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Healthy living

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  Healthy living with keto muffins   Where do you start, what do you take and what do you leave behind … these days there is so many diets. No wonder people get confused, for instance you have the keto one (basically an undercover banting diet) then you have the military diet, one egg for breakfast, one toast for lunch and an apple for dinner, does not that just sound filling to you. Just to clear the air, I am no professional. I am just someone that wants to share the things that worked and did not work for me and give some advice on my own personal experience. You are more then welcome to share your thoughts on this platform. Now ladies, ladies   The first thing we need to talk about is “the start” and with that I mean when are we going to start, this Monday or next week Monday? you see for me personally the first week on a diet is really a breeze. It is new recipes you get to try, you feel more energized and you overall just loving the new you, for the first week. After the

Self improvement with God

What is self-improvement, 3 ways self-improvement can change your life, 10 self- improvement musts, where do I start self-improvement? If you want the answers to these statements. Please make yourself comfortable with a cup of coffee or glass of wine, because in this blog we ( yes, you also ) will try and figure out the basics of self-improvement with God and why it's important to keep pushing yourself to be better every day. (every single day )  Alright, ladies and gents when you are ready and comfortable. Let's start with the meaning behind self-improvement. Cambridge Dictionary's definition states that self- improvement is the activity of learning new things on your own that make you a more skilled or able person. Remember,   there is more definitions of self-improvement, but for now, let us stick with this one. The words that stand out are learning, new things, your own (alone), skilled. We can use these words to create the 4 pillars to self-improvement.  The 4 pillars

Quarintine

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Okay, I think we can all agree that banana bread should be banned from shelves. Why? you may ask. If you have not been baking banana bread for the last couple of weeks or even months. The real question you should ask yourself is: Have you even been quarantining? because banana bread is all over the internet Susan. You get the original banana recipe then you get the banana and strawberry recipe ( I know, I know. Let's blame quartine for that one ) then you get the pecan and oatmeal ( actually not bad). The point I'm trying to make is that there are enough banana bread recipes to keep you busy.  Maybe it's not just the banana bread that went a little too far this year. Did we forget the fitness people who could not handle the no jogging period in quarantine, so instead they took the option B, they ran a marathon on a 7meter balcony, and then there are some of us that can't even look at our gym clothes without crying. Yes, I understand not all of us can be crazy about fitn

Quick and easy dinner

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Okay you are running late again ! You need to fetch your kids at school and by the time you get back  it's past six. You are in a flat spin about what to make for dinner...and yes the children is not going to eat the leftovers from Sunday's lunch, for the third time. So we do our magic and make a quick and easy chicken pot. I mean what can go wrong with a chicken pot hmm let me take that back. The electricity can trip, the chicken can be bad or the possibility of over cooking a chicken is always there, but let's not get all emotional about a piece of chicken. We need to get it together dammit we got a dinner to make in 30 min. So here it goes..... Chicken pot  Serves 4 - 6 Ingredients: 1 1/2 olive oil 1 medium onion, diced 4 grated carrots  2 cloves garlic, minced 1 tablespoon paprika 1 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin 1 cup low-sodium chicken broth 1 1/2 pounds chicken breast  Himalayan Salt/ Pepper 1 cup brown rice  1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese Ad

Weekend vibes

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Cheap and easy at-home spa hacks.

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Ladies it's spa day You want to relax, but your on a tight budget ?. No worries, I got you !! Here is a body scrub, hair mask and face mask you can make under R100. It's easy, quick and you can do it in the comfort of your own home. Sounds like a bargain, if you ask me. Put on some relaxing music, get your robe and relax.... Body Scrub: 1 cup of sugar 1/4 cup of coconut oil 1/2 ground coffee 2 tbsp of vanilla extract  Hair Mask: 1/2 sliced and peeled avo 3 tbsp of coconut oil 1/4 mayonnaise  leave in for 15min Face Mask 1 tbsp of coconut oil 1/4 cup of turmeric  xxx K

Salmon lovin had me a blast

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Tell me more, tell me more....... If you are not humming Summer nights from Grease by now, there is something wrong.Go see a doctor or something. and if you came to your senses, let's continue with our Salmon lovin recipe. What you will need to have a blast ( get it haha oh stop it you !) 1 ripe Avo sesame seeds chai seeds rocket 1 tps Balsamic vinegar + Olive oil  15g Cashew nuts  2 x 200g Salmon  Method: first the rocket then the salmon,  pour the sesame seeds + chai seeds + cashew nuts over sprinkle olive oil + balsamic vinegar  now you can shooda-bop bop shooda-bop bop yeah !  and enjoy your Salmon  xxx K