I recently had a delicious recipe for grilled sweet potato slices with beef so I decided to recreate it at home as a vegetarian option. It is super easy to prepare and a fun dish as an appetizer or a side dish variation. You can add basically everything you want on top of the sweet potato, my personal favorite is smashed avocado with tomatoes and radish.  Other delicious toppings are cottage cheese and peer or greek yoghurt with small pieces of cucumber and garlic. Give it a try and be creative with your toppings.

Fashion is still a topic which is on my mind even though I didn’t like to be a so called “fashion blogger” once. I prefer to have my freedom when it comes to blogging and I wanted to create content in an area in which I have a real and deep passion for and this is fitness. Fashion is not completely gone from my Blog but I don’t see myself as someone who gives advice or recommendations on certain fashion items. Freedom and not one style is what I prefer without being critised for – Yes, I still love stylish and cute looking fitness outfits and of course I think about my next gym outfit and plan them ahead, it is a part of me. There are days or events where I love to bring back my heels and cute dresses but that is just not every day anymore. Anyways, this post was not supposed to be about my thoughts about the fashion industry, it is about a part which is a mix between fashion, church and cultural backgrounds. Friends of mine went a few weeks ago to The Met on 5th Avenue and showed me beautiful pictures from a current exhibition, which is called: “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” and I knew right away I’d have to see it for myself.

Who doesn’t love to start the morning with fresh, homemade pancakes? I’m personally not a fan of store purchased mixtures or ready to eat pancakes, instead I prefer a healthier option. I found a recipe for healthy protein pancakes online but I decided to change a lot of ingredients and this recipe is my personal favorite. The texture is soft and rich – just like regular pancakes, but filled with a lot of nutritional benefits to start your day healthy instead of sugary.

The Leopard at des Artistes is a restaurant with updated Southern Italian fare in a space decorated with historic murals located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. I don’t know how many times we walked by this restaurant and said we have to come here for dinner and yesterday was the day we finally did. We had a table reservation and asked for a quiet nice table, away from the door – I always ask for these kind of tables because I simply do not enjoy getting interrupted from arriving or leaving guests all the time. New Yorker restaurants are always crowded and it was nice to find this hidden jewel almost empty. We arrived at 9:00 PM during the week and it was a perfect timing. The menu offers in season menus with a three course tasting menu. One of our seasonal dishes was the seafood risotto and we both decided to get it. It was delicious. Creamy rich, with different kind of seafood including scallops, octopus and mussels. A beautiful restaurant which is different compared to the dishes, the style and the ambience and we really enjoyed it. It felt like traveling back in time.