Celebrity Vegans & Foul for Breakfast
Hidy ho everyone. How has your weekend been? Mine has been gorgeous. I haven’t really been up to too much except chilling out in my hotel room, watching movies and going for walks. But I think I need to up the ante now as I might be resting on my weight loss laurels. But this morning I did wake up with a blocked nose and feeling a bit lethargic, and it seems back home in Saudi everyone seems to be dropping like flies, including the other flight attendants. So I’ll be pumping my body up with plenty of goodness, more than ever right now and getting plenty of rest.
Thanks for all your lovely comments, and yes you are right, I do seem to be travelling loads lately, but I guess that is part and parcel of the life of a flight attendant. Usually I do get to stay in my own bed a lot more often than I have of late but if I didn’t enjoy the travel then I would definitely be in the wrong occupation right? Hehe. It does get tough at times though, living out of a suitcase and does require plenty of organisation (of which I have none – I am still hoping that one day it will just come to me).
Yesterday I was able to change rooms from my small box like room with no natural lighting to same size room but with a balcony and sea views. Although it is winter here, as all the local keep reminding me, it is still cloudless blue skys and the extent of my winter clothing even with the sliding door open is my light hoodie. It is nice to fall asleep to the sound of the small waves lapping the sand.
Anyway when I finally got to change rooms, I decided to celebrate with a green smoothie made with my Tribest Personal Travel Blender .
I gave up on bringing the Vita Mix as it is only really good for regions with 110V and most places in the world are 220V. Plus I am only away for 2 weeks and this blender is pretty darn good for single servings. Unless you get over zealous like me and make TOO much and spray green goo all over your new hotel room!! No piccies haha!
Anyway this green smoothie looked like this right before I put my spirulina powder in:
Then me enjoying it out of wine glass no less on my balcony (ahem in winter…what the! Doesn’t feel like winter to me)
This green power packed smoothie was:
1 pear
1 small cucumber
1 banana
4 red capsicum rings
4 yellow capsicum rings
1 peeled lemon
1 cup of spinach
1/2 cup of blueberries
1/2 cup of blackberries
1 cup of water
1 tablespoon of spirulina powder
BLEND and enjoy!
I headed out for a short stroll along the corniche and to watch the sun go down. It was really nice. This was the view when I got back to my room. Ahhh.
This morning I woke up starving but with a blocked nose nonetheless but didn’t really feel like another smoothie, so I headed downstairs for a buffet breakie.
I started off with a Green Tea & Mint (in hindsight I would have put some fresh mint in it as well!)
And my new latest obsession:
Ful Medames : slow cooked brown fava beans, topped with lemon juice, olive oil, tomatoes, parsley and raw onions.
Doesn’t it just look divine? And aren’t my photography skills improving??? Must be my new PINK camera 
Usually eaten with arabic bread but today I lashed out and had another favourite:
ZAATAR!!!
Doesn’t usually look like this as it is usually made with thicker bread but I wasn’t complaining. One of my favourite bloggers HippieMom wrote about Zaatar last month here. This was awesome with my 2 bowls – yes that’s right 2 of Ful (or Foul) pronounced Fool. Love this stuff. It is usually more mashed up than this in Saudi but this kind really warmed my soul.
No real crazy plans for today, except to get some work done in my room, hopefully muster the motivation to do a jog on the hotel treadmill, take it easy so I don’t get any more sniffles, THEN I have registered to participate in an Online Raw Holiday Class being held today (or tonight my time) with Elaina Love. I have never done one of these before, but apparently it is being held at Beets Cafe in Austin, Texas but for those of us that cannot be there, we get to participate through a chat room and watch the class in real time. So exciting. I am going to learn how to make:
* Rich Holiday Nut Nog
* Sparkling Apple Ginger Ale
* Creamy Spinach Dip Appetizer with Caraway Rye Crisps
* Waldorf Salad on Arugula Micro Greens Sprinkled with Candied Pecans
* Zucchini Mushroom Croquettes
* Elaina’s Fantasy Stuffing
* Cranberry Relish
* Mashed “No-Tatoes” with Savory Gravy
* Marinated Broccoli with “Butter” Sauce
* Wild Rice Pilaf
* Pumpkin Flan with Crème Anglaise
* Pumpkin Ice Cream
All Raw & Vegan!!!! I’ll let you know how it goes
Finally something I came across through Dhurmil Purohit’s We Like It Raw site was this video of Alicia Silverstone talking about her new vegan cookbook, The Kind Diet. Everything she talks about seriously, it is as if the words were coming right outmy mouth. Go sista! Christmas stocking stuffer idea!!!
Do you know of any other famous Raw and/or Vegans:
Here are just some I know of:
Moby
Jason Mraz
Demi Moore
Gemma Gawned (from Australia’s first Big Brother)
Princess Superstar
Woody Harrelson
Hope you enjoy the last of your weekend and speak to you all laters 
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Hello Doll! Great pics, again!
Your food looks so amazing! Especially that breakfast, I could drink that all day everyday.
Keep in touch doll
XXOO
ps your shirt is cute
YUM! I would love to have some yummy foul right now. And I would definitely like to eat it while looking out at that magnificent view! Stunning, Robyn!
Your travel health toy is great! and your green monster Wow! Great recipe!!
Foul Ooo My it's delish, lemony & garlicy! Mmm need some foul now!!
You such a sweetheart
You are one of my favorite bloggers too!
Xoxo.
Soooo much amazing info…
The fave bean dish looks awesome and your photo skills are rockin these days girl!
The Raw Food online class…wow, not in the cards for me tonite I need to get plugged into stuff like that. How did you find out about it?
And the Alicia S video. Havent watched the whole thing but so awesome she's bringing awareness what you and I stand for
p.s. THANK YOU FOR TAKING OFF WORD VERIFICATION!!!!!!!!!!
Hey!!
Wow awesome blog!! Totally different part of the world than me, so it makes your blog even more exciting!!
Thanks for sharing and I look forward to reading more!!
Jessica @ http://dairyfreebetty.blogspot.com/
GREAT sunset – love it
I love your pictures! Pink cameras are definitely where it's at! Haha!
So glad you had a great weekend, and I cannot wait to hear all about your online class!
That sounds amazing!!!
That fava bean dish looks incredible!
You are beautiful, and your blog is inspiring, thank you
hey girl! thanks so much for stopping by my blog
i'm so glad you like it! yours is great too and you most def have things under control in an awesome way especially because youre a huge traveler! i can't wait to read more 
Food looks yummy. I was looking into that travel blender, would love to hear more about your thoughts on it. I still plan on sending you info on nutritional yeast, sorry taking so long we have been traveling.
You are SUCH a HOTTIE!!!!!
Cool post. I love Alicia and Natalie!
What beautiful views! Love reading your blogs and seeing your pics (great shots
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How crazy, I was just reading up on Vegan celebs…and here is a list for me to google – love it!!
Cant wait to hear about that cooking class…
xx
I have been using the Tribest portable blender for a year and love it! I use it when I am not at home.