tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54819767370839606902024-03-14T07:28:09.833+10:00Super-Hippie Eco-Person with a DragonI'd really quite like if we could all band together and save the world. I thought I might start a little blog about some things that could help.Cassandra Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08870780766883077181noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481976737083960690.post-67813480535042347302018-07-02T07:00:00.000+10:002018-07-02T07:00:19.912+10:00Meatless Monday - Vegetable and Mushroom Soup<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Well, it's well and truly Winter now, so I thought I would make a nice creamy vegetable soup. The soup I made is completely vegan and the wonderful creamy texture comes from the vegetables themselves.</div>
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To me, the best part of vegetable soup is, you can put literally any vegetables in it. Even if you don't like some of them, when you blend it up, it will probably taste just fine. Generic soup taste!</div>
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To start, I like to get some onion and celery frying off in the bottom of the saucepan with a little vegetable oil. This time I used one brown onion, one red onion, and about four stems of celery. I put most of the leaves in as well, since my stems were a little thin, being home grown. Sometimes I'll pop about a teaspoon of minced garlic in at this stage as well, but honestly, I forgot...</div>
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You can leave the onion and celery (and garlic and carrot if you want to add those) to do their thing for a few minutes, and just come poke it with a wooden spoon every so often to make sure it's not sticking to the pot. When you're home, clothing, hopes and dreams start smelling of onion and it looks sort of like this:</div>
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It's time to move on to the next step. You can add either one litre of vegetable stock, or one litre of boiling water and a stock powder or vegetable soup base of your choice. I really like to add a sachet of spring vegetable simmer soup mix.</div>
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Give it a little stir through, then add literally any vegetables in the whole world. If you're going to blend it up and make it creamy, you'll need to use some pumpkin, sweet potato or potato. I used pumpkin and sweet potato in mine. When it comes back to the boil, turn the burner down to a simmer.</div>
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Gentle stirring should be enough to push all the pieces of vegetable under the water:</div>
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Now if you want to, you can add some flavour enhancements, such as herbs and spices. Since the base of my soup is pumpkin, I added some herbs from my garden that go well with pumpkin. I chose rosemary and curry plant leaf. I was going to add a little parsley as well, except I forgot.</div>
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Basically now, it's just waiting and occasionally stirring. I let mine simmer at this stage for about twenty minutes. It's ready for the next stage when the vegetables are soft.</div>
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I have a stick blender, so I stuck it in and got pulping while it was on the stove. If you have a jug blender, you may need to wait for the soup mix to cool down before you blend it.</div>
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Now, if you just want a smooth, creamy soup you can drink, you could put mushrooms in with the other vegetables. I wanted little chewy chunks, so I sliced my mushrooms up and dropped them into my warm pot of soup. </div>
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Stick blender away, I brought the soup back to the boil then down to a simmer as I stirred the mushrooms through. I let it infuse together for another fifteen minutes before I got some for myself!</div>
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I never claimed to be a food blogger. I can't do the pictures. But here's some in a soup cup, on my lap, when I was wearing a onesie that looks like a fox.</div>
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<i>I am linking up this week with Meatless Monday at <a href="https://confessionsofamotherrunner.com/" target="_blank">Confessions of a Mother Runner</a> and <a href="https://awhiskandtwowands.com/" target="_blank">A Whisk and Two Wands</a>.</i></div>
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Cassandra Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08870780766883077181noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481976737083960690.post-11925434669447735602018-04-30T19:11:00.000+10:002018-05-03T20:27:05.835+10:00I Designed my Own Keep Cup<i>(This is not a paid review, I'm just very easily excited. All links are meant to open in new tabs if you're on a computer. If any don't do that, let me know and I'll get cross with them).</i><br />
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When I first wanted a reusable take-away coffee cup, I wrote all about it on this blog. I wrote again when I found my perfect cup. You can read about that cup <a href="https://hippiewithadragon.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/i-love-my-cup.html" target="_blank">by following this link</a>. I told that link to open in a new window, so it had better... Anyway, when I got that cup, I loved it. You know what? I still love that cup. and its twin. I'll tell you a little bit about those two cups, and then get on with what you came here for.<br />
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The first cup, the one featured in the linked blog post, was free with any Nescafe purchase from Coles. That's one thing that made it the perfect cup for me at the time: I had very little money indeed as I had no job. My second reusable cup, that one's twin, I got soon after I moved to Brisbane, when I found it beside the footpath when I was walking to the bus one day... or home from the bus, I forget which. Anyway, I found it, and it didn't look like it had ever been used, so I adopted it. It's not weird.<br />
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Anyway, those cups are about six years old, now. They're still perfectly usable, because I generally only use one of them once a week or so. If I used them every day, they would be getting very old and would definitely need replacing.<br />
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Recently, my mum was in hospital in Brisbane and, since I was the only person that lived close enough, I was going to visit her every day. That's when I decided I needed a third reusable take-away cup, and when I decided that should be a Keep Cup.<br />
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Why did I decide I needed a third cup? Well, one day, both of my reusable cups were dirty and so I needed to get a paper take-away cup. Since it only happens rarely, this is fine. It is an unfortunate truth that sitting at the hospital requires coffee. The problem occurred when I heard "cappuccino" and just grabbed it and left. I had grabbed the wrong cappuccino, a simple mistake, since all the paper cups look the same. It would usually have been insignificant, but this cappuccino had vanilla syrup in it. I don't mind flavoured coffee, but flavours are for lattes, not cappuccinos, so obviously my day at the hospital was <i>ruined</i>!<br />
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And why did I decide my new cup had to be a Keep Cup? Well, that is an excellent question, which calls for photos!<br />
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The lids of my two old cups are like this:<br />
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It has two little holes in it: one for drinking through (the most important one), and one tiny little chimney one, which, to be fair, you probably don't actually need since the steam can probably get out the other one. These holes are both open all the time, which is great when you're drinking out of it, as it allows this to happen. When you're finished your drink and want to stick the cup back in your bag, however, it is not good. You either need to rinse your cup in a public bathroom, or wipe the inside of the cup and lid with a paper napkin, which creates waste.</div>
