what christmas means to me :)

11 Dec merry christmas

christmas (crīstesmæsse, meaning christ’s mass) is an annual commemoration of the birth of christ and is celebrated around the world on the 25th of december 🙂

for me, as i’m not exactly religious, it means this:

merry christmas

 

advent calender

 

child decorating the tree

 

snow on a tree

 

hot cocoa

 

cadburys selection box

 

christmas gifts

 

christmas day movies

 

turkey and ham

 

cold lights outside

 

i recommend that while looking at these, give this a play…and enjoy your trip back memory lane 🙂

 

 

 

gym bunny

5 Dec

gym bunny

 

this is a little project of mine to see if i can get it off the ground and make something of it-

if you like fitness, health and all things beauty related, give me a like or even better a wee share- i’d be overwhelmingly grateful 🙂

https://www.facebook.com/gymbunnydublin

orla x

Detox Pesto- an easier way to eat your greens…

1 Dec

corriander and parlsey are very powerful natural green plant foods for detoxing heavy metals out of your body. start by adding these amazing herbs to juices, salads, soups and your main meals, like with this simple dip below…

homemade pesto

need:

3 cloves garlic

1/3 cup Brazil nuts (selenium source) or macadamia nuts

1/3 cup sunflower seeds (cysteine source)

1/3 cup pumpkin seeds (zinc, magnesium sources)

1 cup fresh corriander

1 cup fresh parsley

2/3 cup cold pressed olive oil

4 tablespoons lemon juice (vitamin C source)

 

make:

soak the seeds and nuts overnight to release the enzyme exhibitors.

process the parsley, corriander and olive oil in a blender until chopped.

add the garlic, nuts, and seeds, salt and lemon juice and mix until the mixture is finely blended into a paste.

store in dark glass jars. oh and it even freezes well 🙂

add on top of your favourite meats or as a dipper with some fresh crunchy veggies.

paleo granola

24 Nov

paleo granola crunch

need:
dry ingredients:
¾ cup of raw pumpkin seeds
¾ cup of raw sunflower seeds
1½ cup of ground almonds
1½ cup of shredded unsweetened coconut
3 cups of raw chopped or sliced almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts etc…
3-4 teaspoons of little each of cinnamon, ground cloves, ground ginger, and nutmeg

wet ingredients:
¾ cups of raw honey
3 tablespoons of pure vanilla essence
¾ cup of melted coconut oil

NB: put oil in last so it lightly coats and helps keep it from sticking to pan or foil.

make:
preheat oven to 180c.
mix all the dry ingredients together.
stir in the wet ingredients. it comes together pretty easy. put on a greaseproof tray and bake for 20 minutes. remove after 15 minutes and stir. place back in oven 5 more minutes.

let it cool for about 5-10 minutes and then dig in! 🙂

beauty

17 Nov
beauty
ˈbjuːti/
noun
noun: beauty; plural noun: beauties
pretty hair
  1. 1.
    a combination of qualities, such as shape, colour, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight.
    “I was struck by her beauty”
    • a combination of qualities that pleases the intellect.
      “the artistry and beauty of football”
    • denoting something intended to make someone more attractive.
      modifier noun: beauty
      “beauty treatment”
      beautiful bride
  2. 2.
    a beautiful or pleasing thing or person, in particular:.
    • a beautiful woman.
      “a blonde beauty”
    • an excellent example of something.
      “the fish was a beauty, around 14 pounds”
    • the pleasing or attractive features of (something).
      “the beauties of the English countryside”
    • the best aspect or advantage of something.
      the beauty of keeping cats is that they don’t tie you down”
beautiful sketch
adjective

Austral./NZinformal
adjective: beauty
  1. 1.
    good; excellent (used as a general term of approval).
    beautiful skin and hair

sample healthy eating plan and one song workout

9 Nov

to be honest, my main issue, before i fell in love with gym and healthy eating, seemed to be ‘finding’ the time to workout and fitting in the time to plan and prepare healthy food.

what i’ve come to learn, is that if you don’t make time for healthy living now, you’ll have to find time sooner or later, for illness-

try these two small changes for a week- that’s 7 days out of 365. no excuses. no complaints. you’ll just feel better.

healthy eating food plan

one song workout macklemore

waiting

3 Nov
waiting
ˈweɪtɪŋ/
noun
noun: waiting
waiting
  1. 1.
    the action of staying where one is or delaying action until a particular time or event.
    “years of waiting”

honey ginger prawn and vegetable stir-fry

28 Oct

need:

prawns de-veined and de-shelled

brocolli florets

mangetout

baby corn

red chilli de-seeded

rice- optional

marinade:

1/4 cup of honey

fresh ginger-about 2 x tsp

2-3 cloves of garlic

lime juice of one lime

honey garlic prawn stir-fry

make:

get a jar and put all of the marinade ingredients inside and toss the prawns in and make sure they are all coated

heat some nut oil on medium heat and cook the prawns for about two minutes or until totally pink

put prawns aside and stir-fry the mixed vegetables of your choice (i used brocolli, chilli, mangetout and some baby corn)

once the veggies are all cooked to your liking, toss the prawns on top to serve hot

i like to garnish with a bit of corriander and some slivers of red chilli cos i’m fancy like that

eat and enjoy 🙂

To-do

21 Oct

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finish year 1 of masters
get eyes lasered and throw away my feckin lenses for good
get my god damn drivers license
absorb my new nutrition book
sleep more – relax more –
gym/yoga or some form of workout three times a week to keep the inner beast tame
start ballet barre or pilates
try a relaxing weekend away doing nothing
use my fricken guitar
get away on more weekends to new places
get my project gym bunny on the road to awesome
visit everyone ❤️

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keep your head up

14 Oct

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“Keep your head up, keep your heart strong”
– Ben Howard