quick leftover rice dish

Whenever I have cooked a meal with rice I have always have at least one portion leftover and I don’t like wasting food so the next day I nearly always cook this leftover rice dish.

Ingredients

1 portion of cold cooked rice

Leftover meat (this could be leftover roast chicken)

1 finely chopped onion

Fresh Ginger (I use 1tsp of easy ginger)

1 clove of garlic finely chopped ( or 1 tsp of easy garlic)

1/2 tsp of dried crushed chillies

1 egg

Soy sauce (to taste)

Sweet chilli sauce (to taste)

Handful of frozen peas and/or sweet corn

2 tsp vegetable oil (I like sunflower)

Method

1) In a hot wok (or frying pan) add 1 tsp of oil. Add the chopped onion, ginger, garlic and chilli into the wok and stir-fry until onions are softened and then put onto a small plate and put to the side.

2) Add another tsp of oil to the wok and then cook the egg making sure to constantly move around the pan so it looks like scrambled egg.

3) When the egg is just cooked add the cold rice, cooked onions, leftover meat and the peas and sweet corn. Stirfry until peas and sweet corn are warm through.

4) Add the Soy sauce and sweet chilli sauce to taste and stirfry for a further 5mins and then serve in a bowl.

This recipe is really easy and the beauty of it you can add any different vegtables and meats. If you like your food with more of a spicy kick why not add fresh chillies.

I sometimes cook this dish the night before put it in a plastic container and take to work as it microwaves well. This is also good if your craving Chinese food.

  

Spring/Summer empties

During the end of spring and most of the summer I have been collecting up empties and thought I would show and review these.

Firstly is the end of my Mac mineralize skin finish natural powder and I am so sad that this is gone because it lasted forever and I can't afford to repurchase it at the moment. I used the colour Medium and it set my foundation perfectly and did what it's supposed to and didn't clog up on my face. The texture is light and still covers nicely.

Staying with face products I also used up No7 Beautifully Matte foundation in the colour cool vanilla. I loved this it was thick to cover well and made my usally oily skin nice and matte. I have not brought this particular foundation again as it’s a bit thick for summer also, this foundation only has a SPF 15 and as the UK had a heat wave in July I wanted something with a higher SPF, however will definitely get it again in the winter.

Way back in May I stopped using my Super Extend Extreme mascara by Avon. I didn’t run out but it got that horrible old mascara smell (I don’t think anyone ever runs out of mascara before it smells). While I was using this mascara I liked it however when I started using my new mascara I realised the formula was pretty wet and it smudged a lot when I rubbed my eyes. I really liked the brush half the bristles were long and the others were short this helped a lot when curling my lashes and the brush really separated my lashes without making them look too clumpy and spidery.

Moving on to skin care the beginning of this month I ran out of my simply sensitive toner this is a Simple dupe from Boots. This toner is really refreshing and contains Aloe Vera which is soothing. I have already repurchased this and really like this product.

Also I ran out of my Balance Me Wonder Eye Cream this eye cream is really nice and is really good for brightening dark circles, however I do not like the smell and that goes with most of the Balance Me products I have tried whether this is because it’s a natural product I don’t no. The formula is nice and thick and melts in the skin nicely.

Going onto hair I have gone through a few bottles of everyday shampoo but havent saved them all but I use Alberto Balsam sun kissed raspberry and its very sweet and makes my hair feel nice and clean.

I also ran out of my Big shampoo from Lush I use this once a week to clarify my hair and I love it it takes out all the build up on my hair and makes it feel like it has more volume for the rest of the week. I have already brought this again and will keep buying until I find something I like equally as much.

For conditioner I have ran out of Aussies Mega Instant conditioner I love love love this conditioner it lightly conditions my hair and makes it smell awesome. I havent repurchased this yet as I am using Lush Veganese conditioner but after that has ran out I will be buying again.

I can now finally throw away this stuff and start collecting more yay!!! 

Inspirations

I have done alot of reflecting this month as it was a year ago we had to move from our flat and become homeless for 3 and a half months.  Richard and I were going through a tough time to begin with waiting for test results ect.  However, through the bad times there were a few people some close to me and some who wouldn't know I even exsisted that inspired me to look on the bright side an see that it wasn't all bad. Here are 3 that come to mind.

My Grandma Anne is my main inspiration she pretty much made me who I am as stubborn and as fustrating she can be she is amazing.  I have lived with her twice in my life and last year was one of those times and in her way she brought me up and became one of the people who supported me through the difficult time. 