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In contrast, this is a Keep Cup lid:</div>
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WHERE IS THE DRINKING HOLE!?</div>
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THERE IT IS!</div>
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It safely hides away under a little plug, so that you can put it in your bag and carry it home to wash, even if you don't have a spare plastic bag, or a stockpile of napkins.</div>
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I ordered my Keep Cup from the company's own website. One reason I did this was so I could come up with my own colour combination. Obviously, I chose a different colour for every piece of my cup.</div>
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The package arrived today (Monday the 30th of April). I was impressed that there was no excess packaging, the box was just the right size for my cup.</div>
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I opened it up, and stared at my beautiful little cup for a while.<br />
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Honestly, I already want to order another one, just so I can put four new colours together...<br />
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All the standard colour combinations on the Keep Cup website have cool names, like "Kinetic" or "Zephyr", so I have named my colour combination "Gladys", which I feel is as good a name for a colour combination as any.<br />
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If you want to design a Keep Cup in Gladys, choose "Punk Pink" for the cup, "Acid Plum" for the lid, "Sunflower" for the plug, and "Satsuma" for the band. YOU'RE WELCOME!<br />
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Anyway, obviously the first thing I did was compare this Keep Cup to the reusable take-away cups I already had.<br />
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Initially, I thought the Keep Cup was slightly larger and was a little upset that I'd obviously been marginally overcharged for my hot drinks for six years, but to check, I performed the very scientific experiment of filling the old one up with cold water, and pouring it into the new one.<br />
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I did spill a bit, because I am slack and clumsy, so taking that into account, they're actually the same volume, just different dimensions. SCIENCE!<br />
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I haven't used it out yet, since I just got it today, but here I am using it at home:<br />
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I promise I'll brush my hair before I use it in public. Probably.</div>
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You can buy your own Keep Cup <a href="http://keepcup.com/" target="_blank">here</a>. If you design one in Gladys, let me know and we can be twinsies! If you design one in a different colour scheme, let me know what you call your creation!</div>
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If you don't want to design your own, I recommend <a href="http://au.keepcup.com/keepcup-series/star-wars-series/chewbacca-16oz-original.html" target="_blank">this one</a> that is modelled on the dog man from the Star War, or if you want everyone to know you're a good person without having to tell them, you can go for <a href="http://au.keepcup.com/keepcup-series/sea-shepherd/sea-shepherd-original.html" target="_blank">this Sea Shepherd one over here</a> or <a href="http://1millionwomen.nationbuilder.com/shop#!/KeepCup-size-M-340ml/p/48353542/category=12524892" target="_blank">that 1 Million Women one over there</a>. No, but seriously, <a href="http://www.seashepherd.org.au/" target="_blank">Sea Shepherd</a> and <a href="https://www.1millionwomen.com.au/" target="_blank">1 Million Women</a> are both organisations close to my heart, which I will talk more about some time when I'm not talking about cups and myself instead.</div>
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Cassandra Louise.<br />
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Ok so I say "haul". It's a slight exaggeration. I only got three things, but in my defence, I am not particularly wealthy and "some stuff I got" is not as good a title.<br />
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My order arrived quickly (probably at least partly due to the company and me both being in Brisbane) and came in a lovely little brown post satchel with an exciting little sticker on it to let me know what was inside.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">So what did I get!?</span><br />
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I'm getting to that. Do calm down. I got these things:<br />
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And this lovely little personalised note:<br />
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But I didn't test the note, I only tested the things.<br />
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The first item was this environmental toothbrush:<br />
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This isn't the first time I've used one of these toothbrushes, so I won't include a review here, but you can read all about how excited I was my first time by following <a href="http://hippiewithadragon.blogspot.com.au/2011/08/heres-thing-im-really-excited-about-at.html" target="_blank">this link</a>, which will open up in a new window so you can go read it later.<br />
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The second thing I ordered were these wooden disposable teaspoons.<br />
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My plan is to always have a couple in my handbag, so if I get a coffee or a cake when I'm out, I can use them rather than the plastic ones that are usually provided. I do know from experience these spoons can be washed by hand and used a few times before they wear out, when I will pop them into my compost bin. If you try to wash them in the dishwasher, it's too hot and the spoons lose their shape. NEVER MIND HOW I KNOW!<br />
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The third item I got was these reusable produce bags, to use in place of the single-use ones provided in the fruit and veg section of the supermarket:<br />
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Each bag is fairly large, but only weighs 10 grams:<br />
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This one is holding just under one kilogram of bananas, and could easily hold another kilo:<br />
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The bags are made from recycled plastic bottles.<br />
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I will definitely be placing another order in the future!<br />
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If you would like to check out the range, you can visit Biome <a href="https://www.biome.com.au/" target="_blank">here</a> (opens in a new window) or check out their <a href="https://twitter.com/BiomeStores" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/eco.friendly.Biome.stores/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> profiles (those do too).<br />
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Cassandra Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08870780766883077181noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481976737083960690.post-89696391168171488862015-12-03T09:32:00.000+10:002015-12-03T09:33:50.594+10:00Mocha Smoothie<div dir="ltr">
This smoothie is an experiment. I'm making it for the first time as I write this post. I got myself a drink bottle blender from Kmart to try to trick myself into eating more healthy things. It's worked so far. I'm starting to get cocky... I mean creative. Let's get down to business!</div>
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One Weet-Bix... Weet-Bik?? What's the singular of Weet-Bix? Anyway, pop one of those bad boys on in there.</div>
