for hours, i bought some plastic decoration candy canes for the christmas tree. 

It's cool too, because i always can re use 'em.

White hot chocolate with marshmallow


It's a simple sweet idea for a present. 

It comes from

Via

the shabby kitchen buffet...

once i was walking through the basement from my bf's mother i found this old brown buffet with two sweet windows hiding in a back corner. This minute i saw this beauty in my dinner room armed with guest plates and glasses, bright white with a sideboard at the bottom.

That time during the past weeks i was thinking about a nice sideboard that matches with the the top buffet.

I asked her if i can have it for remodeling something nice? She said, sure, this was already in my mom's room xx years ago.

So i went to a local thriftstore searching for a sideboard which could go along with this sweet buffet. In the store it didn't take me 5 minutes until i found that perfect sideboard with tree little drawers and hearthandles.

It was only 30$ yeah. Bought it, drove home and went to the basement starting with my big project. It took me about a week with grinding, painting, waiting, glossing and decorating it.

There she is now in the dinner room. I am pretty proud about it.

Pomegranate; (Punica granatum)...

this is my second pomegranate in my life and i love it! It taste very sweet and bristling and cracking in my mouth. It's very rich in vitamin C, calcium, potassium and iron.

When you open the fruit by knife cut it in half and break it to open, separate the seed casings from the peel and internal white pulp membranes. I tell you, do it in a sink or a bowl with water, then the red juice is going everywhere!! I just put some on my white kitchen curtains..grrr. 

I have read, if you freeze the entire fruit it makes it easier to separate the seeds. I just took them out with a spoon from the room temperature fruit. It takes me a long time, so don't try to eat the fruit when you are in a hurry, especially in the mornings. For that i cut mine tonight, refrigerate it over night and eat it tomorrow in my oatmeal with apple and skim milk. 

*Good night everyone*

oatmeal, apples and pomegranate seeds