My Husband Richard is my rock without him life wouldn't be worth living he is the most loving, dopey, funny, affectionate and intellegent person I no. The way he copes with his socail problems is so awe inspiring and he never fails to make me smile and inspires me everyday to carry on with a smile.

 Lastly is someone I have never met or spoke to but I watch her youTube videos and have done for about a year her name is Jen and she has 3 youtube channels (myhousewifelife, busybeebuzz and organised Jen). The videos that inspire me is her daily Vlogs watching her day to day life last year was a very much needed breath of fresh air although we live in different country's and have completely different lives the way she interacts with her family and husband inspires me to be a better person and teaches me to appriciate my family more. And watching her Vlogs inspired me to start this blog. (I'm hoping i am not coming across as a weird stalker)

I hope one day I inspire someone as much as these people inspire me.

July favorites

These favorites are going to be a bit short today as I have not brought anything new and I have been using the same products, however i do have a couple.

 

First up is somthing that loads of people have raved about but it is good. Its the stay matte powder from Rimmel.  This stuff is amazing it keeps my foundation on and stops my oily skin from being an issue. I got this in the colour natual though I will probably get the transparent one next time as I don't use it for coverage just for setting my foundation.

Next is doll'd up mascara from Seventeen in the colour black this is just about finished with as its starting to get that old mascara smell and going a bit dry, however it's still good. I like the formula its not too thick and the plastic curved wand separates my lashes without making them spidery. I also like it's staying power although its not waterproof it does last the whole day and I rub my eyes constantly and it dosn't smudge.

Lastly (told you this was going to be short) is a lipstick and lipgloss combination.  The lipstick is a Glossy box lipstick called Glossy Pink. This is a very creamy and does have a bit of natural shine but i add a FCUK lipgloss over the top it has slight shimmer in it and makes the colour a little less dull.

Quick life update

Not much blogging this week as life, decorating and health have got in the way.

Firstly Richard and a little help from his dad decorated the living room. Its gone from a dull, dark and depressing grey with a muddy brown feauture wall to having a nice coat of magnolia and a feature wall with floral wall paper with red flowers and brown and gold vines. The only before picture i have is when we 1st moved in last December.

We have wanted to decorate this room from the moment we saw it, however wedding and honeymoon came 1st so decoarating was paused and not many people invited round as the room was not very inviting.  Now the room is brighter and prettier and it just needs a few accents some cushions and flowers just to finish it off.

While my husband has been busy decorating I have been feeling rubbish my M.E has been playing up and going to work has been a struggle so spent the time off work in bed trying to feel better.

This weekend my dad has gone on holiday so we have two very specail dogs keeping us company we have Vodi a chocolate labradoodle and Lenin a beautiful red staffy both have so far been well behaved and have enjoyed running around in our long garden.

I have a couple of things to post in the next week I have been collecting empties and I got some samples in magazines that I want to review so hopfully some more posts this week health permitting.

Mornings!!!

 

After being rudely awakened by some idiot cutting the grass at 7am this morning (who in there right mind wants to get out of bed at 7am let alone cut the grass!!!) I thought of a topic for my blog Mornings.
 

I am not a morning person, my husband is not a morning person I have to admit I am probably worse in the morning Rich can form sentences I cannot. It can take up to an hour for my body to feel human after a nights sleep. I blame my bed it’s the most comfy warm comforting object in our flat lying in it is like being hugged by baloo from the jungle book (wouldn’t that be awesome).
 

After years of having to get up early for shifts at the hospital you would have thought I had got used to it but no. Although I have changed roles completely and have more reasonable hours to work this does not make it any easier to get up I just don’t like getting out of bed.
 

An average work morning consists of the alarm going off at 0730 and Rich starting the waking me up process. He presses the snooze button every 7 minuets for the next hour then the fight commences. I walk to the bathroom at around 0830 with my eyes still shut banging into everything and splash cold water on my face (if this isn’t working I splash water on my face till it does). While I am doing the bathroom things of brushing my teeth and washing my face Rich is making breakfast and my lunch for work (he’s such a good husband) he usually gets back into bed at this point while I get on with putting my face on and he then turns into a hyena laughing at my screams because I have poked myself in the eye with my mascara or eyeliner (it happens every morning you would have thought I’d learnt). While this is happening breakfast is consumed and I go from looking night of the living death to a watery eyed more professional looking person. Clothes also happen at some point. I then every morning go through a panic and look for the 3 things I always loose phone, bus pass and wallet. Then run out of the door normally forgetting my lunch.
 