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Add about 200mL of unsweetened almond milk.</div>
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The idea is to make the Weet... thingy all soft.</div>
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Add five tablespoons of caramel yoghurt OR use natural yoghurt and half a teaspoon of brown sugar. I have caramel yoghurt because I made it, I'm not even sure if it's something you can get made-up already. Someone confirm/deny.</div>
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One slightly heaped teaspoon of cocoa powder (obviously any brand is fine, I have this one because the week I bought it I was pretending to be posh).</div>
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Roughly 100mL (half an adorable froggy cup) of coffee and all that's left is blending. I see no good reason why you can't use instant, filter, whatever. Even decaf if you can find one with a taste that doesn't make you cry.</div>
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Blend all that together in whatever blendage device you have handy and drink that sucker.</div>
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Well, I just had my first sip and basically what's happened is, I'm a genius. You're welcome.</div>
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Cassandra Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08870780766883077181noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481976737083960690.post-31513071749824256742015-05-18T09:13:00.003+10:002015-05-18T09:33:10.776+10:00Making Good Blog Train: Repairing my upcycled dress<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">This post is part of a blog train hosted by Agatha from </span><a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgreenissuessingapore.blogspot.sg%2F&h=5AQEl2t1W&s=1" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: #2e57aa; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-decoration: none;">Green Issues by Agy</span></i></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">on "Making Good". What is repair, and why do we even bother to repair the things we have? Some see repair as a way of reconnecting with our possessions as we extend their lives. Others see it as a form of creative potential and an avenue to express their craft. The rewards for mending varies from feeling immense satisfaction to prolonging the life of the product. Follow the “Making Good” blog train this month and see what we have repaired and reconnected with. Have you mended anything today?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">On Saturday we saw Kathy over at <a href="http://www.smilefornoreason.net/2015/05/making-good-blog-train-reupholstered.html" target="_blank">Smile For No Reason</a> show us how to reupholster a chair. I've bookmarked that one!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">I was supposed to be Sunday's post, but I got confused about dates and didn't have my post prepared until this morning.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">I've gone with something simple but important to me.<br />If you've followed me for a long time, or you're a blog binge-reader, you may remember <a href="http://hippiewithadragon.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/my-first-ever-refashion-project.html" target="_blank">my first ever refashion project</a> in which I upcycled a favourite but too small shirt and a lovely skirt into a dress so I could continue wearing them both.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">You may also recall I sewed this project by hand as I didn't have access to a sewing machine and I'd had bad experiences with sewing machines anyhow.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #141823; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Well, I've learned sewing machines have their virtues! I only wore my new dress a handful of times and one of my seams came </span><span style="font-size: 12px;">apart</span><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> in the wash.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #141823; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">I've had this sewing machine a while now and I really haven't given it many jobs, but I have one for it today! This should be an easy repair as the seam is only torn half way and so it shouldn't need to be pinned, it will hold itself.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #141823; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">And tucked the top of the dress into the skirt, so I could just sew around the outside:</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #141823; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Now I can wear my lovely dress again!</span></span></span><br />
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Actually, don't watch it, that would be boring. Just letting you know I'm still alive, my garden is still growing and I'll be back with a very special event in a few short weeks.<br />
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Lots of Love,<br />
Cassandra Louise.Cassandra Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08870780766883077181noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481976737083960690.post-57115124866117581292014-10-28T10:00:00.000+10:002014-10-28T10:00:46.092+10:00Beauty Tuesday: Sleek Faux Bob and Homemade Hairspray Recipe<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
In this post I will show you how to go from this:</div>
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in less than five minutes, with no heat, scissors or aerosols. I'll also share my homemade hairspray recipe. Let's start with the hairspray.</div>
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<b><i>(Note: in some of these pictures I had ear buds in as I was on the phone, so that's what that black dangly thing is. I am so good at multi tasking!)</i></b></div>
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Peppermint essence, orange essence or vodka</div>
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In a small saucepan, bring 1 cup of water to the boil, then turn down the heat and add 2 tablespoons of sugar to it. For a firmer hold, add more sugar (this is what I should have done to completely eliminate my fly aways, but I didn't).</div>
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Stir well. When the sugar is dissolved, add 1 teaspoonful of flavouring essence or vodka. The advantages of flavouring essence over vodka are: I had it in my kitchen already; flavouring essence contains glycerin, which draws moisture out of the air into your hair; you'll smell like peppermint/oranges. It really is up to you, though.</div>
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<b>For the hairstyle, you will need:</b></div>
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Anything from two to infinite bobby pins or other hair pins. I used four of these Amish style ones, I would need eight regular bobby pins.</div>
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You'll also need your homemade hairspray.</div>
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First, lightly mist your hair all over with the spray, then (without using a hair tie) roll your hair into a loose, low bun.</div>
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Using both hands to keep it as even as possible, roll the bun under itself.</div>
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Give the finished style another misting and smooth down any fluffy bits. My two tablespoons of sugar is no match for the humidity here today, but it's better than it would be without anything. Here's a shot of me swanning about, pretending to be in a Jane Austen story:</div>
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The Jane Austen reference has nothing to do with the hair, I just like to pretend I'm in one of her books sometimes.</div>
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If you have a natural beauty post you would like to share, you can link it to this one using the guidelines I included at the bottom of <a href="http://hippiewithadragon.blogspot.com.au/2014/10/beauty-tuesday-microbead-free.html" target="_blank">this post here</a>.</div>
