Homemade Indian style curry

Hi Guys!

I know I haven't posted in ages but things have been pretty hectic. My apologise.

So today I have spent some time making a gorgeous Chicken Curry to have for dinner tomorrow & I thought I would share the recipe with you lovely lot.

My yummy curry!

You will need:

2 onions

butter

meat of your choice

tin of tomatoes

Spices:

Garamasala

Cumin

Turemeric

Curry powder

Chilly power

Paprika

Coriander

This recipe can be adapted to suit your tastes very easily.

So slice the onions up how ever you like them (Personally I chopped mine)

Put them into a large saucepan with about 3 nobs of butter and cook them until they are soft.

Once the onions are done add the meat (Bare in mind that if frozen you will need to defrost the meat and cut it up into chunks or slices) and then give it a good stir.

After that add the spices. It will depend of exactly how spicy you want your curry but I add half a tea spoon of Chilly powder, 2 tea spoons of Curry powder and then 1 teaspoon of the rest of the spices. Once they have all been added stir it well so the meat can absorb the spice. Allow this to cook for about 5 minutes.

Now add the tomatoes. This again can be adapted. As I don't really like tomatoes I only added half a tin to my curry and I also blended it before I added it. If your a fan of tomatoes then it's okay to just tip the whole tin in. Again stir the curry.

If the curry looks a little dry then add some water.

Cook on a low heat for 1 hour and make sure that it doesn't boil dry.

Once it is all cooked leave the curry to rest before serving.

Personally I like to have mine the next day so that it has properly rested and is lovely and thick.

Then enjoy!

Simple as that.

Hope you have some fun making it!

Stay safe

Paige

x

Dandruff cure!

Hi Guys!

So for like the past month or so I have had really bad dandruff! I don't know why or how but I've never really had it before so I wasn't to sure how to deal with it. I looked up tons of remedies online, medicinal, herbal and so on just to see the different ways that people had gotten rid of their frankly embarrassing issue.

Obviously not my head but you get the picture!

One of the medicinal remedies I tried was the obvious anti-dandruff shampoo, Head and Shoulders. Well all it did was clean my hair really well and after using it for a good while, it was safe to say I was still not flake free!

I then found this medicinal shampoo called Alphosyl. It's a tar based product and contains tea tree oil which is obviously really good for the skin. I used this for a while to and still no change. 

After trying a few different remedies I thought that maybe some of them might need to be combined in order to sort out my flaky issue.

And that is what I did and will continue doing every 2 weeks to ensure that the dandruff stays at bay.

My remedy is baby oil, salt and Alphosyl!

Sounds strange I know but bare with me and I'll give you a little how to.

• So Saturday night I massaged (not rubbed!) baby oil into my scalp and left it it overnight. Don't worry about your pillows you can wear a shower cap or a turban to keep your pillow oil free.
• The next day before washing the oil out I took quite a bit of salt (as much as you need don't be too sparing!) and I massaged it into my scalp. I presume it acts as a type of exfoliant and to be honest it felt so good on my scalp!
• I then rinsed my hair really well and made sure that there was absolutely no oil or salt left in my hair before I washed my hair with the Alphosyl. You don't need to use a lot of Alphosyl because it lathers up really easily when your hairs wet, so I washed my hair with the shampoo twice then rinsed it so there was no shampoo still in my hair. Rinsing properly is really important because if you don't what can you get? Dandruff! 

• So anyway as soon as I dried my hair, which I left to dry naturally, there was hardly any flakes! I mean obviously there were still a few but compared to how bad it was before it was a dramatic change!

Now I know everyone reacts differently to different things so I'm not saying that this method will work 100% for you but give it a try, it might surprise you, it certainly surprised me!

Stay safe

Paige

xo

How to: Home-made Cappuccino.

Hi Guys!

So maybe a lot of you already know how to make this or some of you might call it a milky coffee but the fact is it tastes just like Cappuccino!

And it is so easy to make!

Here's how:

Step 1- Fill your cup with milk.

You can add a touch of carnation milk as well if you like your Cappuccino quite thick and frothy.

Step 2 - Put it in the microwave for 2/2 and a half minutes.

If you making two Cappuccinos then put them both in for 3 minutes.

Step 3 - Add sugar if you take it.

Step 4 - Add coffee. However strong you like it.

Step 5 - Give it a good stir

Step 6 - Enjoy!

You can also add things like chocolate sprinkles or bits of flake to you Cappuccino!

Stay safe

Paige

xo

Wedding Flowers

Hi Guys!

So I am finally getting married in 2015 (hopefully October) and I wanted to share with you the flowers that I will be having for my wedding day. So here they are:

I'm actually really pleased with how they turned out! I made them myself with help from my mum and even if I say so myself, I think they are gorgeous and so unique.

So we made the petals individually, 5 for each flower and stuck them together with strong glue. Generally we still had to sit holding them together for a while just to be sure they didn't all fall apart.

I got the fairytale card from the range (the range is incredible and I want to live there!) as well as the pearls and the wire.

Once all the petals were stuck together and completely dry I twisted the wire so that it was just sitting inside the flower and was secure enough to hold the flowers in place.

Then using a soldering iron or wand or what ever you want to call it, I melted the top of the wire and placed it inside the bead/pearl.

I twisted all the wires together at the bottom so everything was secure and wrapped it in tissue paper so it doesn't take my eye out whilst I'm walking down the isle. 

I then used glitter glue to tidy the concertinas in the petals. 

When I get chance I'm going to cover the tissue by wrapping it in lace and creating a tail at the end. Hopefully the lace will match by dress!

If you want to know any more like how to create the petals then get in touch via the 'contact me' page.

Stay safe

Paige

xo