Eat: Spinach and Kale Salad

What's in it? 

-Spinach

-Kale

-Sweet potato

-Garlic

-Dried cranberries 

-Chicken

-Red wine vinegar

-Olive Oil

-Honey

   

I have been really into eating healthier recently so after searching high and low for delicious but also healthy looking recipes I stumbled across this. I adapted this recipe from the blog eat-yourself-skinny which has so many tasty looking things to try! Originally I made this with Quinoa, but as I forgot to buy it in (oops), I had to do without. 

I am not a massive lover of salads but this one I can make an acceptation, it is so easy to make so if you're a rubbish cook like me, it's perfect!  

What to do?
- I first prepare by cooking my chicken, usually do this in the oven at around 160 degrees C for 45 minutes (wrapped in tinfoil so it doesn't dry out)
- As the chicken is cooking, I wash peel and dice my sweet potato into (kinda) cube shapes.
- I then put the sweet potato cubes on a baking tray and drizzle with olive oil and garlic and pop them in the oven (at about 200 degrees C) and cook them for 30 mins (flipping them halfway through.
- As everything is cooking nicely, I hope, I wash my kale and spinach and put them in a big bowl.
- I then add cranberries, and the dressing.
-To make the dressing I used 1 tablespoon of red wine vinegar, a drizzle of olive oil and a tiny little dash of honey.
- After everything is cooked pop in your potato and chicken and mix together and you're ready to rock and roll.

The original recipe uses Quinoa (which I have tried with this and is also delicious) but I also added in chicken and spinach.

I was always a really unhealthy eater, pizzas, chocolate, you name it, I ate it. It isn't until the past couple of weeks that I have made a conscious effort to eat healthier and actually think about what I am putting into my body. So far, it's going okay, I still can't resist pizza and chocolate but at least it's not every day!

I would love to hear about healthy recipes anyone recommends (preferably for beginners, because I really am an awful cook!) And any healthy eating bloggers links would be amazing!


Original recipe: Roasted Sweet Potato, Quinoa and Kale Salad

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Inca Oil is extracted from the wild plant Sacha Inchi, which is rich in nutrients and essential fatty acids. When reading up on the new products I was about to try, they sounded great.

Filler mask: Promises to nourish hair, making it healthy, manageable and strong. I was excited to try this one as sometimes I feel my hair can be a bit dry. 

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Method:

I first washed my hair with my usual products, after getting out of the shower I applied the filler mask and evenly distributed it with a comb. After wrapping my hair in a turban (and looking very sexy may I add) I waited 15 minutes so let the mask do its thing. Then I rinsed it out and it was ready to dry.

Just before I dried my hair I adding some of the pandora oil to the palm of my hands and combed it through my hair, making sure to get my split ends. Then just like usual I blow dried my hair.

First Impressions:

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Results:

As soon as my hair began to dry, not only did it smell amazing but honestly it was SO Soft I couldn't stop stroking myself like I was a dog. My hair is never very shiny but these products really did help to add a shine to it. I recommend these products to anyone who wants to try something new or just add a bit of nourishment to your hair.

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