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Worlds of love, my lovelies!</div>
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Cassandra Louise.</div>
Cassandra Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08870780766883077181noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481976737083960690.post-67793496846008839222014-10-27T07:49:00.000+10:002014-10-27T07:49:03.426+10:00Meatless Monday: Spaghetti and Meatless BallsThis Meatless Monday I'm sharing a recipe I only made for the first time last week, so rather than tell you exactly what to do I'll tell you what I did. This recipe uses Quorn Meat-Style Balls which are vegetarian but not vegan.<br />
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One tin of diced tomato (mine had basil and oregano so I didn't have to add those as they're not in my garden at the moment)</div>
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One carrot (grated, even though this one clearly isn't)</div>
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Roughly 200g of sliced mushrooms</div>
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One bag of Quorn Meat-Style Balls</div>
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In a large pot, add the onion and 1 teaspoonful of garlic, along with a good splash of cooking oil</div>
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Let that simmer (low heat) for about fifteen (15) minutes. You should have something like this, probably:</div>
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Add the grated carrot and chopped tomato and zucchini, along with the parsley and a little more water.</div>
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Stir, and cover for another ten - fifteen (10 - 15) minutes on low to medium heat. You now have the sauce:</div>
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I took the rather controversial step of cooking the spaghetti in the sauce, because that's what my Nana always did when she made "Skeddi and rissoles" and that turned out fine.</div>
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I ended up with this very delicious meal. </div>
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I was actually having an off day and I was surprised it turned out so well. By "well", I mean it was nice enough to make my whole day better. Yay! :-)</div>
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Happy Nibbling!</div>
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Cassandra Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08870780766883077181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481976737083960690.post-40815104438563253882014-10-20T07:00:00.000+10:002014-10-20T07:00:00.024+10:00Garden Update: Plant BabiesThings are going quite well in my garden. I did get potting mix and I moved the four pea seedlings to their own pot. It really is too hot for newborn peas right now, and unfortunately I've already lost one. The other three seem to be holding on, though. Go, go little pea plants!<br />
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My lettuces are starting to look like lettuces, too. They're all in a clump as they self-seeded, but I've found lettuces can usually sort themselves out.<br />
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I've thinned out my carrots, leaving the biggest, strongest looking carrots where they were, I transplanted the very smallest few to other tubs in the garden and moved the medium-sized carrots further apart in the carrot tub. Carrots hate being transplanted, it's really their least favourite thing to do, so I watered them in with seaweed solution to ease the shock. I will be surprised if the smallest carrots recover, but at least they have a chance... when I say "smallest", I mean this size:<br />
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See that little red-orange thing? <i>That's a carrot!</i></div>
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I sprinkled some more dirt in the carrot tup to cover up the exposed part of their roots, so now my carrots look like this:</div>
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Well that's actually much blurier than I thought it was when I took it. Really my carrots are not blurry at all, but they do have a lovely crop of green fluff.</div>
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I removed the mini greenhouse from my chilli today and moved the pot into the main part of the garden. It's now this big:</div>
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The other new plant babies I have are strawberries. I got this handy little all-in-one greenhouse from Kmart:</div>
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And it now has four tiny little strawberry sprouts in it. I tried to get a good picture of the actual sprouts, but it turns out they're camera shy.<br />
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What's going on in your garden? :-)<br />
Happy Planting!<br />
Cassandra LouiseCassandra Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08870780766883077181noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481976737083960690.post-66422687079780632592014-10-14T10:12:00.000+10:002014-10-28T09:59:28.645+10:00Beauty Tuesday: Microbead-Free Exfoliation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Last week I decided that every Tuesday would be Beauty Tuesday and I would talk about sustainable fashion, environmentally responsible cosmetics or natural beauty products on Tuesdays. This Tuesday, I want to talk to you about microbeads.</div>
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You've probably heard about microbeads but you may not know what they are. A lot of companies use microbeads as a selling point. It <i>is</i> a selling point - microbeads are great for exfoliation - but microbeads are wreaking havoc on our waterways and marine life. Microbeads are plastic. They are tiny little pieces of plastic that go down your drain and then never, ever dissolve or disappear.</div>
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You can read about what microbeads are, exactly why they are a problem and what products you may have that contain them <a href="http://plasticfreeseas.org/microbeads.html" target="_blank">here</a> (the link will open in a new tab).</div>
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If you have something with microbeads, I would suggest throwing it out. You should know by now I don't suggest throwing things out lightly, but the less microbeads flooding into the ocean, the better.</div>
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I don't have a photograph of microbeads for you as I don't want to demonise a particular brand or product, so I drew some for you:</div>
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I didn't think that adequately captured how evil they are, so here they are lighting a bushfire and running away:</div>
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And here's one making a fish sad:</div>
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But on a serious note, they make fish more than sad, they make them sick, dead and extinct. Don't use them.</div>
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"But what," I hear you cry, "can I exfoliate with?! I'll get all scaly! <i>Do you want me to be all scaly?</i>"</div>
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Of course I don't want you to be scaly, and that's why I've made this simple recipe for you.</div>
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The most gentle conditioning baby shampoo you can find</div>
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Normal white table sugar</div>
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And... that's it. Pour one tablespoon of baby shampoo into a small bowl or a teacup. For the kind I have, 1Tbsp is ten pumps, so that's easy.</div>
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Next, add two tablespoons of sugar to it.</div>
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You can either just let it sit, or poke it with a spoon for a bit, either way, in less than a minute the sugar will have absorbed all the baby shampoo and turned into a sort of crunchy gel:</div>
