Good day, lovely visitor! How’s it going? Today I woke up in a particularly odd mood. I couldn’t really sleep last night. But I’m tired of being tired.

So I decided I’d change my mood because we all have that power, believe it or not.

It wasn’t an automatic response of the body. You have to go through a process. At least I have to.

The result is: I am writing this at 18:08, in the afternoon, and after more than ten hours awake my mood has shifted to “full of life, hopeful and glad”. Even happy.

We don’t really give ourselves the credit we deserve as human beings.

Here goes the February playlist, because…if your mood is not the best right now, music always helps. ALWAYS.

January has been a long but fulfilling month for me. I had to travel to several places to shoot our next music video. It was hard work, don’t get me wrong.

Nonetheless, the fact of being able to travel right before the restrictions got worse due to covid19, was a true blessing.

I’m really happy with one of the places we shoot at. The place itself was really beautiful, but I also found a restaurant that I loved.

It was four in the afternoon and we finished shooting and we hadn’t even eaten anything. We stopped at the closest restaurant to ask if they still served food, even a sandwich would suffice. They didn’t. So I kindly asked for the closest place or supermarket. Then, I asked to go to the toilet too. A girl has to pee. When I went out, the cook got out of the kitchen and told us she’d serve us the menu of the day if we were happy with it. Such an amazing woman. She understood we needed something warm because of the cold weather. And, well, I might have looked really sad after they told me the kitchen was closed.

To be honest, it was so cold that if she told me she’d only given me soup, I’d accept. That’s not an insult to soup people. I am soup people 🙂

Soup is probably the best thing you can eat when it’s cold. Apart from hot cacao, of course. Although the Garbanzos con chorizo that Carlos ate were amazing.

After the second course that was as good as the first, I ended up the meal with a decaf to go because we needed sunlight to end the shooting.

The weather is something I love to reflect on. I don’t quite understand why people is usually complaining because of the weather. I love when the weather changes. January started with low temperatures here. We reached -3ºC one day, not very common in the area. Today while I’m writing I don’t even need the heater.

Outside we are 16ºC and it’s the last day of January. Ironic and weird, two things to be grateful for.

Another place we had to travel for shooting this video is Camelle, Carlos’s hometown. I can’t emphasize how much I love that place. Plus, having Carlos’s parents there is a bonus for eating amazing food. They even gave us some seafood to carry home and I couldn’t be more grateful. I am a grateful person, as you can see 🤗 Take that into account, and I also love people who gives me food…just in case we meet in person 🤣

Carlos’s dad goes fishing often and he always gifts us with some frozen fish. That is another thing to be grateful for. Get yourself a good work mate to live with so you can get all those good things ✌🏻

Apart from that, I’ve gotten wet, satayed in the middle of intense wind, got too much sun and all of that in one single month. January’s weather has been crazy.

February is another month to look forward too. Even if I still have to work on the music video (just made a quick break from writing to do some coloring right now 😁 ) I am going to make sure I celebrate the release of our upcoming album ¿Por qué siempre cantáis en inglés? (Translates to: Why do you always sing in English? It’s our first album in Spanish and we love some irony every now and then)

I’m very happy 😊

Each album is a new baby and in February I will be a proud mother of four. I can’t believe how much effort we put in this one. I can’t believe it’s not even begining!

I send you all my love if you are struggling right now, but I’d love to let you know that if you are, better times are coming. I know because life is always changing, that’s the only thing that never changes.

If you are in lockdown and you need some inspiration, why don’t you try this recipe? Have you ever heard of callos? it’s quite a tasty dish, and I’ve veganised it a while ago. Very cheap, easy, protein-rich and warm for a winter day.

If you are craving something sweet, here’s this Vegan Raw Carrot Cake. It’s lovely and fresh, for after all those chickpeas.

Don’t forget to share the recipes you make with me. You can find me on instagram, facebook and twitter easily (@silviafooding) I also have a Pinterest account and a Youtube channel. If you have a blog, you can link to my content too, just let me know so I can read yours too 🤗.

Take care of yourself, have fun and keep fooding!