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.

Empties #3 Products I've Used Up & My Thoughts On Them

Hello lovelies!

I like doing "Empties" videos because besides the fact that I'm showing you the products that I'm currently using in my beauty routine, I also get to do mini-reviews on each product that I've used up.

I always say whether I'd repurchase the product or not, and why is that so :)

I think that's why these types of videos are informative & interesting, I personally always enjoy watching them :) because I often pick up a new recommendation, or two ;)

You can check out my latest "Empties" videos here:

In this video I'm showing you 15 different beauty products that I've used up over the past months!

Some of them are body care, some of them face care, some are hair care, and no make up items this time! (we all know those are the hardest to use up completely, lol!)

My empties # 3
Tons of hair care, as you can tell! lol
2nd row is all about body care and the 1st row (the bottom one) are face care products.

Are these worth repurchasing?
Find it out in my video! :)

I hope you enjoy watching!

I have a feeling I'll be doing new "Empties" soon, as I already have a full carrier bag of empty goodies in my closet!

Kisss from Italy, Have a nice day :)

xoxo, S.

Thrift Store Haul: Winter Fashion

Hello beauties!

I hope you all had wonderful time over the holidays!

I was in Croatia for the New Year's Eve, and I returned to Italy on Friday, the 4th. and drove straight to work!

I really wanted to stay in my home in Croatia for as long as possible, that's why we haven't left until the friday morning, as in the afternoon hours, I had to work.

This New Year's Eve was really emotional for me, as these were the first holidays without my Dad...

Somehow, I got this sad feeling that I'm leaving my Dad behind in the 2012. and it hurt so much.

I went to visit our neighbours, and my Dad's close friends, who I haven't seen since his funeral, and the way they spoke about my Dad, made me cry and made me miss him so damn much!

It all came back to me and it felt as if it all happened yesterday, and that I haven't made any progress in my process of healing in these past 6 months...

I'm feeling better now, and I know I'm not leaving my Dad behind in the 2012., but I'm always taking him with me, carrying him in my heart...

Anyway, after a busy weekend at work, I'm resting today, and I'm catching up on youtube and blogging!

I did film a vlog during my stay in Croatia, but I need to edit it yet, together with some other short OOTD footages, so those videos will probably be up not before the next week...

I still have a few videos that I've already uploaded on my channels, but haven't mentioned them here on my blog, so I'd like to do this first, before starting any new projects...

One of the videos I definitely enjoyed filming recently, was my Thrift Store Haul.

I thrifted mostly winter fashion items, lots of warm winter accessories, and some cute clothing items as well :)

Most of these items were actually brand new, with a price tag still on, so I consider those great finds!

Needless to say, you have to check out my Thrift Store Haul video, as I'm sure you're going to enjoy it, if you're also into thrifting and bargain shopping!

In these difficult times, I believe thrifting is the way to go, as we can also learn to value more the "old" things and save up some hard earned money.

We live in such a material world, it is nice to try and be less involved in this consumist society and re-connect with some forgotten values...

That's pretty much it for this blog post!

I wish you all the best and lots of good things in this New 2013.! This is my first blog post in the New year and hopefully there'll be lots of more blog posts yet to come :)

Thanks to your love & support, anything is possible! ♥

Love from Italy,

xoxo, S.