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You can use this scrub and know that you will not be scaly and you are helping to keep marine creatures and environments safe.</div>
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If you have very dry skin, you can replace the baby shampoo with olive oil or coconut oil.</div>
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I would like to make this post an informal link-up, which will be open... well, basically forever since it's informal. If you have a beauty post you would like to share, link to this post on yours and leave a comment here letting me know you've linked up.</div>
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You could link an environmentally-friendly alternative like this, <a href="http://hippiewithadragon.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/re-energising-face-mask.html" target="_blank">a natural skin or hair care product like the one linked here</a>, <a href="http://hippiewithadragon.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/op-shop-hop-maryborough-queensland.html" target="_blank">a fashion-centred op shop/thrift post like the one at this link</a>, or <a href="http://hippiewithadragon.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/my-first-ever-refashion-project.html" target="_blank">a refashion project like this one</a>. I really look forward to seeing your stuff! :-D</div>
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Happy Scrubbing!</div>
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Linky love,</div>
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Cassandra Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08870780766883077181noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481976737083960690.post-30513835507984126542014-10-13T10:44:00.000+10:002014-10-13T10:44:29.256+10:00Garden News: Chilli, Carrots and PeasRemember my mini greenhouse from <a href="http://hippiewithadragon.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/leonard.html" target="_blank">this post</a>?<br />
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Well, look what's in it now!</div>
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I moved it slightly so it was over the strongest plant. If I still get more than one, that's fantastic, but this way I'm guaranteed to get at least one. It's about 5cm tall now. I think I'll be taking the greenhouse off it in about a week.</div>
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My carrots are recovering well and the roots (the carrot part) have visibly started growing again.</div>
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Very soon I'll need to go through them and move them a little further apart. There's some very straggly ones that are having a lot of trouble and they may need to come out, but I'm soft hearted/headed [delete as applicable] so I'll probably make a carrot nursery for those ones. </div>
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Surprise pea plants have come up in the tub of a native plant I potted up a few weeks ago. It's really getting too hot for peas, but I still want to give them the best start I can. On Saturday I walked to Coles with my wheelie bag (you know, like grannies have) to get some potting mix to rehome my peas, as I don't have any more compost ready right now. Turns out Coles no longer sells any potting mix. Boo! So today I'm walking to the next closest shop which may have some and hopefully wheeling some home to replant those peas before they climb on my native friend there. Potting mix is heavy and I'll be walking really quite a long way considering, so that's my workout for the week, thank you very much!</div>
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Lots of Love,</div>
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Cassandra Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08870780766883077181noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481976737083960690.post-52955393622787166622014-10-11T10:30:00.000+10:002014-10-11T10:30:01.337+10:00Witchy Tea<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I'm calling this "witchy" tea because it just came to me, like <i>blam!</i><i style="font-weight: bold;"> </i>and insisted on being made right away, so that's what I did; "witchy" just seems like the right word for that. Please excuse my not-so-good photos this time, I didn't want to put the kitchen light on and disturb the serenity.</div>
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Two slices of lemon (or a tablespoon of lemon juice)</div>
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A green tea teabag</div>
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A camomile teabag</div>
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I don't like camomile tea, I have those teabags for my hair, so I was surprised when my body said that's what it wanted, but anyway...</div>
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And I stirred in about a teaspoonful of ground cinnamon, because I'm me.</div>
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I found this very pleasant. I wasn't sure about the camomile, but I tasted it before I added any cinnamon and my reaction was <i>I don't hate it!</i> I was surprised, I really was. I need to learn that good things happen when I trust my inklings and intuition.</div>
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Cassandra Louise.</div>
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First, this is a cleanser, not a shampoo, so it will clean your hair amazingly well and get rid of all the scalp-yuck you may have, but it won't bubble or lather at all.<br />
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Rain water, filtered water or spring water</div>
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Bentonite clay powder (I get mine on eBay) </div>
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Honey</div>
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Green tea, bag or leaves is fine but if you use loose leaves you'll need a super-fine strainer.</div>
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The clay is the cleanser, the honey is the conditioner but also acts as a cleanser and the green tea is the rinse. Green tea will leave your hair extra silky and shiny. Regular green tea is better than decaf for this because caffeine reduces hair fall, but either is fine if you're not concerned with that or only have decaf.</div>
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Using a non-metallic spoon, measure out one tablespoon of honey and put that in your plastic bottle. I usually use a funnel for this but I can't find my kitchen funnel right now so I just poured and hoped...</div>
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To that, again using a non-metallic spoon, add two teaspoons of clay powder. It will look something like this:</div>
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Mmm! Clay-y. Meanwhile, you can have a cup of green tea brewing. I brewed mine in an infuser because of the whole funnel thing, I needed a pouring lip, but obviously a normal cup or a glass is fine. Let it brew for at least ten minutes.</div>
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Take the lid off the bottle to let the mixture cool down for at least five minutes, as you're going to apply it to your head while it's still warm. To use, I apply it to my dry hair in the shower and let it sit for several minutes before washing it out, even though I have quite long hair, I find there's enough liquid in the bottle to thoroughly wet my hair, you might like to apply it to wet hair and that's completely up to you, I don't think it really matters. Just make sure you get the mixture on all of your scalp, as that's where all the buildup is that makes your hair greasy and makes your head smell funny.</div>
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Unlike regular shampoos and conditioners, if you don't quite wash all of this mixture out of your hair, it won't do any damage at all.</div>
