Teacher Foodie Favorites Weekly Linky!

Alright, teacher friends. Let's be honest about one thing. I love food. Seriously. I don't always love the amount of time that it takes to go grocery shopping, prep, take out the trash, wash the dishes, etc. that goes along with cooking but I definitely do love to cook up a fabulous meal and eat well.

I guess that's probably a requirement for someone who's dating a chef. You better love food.

Now that school is back in session, I'm kicking off my new weekly linky! It's Foodie Favorites Friday! I have a companion graphic for IG for "What the Teacher Had for Lunch" that I've already posted up and I promised that I would get the official weekly linkup rolling. HERE IT IS!

I'm going to kick it off this Friday with a linkup! Here's your advanced warning so that you can ready your post! 

What should you include? Just post about meal that you made this week and loved! Share a pic, share the ingredients, share the recipe and share away! There aren't any fancy rules or graphics! Sometimes it's too hard to keep track of all the graphics and I give up. I didn't want to make it too hard for you!

Here's what you need to do....

1. Think of a recipe you created this week that you LOVED

2. Share it on your blog

3. Post the image above and link back to my blog!

4. Link up!

THAT'S IT!!

Let's talk food and get to cooking!!!!

xoxo

Blog Hoppin Link-up...5 FUN FACTS!

Today, I'm getting into the back-to-school spirit with Blog Hoppin and participating in their 5 Fun Facts linky!

1. I took a beautiful trip to Greece this summer!

2. I run a summer camp in London. I've been in London for the past 5 summers and I've been with the company for 6 years.

3. I freelance as a makeup artist and I've been with M•A•C for 3 years. <3

 

TEACHER MAKEUP LOOKS

M•A•C WORK LOOKS

4. I live with my boyfriend of (almost) 6 years! WHAT??

5.  I used to be 60 pounds heavier. I lost a ton of weight and I work super hard to keep it off. You may see a #transformationtuesday photo on Instagram every now and then to celebrate! 

London's Best Food...Poppie's Fish and Chips!

**This was originally published on my personal blog.**

If you're looking for the best fish and chips in London then you'll definitely want to head to Poppies Fish and Chips! 

There are two locations, one is in Spitalfields and one is in Camden. I've been to both and I absolutely love this restaurant!

Most recently I visited for lunch with my friend Laura from Year2tastic. We both had the same order, cod and chips with ginger beer. I highly recommend this option if you're eating there.  You can eat in or get it for takeaway.

When you order for takeaway, you'll get it wrapped up in newsprint like the photo above. Everything about this place is vintage and adorable! 

What's your favorite place to eat in London? What's your favorite place to eat in your home city?

Teacher Beauty Haul...MAC's PatentPolish!

**This was originally published on my personal blog!**

Let me be honest about one thing...I am obsessed with the M•A•C PatentPolish line. I can't get enough of it.

About a year ago (or more), these were launched in a limited release. I came in and snatched up one in nearly every single color. Then, they were released again in the M•A•C X Osbournes collection.

I bought all of those too.

I use them constantly. My desk drawer is full of them. I always have on in my purse. I have them in my makeup collection at home. They're a staple item for me.

M•A•C announced that they were going to release these again as part of their permanent collection in July and I was itching with anticipation. After all, I had already run out of my most favorite colors long ago. Recycling those containers was painful because I knew that I couldn't have it anymore.

Then...July finally came and the permanent collection was released. My experience with M•A•C have shown me that when good stuff comes out, even if it's permanent, it sells out and then you can't get it again for months until they've restocked. I couldn't take that risk.

On release day, I snagged all of these. Yes...8 of them. They're everything I love and in a brand new broad range of colors! I'm so totally in heaven right now!!

A Birthday Giveaway...beginning NOW!

Guess what...

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY! I'm celebrating by sharing an awesome giveaway with all of you here!

I've teamed up with some awesomely generous and super fab bloggers to bring you some great prizes!

Check out the rafflecopter below and enter before midnight on Monday, August 10th to win!

The winner will be announced Tuesday morning!

May the odds be ever in your favor!!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Photos from London...Tower Bridge

I just wanted to share some pictures of Tower Bridge with you. I take pictures here every summer and every time, it seems more and more beautiful. It's true that you can never get tired of London.

I love this city!

New Linky Party!!

Hey teachers!

I have been thinking about this idea since last spring and I am excited to get the ball rolling with it! I have been wanting to do a teacher's lunch linky party! I think that we all want to eat healthy, nutritious foods so that we can be the best teachers possible. I do also know that we struggle with time constraints and that it's not always easy to do.

I thought it would be fun to link up together and see what people are eating for lunch from week to week. I made an Instagram graphic for the linkup and I'll add a blog version here soon too!  I want this to be a place where teachers can link up there favorite meal from the week with a recipe attached to it! Then, we can try out each other's recipes and start building a great repertoire of go-to lunches that are tried and true!

Here's the Instagram graphic to get us started!!  If you've posted this on Instagram, take a minute and share it on your blog and link it back up here! I'll get the weekly lunch linky going in the next two weeks with a blog-specific graphic!