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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 ...

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

The best bun in down.

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Buns out suns out.. This may just be the best bun in town.Yes it's healthy, of course it's quick and it's abso-freaking-lutly good. I bet your mouth is watering by now? Don't be embarrassed, please. How can you not drull? When you have the best bun in town.  Let's break it down, because it's really easy ( we all know by now, that easy is my "go to" word  ) What this bun will need. ( I'm talking about the burger bun. Not "your" bun.Steady there Sally ! )   - 2 whole wheat buns -Rocket leaves -1 cup of cherry tomatoes ( or any tomatoes. cherry tomatoes is for the lazy ones. Like me !) -Camembert cheese ( oh so cheesy you say ) -Cucumber  -Salt & pepper -Paprika - Hummus for the taste ( nobody likes a dry bun ) There you have it. Put it all together and you are ready to go.It's so easy, even your hubby can make it ( who are we kidding, they don't "do" these type of buns ). En...

Sunday

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Sundays are one of my best days of the week. We can actually rename it to 'get ourselves together day' because on a Sunday you can.... plan your week ( yes gurll, we are going to be organized ) prep your meals (money saver ) catch up on movies and series stay in bed  go for a walk, with the dogs make a homemade mask give yourself a mani and pedi (yep you just go to gurl ) clean around the house (don't go all crazy with window clean, just the basic dust off type of clean ) bake something nice (gluten free chocolate brownies ) take a long bath, with candles and music (let's keep it with acoustic music shall we, Friday nights we ACDC again ) have a homemade brunch ( okay.fine. You can have one Mimosa with your brunch)  These are just a few of the things that you can do on a Sunday.On Saturdays you can  visit your family, catch up on childhood friends, but on a Sunday you get things together for the week.If you plan your week ahead you will come to realiz...

Funniest video ever !

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Hope you had a good laugh. Happy Friday everyone !! subscribe and like for more xxx K