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xoxo Ellie
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Saturday, 28 June 2014
Friday, 27 June 2014
5 On Friday
Today i wanted to share with you 5 of my favourite things this week!! - i will update with photos as soon as i can!
+New fresh bedding!
I mean everyone loves bedding when its clean on the bed but i think i love it even more when its brand new too!! Ive just bought this bedding for our bed and i absolutely love it!!
+Smoothies
Now that summer is officially here i want to make the most of this gorgeous weather so i like to make smoothies and take them out with me! I get a tasty drink and am full so don't need to keep stopping at home to make lunches! Here are my 2 favourite smoothie recipes right now for you to try!
+New clothes
As a girl i of course love getting new clothes through the post, its like Christmas or your birthday lol! Ive just recently ordered this top, this dress, these shorts and these jeans. You can get yours from Littlewoods.com
+Yoghurt and Fruit Breakfasts
I'm going to do a post soon on flat belly foods (i will link it here when its up) and one of the best ways to include them is in your breakfast to start your day right. Ive been loving them this week and feel less bloated in the mornings after ive eaten!!
+Summer Weather
Obviously!! I have been loving spending time outside playing with the kids, getting a tan, going on long walks and feeling healthy and the smell of my washing when its air dried outside! Nothing beats this weather for me! I cant wait for more BBQs too!
What have your 5 favourites this week been? Comment below i love to hear from you all
xoxo Ellie
2 Favourite Smoothie Recipes
One of my favourite things to drink are smoothies! I absolutely love knowing that what I'm drinking is full of goodness and healthy for me! They are also super filling so make a great breakfast or snack option.
Making homemade smoothies are an even better way of knowing that what I'm drinking is fresh and has no added or unnecessary sugars or preservatives.
So today i wanted to share the two smoothie recipes i am absolutely obsessed with right now! One thing i also love and you will come to know soon is desserts or anything sweet so having a smoothie that looks and tastes like a dessert is even better for me! I feel like I'm having a really naughty treat but actually its full of goodness and a much healthier option!
so here they are
Mango & Banana Smoothie
Serves 2
Ingredients
1 mango (fresh or frozen)
1 banana
3tbsp non fat yoghurt
300ml milk
ice (optional)
method;
Place all your ingredients into a blender and blend until fully incorporated and looking thick and creamy. If you use frozen mango there's no need to add ice.
This smoothie is my favourite dessert like smoothie of all time, especially in summer it just tastes amazing!
Kale & Banana Smoothie
Serves 1
Ingredients
1orange
1/2 cup water or coconut water
1 kale leaf
2 bananas
ice (optional)
method
first blend your orange until fully juiced then add the water and kale leaf (for an added electrolyte boost use coconut water) and blend until the kale leaf is fully incorporated finally add your bananas and blend until the smoothie has a thick and dessert like consistency. If you want a chilled smoothie add ice with your banana.
This smoothie is the best way to start adding kale to your diet, the banana masks the taste so you don't even realize your having it bonus!! The colour is incredibly green but please don't let that put you off! Its soooo good.
I hope you enjoy these smoothies as much as i do...
do you drink smoothies? What are your favourite recipes? I would love to hear and try them myself!
comment below i would live to hear from you!
xoxo Ellie
Making homemade smoothies are an even better way of knowing that what I'm drinking is fresh and has no added or unnecessary sugars or preservatives.
So today i wanted to share the two smoothie recipes i am absolutely obsessed with right now! One thing i also love and you will come to know soon is desserts or anything sweet so having a smoothie that looks and tastes like a dessert is even better for me! I feel like I'm having a really naughty treat but actually its full of goodness and a much healthier option!
so here they are
Mango & Banana Smoothie
Serves 2
Ingredients
1 mango (fresh or frozen)
1 banana
3tbsp non fat yoghurt
300ml milk
ice (optional)
method;
Place all your ingredients into a blender and blend until fully incorporated and looking thick and creamy. If you use frozen mango there's no need to add ice.
This smoothie is my favourite dessert like smoothie of all time, especially in summer it just tastes amazing!
