Spitroast

Went for lunch with Holly to Spitroast on Smithdown Road. We actually walked in and sat down at Naked Lunch but they were in the middle of changing from breakfast to the lunch menu and said we would have to wait till 2pm (would have to wait 20+ minutes) and it could be a while as they had quite a few orders. We had a look at the menu and just didn't like the look of it so went to Spitroast. 

We should have just went there first cos we really enjoyed it. Service was so quick and the food was really nice.

Holly got the Superfood Salad - Rocket and spinach, roast beetroot, feta cheese, quinoa, avocado, edamame beans, pumpkin and pomegranate seeds and a light dressing with added chicken breast.

We had a look at Instagram before we ordered our food and Holly's salad looked different in every photo they posted of it and this just looks different to everything they've posted on their Instagram!

I got the Chicken, Broccoli and Forest Mushroom Pasta - Penne in a light white wine and cream sauce, toasted pine nuts and Parmesan.

I thought the portion was quite small until I started eating it and it felt never ending!

I got a free side of bbq chicken wings as I have an Independent Liverpool card. - Free and chicken wings my 2 favourite things!

The food was nice and it came out so quick. The roast was definitely the most popular thing on the menu today and even that was coming out straight away when people ordered it so service is super quick. It was busy all the tables were full the whole time we were in there but we got a table straight away when we went so went at a good time and a family of 12 came they had to wait but managed to get a table. Quite a few people went in for take outs as well.

 I am stuffed now as there was so much pasta and I had 4 chicken wings cos Holly doesn't really like chicken on the bone so only helped me to eat 2 of them. The chicken was nice and wasn't dry and Holly said her's was too when usually chicken breast is pretty dry. We've decided all chicken should be cooked on the spit like this so it's shredded and just falls away.

Also the food is very Instagramable. I'm really pleased with these photos that I took only with my phone. I would definitely go again and recommend it. If you like chicken or Nando's I'd say go here it's well better. Nando's is just dry chicken that takes forever to cook!

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All photos were taken with my Samsung Galaxy S9 phone.

Love Thy Neighbour

Went out for lunch today with Holly to Love Thy Neighbour on Bold Street. We've both been wanting to try a smoothie bowl after seeing them all over Instagram. If you don't know what it is you'll probably recognise it if you have Instagram. It was the big hipster thing going round L.A, Australia & London with the clean eating craze last year. 

It's basically a smoothie in a bowl with either granola or porridge oats with fresh fruit, dried fruit & seeds. Super healthy.

Love the interior with the plants in the ceiling. 

Holly's green tea

From Holly's Instagram

From a photo they've posted on their Facebook I think the smoothie is made with avocado, spinach, agave, & banana. Granola with raspberries, blueberries, desiccated coconut, chia seeds & berries. They don't have a website yet & don't have a menu on their Facebook page which is annoying. 

All the food they do are all super healthy like avocado on toast, poached eggs, smoked salmon, sweet potato wedges, pancakes, Buddha bowls (also a big Instagram craze), vegan cakes, smoothies, fruit juices, healthy teas & coffees. They're open 8am-11pm & even do cocktails. 

We both really enjoyed & glad we tried it. We were a bit unsure on whether it was a good idea to both get exactly the same thing as they only have the one smoothie bowl on offer. I would definitely recommend, it was refreshing & filling. We just wished we were having it somewhere a little more exotic rather than a cold, miserable, wet Liverpool.

Moose Coffee has been feature in the The Guardian's The 50 best breakfast places in the UK for the North West. The waffle & pancakes are good as mentioned on my blog here back in October. Love how well all these independent business' are doing. Getting noticed outside of the city. Like I've said before I'd much rather support them then the usual big franchises which are all over the place!

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Healthy Lunch Ideas

I've been meaning to do this post for months. I take pictures of my lunches but just never got round to writing the post for it. I did a post back in March called Post Gym Lunch where I had a toasted New York Bagel Co bagel with smoked salmon, avocado & poached eggs. All these are healthy ideas if you're struggling to make something. They're all really quick to make & don't need hardly any prep for! Don't even involve that much cooking either!

Baked sweet potato, smoked salmon, half an avocado & cucumber 

Whole wheat pasta, tuna, sweetcorn, carrots, cucumber & tomato

Egg noodle stir fry with roast chicken, shredded carrot, red onion & asparagus

Whole wheat pasta, pesto, sweetcorn, roast chicken, tomato & cucumber 

Toasted New York Bagel Co, avocado, cucumber & tomato

Toasted New York Bagel Co, baby spinach & poached eggs

Toasted New York Bagel Co, spinach, cucumber, tomato & poached eggs

Tricolour pasta, pesto, spinach, carrot, pepper, tuna, sweetcorn & cucumber

Toasted white seeded bread, avocado & poached eggs

Toasted white seeded bread, avocado & spinach

These are just some of the lunch I've been having I do have porridge a lot after the gym. Just normal porridge oats microwaved using semi-skimmed milk. 

1 cup of porridge oats, 1 cup of semi-skimmed milk. Microwave for a minute. Take it out, stir it, back in for another minute. Then put some sultanas in, a banana & some berries if you have any.

I'll even have any left over dinner we have from the night before. It's very varied what I have but I do try to have some sort of protein as you body needs it after a workout to repair your muscles. I need to try & eat more protein as I'm trying to not bulk up but be more muscley. Have some definition & tone up. I'll try to post more photos of the food I eat just to give you some ideas of what to have. 

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