Friday, 4 July 2014

Roasted vegetable, chicken, bacon and chard farfalle

Last night I got some rainbow chard on sale for $3 so I decided to use it for a quick pasta salad for dinner. Anyhow this is what I came up with:




Roasted vegetable, chicken, bacon and chard farfalle 

About 200 g farfalle pasta 

Cocktail tomatoes cut in quarters
Red capsicums sliced 
Red onion, sliced 
Olive oil
Garlic salt and pepper 

1 chicken breast sliced
4 rashers bacon 
Bunch of chard, leaves shredded 
Garlic, chopped
Red onion, chopped
Knob of butter
Olive oil 
Parsley
Chives

Preheat the oven to 175. 

Cook the pasta according to packet instructions. Drain and set aside. 

Combine all the ingredients for the vegetable roast. Toss in some olive oil and chopped butter and sprinkle some garlic salt, sea salt and freshly ground pepper as desired. Pop it in the warm oven. 

Sauté some garlic and onions with some olive oil and butter on a pan. Wait until the onions are semi transparent. Add the bacon, wait until they melted some of the fat then add the chard. Cook until they are half wilted then add the chicken. Cook until tender and set aside. 

Make sure you check the veggies in the oven while cooking the chicken. When all are done, toss them in a big bowl and serve a side of mascarpone cheese. 

Wednesday, 9 April 2014

Goodbye and goodnight Miss Honeybee

             --- to March 30 2014. 

This afternoon, while I was at Rozelle, I got a message that said Honeybee passed away this morning. I was and still am, devastated. I never got to spend as much time with her as I wanted to but I hope that during the brief time that I was with her, she was happy. 

I remember Miss HB back in 2011 as a stray loitering around our small street at mums. Then she gave birth to a litter, there were three that survived then after that only two remained, Gherkin and Morty. They lived just outside our walls, at the blank lot beside ours. We took them in after awhile and since than had become part of the family. Honeybee always remained outside though, I think she preferred to spend her days hunting and sunning herself under the sun, coming back home at night time for dinner. 

One time a neighbour tried to claim her. She went with them then escaped a few nights after. Coming back to our house with a hole in her stomach. I did my best to stitch her back up and miraculously she survived. And now, apparently a neighbor saw her with a frog and went really sick afterwards during her last foray. Mum got a phone call from the neighbor asking us of that was our cat. Honeybee was missing for a day already so she said yes. She died shortly after. All I could say is that at least she came home. And she will forever be home. Palmwoods was and is her home. She chose us to be her family and family she is. Thank you for everything dear honeybee. I will ore we love you. Xoxox 

Friday, 28 March 2014

The Random Round up

It has been a very busy week... Again! It's not over yet, half a day of work tomorrow and hopefully I get out early enough to lug more stuff to my storage space. Last Sunday was the crux of it... Now I'm only a few trips away, besides I think the space I got is JUST enough for all the stuff I have, I can only hope. So it went from the this on the 
first week: 

 
To this last Sunday: 


Yesterday, my other pair of chucks arrived at the mail along with other goodies! 


The suede polka dotted chucks that I've been obsessing about: 


I first got the red one, probably my first red chucks ever. When it got to me I realized that I really like them so I got the ivory one as we'll and I'm not disappointed. Chucks are probably the most worn shoes I ever wore, aside from my age old Trets I left at home and the good old faithful brown looney tunes sneakers I got as a kid (and still wore we'll into half my college days). I just love to have my feet feel comfortable the whole time. Anyway these new baby chucks just brings my chuck count up to 7 so far... With two hi tops. Bloody chucks, sometimes they make me feel like Ash Ketchum. 

So for the past almost-two-weeks: 






Something I saw over at FB and it just breaks my heart: 


And some of the besties: 






Wednesday, 26 March 2014

Unicorn Mane for fairy locks!

I've never reviewed a product before. But now that I got stuck with lots of different products all half full, maybe it's better for me to jot down the ones that are really worth getting... again! So I'll start with one of my new can't live withouts!


A Beatiful Life's Unicorn's Mane smoothing serum. I got it from Urban Outfitters for USD $16 and it's worth every penny! Better than the $50 and above hair serum range on the market.            

It has this wonderful, rounded almost fruity scent that lasts for several hours. It's main ingredient is argan oil, which has a distinct smell of its own, that's why I think that there's a higher concentration of argan oil in contrast with the other ingredients because I can definitely smell it on this one! 

               (Pardon my fug nails!) 


I use this mainly at the ends and it keeps my hair free and also acts as some sort of detangler. I have long, thick hair and I don't blow dry even on winter (unless it's a very, very cold day!) so I think it's important for me to just keep it tame during the day. On the back of the label it says use 5 - 10 drops but I use 15 at least, depending on how long I feel like it's gonna take me to put more on during the day. So if I feel like it's going to be a busier day than usual and that I'm going to need that little extra peace of mind, I go for 16 to 25 drops. And at the end of the day I don't regret it. My hair never got greasy from this product and leaves it shiny in a natural way (I hate it when my hair looks like I just showered, the whole day!) I also noticed less hair fall while using this product. I do use it while my hair is still damp and on mid day when I need a touch up (that is when I didn't put enough during the morning). My hair feels softer and smoother to touch and smells wonderful for hours. 


And now for the cons! I really don't have anything bad to say about the product itself but rather about the packaging. The label is great. I love the graphic navy unicorn against that vintage yellow background. The simplicity of the label gives it almost an indie 60's feel. And the blue bottle is sturdy. I dropped mine a couple of times (from what I recall, never exceeding almost 2.5 feet high) and it's still intact. Although I don't recommend dropping it on purpose else you'll be wasting some wonderfully good oil blend!  My only qualm is that the nozzle for the oil is a bit too small. I reckon that's the main reason why I go over 20 drops because sometimes I don't even get much of a drop in one go. But that's just me being lazy. Lol 

Anyway I definitely recommend this if you are all for organic and natural products that just not promise but also deliver... And deliver good! I don't use a blow dryer and this makes my hair look good without it, as well as nourishing it at the same time. I feel good using this product and most importantly... I know for sure it works for me. I hope it does for you too, but in sure it will. :) if not, it's only 16 bucks and still you've got a good hair serum!