A sunshine blog after drama with recipe!

Yes, I'm laying with my lazy ass in the sun! Hello SPRING!!! But I think I deserve it. I just came back from the gynecologist because my glucose level is to high. They did an echo also and because I feel the baby less they were worried. The heartbeat was not that great so I must stay a while for a heartscan for the baby. 

It was ok today but I must come back tomorrow. They think that the condition of the baby is not good. But I really hope everything will be fine tomorrow. 

So now I'm enjoying the sunlight. I'm pretty tired and a little bit stressed.

So I try to enjoy the wheater and the beautifull flowers. 

And here the promissed recipe!

Put the couscous with the peas in a pan of boiling water. Cover it. Fry the chicken pieces with herbs. fry the onions in a pan. add that in your couscous mixture with the diced fetta cheese and fresh parsley and tomatoes.

You can eat this cold or warm and use it for lunch or dinner...

This one is easy and fast! 

We're pregnant!

 OMG....it's burning my eyes! Oh, wait that's sunshine! I didn't know what it was for a minute.

Goodmorning, rise and shine! And yes while I'm writing this it's only 7am in the morning. And I've got allready coffee with my hubby and when he left for work I had my oatmeal and kiwi for breaky and now I'm waiting till I can do my second glucose test. So I thought let's write a blog about: We're pregnant!

The sun is shining and I feel good. Oh well while it lasts.

We're pregnant!! Yeah, I know, you know that allready.

But where does this phrase come from?

Well I gain a little bit of weight during pregnancy. Not that much I've lost a lot's of kilos and I gained a little. I'm still at my weight before pregnancy. But my hubby was also gaining a little bit of weight.

You just do not see it and it's nothing bad. But he sees it and feels it.

But I did not worry about it because I just can't see where he must gained weight :s.

But then I read an article about man gaining weight during pregnancy because of an hormone.

I told that to my hubby and he respond wisely: "I know how that hormone is called!, white chocolate and cookies!"

I really must laugh because a little bit of that is true. Man eat more because of the pregnant woman who eats more during pregnancy. A man gain like 6 till 10 kilo's during the pregnancy of a woman.

But there is really an hormone and it's called: prolactin. This hormone will cause that fats and sugars are stored instead of burnt. 

This is what studies shows.

The study followed 34 couples during their pregnancy gymnastics in a hospital in St. John's to take off their blood.

In the men's prolactin level increased by a third between the middle and the end of pregnancy.While the prolactin level remains much lower by woman, Storey says that the increase in prolactin and two other types of hormones cortisol and estradiol responsible for ensuring that men respond better to their babies. But, she emphasizes, these hormonal synchronization occurs only in couples who live together.

According to the study men who live with a pregnant partner see a reduction in the production of the aggression stimulating hormone testosterone and an increase in another hormone prolactin which is linked to the production of milk.

Since high testosterone levels to ensure that men are macho and territorial, Storey says that the decrease of the hormone during pregnancy causes men to spend more time with their partner and their baby.

Storey's research also found out that increasing the level of the "female" hormones in men when the birth is approaching.

So for the man: there is nothing to worry about, it's all part of it.

And that's why it called: We're pregnant!

Enjoy your pregnancy!!!

apple bread

We've all known the amazing famous banana bread!
I've also tried bananabread and ofcourse it taste great.
I will make one again asap and I will post the recipe also. But now I want to try to make a apple bread.
I'll have to wait until my bread machine will arrive, but this you can make in your own oven.
And I've taste it and it is just that great as banana bread.

What you'll need is:

2 apples peeled and chopped
500g spelled flour
1 egg
250 grams of warm water
1 tablespoon cinnamon
3 tablespoons of flaxseed
pecans (optional)

Preheat the oven on 200 degrees.

Mix all ingredients together and knead well until you've got a ball.
Grease a cake tin and put the dough in it.
Bake the bread in 25-30 minutes.

And here you've got your apple bread.

Enjoy!

Find the egg

Find the egg, but Easter is allready gone?...
Yes that's true but I think you can eat this whenever you want.
Everybody knows the traditional meatloaf. Well this is my own version of it.