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Cassandra Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08870780766883077181noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481976737083960690.post-21184493454444493702014-10-06T07:30:00.000+10:002014-10-06T12:25:26.856+10:00Meatless Monday - Breakfast SpreadThis is an avocado-based recipe, and I'm going to spill the truth tea: I don't like avocado. I don't like the texture, it feels like oily flour. I don't like the taste, it tastes like green oily flour. So why am I blogging an avocado-based recipe? Because I really like this spread, I like it a lot.<br />
I try to eat avocados, I hide them from myself in pasta sauces and mix them with cheese because they have a lot of good stuff in them and I should eat them. This recipe was my latest attempt to disguise the texture and taste and I believe it went well. The first batch of this spread I made did five slices of toast, but I think I could have made it go further.<br />
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Sprinkle with cinnamon. This is the yummy part and also very good for you, which you can read about <a href="http://cinnamonvogue.com/cinnamoncommonuses.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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Give the whole thing a good mashing with a fork until it's smooth, creamy and spread-like.</div>
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Cassandra Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08870780766883077181noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481976737083960690.post-7881030518699502732014-10-04T13:00:00.000+10:002014-10-04T13:00:02.990+10:00Lemon and Peppermint Tea<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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I put a little sprinkle of cinnamon in mine because I put cinnamon in everything. Cinnamon is sweet, tasty and good for you, so it feels like a win to me... unless you're allergic to cinnamon, in which case don't put cinnamon in your food and drinks, it isn't good for you (cinnamon allergy is rare).</div>
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I quite enjoyed this drink, rather than blending, it felt to me like I could taste lemon, then peppermint, then lemon, all with a subtle hint of cinnamon.I may try it again in the future with fresh peppermint.</div>
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Cassandra Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08870780766883077181noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481976737083960690.post-86729210778746554402014-10-01T13:00:00.000+10:002014-10-01T13:00:01.976+10:00I Will Stop Those Mean Bugs!It's been five days since I started using my garlic bug spray to save my poor defenceless carrots, which you can read about <a href="http://hippiewithadragon.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/bugs-are-being-mean-to-me.html" target="_blank">here</a>. My carrots are starting to fight back!<br />
You see that little fuzzy bit?<br />
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That is a "new" carrot plant that the carrot has made to replace the leaves that were decimated. Most of my carrots have done this for themselves. To help them out a bit, I went through and cut off all the straggly bits, that way the carrots can concentrate on growing new leaves instead of trying to repair old ones.<br />
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I popped all those straggly, bug-eaten stems in the compost and gave all the little leaves a good spritzing with garlic spray.<br />
Currently, my carrots look like this:<br />
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Which is much nicer than they did, but still a little sad. I know they'll come good, though.<br />
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Happy, ahh, carroting!<br />
Cassandra Louise.Cassandra Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08870780766883077181noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481976737083960690.post-43956176895967665252014-09-29T13:00:00.000+10:002014-09-29T13:00:04.011+10:00Bugs Are Being Mean To MeSo this is happening to my poor innocent little carrot plants:<br />
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I'm most upset about it, so I thought I'd make a garlic bug repellent spray based on <a href="http://homeguides.sfgate.com/garlic-spray-garden-pests-22908.html" target="_blank">this recipe here</a> and a recipe I was given via Twitter (which unfortunately I forget who gave it to me, but thank you!) which used grated dish soap.<br />
I used this spray bottle:<br />
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I filled the bottom of a small saucepan with oil (about 4mm deep) and put in a big heaped tablespoon of garlic:<br />
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Meanwhile, before I turned the heat on, I put the kettle on to boil. I turned the stove on and gave the garlic a good stir to evenly disperse it. When it <i>just</i> started to fry, I got the now boiled kettle - how good is my timing? so good! - and filled the saucepan to about 1/3 with boiling water:<br />
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I let it bubble until everything smelled of garlic, even my hopes and dreams, then I pulled it off the stove.</div>
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Then filled it to about 1/3 with cold tap water. I stuck a funnel in, lined with paper towel to catch the garlic bits, and poured the contents of the saucepan in:<br />
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It dripped through slowly and it was quite content doing that. Look at it's smug little face, being all content:<br />
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And I, being me, got impatient and balled up the paper towel and gave it a squeeze to help it along and the paper towel burst and now I have some garlic bits in it anyhow, but not nearly as many as I would have.</div>
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I went outside and sprayed my carrots liberally. I'll have to do that again every time I water them and every time it rains. I'll let you know how they go.</div>
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<br />Cassandra Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08870780766883077181noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481976737083960690.post-62330225441649663962014-09-26T16:31:00.000+10:002014-09-26T16:31:32.874+10:00LeonardIf you've been reading my blog for a while, you are very patient, and also you know I'm a crazy plant lady, in much the same way some people are crazy cat people or crazy dog people. My plants are my babies, I talk to them, I give most of them names (I don't often name short-lived plants or plants that will get pulled up for food, such as carrots). One plant you may remember is Leonard.<br />
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Leonard the chilli plant</div>
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Unfortunately, Leonard didn't survive the winter. Chilli plants are very sensitive to the cold. I did everything I could think of including bringing him inside at night, but he died. He's now in my compost bin so he won't be wasted.</div>
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It's not all bad news. A few months before Leonard died, he was quite laden with fruit when a severe storm struck. All the fruit dropped, and some sprouted. a few of the baby chilli plants survived the winter. Determined to keep them alive and hopefully see them grow up and become big, healthy plants, I made a little mini green house out of a plastic water bottle:</div>
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And stuck it in the pot over the baby chilli plants.</div>
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I watered the pot thoroughly and the little plants under the cover have been thriving ever since. They grow slowly, but I can see they are growing. I'm going to keep them covered until they start to really flourish.</div>
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That's what I've been up to, how are things in your garden?</div>
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Happy Gardening!</div>
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Cassandra Louise.</div>
