Prepare: Smoothies for A Week

My hormones went haywire after I had Darcy. I lost 12ish kilograms in the first 2-3 weeks after his birth and then promptly put it all back on again in the space of 3 weeks. It was horrible! I was clueless as my diet and water intake had been really good, I hadn't been moving much, but it just didn't make sense.

I spoke to my Doctor and he ran several blood tests and it showed that yes, my hormones were way more out of whack than they should be after having a baby and it showed that my PCOS was well and truly out of control.

We are currently playing with my medication and I am now extra extra vigilant with my diet. This is where my smoothies are coming in. I try to have porridge for breakfast most days but on some school mornings that is a little hard seeing as school starts at 8am here.

So enter the humble smoothie. Just whack it in the blender/thermomix and away I go.

A grocery shopping day I usually come home, unpack the groceries and then do up a few bags of the following for some quick smoothies:

• Half a banana
• 10is blueberries
• 3-4 strawberries depending on size
• handful of spinach

I just add them to ziplock bags and pop them in the freezer. Then when it is time for a smoothie I just pull them out of the freezer and blend them up with 250-300mls of unsweetened almond milk and 2 tablespoons of oats.


You can find heaps of other smoothie recipes the I use here: 31 Days of Smoothies

School Holiday Hunger Busters

We are only half way into the first week of school holidays, but I am already so sick and tired of hearing the kids utter the words 'I'm hungry Mum, what can I have to eat?'

So this morning I cut up some fruit and vegetables and paired them with a dip and ta da! A tasting plate to last the day.

 In the platters are:

• celery
• carrot
• blueberries
• grapes
• bananas
• apple
• cheese
• water crackers
• corn relish

I have everything crossed that this keeps their nagging at bay. Now I just have to deal with the 'I'm bored' chanting. When really we have a hundred and one things we can and are doing.

What snacks do you have to beat the I'm hungry nagging? 

Totally Pinworthy Linky Party

I can't beleive it is Sunday again already!

This week my pins have been all over the place. I have been pining fashion, food, home decor, kids craft, sewing. You name it I probably pinned it.

Here are just a few of my most recent pins:

Source: simplyme091909.blogspot.com via Amy- on Pinterest

Source: sewmamasew.com via Amy- on Pinterest

Source: recipe.com via Amy- on Pinterest

Source: runningonhappiness.com via Amy- on Pinterest

Source: bigmakattack.tumblr.com via Amy- on Pinterest

Source: bhg.com via Amy- on Pinterest

What have you been pinning?

So, have you:

• posted about your favourite pins from Pinterest for the week, then link it up!
• posted a Totally Pinworthy post during the past week, then link it up!
• If you have done both, well link them both up!

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Let's get into it!

The rules or guidelines as such are all the same as what they were over at Tina's and if you aren't familiar with them they are:

• Grab the button (from above) and add it to your post and/or your sidebar. Because it’s good karma. A little link love didn’t hurt anyone. And the more people who see the button, the more that might join in and the more traffic we will get – hopefully.
• Add your blog link to the linky below – so other Pinners can come visit you and “pin it” to their Pinterest boards.
• Visit some of the other links, give some comment love and pin as many of the posts as you have time to do.

I will endeavour to visit each and everyone one of you that link up, it may take me a little while as I work some Sundays, but I will stop by within 24 hours of you linking up. 
Happy Pinning!

How To Eat a Tim Tam

This is a RocketFuel sponsored post


I love Tim Tams, they are a treat though so only enter our house on an irregular basis, but when they are here they do NOT last long.

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CLOSED {Review and Giveaway} Bakers Delight Chia Bread

A few weeks back we had a little competition in our kitchen. Who could create the best toasted sandwich?

It was a tough call. But I have to say I think I won hands down.

My ingredients were:

Nuttelex

Onion

Avocado

Kraft Cheddar Cheese (the one in the blue box)

Tomato

Bakers Delights Wholemeal Chia Bread

B thought it was good, but said he needed some meat, so he added shaved silver side to his.

The reason for our little challenge was to try out Bakers Delights new Chia Breads available in both white and wholemeal varieties. We got to try out both and I really couldn't pick which type was better. I would be happy with either. We did notice that the slices were slightly smaller then our usual supermarket loafs, but I can't really say that it a bad thing.

You may be wondering what Chia Bread is? Well Chia Bread is choc full of chia seeds which are grown exclusively in the beautiful Kimberley region in Western Australia. 

Chia seeds are known as a super food rich in Omega-3 ALA, fibre and protein. Don't like eating your weekly serve of fish? Simple, get some Chia seeds into your diet!

You can find out more about Chia seeds here. And the view the Bakers Delight range here.

I also have 3 prize packs to giveaway to 3 lucky readers. 

The packs include:

1x $5 Bakers Delight voucher

1x Chia Seeds Pouch for you to try chia seeds for yourself

1x Size Medium Mens Running Singlet

To enter this giveaway I would love for you to comment and tell me what you favourite sandwich filling is. 

The giveaway will run until Thursday 6th October and will be drawn on Friday the 7th of October 2011 via random.org

Disclaimer: I received two loaves of Bakers Delight Chia Bread for the purpose of review. No money was offered nor received for this review. All opinions are my own.