What you'll need:


6eggs
lean ground beef
celery (chopped)
pepper
salt
1 tablespoon mustard
bowl of milk
3 whole wheat bread
chopped onion


First boil 4 eggs till their done. Preheat the oven on 180 degrees.
Put the three slices of bread in the milk and let it soak.
Mix the meat with salt, pepper, celery, onion, mustard and 2 beaten eggs.
Squeeze the bread out and mix it also with your meatmix.
Knead it into a flat "dough". Place the 4 eggs behind each other and fold it closed until you have a kind of bread mold.
Put this in the oven for about an hour.

And here you have your meatloaf with hiddin egg in it!.

This monkey gets funky

I think you all may know that I'm a big coffee addict.

Now I'm pregnant I can't drink more than 2 cups of coffee. Normally I drink a lot more.

So I thought that it would be hard to kick off from coffee and normally when I don't drink coffee I get sweaty, grumpy and get a headache. So yeah you can say that I'm an addict.

Luckly for me the first 15 weeks or so I can hold any food in and I hated the smell of coffee. I just could not resist the smell. It's makes me feel nauseous. And because I allready feel like crap because of all that vomitting I could not recognize withdrawal symptoms. 

So now I don't drink more than 2 cups a day.

But because I'm a coffee addict I came up with an amazing idea. Why don't make a breakfast smoothie of it? You've got coffees in different flavours so I must give this a shot. And it taste great!!! 

It's also pretty handy if you must go somewhere and you want your coffee and must eat your breakfast. This is all in one. Let's get this monkey to be funky!

What you need:

1cup off coffee (cool down)

half cup soy milk mixed wit chiaseeds (make this a day before and let it overnight in the fridge)

2 tbsp greek yoghurt

2 bananas

Mix everything into a mixer. And you've got your coffee/breakfast smoothie on the go or for at home ;).

Coffee is just another word for a cup of rainbows and sunshine!!!

An ode to gymfood

An ode to gymfood!
And no, I do not mean the gymfood like in eggs, or beef jerky or something like that.
I mean the page gymfood .
I love to work out. A shame I must keep rest for my body and the little baby.
But when the baby arrived I will keep on track again and get my old body back (I'll hope, at least I will try).
But last year I work out like 4,5 times or more a week. I spent a lot of hours in the gym to work on my fysiek. I love to lift weights and get lean.
No, you won't get bulky by lifting weights, you will get lean and toned.
But through all that training I needed more nutrients. And I'll get them by supplements.
I found an amazing page on the internet called: gymfood.
I've asked for information and they respond almost imidiatly. So I've orderd some stuff and the next day I've got everything right at home. With an extra magazine and samples.
You can ask them anything at: twitter , facebook and they've also got instagram .
But they are a lot more than only a page were you can order your Whey eggwhites or your supplements for pre-workout. They will post motivation and fitspiration and great recipe or food tips.
That's what I like about them. And I know for sure if I go work out again I will order my stash by gymfood!!!

I recommend this page to you guys so you can give it a try an order your stuff over there.
Great service, great advice and a lot of motivation!

stuffed apple for breakfast

And once and again it's very cloudy and rainy outside. It looks more like autumn than spring.

I was awake early. My tummy hurts badly and I could not sleep all night, so I wake up at the same time as my hubby. We had coffee together and than he went off to work. I was really hungry so I was thinking what I could eat. It was dark outside and it looks like it's going to rain. And well when I'm writing this it's raining and hard. I've got some apples and I thought let's make a breakfast with apple that is very cozy and warm. 

So I've made a stuffed apple. It's very easy but it will take some time before you can eat it.

1 apple

muesli

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp maple syrup

aluminum foil

Preheat the oven on 200degrees. Cut off the top of the apple (but keep it), remove the core and hollow the apple. Keep the apple pieces and crush them.

Mix the apple pieces, cinnamon, maple syrup and muesli together.

Put that in the apple and put the cap back on.

Fold the aluminum foil around the apple and put it in the oven for 20minutes.

This is a nice and cozy breakfast. It's more like a fall breakfast than a spring breakfast but who cares?

It tastes great and it's healthy. Do I need to say more?

You know we've had enough rain when ducks are handing out life-jackets! QUACK!!!

Tag: Work That Es

I saw an amazing tag on my cup of care and she found it on work that es . 
And that's also the name of the tag. I think this tag is a great way to tell a little bit of myself.
But this is the English version of it ;).

What sports do you do?
At this very moment none. Because of pregnancy. But normal I swim, fitness and run.

Favorite exercise?
I love to swim. I did it my whole life till I'm 16 or something I've won a lot of competitions. Than I have to quit because of a knee injuri. So I started fitness. And sometimes I run. Depends on how my knee feels. At the gym my favorite exercise are deadlifts.

