ANZAC Cookies

ANZAC cookies healthy style!

We don't follow exact recipes in this house! Just follow your intuition and roll with it. Trial and error is how we learn and it's good to make something unique to you!

300g Lupin flour (high in protein, antioxidants, minerals, low carb, gluten free)

250g rolled oats

150g dissected coconut

100g brown sugar

1 tsp baking powder

100g butter

50g honey

optional: raisins, dark chocolate chips, or anything that tickles your fancy!

Melt butter & honey together, then mix with the dry ingredients until combined. Roll into balls & press flat on lined baking trays. Bake at 150C for 15 minutes/until golden.

Make Peace & Cookies! (Not War!!) ♥ ☮

Crunchy Tuna Salad

This was so delicious! I simply threw together drained springwater Tuna, baby spinach, carrots, cucumbers, slivered almonds and wholegrain mustard. Fast, healthy and refreshingly delicious!!

Joggin on Sunshine, woooahh

Soo daylight is now arriving one hour earlier again! This is great for me, as most days I am out of bed at 6:00am! Having light coming through the windows make it so much easier to climb out of bed and feel motivated for the day ahead. I am a complete morning person - I love the feeling of having the whole day ahead of me (of course, this is much more enjoyable on a day where I don't have 9 hours of work ahead of me. Regardless, the weather is lovely, the sun is shining and the birds are singing :)

My routine in the morning is the same on most days. I get up, have my breakfast of toast, protein shake & green tea, go for a jog to the park and back with the dog (who, if I don't take within a 'reasonable' amount of time, gets very antsy!), get ready for work, tidy up the house, do stretches/yoga and leave to get the bus and connecting train to work.

I have some long work days ahead of me now. At the moment my longest work day are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, so come Friday I'm feelin' pretty fancy free again. In the meantime, I'm going to be happy and grateful for my wonderful, healthy, happy life and enjoy this beautiful morning! :)

Peace

ELE

Frittaattaaas

So I have been loving making these eggs and cheese frittatta/quiche type dealies. In this batch I used eggs, Parmesan cheese (didn't have cheddar!), mushroom, spring onions, bacon, peas, carrots, corn, bacon, chili. They are soo yummy and pretty good for you too! I just sautee the onions, mushrooms and bacon, then add the rest of the ingredients, mix it altogether and chuck it in the oven til golden. I don't really follow a recipe for this, just wing it, it's pretty easy!

'There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.'

Dalai Lama

Incense

If I'm ever asked what incense I like or what I recommend, hands down every time I say Nag Champa. If you haven't tried this incense, do! To me, it smells how incense should. I wish I could have this smell on me all the time, it's that good. It's an Indian fragrance commonly used in ashrams, and is available in different forms (soap, perfume, etc.) which I can't wait to try. For now though, I'm well stocked up on a bulk box of the incense goodness. Smokin' it up on a beautiful, sunny Sunday afternoon :)

New blog

The last time I had an online blog was back in the good ol days of LiveJournal, and even DeadJournal. I rather loathe the fact that for the life of me I can't remember the login info for those pages, thus leaving my embarrassing adolescent rantings etched in cyberspace for all to see. But all you can do is laugh really! And appreciate how much you've grown as a person since those angsty days so long ago.

I have created this blog because I am growing more and more dissatisfied with the modus operandi of Facebook and the disappointing absence of actual communication, feedback and interaction. If I'm going to be posting my thoughts, mainly for my own amusement, then why not keep a whole blog to myself.

And so it begins. I am unsure of what the ongoing content of this page may be, but hopefully it grow into something meaningful and productive. I do have a lot going on in my mind and perhaps a personal blog is a better way to work through those thoughts and emotions on a deeper level. The layout and design may change a few times. I'm not sure exactly what I want the appearance and feel of this page to be like, I always change what I think looks best! Hehe. Any tips are welcome.

Peace and love to whoever may be reading this :)