Kale & Banana Smoothie
Serves 1
Ingredients
1orange
1/2 cup water or coconut water
1 kale leaf
2 bananas
ice (optional)
method
first blend your orange until fully juiced then add the water and kale leaf (for an added electrolyte boost use coconut water) and blend until the kale leaf is fully incorporated finally add your bananas and blend until the smoothie has a thick and dessert like consistency. If you want a chilled smoothie add ice with your banana.
This smoothie is the best way to start adding kale to your diet, the banana masks the taste so you don't even realize your having it bonus!! The colour is incredibly green but please don't let that put you off! Its soooo good.
I hope you enjoy these smoothies as much as i do...
do you drink smoothies? What are your favourite recipes? I would love to hear and try them myself!
comment below i would live to hear from you!
xoxo Ellie
Thursday, 26 June 2014
30 Before Thirty...
So everyone probably has some kind of bucket list, you know the things you want to do or see at some point in your life. I do, some are practical and some are insane but they don't really have a time scale, you know theyre just things i know i want to do! That's why i love the 30 before thirty so much, its a good day to really take a look at all the things you want to do and pick out the top thirty and give yourself that time frame to do it!! Now in not saying that means you have to scrap everything else you want to do, hell no!! But its a good way to really look at your life and where you want to be when you are thirty, do you want to have had kids? Or a mortgage? Or to have seen the world?
its different from person to person but i think we can all agree its a good way to really look at your overall bucket list and pick out the top thirty things we want to achieve, to really see what's important to us and go out and get it!! You might even finish the bucket list before your thirty and do more who knows but i absolutely love the idea of really picking out thirty things to concentrate on in life.
So my list is something ive been thinking about for a while now and so as i share it for all of you i can say that somethings will already be done but that's a good thing!! Sometimes knowing that things are already crossed off your list gives you motivation to really get going and complete more on your list!! Ive tried to make mine a good mixture of fun and serious things that i will have achieved by my thirties so that i can say that i achieved and really pushed my life forward whilst also making AMAZING memories along the way!! I definitely want photo albums full of different adventures so when I'm older i can look back and really smile about my life...
so here it is ...
1.Finally have baby number 2 and complete our family
little P born december 2012
2. Get completely out of debt. - This one is in progress
3. Get married. I'm engaged so its the next step!
4. Go to college - i found out i was pregnant with munchkin one before i could do this so now i really want to pick something i love and get a qualification in it so i can finally...
5. Start a career
6. Go on our first family holiday abroad. We have been away in the uk so now i want to go abroad!
7. Learn to drive - Mr C has just learnt so now its my turn
8. Buy my first car
9.Start a blog
10. Go to Disney land (Paris or Florida) - ive been to Paris and would love to go back or of course go to Florida :)
11. Own a Michael kors handbag and matching purse :) - i know it doesn't seem like a big one but to own a really expensive bag (anything over £100) to me means i finally have my one item of extravagance and a bag seems the most practical thing to get if your spending alot
12. Visit Italy - god i love their food
13. Lose and keep off my final 30lbs this is on going and eventually i will blog about the progress
14. Book a spontaneous and last minute holiday - doesn't have to be far just something unplanned
15. Go one week with no internet or social networking - done when i accidentally dropped my phone down the toilet oops it took a week to get a replacement so i was cut off :(
16. Catch up on all the tv shows i have started watching and never finished (bones, the vampire diaries, the walking dead, the following, greys anatomy)
17. Go to a music festival
18. Travel to at least 5 different countries (Italy is included as one when that happens)
19. Start exercising regularly - ive started but i feel i need to at least keep it up for 2 months to say I'm sticking to it!
20. Finish decorating the house
21. Get the garden finished
22. Have at least £1000 in a savings account for those emergencies
23. Learn how to paddle board - it looks easier then surfing lol
24.Start a family Christmas tradition - every Christmas morning we have pancakes, chocolate waffles and fruit for breakfast! And every night we put one present on the bottom of the kids beds from Santa so they know hes been!
25. Print all the photos on the laptop and put them in the correct photo albums or frames!
26. Join the Tone It Up Nutrition Plan
27. Go to a hen party
28. Be a bridesmaid
29.See at least one of my favourite artists in concert!! - i saw muse a few years ago so i count this as done but i want it on here because i would still like to see more!
