Tutorial: Double Dutch Braid

If you hadn't noticed, braids are in, and they are going to be in for a while longer. Phew, cos I LOVE braids, and all the easy hair styles they afford.

This hair style looks great and is pretty easy to do. Here is the link to the tutorial

I will add a few tips. If you can't dutch (underneath) braid, then you could do a regular french braid or fishtail braid. And you can finish the braid with a small or big bun, or a ponytail. Or if you are feeling like reminiscing your childhood days, you could continue both braids to get a double braid pigtail look.

If your hair is shorter, just continue both braids until they are finished, then pin them up.

Recipe: Crispy Honey Chicken

This recipe is basically a stir fry (quick and easy) with the added deliciousness of cripsy honey chicken. I got the recipe from here

It is SO delicious. Promise me you'll make it

Ingredients (for 2):

200-250g chicken, sliced
1 egg white
1/4 cup cornflour (add more as needed)
1/4 cup honey
1 tbsp soy sauce
Veges of your choice but I recommend:
Bok Choy
Mushrooms
Garlic
Capsicum

Chop veges the way you want them. Put the egg white and the cornflour in their own bowls.

Heat a fryingpan with olive oil and cook the veges. When they are softened add garlic, soy sauce and salt and pepper to taste. Cook for about another minute, then put them aside in a bowl.

You will use the same frying pan for the chicken. Drench each chicken piece in egg white, then cornflour, then cook in the frying pan

Stir regularly until the pieces are cooked. When cooked add the veges back in. Add honey and mix to combine, add more salt and pepper or soy sauce if needed.

Serve with rice or noodles. Enjoy! (You will).

Reprioritising

So, lately I took a three week break from the internet. (You can read why here)

At first it was really hard. I was so used to reading my daily blogs and checking facebook all the time. My hand would itch to click on the links it was so used to. As the days went on, I found it easier and easier, until eventually my only concern was that I would miss invites on facebook (I did), or miss important private messages (I didn't).

I didn't feel urgency to get back onto the net at the end of the three weeks. When I logged back onto facebook and the blogs this week I felt..... bored.

Yep bored. And it was the last thing I was expecting to feel.
The blogs I read were still great, but not worthy of my time at that moment. And they didn't quite hold the allure they once did. As for facebook..... it seemed like my newsfeed was full of stuff I didn't need to know. Superflous comments. Boring junk. (This is not a criticism- I am quite capable of producing some boring junk myself.)

I am still feeling like this a few days later. I think three weeks off has been enough time for the shine to dull, for the attachment to fade. They say it takes 30 days to break a bad habit, or form a new one, and I think thats what has happened here.

Having three weeks to reprioritise my attention, my devotion, my thoughts and my time has been immensely helpful. My mind has learnt a new habit, has shifted its focus onto things more worthy.

Again, I'm not saying the internet or Facebook is bad. Its just how you use it. I was using it all wrong. And I'm hoping this time I can get it right

Recipe: Basil and Almond Pesto and Fettuccine

Matt and I got a new pasta machine around christmas, and have used it quite a bit to make fresh pasta. Fresh pasta is SO good. However I am not going to give you the recipe for it, because its Matt that always makes it, I just eat it. If you are keen, google a recipe.

The pasta making process:

For this recipe, you could make your own fettuccine, or buy fresh stuff, or dried.

Almond Basil Pesto

-1 1/2 cups almonds, chopped and lightly toasted

-2 cups packed basil (2 small basil plants from the supermarket.) Add some spinach as a substitute if needed

-2 garlic cloves, peeled

- 2 tablespoons lemon juice

-lemon zest from 1 lemon

-3/4 cup olive oil

-dollop sour cream (my addition to make it more creamy.)

Grind the almonds to meal in a food processor. Add basil, garlic, lemon juice and zest and blend. Slowly add olive oil. Add more olive oil or sour cream if wanted for a better consistancy. You could also add parmesan.

Will keep for a while in the fridge, you can use it on sandwiches, as a dip, or in a pasta dish

Basil and Almond Pesto and Fettuccine 

(created by me and Matt)

-Enough fettuccine for 2

- a serve of the above pesto recipe

200g bacon, chopped and cooked (optional.)

-veges of your choice, but mushrooms, broccoli and courgette are good. Chop and fry lightly in olive oil till cooked.

When the pasta is cooked, drain, add the pesto and stir in. Add the bacon and veges and stir in.

Serve with parmesan on top

Pesto recipe from here

Tall Girl Problems

I'm 6 feet tall. I've been this height since I was about 12 (yes I was a lanky teen.) I found this website via a friend, and I feel like these perfectly describe my life!! haha

Or doing baking.

I still do sometimes, but not as much as I would if I were shorter

I'm just bolshy and ask for the person to move the seat forward haha

Everytime

Or, when I am sitting and I am still taller than you. Awkward

My whole school life

Yes! This is my most major gripe about my height

I don't really mind....that much 

So true at the moment

Yes! I love adjustable shower heads!

Well, I feel like I joined a tall girl club, of others who understand! In saying that, I would not change my height, and here are some tall girl positives:

• Always being able to see the front at a concert
• Being able to easily search for people in a crowd
• When I gain weight it has such a lot of area to go to, that you can't really see it
• I've always been the same height as guys, and am the same height as my hubby which makes kissing easy (no neck-crick for me!)
• Occasionally being asked if I am a model/if I would want to model

...I'm still grumpy about the one-piece though.