What’s On Your Plate Wednesday

 What’s your favourite kind of salad dressing? 

Did you know making your own dressing could be SO EASY and QUICK?

Plus no need to have 12 different dressings taking up space in your fridge! Control the quality of your ingredients - a lot of store bought dressings use oils that are inflammatory to both the digestive tract as well as to your muscles/joints! 

I whipped up this dinner tonight for the family in under 30 minutes - the chicken was done in the BBQ and seasoned with Montreal Chicken spice from Epicure and served with Caesar salad!  

If you want to learn more about Epicure solutions and don’t already have a spicy crack dealer aka Epicure consultant - my friend the lovely Lisa  Maybery is a consultant and she can hook you up! 

Bon Appetite

Margaret

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Squeal - got the new catty giddiness

Ok folks who is old enough to remember the Sears Holiday Toy catalog getting delivered??

Well I am no longer a wee I  am still a child at heart so that’s how I feel when my favorite clean eating foodie  company drops their new catalog - it’s like CHRISTMAS all over again seeing what’s NEW to try out ..... only now I can screen shot my wishlist vs having to circle them with a big red marker ⭕️ !!  🤣

Feel free to have a look at their fabulous new products. I am exited about the new salad meal kits and for my Vegan family/friends - DIY MAYO no eggs needed!  And for my new fridge just I might have to check out the new space saver storage containers 😍 

Seriously take a peek and if you want to order and don’t yet have your own “spicy crack dealer” aka Epicure consultant please consider supporting  my lovely friend Lisa! 

You can order direct from the link here and have it shipped right to  your front door. Easy peasy lemon squeezy!!

Also here is the link to the full digital catalogue for your viewing pleasure.  

Bon Appetite

Margaret 

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What’s your must have time saving craft tool?

For me one of mine is the Stamperatus! It’s the BEST project saver - no more accidentally rocked the stamp lines on my projects, no more opps my fingers slipped and my stamp block landed in middle of my work and ruined my project! 

I also love this use shown here by a Stampin’ Up! Artisan team member to ensure you get the bold crisp stamp set for your project. Just makes the end results pop that much more! 

But the awesomeness doesn’t stop there - I also love how it speeds up layered stamping projects or when creating custom orders for customers using the same design over! Saving my precious commodity of time and therefore money when doing multiple projects! 

Plus you can adjust the plates to create a cascade or grid pattern along a card without having to adjust the stamp or paper alignment itself - just move the plastic plate to the next slot over. 

IMO it is a must have when designing cards and scrapbook projects! 

 

What’s your must have project saving and time saving crafting tool? 

Happy Stampin’

Margaret

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Do you love bok choy?

 Do you 💕 bok choy 🥬?

If so how do you cook with it? Always looking for new ideas on ways to try it!!

Seriously I can’t believe I used to just walk by it all the time in grocery store and had no clue what I was missing until a couple of years ago my friend Lisa told me that it’s great in the Thai dishes from Epicure ... and she didn’t do me wrong! I am now a bok choy lover! 

How can you not love it - look at all the nutrition packed int it!

It is such a great texture of crunch and it adds a nice pair to the flavour our favourite Green Thai Curry ... nom nom nom! 

If your looking to add new healthy veggies to your palette this year Bok Choy is a must! It is now a staple for stir fry’s and soups for sure!

Bon Appetite 

Margaret 

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Stop Wishing - Start Doing in 2022

 

A lover of life long learning I am currently taking a training course with my GelMomenet up line, Stacey Regan, on how to brand yourself on social media to help spread your message! Also listing to podcasts from another amazing speak with the amazing Lori Ervin and working on some mindset and limiting beliefs with yet another empowering woman Tracy over at Loved from the Inside Out on Facebook! 

 

So this was one of the videos shared as part of the mastermind class that Stacey is offering to her Gel Sisters ... like seriously that is what they call each other and it is one of the things I love best about social selling / direct sales opportunities is the amazing tribe of empowering woman who treat one another like family and share their wealth of knowledge with others to help build everyone up!

 

If you are looking for some motivation and ah ha moments around the role of your mindset and self care and love for oneself and others as we head in to 2022 ... take a listen because as always Oprah does not disappoint! 

 

 

It is a 28 minute video and I will likely need to re-listen to it when I am not also driving to the gym so I can take some notes and create better action plan to 'start doing' so to speak. Spending my commute time to the gym listening to podcasts and motivational speakers is one of my goals for 2022 to make better use of my time!

 

Anyway I just wanted to share it with you all now before I loose the link because I really enjoyed some new tips as well as refreshers / reminders of things I used to do but than got too busy and had stopped - like the Daily Gratitude journal. 

 

 

I totally need to pick that habit back up because like keeping a food journal to keep oneself on track eating healthy I know from experience that keeping a mindset of gratitude really does help with managing my anxiety/depression symptoms! 

 

Take Care

 

Margaret

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Self care Sunday!

 What’s your Sunday Self Care routine? 

Sundays are the days I typically remove my manicure to prepare for a new one! 

I also love to do a masking / extra deep exfoliation treatment  on my skin! Today I enjoyed my Aloette Muddy Up mask! It really helps make my face feel soft and smooth! 

Come join us in my Awaken to Aloette group for more awesome exfoliating options! 

Be well

Margaret 
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Happy New Year!

 What are you hoping to do more of in 2022?

I like to reflecting on what I am going to start doing more of,stop doing and keep doing! 

For me mine are:

Start doing - consistently engaging in preparing content for my blog each week (trying new recipes, sharing my paper crafting, sharing more self care and mindfulness strategies)

Stop doing - wallowing in the depression from all the things Covid and my health challenges have taken from me this past two years and letting it control my life.

Keep doing - making going to the gym and eating healthy a daily priority!

As a result I have also chosen my two mantra words to be Accept & Transform as we move forward into 2022! 

Margaret

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