Birmingham's German Christmas Market

If you've ever lived in the West Midlands, chances are you'll have heard of the German market that's on every year in Birmingham, in the lead up to Christmas. For those of you who have never been, it's basically a load of wooden chalet type stalls, some selling gifts and christmas decorations, but mostly there are a lot of stalls selling all kinds of delicious things, sweets, baked goods, german sausages (which are huuuge!) and burgers, and lots of tasty drinks such as german beer, mulled wine, winter pimms and hot chocolate.

We decided to take an impromptu trip last night since I only live a 15 minute train journey away from Birmingham, and I wanted to nip to selfridges to get some personalised nutella, seriously everyone I know is getting a jar of nutella for Christmas this year! Hehe!
Whilst walking round at first I must admit I was slightly disappointed, all the stalls were exactly the same as last year, so I'd seen it all before, and there's not a huge amount of items for sale, so you aren't likely to get your christmas shopping done. However, we realised after ordering hot dogs and working our way through a pint each of yummy German beer (see pictures below) that people obviously go for the amazing food and drink! So it's certainly worth a visit, especially if you've never been before.

it looks huge as it is, but notice the sausage is broken in half, it was even bigger than that before!

some proper German beer!

christmas lights selfie!

christmas in Birmingham :)

Thanks for reading! xxx

BooTea Teatox

Hey guys,

I just wanted to share with you all a little weight loss miracle I have recently found that is the 'teatox'. These alternative detoxes seem to be taking the world by storm at the moment, with many companies producing similar products. The one I have been using is by a company called BooTea and it is GREAT. In my very first week I lost half a stone, and it's all through natural ingredients that 'cleanse' your body. You have a cup of tea every morning when you get up, and then every other night you have a bedtime cup which I must warn you acts as a laxative for the next morning, hence the cleanse! I've now been on this cleanse on and off for a couple of months and I feel so much better and way less bloated all the time.

You're probably wondering what these teas taste like? Well they only come in one flavour, but if you're used to herbal teas then you'll probably like them, the morning one has what I can only describe as a 'spicy' taste, as it has ginger, lemongrass and nettle leaves in the ingredients. I absolutely love the taste of the evening tea, it has a hint of peppermint so leaves you feeling really refreshed before bedtime. They also state on the website that if you don't like the taste of the teas, you can add some natural sweeteners such as honey or lemon, which will not change the overall effects.

You can buy these products here, or if you're in the UK you're better off getting them from Holland & Barrett so you don't have to pay postage, plus H&B tend to do buy one get one half price or other offers, so you'll get more tea for your money!

Thanks for reading guys, hope this can be of some help to anyone stuck in a weight loss rut!

Rachael xxx

Day 24 - Your favourite food...

My favourite food is fajitas. There's two different types that I love; the first one, and one which most people know, is the kind that you get in restaurants. This is where you're given a big, sizzling plate of meat, fried onions and fried peppers, 3 little bowls containing sour cream, guacamole and salsa, a bowl of cheese and sometimes salad and a few tortilla wraps. You then make the wraps up yourself with however much of each ingredient you want and voila! So yummy :D

The other type of fajita is the kind that I make. It's very simple, which is why I make it at home. For this you need the following ingredients:

1 large onion (bearing in mind I love onions) (chopped)

2 salad tomatoes, or 4 cherry tomatoes (chopped)

1 jar of Old El Paso mild fajita sauce

Sour cream

Cheddar cheese (grated)

Tortilla wraps

First of all chop up the onion and fry in a pan, when happy with the onion add in the chopped up tomatoes. When this is all done to your taste add the whole jar of fajita sauce (or less if not making for as many people). Turn down the heat and leave to simmer. Next, get a couple of oven dishes and put in the tortilla wraps, ready to fill with the mixture, I usually get 6 wraps out of the amount I make. Now pour the mixture into the open wraps and fold them over to close them. Top with the grated cheddar cheese and sour cream, as much as you like to your taste and pop in the oven for about 10-15 minutes just to melt the cheese and cream and warm it all up. Such an easy yet delicious meal!

Annoyingly I have no pictures because I haven't made this since I wrote the post, sorry guys!

Thanks for reading!! xxx