Europe in Pictures + Impromptu Pancakes

Hello hello!!! I’m officially back in the states and back in action 🙂 I feel like I have been gone for so long, that I don’t even know where to start with this post.

First thing’s first…I had an amazzzzing time on my trip! I also want to thank you all again for the awesome advice you gave me about food guilt abroad! You guys are seriously the best blog friends a girl could ask for 🙂

I definitely took your advice and indulged in every single thing that I wanted. Yeah I may have come home with tighter pants, but I also came home with tons of awesome memories and experiences!

Since there is so much to share from my trip, I’ll have to spread it out over different posts (or else you would be sitting there reading this for days…and I know you have way better things to do with your weekend…places to go and people to see me thinks).

For today, I will focus on one of the best parts of the trip…the food! So here it is…my trip in food 🙂 (well just a couple pictures…my internet is being super slow and if I posted all my pictures it would take all night and this jet lag is still killin me so I estimate I have about an hour max before I pass out) 

While all of this food was super delish and ammmaaaazzzzing, I was craving my usual oats, veggies, pumpkin, and sweet potato by the end of the trip. As a lover of all things carbs, I never thought I would say this, but…I am so over having tons of bread with every meal (GASP…I know this is like sacreligious for me, but seriously guys after 25 days a girl kinda just wants some broccoli).

Since I have been home, I have resumed the usual eats and I couldn’t be happier!

My first dough boy smoothie in over a month was as glorious as I knew it would be (and yes I had been day dreaming about this oaty bowl of deliciousness for the better part of my trip…the hotel breakfasts weren’t always the greatest.  That might also have to do with the fact that I am pretty spoiled when it comes to breakie in the states :))

Speaking of dough boy smoothies…since I missed them big time, I planned on having one this morning for breakfast too. But then something happened on my way home from the gym this morning…I realized it was pancake SUNDAY! I thought about skipping it because I really wanted my dough boy (that was waiting patiently in all its doughy glory for me to get home), but then I had an idea (a genius idea really). I decided to try and make pancakes out of my dough boy! Thats right, dough boy pancakes.

They actually turned out really delish too! They were a bit soft for a pancake, but I LOVED them 🙂 I topped them with banana, maple syrup, and Naturally Nutty Cinnamon Vanilla Sunflower Seed Butter (look for a review in the near future). Such a yummy breakfast for pancake sunday (and it totally proves you can have you PANcake and eat it too…haha I’m so witty :))

This upcoming week is going to be pretty busy for me and I will be going through some major life changes soon.  This whole week I will be as busy as a bee packing and such becauuuuuse…I’m moving to richmond on Saturday!! I CANT wait…my apartment is just minutes from an awesome farmers market. The beest part about moving? I will live only 10 minutes from a WHOLE FOODS (jumping up and down while doing a happy dance may or may not have occured after map questing it…HINT: it totally happened)
I can’t wait to share all of my adventures in a new city with all of you guys! I missed you so much while on my trip and I am soooo excited to be back in the blogiverse 🙂 Hope you all had a wonderful weekend and a great father’s day 🙂

Question of the Day: What is your favorite thing about home that you miss the most while on vacation?

naturally yours,

beth