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I make this recipe at least once a week, it’s su

I make this recipe at least once a week, it’s such a winner! Now it’s even easier with my new @theoriginalgreenpan.anz cookware, because I can use less oil, and cleaning up is even easier (they wash SO well, almost like new every time!).

It’s eco-friendly, PFAS-free and like it’s made just for my kitchen - with those gold handles. I’m a big fan 🙌

Easy peasy prawn fried rice
2 tbs vegetable oil
500g green prawns, peeled
½ tsp garlic powder
1 onion, chopped
1 cups frozen chopped veggies
4 cups cooked rice
¼ cup soy sauce
30g butter
2 eggs

♡ Heat the oil in your pan, and add the prawns and garlic salt. Cook until the prawns are *just* cooked. Remove the prawns and set aside. ♡ Add in the onion, and vegetables, and cook until the onion is cooked through and the vegetables are tender. Add in the rice and the soy sauce. Stir until the rice is coated and coloured.
♡ I like to let the rice settle a little in the pan so it gets crispy bits.
♡ Push the rice to the side, and add the butter to the pan. Add the eggs and stir, to make like scrambled eggs, and cook until just cooked through. Stir through the rice.
♡ Add the prawns back in, stir, and serve immediately.

#healthycookware #ceramiccookware #pfasfree #ecofriendly #gogreen #ad @theoriginalgreenpan.anz

Fess up, who is it? 👀

Fess up, who is it? 👀

True story: I think I might be allergic to pumpkin

True story: I think I might be allergic to pumpkin. Not when I eat it, only when I touch it? My hands swell up to the point I have no fingerprints, just super smooth skin.

Does this happen to anyone else? 👀 Or am I weird? 🤪

Doesn't stop me making pumpkin soup though. In fact, in the last 5 weeks I've made it five times. This particular recipe can be whipped up in 30 minutes, and I don't even have to touch the pumpkin to make it (well, almost).

Swipe to see how to make it. Just roast everything (leave the skins on the garlic, and squeeze it out once roasted). Put everything into a blender. Add 2 cups of chicken stock and 1/2 cup of sour cream. And you've got the tastiest pumpkin soup, EVER.

Now back to the pumpkin hands. Am I the only one?

Full soup recipe is on my blog 👌

#dinnerideas #meatfreemonday #soup #pumpkin #recipes #cheapeats #easydinners #bestrecipes

Can you guess where I am? 🌴 We took a little s

Can you guess where I am? 🌴

We took a little staycation, staying at the @Oaks_Hotels Calypso in Coolangatta, which just happens to be perched right across from one of the best beaches in the world, and then Griffith Street which has delicious eateries that we're slowly making our way through.

Oaks has just released a great offer, perfect for families who want to get away without breaking the bank, if you book direct for your future stays (and book at least 14 days in advance) you save 20% - which means you can stay from $136 a night (and not just at Oaks Calypso, they have hotels all over, especially in QLD!).

If you happen to visit Coolangatta, my unmissables are:

♡ RADICI (best Italian)
♡ Top Noodle (try out the best Japanese, you can spot a pro surfer or too sometimes)
♡ A swim at Greenmount, or in the pool at Calypso - race the kids down the slides
♡ Salt & Pepper Squid at LUME
♡ Pizza at Franc Jnrs (you'll have to book)
♡ Coolangatta Thai Massage

Do you ever staycation? Sometimes it's nice to be anywhere but home - where you can't see all the laundry and things you need to do! 😉

We stayed as guests of @oaks_hotel #hosted

“Are you scared?” my dad asked, breaking the d

“Are you scared?” my dad asked, breaking the deafening silence in our family-sized tent. The rest of my family busied themselves at the toilet block, getting ready to call it a night.

“Yes,” I whispered, pulling my sleeping bag up to my chin.

But it wasn’t for the reasons he thought. I wasn’t scared of the night skies, or the open space, or the big trees creating shadowy, swaying silhouettes in the moonlight on the outside of our tent. I was scared of being alone with a man, which just happened to be him.

I had no reason to be scared. I wasn’t scared because of anything he’d done. He was a great dad. Fun when it called for it, barely strict when he wanted to be. He was the kind of dad who drove too fast around corners, and always threw a block of hazelnut chocolate (my favourite) in the trolley when he did the shopping. He also worked, alot. Late nights, always weekends. We weren’t the kind of family to take holidays, or ever go camping, so to find myself in a confined space was new, and in this instance, new was petrifying.

You see, I was always scared of men. Ever since I was four, when I was abused by an uncle (repeatedly, over a period of years). Even until recently, in my forties, I thought it was normal to live with this fear. To feel petrified when my favourite, (male) high school art teacher innocently lent over to look at my drawing technique, so scared I felt I might vomit. When, in my weekend job during my teens, I had to catch a taxi home, and the sheer panic I felt the whole trip with my male driver. To shudder internally with fear, when any man, uncle or otherwise, hugged me hello or goodbye. I feared them all, because history had told me to. Being scared was all I’d ever really known.

I vowed that my future children would never know the fear. Perhaps that’s why I fell madly in love, and married a police officer (subconsciously, of course).

(Cont’d in comments)

I've been trying really hard to reach 10,000 steps

I've been trying really hard to reach 10,000 steps each day. Some days are easier than others, but it's definitely changed the way I think, and I'm stealing pockets of time to walk - which I would have ignored 👀 before.

It's definitely easier when I get a walk in before 7am - always a little a juggle with shift work and school being back for the kids.

It's not lost on me how lucky I am to live here. As Shane and I walked out to the end of the rock wall, I said to him, "I just need to stop..."

And I didn't even finish my sentence, and he said, "I know. I see it too!"

That sun. The silhouettes. The way the sun rays hit the water. There were even dolphins playing around in the waves.

Do you have a daily exercise goal? For my fellow 10k steps a day, what are your tips for getting all the steps in each day?

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