Cassandra Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08870780766883077181noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481976737083960690.post-66421616579420903772014-09-24T12:43:00.000+10:002014-09-25T08:46:18.947+10:00Hello Humans and Very Smart Cats!I'm writing a little update because I just approved a bunch of your comments on previous posts which lets me know I've been missed. I'm feeling the love!<br />
I have a few posts in the pipeline, some recipes, some about my garden and a couple of posts I would classify as "articles" (quote marks are so you don't expect too much of them, I assure you they will just be rambling).<br />
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While I've been away I've been doing a lot of fiction writing- I'm contemplating setting up a blog just to let you read my stories, if you'd be interested- and even had a short story published as an ebook.<br />
[Update: my blog of stories is live! The first story can be found <a href="http://candimere.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/my-visitors-tishas-story.html" target="_blank">here</a>]<br />
I've progressed in my teaching studies and am now studying the Diploma in Early Childhood Education and care.<br />
I'm growing peas and carrots in my garden at the moment. The peas are nearly finished and the carrots are having trouble getting started as something is eating the tops.<br />
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More to come later, I promise you aren't forgotten.<br />
Worlds of love,<br />
Cassandra Louise.Cassandra Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08870780766883077181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481976737083960690.post-79923267352577562442014-04-07T13:26:00.001+10:002014-04-07T13:26:44.449+10:00I'm Not Here Because I'm Somewhere Else InsteadHi everyone! I haven't given up on this blog and I won't be giving up on it in the foreseeable future. I'm not here because I'm completing vocational placement at a childcare centre so I can get a nice piece of paper that says I know how to do things.<br />
When I'm not at vocational placement, I'm at appointments, getting boring medical stuff sorted out.<br />
So basically, not only is my plate very full, I'm pretty sure I have more than one plate, here.<br />
I hope to see you all again soon!<br />
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Lots of love,<br />
Cassandra Louise.Cassandra Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08870780766883077181noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481976737083960690.post-89557385308062538682014-03-05T10:03:00.000+10:002014-03-05T10:03:00.208+10:00Garden Update!Things are really growing in my garden. Since last I showed you, I've harvested my potatoes. I got this many:<br />
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Which is really very good. My big tomato plant has become so laden with fruit that it's being pulled down the stake:<br />
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And as you can see, they're lovely big tomatoes (these ones are barely half grown, if that), and the plants had a great start being surprise compost tomatoes:<br />
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As for the surprise compost tomatoes that sprouted with my lettuces, I've transplanted the two survivors into their own tub together:<br />
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All but one of my baby lettuce were eaten by a caterpillar (you can see the remaining one at the edge of the tub in the picture below) but new lettuce have sprouted, which you will also see:<br />
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The tiny surprise radish plant has gotten quite big. I will need to transplant it and soon, as it's in the tub with the big tomato plants and tomatoes tend to "eat" other plants for nutrients.<br />
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Happy gardening!<br />
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Lots of love to you,<br />
Cassandra Louise.Cassandra Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08870780766883077181noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481976737083960690.post-1684238444129219712014-03-01T11:46:00.001+10:002014-03-01T11:58:14.812+10:00Re-energising Face Mask<span style="font-size: large;">OR, if you want to pretend to be posh, "masque". Everything sounds more posh in French.</span><br />
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First: Welcome to March! First day of Autumn in the southern hemisphere, although someone really needs to tell the sun about that...</div>
Moving on.<br />
Today's post is a "beauty" recipe. Benefits of this mask may include: better circulation to the face; less dry skin; less oily skin; less pimples; more "awake" looking skin; reduced puffiness; through-the-roof "touchability" of the skin.<br />
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<li>Olive oil or apricot oil</li>
<li>Instant coffee</li>
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The reason you need to use either olive or apricot pil is because these are the closest in viscosity to our natural skin oil (sebum).<br />
The reason you have to use instant coffee is because of the way it behaves when wet, ground roasted coffee just doesn't behave the same way.<br />
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<b>**Important note: caffeine can be absorbed through the skin, so this will count towards your daily caffeine intake**</b><br />
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Warm one tablespoon of your chosen oil over a cup of hot water, or your tea (microwaving the oil can change its properties)<br />
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Add one tablespoon of instant coffee into the oil. After a few seconds, all the oil should be absorbed into the coffee.<br />
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Stand over your sink (I use the kitchen rather than the bathroom) and rub the coffee mixture all over your face and down your neck. It is safe to use around your eyes, but try not to get it <i>in</i> your eyes. Don't rub hard, as you should never scrub your face vigorously, and the instant coffee will be slightly crunchy. When you are done, you should look like this:<br />
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Except with your face instead of mine. You won't get my face by using this mask, sorry (it would be too confusing for my mum if everyone looked like me. I'm sure you understand).<br />
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Leave the mask in place for 10-15 minutes, or while you drink that tea. You can't hurt yourself by leaving this mask on a bit longer.<br />
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Stand over the sink and wash the mask off with just water, then go sit down for a while and touch your own incredibly soft face. You may even like to make other members of your household come touch your face. You will feel amazing (to touch. Emotional state will vary).<br />
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The reason using an oil close to your own sebum can correct both dryness and pimples is because dry skin is caused by not enough sebum, and this replaces that, whereas oily skin is caused by too much sebum. By putting a "sebum replacement" on your skin, it thinks it's already made some and doesn't bother making more (or at least as much) and the bacteria that causes pimples can grow in sebum but <i>can't</i> grow in olive or apricot oil, as long as it's a 100% pure oil.<br />
The caffeine in the coffee has a "warming" effect, which is code for "brings blood toward it", so it will temporarily increase circulation to your face and improve your complexion as a result.<br />
My disclaimer for this post is I'm totally not a real scientist, not a beauty expert and I only know what I've been told, but this mask does feel lovely.<br />
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Happy... ahh... masking??<br />
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Signed with love,<br />