Breakfast?
That varies from whole grain crackers, oatmeal, fruit smoothies. But I always start my day with coffee and banana soy milk.

Which workout song is now on repeat?
Can't hold me back-Decibel 2012

What do you find easier, healthy eating or exercise?
At the moment healthy eating. But I'm not an angel I have a cheat meal now and then. But normally exercise is a lot easier. Normally I can't sit still. Thats why it is so hard for me to keep rest for this moment. But everything for the little one.

Do you use supplements? 
When I work out a lot I do. I've got caseine powder, Whey eggwhites, Amino X, Go pre workout powder. Everything comes from: gymfood

Best fitspiration?
Andreia Brazier. And I follow a lot of fit people on facebook, twitter or instagram.

Cheatmeal?
Like I allready told you. Once in a while ;). I love chips. I can't see a movie without eating them. But I also eat tomatoes or carrots instead.

Finest sports outfit?
Loose Sport shorts or sweatpants, I don't like it when they are tight I feel uncomfortable in it. Sports bra with a tank top.

Do you use sport and / or health apps?
I've only got the app: runkeeper. That saves my route, shows how hard I ran, how many km and my time. 

Biggest irritation during exercise?
When my body is to tired to function but my mind is not. People who are stare at you weird (just get a life). 

How many pairs of sports shoes do you have?
Only 2. 1 for the gym and 1 for running outside.

Three things you can not live without?
Ow there are to many..... But for 1: my boyfriend (father of my child that I'm carry), My animals (3dogs, 2 cats), My phone, it's the thing that connect me with my best friends and keep in touch with them.  But I can also not live without: friends, my baby in my tummy, and sports.

Pregnancy is about getting connected

It was 3 am in the morning. The wind was sweeping through the house.
I've came out of bed because my best friend the toilet calls me. And not that I must pee again, I felt very nauseous. Sow I've walked down stairs like a ghost and embraced the toilet. I felt awful and the bleak wind that was blowing made ​​things worse. When I walked to bed again and see the curtains blowing in the wind, I felt like I was playing in a horror movie. So I lay down in bed trying to get some sleep. But instead that I could sleep I was thinking, about my blog and stuff like that.
It's not that I have a lot of followers, maybe they come or maybe they don't. But it's a great time killer for me because I'm all alone at home all day.Yesterday I went to the company doctor and he advised me to listen to my body and not go to work. Pretty lame but everything for the little baby.
So I can blog all my frustrations out, find new recipe and try them and post them.
So I'm connected with blogging.

I'm also connected with my little baby in my tummy. We share the same blood and we are stuck together. The little baby knows, hears and feels everything what I feel. This little stranger knows everything about me. Yeah we are connected.

As I write this, it is very cold and windy outside. Like it was 3am in the morning. It's dark in the house and the curtains move back along by the wind. I'm all alone with my 3 dogs and 2 cats who are sleeping. I feel  and walk around like a ghost feeling nauseous again. And my horror movie starts all over again haha.

The only thing I hear is the vibration of my phone and the wind that blows so hard.
It's a friend of mine. I knew her a little longer but I have not spoken to her for a long time.
We've got in touch when we saw on facebook that we were pregnant. Long live facebook! But she is not the only one with I have contact because I'm pregnant. There are more pregnant old friends or schoolmates that now suddenly are talking to me. And I must say it is pretty handy and nice to have those.
As much as I love my best friends, they're just not been pregnant. And how much they support me it's nice to have my new friends who are in the same situation. We give eachother advise and support eachother. You are never alone!

Pregnancy is about getting connected. Not only with your litlle baby inside of you. But you make new friends who are pregnant. This can be caused by pregnancy yoga or through social media. Maybe you're a member of pregnancy forums and you will find your soul mate over there.
It's easy to talk to a fellow pregnant woman.

But the most important thing: don't forget your old friends. They might not be pregnant, but they want to be there for you. 

So now it's time to send my best friend a text, maybe she can hang out soon!

a little strawberry snack

I love strawberries. And how hard it is to keep my food in. I've just had to try these.
I've got some new medicine sow maybe with a little bit of luck, I can finally keep my food inside of my stomach.

These strawberries are stuffed with Greek yogurt and sprinkeld with hemp seeds.

It's yummie and easy.