Puppy cuteness overload!

Hello!

Long time, no see! This weekend war very busy for me! I had to make a gigantic birthday cake for my cousin's birthday and it consumed most of my time. I will go in more detail about that another time. For now I just have to say that I am overloaded with puppy cuteness! I just can't resist it. My roommate brought a puppy home for a couple of days until we find a family to adopt it. He is so cute. He is a little bit afraid still. He is exploring everything and is quite shy. I love him. He is really attached to my roommate and he is following her everywhere in the house. I just wanted to show you what he looks like.

I will write about him again... :) Have a nice day!

Mouah!
Eva

We made cheese!

Hi!

Okay I have to say that making cheese was exciting. I have never tried or seen in any way the process of making cheese. Some of my friends and I attended a seminar that was conducted from a green organisation in Greece and in that seminar we made our own cheese, a salt and herb mixture and bread. The bread was quite fantastic as well, with that crunchy and delicious crust, but the cheese was the highlight for me. I have to say that the smell was weird, something in between burnt milk and warm yogurt (if that makes sense). The taste was not so good either because we didn't have the time to complete the process (which can take up to one week) or on second thoughts I would say that the taste was blank. There was no time for the cheese to absorb the salt or take any flavour from the olive oil that is preserved in afterwards. Here are some pictures...

 

 

I will try to explain the process as simply as I can:

You need fresh whole milk or if you have cows feel free to use their milk after you strain it very carefully twice. You then have to boil the milk, while stirring constantly so that it doesn't burn on the bottom. For every litre of milk you have to juice 1 small lemon. When the milk starts to boil you add the strained, freshly squeezed lemon juice and turn off the heat. Keep stirring and you will see the fat separating from the water in the milk and forming small white balls. As soon as the separation is completed strain the mixture through a cheesecloth and place it with the cheesecloth in a plastic bowl with halls. Press it really well with a spoon to give it the shape of the bowl and in order for the excess moisture to escape place weight on top of the cheese. Leave it like this to strain well for 24 hours. Then take it out and cover it with salt and dry herbs if you like. Leave it for another 24 hours. Preserve it in the same bowl that you used before, covered completely with olive oil and dry herbs if you like.

That's it. It was actually simpler than I thought it would be. I really liked the fact that I participated in that seminar and it made me really excited to try new recipes and ideas. I think that it is important to try and do creative activities instead of just staying at home and doing nothing. That's what I am working on now. Gaining new experiences from doing things that I would just pass a few weeks ago!

Thank you for reading.

 

Mouah!

Eva

Starting the day with some fruit and water!

Good morning!

I just love it when I wake up to a sunny day. It makes me feel happier. I feel optimistic and that everything is going to be okay.
So, I just want to say that I have been trying to eat more fruits and vegetables the last couple of weeks and I have realised that I just feel better when I begin my day with fruits and freshly squeezed orange juice. It gives me a lot of energy to start my day off. Today for breakfast I ate an apple and a kiwi and I drunk a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice and two big glasses of water. It's important to stay hydrated because then the human body functions better!

I have been trying to stay away from packed candy, desserts and food with lots of fat in general. I will be having fruit for breakfast and dinner for the rest of the week and see how this works out. I have already noticed a small difference in my skin, since I was eating really healthy last week but on the weekend we had a party in our house and well... I was really tempted and gave in. I have to admit that afterwards I didn't feel good. My stomach was aching and I just felt tired. I think that's because of the type of food I had, since I didn't really eat that much.

Mouah :)
Eva
 

Getting started!

Hi there!

I have to be honest and admit that this is actually the third time that I deleted all my previous posts because I felt like I needed a fresh start. My name is Eva, I am from Greece and I will be 21 years old in 21 days. I have been blogging for the last 2 years in my cooking blog. It is in Greek and if you want to check it out you can. The last couple of weeks I don't really have inspiration for new recipes. There is a main thing that has been going on around my head and that is my weight. I have been watching motivational videos, diets, transformations, etc and I have been thinking that it is time to finally become healthier and loose all the extra weight that I have been carrying around almost my whole life.
I have been overweight as long as I can remember, but the last couple of years the situation is out of control. I am 40 kg overweight and that is really bad for my health since I don't get my period any more and that worries me. I wouldn't be honest if I said that I want to loose weight just for my health. I want to be able to do more stuff, to wear the clothes that I always wanted and to have all the experiences that I am missing out on. I don't feel comfortable with the way I look and I want to change that but saying it is far easier than actually succeeding it and we are not talking about one or two kilograms, like I hear my mother complain about. It's more than that. It's 40 kg. It sounds intimidating, but I think that I can possibly do it. It won't happen in a day or two it will take time and effort and the change has to be permanent. I need to adapt to a new lifestyle. A healthier one.
So, that's what this blog is going to be about. I want to begin my happiness project. I want to improve in every way possible. it's not just going to be about weight loss, it's going to be about everything that makes me happier. I want to talk about the things that make me happy. Little things from watching my plants grow bigger and stronger every single day to trying new things and experiencing everything that life has to offer. I feel very optimistic the last week. I have gone through a rough time a few years ago and I am still struggling with keeping dark thoughts out of my head. I just don't feel like I need them. Yes, there will be times that I will be a little bit sad or stressed out but when I am happy I feel complete in a way that I cannot really explain. I just feel more like myself.
Tomorrow I will write my first post about weight loss discussing all my plans and ideas. I'll have to wish you good night for now and sweet dreams!

Mouah! :)

Eva