I wasn’t always this bad honest before I became a teenager I could get up early with a smile and love morning TV however post teenager I am still pretty grumpy.
 

So I leave you with this thought if humans were meant to get up early why did evolution make the ability leave us at puberty???

Our relationship story

I wanted to do a different type of Blog today I love reading and watching people talk about how they met and there relationship story so I wanted to write one.  This a longer post so if you don't like long posts there will be shorter ones soon.  

Richard and I (at the time of writing this) have been together for 4 and a half years. We met on the 18^th of May 2008 I no the exact date as it was my 22^nd birthday and was out with my family celebrating. Richard was out with a friend drowning his sorrows and apparently saw me in my far too short skirt bouncing around like an idiot. Me very very very drunk noticed him from the corner of my eye. He was tall with long dark hair wearing a long dark leather jacket phhoowwaahh I thought, so being drunk I went to talk to him. This I where my memory fades and when I woke up the next morning I has 2 photos on my phone. 1) of a long haired man and 2) of my cleavage (oopps).

 

excuse the bad quality it was 2008 after all
 

 I didnt take his number and I couldn't remember the name but remembered he was cute. Richard tells me he kept going back to the pub just in case I turned up but, i didnt't.

In the November of the same year Rich found me on facebook (he inists on it was me finding him) and we became really good friends though he had someone so becoming anything else wasnt going to happen.  In the march of the following year Rich split with his GF and on April the 7th we got together.

I think I fell in love with Rich in the August 2009 it was around the time Swine flu was flying around and everyone was suspected to have it no matter how many symptoms they had and this was us.  I came down with it first and Rich was close to follow. Two weeks of being quarenteened in Richs house I realised that we were perfect for each other anyone who could see me projectile vomit across a room and didnt run screaming is a keeper (i no to much info). During this time I needed to move out of my shared house and find somewhere to live. Not wanting to share with a bunch of people again i started looking for a 1 bed flat and after a couple of day of looking we agreed it would be a good idea for Rich to move with me. So September the 21st 2009 we moved into a attic flat.

 

 

This flat was perfect for all of a couple of months we soon found out that we hated immershan heated water, damp grew on walls at the speed of light and that I have a phobia of mice.  I worked as a health care assistant at the local hospital so when christmas came around i was working it all so while i worked rich went to his mums and we celebrated with curry and a luke warm bath in the evening.

 

We did eventually move out of the damp flat and straight into a equally damp flat but with less mice and at least a shower with hot water.  We only stayed here for the fixed tennacy 6 months and moved into our favorite flat.

 

 

 

 

Richard was turning 30 this year and we were looking at ways to celebrate it. Rich had never been out of the country so going on holiday was planned. Sitting one evening we decided visiting London and going to Euro Disney would be perfect so it was planned traveling up to London on the train explore London on the tube and travel to Euro Disney for 4 days and 3 nights then returning home. We found train fares cheaper for 1st class than normal class so whipped them up.  Disney was so fun it brought the child out in us both and gave Rich the perfect oppitunuity to propose. Though from what he said it wasnt easy proposing as I kept getting distracted by Disney things he eventrully got down on one knee on a mississippi river boat using my gran and grandads eternity ring it was magical.

 

We got back and started planning our perfect wedding and more importantly started saving.  This is when our year of bad luck started Christmas 2011 was going to be our first full Chrstmas together I had Christmas off work and we had saved to make it just right however, on the 18th of december Rich started to become ill and after 4 days of suffering he got addmitted to hospital with a burst appendix he almost died. It was the worst 2 weeks of our lives and we still think about it now. When he came home we celebrated christmas and got on with our lives . However only 2 short months later i came down with Labryinthitus (no idea if thats spelt right) and never really recovered and in the April i collasped and got sent into hospital after numerus tests I got sent home. Months and months of MRI scans and blood tests I got diagnosed with ME. Also during this time our flat got put up for sale and we were told to move so sofa surfed for a few months until out current flat came about.

 

Life calmed down and I got a new job with alot less hours and restarted planning our wedding which took place on the 15th March 2013.

 

 

 

We went on honeymoon in May and went to Walt disney world for 2 amazing weeks.

 



 

 I have no idea what life will throw at us next we want to have a family and see what happens!!