Cassandra Louise.Cassandra Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08870780766883077181noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481976737083960690.post-60641415200628711412014-02-14T12:53:00.000+10:002014-02-14T12:53:12.759+10:00A Little Update So As To Not Be A Slack BloggerI'm currently researching a big, fancy, journalistic-type blog post, which you may have an idea about if you follow me on the Twitter-machine. It's not left much time for blogging about other things, but I thought I'd share a little bit about my op shop trip last week.<br />
I went to Lifeline looking for something suitable to wear to a job interview. I didn't find anything, but I did find this:<br />
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I saw her and immediately I was flooded with memories of my mother's aunt, one of my best friends and favourite old people as a child. She loved dolls, Asian-inspired art, musical instruments and antiques. As this doll is all of those things, I had to get her. I took a deep breath and hoped whoever had priced her didn't know what dolls like this are worth and what a collector will pay. I picked her up and turned her over to find the price sticker... $1.50! If it is possible to smile audibly, I'm sure I did! I went right to the counter and bought her. I took my new little sister to the cafe with me and she sat on the table and "played" for me while I had a coffee.<br />
On my way home, I stopped in at the Asthma Foundation op shop, and found a book by one of my favourite writers, Maeve Binchy, for $1.<br />
All in all, a good day op shopping.<br />
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Lots of love to you,<br />
Cassandra Louise.Cassandra Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08870780766883077181noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481976737083960690.post-75840981036753692122014-02-03T09:00:00.000+10:002018-05-01T18:40:00.930+10:00Green Pasta - Meatless MondayLast week for Meatless Monday, I shared <a href="http://hippiewithadragon.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/lentil-lasagne-meatless-monday.html" target="_blank">this lasagne recipe</a> which feeds six people, four very hungry people or eight people who are having a lot of salad with it. This week I'm linking up with <a href="http://littlewolff.com/" target="_blank">Little Wolff</a> again, and sharing something that feeds just one person, and only takes one small saucepan to make.<br />
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To make my green pasta, <b><u>You will need:</u></b><br />
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Any kind of dry pasta. I happen to have penne, so that's what I'll use.</div>
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Frozen spinach that comes in little segments like this:</div>
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Half an avocado, chopped into bits.</div>
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Vegetable stock powder (or any stock of any kind. You're clever, you can adapt it).</div>
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Add water, 1 teaspoon of stock powder and a drizzle of olive oil in a small saucepan.</div>
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When the water boils (oh yeah, you'll have to turn the stove on), add about a handful of pasta, the avocado and the spinach all at once. Yay!</div>
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Break up the spinach cube by poking it periodically with a wooden spoon. Let the whole thing cook according to the directions on your pasta packet, which is usually about 10 minutes, then give it a good stir.</div>
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Drain off excess liquid if you prefer, or have it as a nice light broth. A sprinkling of pine nuts would be nice in it, too. This recipe makes about this much:</div>
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Which is excellent for a quick lunch for one person, and of course could be easily adapted to feed more.</div>
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Cassandra Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08870780766883077181noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5481976737083960690.post-91768880473237033932014-01-30T12:19:00.002+10:002014-01-30T12:19:45.592+10:00There Is Something Very Special About This Chair...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
There is something very special about this chair, and it's not just that it's holding my birthday presents until I open them tomorrow.</div>
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Here, I'll take those off so you can see it properly.<br />
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Actually, there's a lot of special things about this chair. First thing is, there's only one of it, which, if it's not to your taste, you're probably glad to hear. I can see it's a chair you either love or hate on sight.<br />
The second special thing about this chair is that I rescued it. Technically, I rescued it twice. I made it; rather I put it together from two old chairs and some bits and bobs.<br />
This is our story, mine and the chairs:<br />
Many years ago now, I was not living somewhere safe and secure. The only place I could find to rent at short notice and without getting rid of most of the few things I had was actually a storage space under an old style high set house. I could use their kitchen and bathroom at least but to say my room was a "bedroom" is a joke. It was a storage space. It had an old lumpy bed and a little side table. The floor was dirt and the floor of the house above was unsealed so my wake up call every morning was sand and grit raining down on my face from above as the little girl of the house ran around getting ready for school. There was no electric light, I had a small battery powered one but not enough to read or study by. There was a wardrobe of sorts, but it had no doors.<br />
But then, one day, my favourite thing ever happened: Hard Rubbish Collection! You guys, it's like an op shop but it's free and on everyone's lawn, as if you didn't know I'd love that!<br />
I saw the blue chair frame in my immediate neighbour's pile. I saw it had no seat. I stroked the chair frame and told it "I wish I could fix you, then I could keep you and save you. I'll save myself one day." because paying actual money to live in a storage space drives you a little bit batty.<br />
For two days I thought about that lovely chair frame. I liked the colour and the shape.<br />
Then, the day before pickup in my area, I went out for a walk. I decided to go down a street I'd never been down before, just to see what was there. That's when I saw it: a clinical, boring-looking ubiquitous metal chair with it's seat detached. The seat was not exactly pretty, but it was intact and functional, so I grabbed it, along with a bag of coat hangers to get my clothes out my suitcase and in the "wardrobe".<br />
I took it back to my room and then went and grabbed the frame. I sat the seat on the chair and looked at it. It fit! I planned to go to an op shop the next day and buy some fabric or an old sheet or something to decorate it a bit. It was about five o'clock by now so all the op shops were closed.<br />
But the more I looked at it, the more I had to fix it absolutely now! I opened my wallet to see if I could afford KMart. $20. It'll have to do, I had a chair to save!<br />
I bought a pink single bed sheet to cover the seat, a hammer and nails to hold all the bits together and on my way out, the craft section caught my eye. I thought it would be nice if I could tie-in the delicate blue of the chair with the bright pink of the seat somehow. I bought some pastel coloured paints and some butterfly decals and ended up making this design:<br />
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I finally had a little colour in my life! With no garden and no electric lighting, this is what I needed!<br />
I was never quite able to fix the seat on properly. It held for a bit, but came loose again.<br />
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But it's a very comfortable seat, and if you sit still, you'd never notice.<br />
There is something very special about this chair.<br />
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Signed with love and hope,<br />
Cassandra Louise.Cassandra Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08870780766883077181noreply@blogger.com10