Hand- och kroppslotion utan vatten

Det här är grunden till det recept jag "kokat ihop" för barnen (och kanske lärarna) på skolan där mina barn går. En av fröknarna sade att barnen var så torra, så torra - hur mycket hon än smorde... Jag erbjöd mig att fixa en kräm som jag trodde skulle funka bättre - att få bort kliandet från den torra huden... Här är grundreceptet - sedan har jag gjort några förändringar i det och det fungerade precis lika bra...

http://wholenewmom.com/whole-new-budget/homemade-lotion-recipe-hand-cream-lotion-recipe/

I dag har jag gjort egen magnesiumolja :)

Magnesiumolja har tydligen en del användningsområden (jag visste inte ens att det fanns). Jag ska smörja in mina "sjuka", spända, ömma muskler med detta och se om det onda försvinner. Har också planer på att använda det som ansiktsvatten (men då måste jag nog utöka vattenhalten något, för jag har förstått att det kan börja kittla och sticka i skinnet) Eftersom det här är mitt första test, så använder jag mig av en begagnad sprayflaska - så ni får hålla till godo med bilden från bloggen där jag hittade receptet på oljan (och en massa annat roligt :))

Paleo Strawberry Shortcake

Baking Partners: I couldn't wait anymore so I browsed a paleo recipe for the Shortcake Challenge :)

I used this as the basic recipe, and then of course, adapted it to fit my tastebuds and what I had in my pantry :) This was a single serving recipe, so I just made 2, one for me and one for my mum :)

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Red currant and chocolate pie

Redcurrant pie with chocolate is great with the afternoon coffee. The acidity from the redcurrants blends nicely with the sweet filling.
12-14 pieces

Pastry
150g butter
¾ dl granulated sugar
3 dl rolled oats
2 dl flour

Filling
1 ½ dl whipping cream
50g butter
1 ½ dl light syrup
½ dl granulated sugar
200g milk chocolate
2 dl ripe redcurrants

WHAT TO DO

Preheat oven to 200°C. Melt the butter in a saucepan. Add sugar, oatmeal and flour. Mix into a dough.

Press it out into a pie dish, about 26 cm in diameter, preferably with a removable bottom. Pre-bake the pie crust in the oven for 10-12 minutes. Allow to cool.

Bring cream, butter, syrup and sugar in a heavy saucepan. Cook over low heat for 10-15 minutes, the mixture will begin to thicken. Remove the pan from the heat.

Break the chocolate into pieces and let it melt in the pan. Stir until chocolate is melted and the mixture is smooth. Pour chocolate mixture into pie shell and sprinkle with red currants. Let the pie cool in the fridge, preferably overnight. Serve preferably with whipped cream.

Didn't have the time to take a pic of the cake I made, so here is the one from the magazine where I found the recipe: tidningenhembakat.se

Paleo Meatloaf AND Paleo Pulled Chicken...

Hi there...

Yesterday I was surfing the Net in order to find some Paleo meals that I could make ahead of time and then put in the freezer - and I found Paleo Meatloaf... When I took the grounded beef out of the freezer I also found some whole chickens - so I took one of those out too...

Here is the recipe I used to make the Paleo Meatloaf ( with adjustments to what I could find in my pantry, of course :))

Paleo Meatloaf

When I was done, there was a lot of BBQ sauce left so I decided to use that with the chicken... I rubbed the chicken with the BBQ sauce (added juice from a lemon to freshen up the taste a bit) and put it in my Römertopf Mud pot (is it really called a Mud pot in English?). I then placed it in the COLD oven, put the timer on 1h 45min and the temperature 175°C.

Then I took it out of the oven, let it cool down a bit and took the meat and discarded the bones :)

Done

Easy Peasy - One BBQ sauce - 2 meals, sort of anyway :)

DIY - Infused water

Zero calories
A lot of taste (the taste of your preference)
Easy to make and adjust

What I'm talking about?

Infused water!

I think that ordinary plain water doesn't taste great so I searched the Net in order to find some ways to make me drink more water.

Time to do some experiments...

First I took a large jar and filled it with berries (raspberries, blueberries and blackberries the first time)
Filled up the jar with filtered water and put the jar in the fridge over night.

That's it

Drink up :) and don't forget to try different flavors!!!

The Berry water was wonderful, as was the cucumber-lemon water, ONLY watermelon was disgusting (to say the least). In the pic you can see my Green Tea-Lemon water and the start of what is going to be Apple-cinnamon water.

What kind of water have you made - good or bad?! Please let me know what I can't miss and what I easily can live without ;)

Link to where I found the Apple-Cinnamon "recipe": naturalcuresnotmedicine.com

Writing this post, trying to find where I found the inspiration to the other ones, I stumbled upon this: http://www.infusedwaterrecipes.com/

So far, the easiest and best vanilla "one-bowl" recipe I've tried

For those of you who know me, you know I've been trying desperately to find a "one-bowl" recipe w/ vanilla in stead of chocolate - and I think I've found it... The cupcakes didn't shrink in the paper cups, they didn't leak any grease - and that's perfect in my opinion :)

One bowl vanilla cupcakes

Next time I'll fill the cups half full (because I don't want to waste a lot from the top of the cupcakes when I'm using cupcake toppers)

When the cupcakes were done, I cut the top off, made a hole in the middle and filled the hole with mango puré. Added a generous amount of vanilla buttercream and placed the cupcake topper on top.

My son brought these cupcakes as a birthday gift - so we made some LEGO decorations :)