Make your own eucalyptus rice for a stuffy chest

March 24, 2015March 20, 20171 Comment

Scented sensory rice is wayyyy easier to make than it looks. It’s great for little hands (just watch out for little mouths)

I made some eucalyptus scented rice for Aidan this weekend, the idea came to me when I was reading one of my favourite blogs Mamapapabubba where she had made sensory soup I thought that it would be awesome for my little one’s stuffy chest, but I was not in the mood for a flood-Aidan is not of the play nicely with water age…So I adapted my sensory rice recipe…. here’s the how to
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Frozen yogurt grape pops

March 23, 2015August 7, 2016Leave a comment

Robyn has done another yummy low cal recipe for us and it is super easy to do

What you need:
Grapes
Toothpicks
Plain yogurt
Honey

How to do:
Put grapes on toothpicks
Dip grapes into yogurt
Freeze grapes
Drizzle with honey for added sweetness

(For my no sugar needs I’d use a flavoured yogurt that doesn’t require drizzling with honey)

The adorable helper (Robyn’s daughter Riley) is an added extra 🙂

Canderel chocolate bunnies, work for birthdays too

March 13, 2015August 7, 20162 Comments

We all know by now that I’m not supposed to be having sugar 🙁 but I loooove chocolate…

Canderel was kind enough to give me a hamper of treats so I don’t have to sit out this Easter… and you know what! the chocolate is ACTUALLY quite nice, seriously I prefer it to sugary brands, I kid you not, the chocolate has a great texture and they even have different flavours…Rob says it’s cause my body knows I’m not allowed others, but I beg too differ and I caught him eating like half a slab… whose body knows what now buddy?

They shared this great recipe for Easter lollies and I thought, hey why not make for my birthday, soooo I did… NOM NOM NOM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME

Dark chocolate bow see, I got all creative

Here is their recipe (I made 3 bunnies with a slab and a half of choc though)

Serves: Makes 4 large lollies

Ingredients:

3 x 85g Canderel milk chocolate slabs
Clear plastic chocolate egg mould (or any other shape you fancy) with 4 compartments and spaces for sticks
4 plastic or wooden lollipop sticks
Glitter for dusting (optional)

Method:

Make sure the mould is clean and dry before starting. Bring two cups of water to the boil in a large pot. Place a smaller pot or bowl over the larger one. Break the Canderel milk chocolate into pieces and place in the small bowl. Turn the heat down to a simmer and gently melt the chocolate, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon.
Place the moulds on a hard, flat surface and pour in the melted chocolate. Gently tap the mould on the hard surface to get rid of any air bubbles.
Insert the stick at an angle about 3cm into the chocolate, ensuring that it’s well covered. Press the stick down flat in the stick channel, then place the mould in the fridge to set. When set, the chocolate will start coming away from the mould and no longer look wet.
Once completely set, remove the chocolates from the moulds. Sprinkle over some glitter and store in an airtight container in a cool dark place (not the fridge).

Watch out for more canderel inspired recipes 🙂

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Onsie wishes…diy (Kay-lynn guest post)

March 11, 2015Leave a comment

I come from a family of makerers well technically it’s a family of Douglases but we like to make things, 90% of us like to write, create, bake, sew, built… it’s in the genes… So I don’t know why it took me so long to feature one of my familia’s creations as a DIY guest post

So here we go, this is my 16 year old cousin Kay-lynn who is sweet and nice and thinks I am ancient.

For her sister’s baby shower she created an awesome frame of hanging onsies, for people to pick one, write a special message on and then place in a box, for the mom to be to keep and read when she needs a pick me up… here is how she did it:

Use a template of the onsie you want and trace it onto coloured card, I hand drew this but you can simply print one

Cut out the onsies and highlight the outline of each on both sides

Decorate each onsie individually using stickers and gems

I then asked my dad to make a wooden frame (a big photoframe would do) I painted it white and used ribbon to make “washing lines”, I then hung each onsie onto it with a cute little peg

Thanks for the guest post KAY-LYNN 🙂

Cauliflower “rice”

February 27, 2015August 7, 20161 Comment

So I’m still on my get healthy avoid carbs and sugar due to insulin resistance trip….
I’ve heard about this cauli-rice thing and was intrigued as I love cauliflower and am avoiding rice…
There are tons of recipes on the net but this is my take on it, using frozen cauliflower because I’m just bad like that, hehe

My cauliflower rice paired soooo well with Rob’s pilchard stew, yum yum

I used frozen cauliflower, veggie purists , I beg your pardon, hehe

Poured boiling water over it to defrost

Stuck it in blender, and blended

This is consistency you are looking for

Stick in pan with dash of oil and spice of your choice – I used garlic butter and mixed herbs
then pan fry and enjoy 🙂

I really like it hey, okay so it doesn’t taste like rice but it’s great texture-wise and makes a nice substitute

Foodie Friday…cocoa peanut butter popcorn

February 20, 2015August 7, 2016Leave a comment

So I have two Rob’s in my life Robin my husband and Robyn my maid of honour…. so I’m better than batman (they don’t think I’m funny either) You have heard a lot about them over the years.
Robyn (girl Robyn – how my little cousin refers to her) is on yet another health kick (she never isn’t on one – probably why she can wear anything…) We both struggle with the sweet tooth situation 🙁 so she is with me on the search for sweets that don’t make you gain weight. She has agreed to share some of her healthy snacks on the blog so yeah!!! here is the first 🙂

cocoa peanut butter popcorn
(for mine I substitute the peanut butter with the sugar free variety)