30. Get a promotion (this is a big ask seeing as i don't have a job yet! Setting myself up for big things ha!)
OK so there it is my 30 before thirty,
i have to be honest it feels good having some crossed off already! And i cant wait to finally complete the whole list
comment your lists below i would love to see!!
xoxo Ellie
its different from person to person but i think we can all agree its a good way to really look at your overall bucket list and pick out the top thirty things we want to achieve, to really see what's important to us and go out and get it!! You might even finish the bucket list before your thirty and do more who knows but i absolutely love the idea of really picking out thirty things to concentrate on in life.
So my list is something ive been thinking about for a while now and so as i share it for all of you i can say that somethings will already be done but that's a good thing!! Sometimes knowing that things are already crossed off your list gives you motivation to really get going and complete more on your list!! Ive tried to make mine a good mixture of fun and serious things that i will have achieved by my thirties so that i can say that i achieved and really pushed my life forward whilst also making AMAZING memories along the way!! I definitely want photo albums full of different adventures so when I'm older i can look back and really smile about my life...
so here it is ...
1.
little P born december 2012
2. Get completely out of debt. - This one is in progress
3. Get married. I'm engaged so its the next step!
4. Go to college - i found out i was pregnant with munchkin one before i could do this so now i really want to pick something i love and get a qualification in it so i can finally...
5. Start a career
6. Go on our first family holiday abroad. We have been away in the uk so now i want to go abroad!
7. Learn to drive - Mr C has just learnt so now its my turn
8. Buy my first car
9.
10. Go to Disney land (Paris or Florida) - ive been to Paris and would love to go back or of course go to Florida :)
11. Own a Michael kors handbag and matching purse :) - i know it doesn't seem like a big one but to own a really expensive bag (anything over £100) to me means i finally have my one item of extravagance and a bag seems the most practical thing to get if your spending alot
12. Visit Italy - god i love their food
13. Lose and keep off my final 30lbs this is on going and eventually i will blog about the progress
14. Book a spontaneous and last minute holiday - doesn't have to be far just something unplanned
15
16. Catch up on all the tv shows i have started watching and never finished (bones, the vampire diaries, the walking dead, the following, greys anatomy)
17. Go to a music festival
18. Travel to at least 5 different countries (Italy is included as one when that happens)
19. Start exercising regularly - ive started but i feel i need to at least keep it up for 2 months to say I'm sticking to it!
20. Finish decorating the house
21. Get the garden finished
22. Have at least £1000 in a savings account for those emergencies
23. Learn how to paddle board - it looks easier then surfing lol
24.
25. Print all the photos on the laptop and put them in the correct photo albums or frames!
26. Join the Tone It Up Nutrition Plan
27. Go to a hen party
28. Be a bridesmaid
29.
30. Get a promotion (this is a big ask seeing as i don't have a job yet! Setting myself up for big things ha!)
OK so there it is my 30 before thirty,
i have to be honest it feels good having some crossed off already! And i cant wait to finally complete the whole list
comment your lists below i would love to see!!
xoxo Ellie
Wednesday, 25 June 2014
My first blog post...
So .. Here it is, the very first post ive ever written for this blog!!
Its taken a bit of time to set up and i hope ive done it right but welcome to my blog!!
If anyone has any tips for improving my blog please feel free to get in touch, any help will be greatly appreciated!!
and with that i have to ask that you are patient as i get to grips with the blogging world and all of this many things may change at first!!
so i have to say thank you for reading my blog i hope you come back - i promise it will get better with time! And i look forward to sharing this journey of mine with you
xoxo Ellie
Its taken a bit of time to set up and i hope ive done it right but welcome to my blog!!
If anyone has any tips for improving my blog please feel free to get in touch, any help will be greatly appreciated!!
and with that i have to ask that you are patient as i get to grips with the blogging world and all of this many things may change at first!!
so i have to say thank you for reading my blog i hope you come back - i promise it will get better with time! And i look forward to sharing this journey of mine with you
xoxo Ellie
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