Lunch..Hannah's Scrambled Eggs in a Cup!!

So as I was writing my last posts I realized I hadn't had lunch so I needed something quick and healthy and threw my "infamous" scrambled eggs together. The photos are rather cruddy I apologize...I just used my phone haha. I also used to make this in a microwavable bowl. My brother caught on to the whole "microwave your eggs" idea after me then tried it in the cup. Once cooked you can can empty your eggs onto a plate..and it actually looks pretty. To save dishes however I just ate mine out of the bowl ;)

Hannah's Scrambled Eggs in a Cup

You will need:

2 eggs
2 T whole milk
chives
a few spinach leaves
a few kale leavess
a pinch of salt
a dash of grinded black pepper (tehe I actually put way more for taste :p ..and PS dash is a cool word)
1 t curry powder
1/4 t cayenne pepper (these last two ingredients are varied on personal taste etc. I like mine HOT ;)

Options: You can pretty much add anything to the eggs. Sometimes i throw in diced bell peppers, or like how you see in my photos I came across half a tomato and threw that in. Yummy :)

Beat eggs and milk and spices in a bowl with a whisk. Cut the chives up using appropriate scissors and then add the shredder spinach and kale. (I literally just break up the leaves with my hands as using a knife can damage leafy greens). Mix again then add the spices :)

Pop into microwave for one minute. The above photo is how mine turned out. As you can see the mix is still runny. No one likes runny egg mix. Ew. So I put it in for another minute after careful stirring. No one likes spilt egg mix either. Trust me.

Voila ! This may not look so flash but its so good. It also holds heat well it seems. So dont burn yourself consuming this. Please.

Banana Nut Cookies :)

Am I posting two blogs in one day..heck yes I am. I must be in a bloggy mood..that and also when I got my eyebrows shaped recently the lovely er "eyebrow extraordinaire' had asked me how my blog was doing and if I was still posting recipes etc. And so what if I only have a few followers.. I'm sure there are randoms out there who may come across this blog and try my delights :p So here goes :)And this isn't exactly Christmasy..I'm posting this because I had it for brunch :)I might post my lunch also. Double whammy !

 Credit of course goes to Lucy :)

Original recipe: http://www.lucysfitlife.com/?p=528


 Banana Nut Cookies 


Preheat oven to 190 degrees or 360 F and grease a tray for your cookies. I just used butter

Ingredients

 1 Banana
1/3 c rolled oats
1 and 1/2 t cinnamon
 1/2 t vanilla essence
1/4 t baking powder
1/2 t coconut oil
1 pinch of salt
1 T sultanas

Mash banana in a bowl then add the remaining ingredients. Mix throughly then put a tablespoon of the mixture on the tray. This made 7 for me.

Pop into oven for 15minutes. I think I did about 18-20 but thats because our oven is well old :) 

Enjoy! I may have eaten 4... :P

So its almost been a year..UPDATE

Hey everyone (as in anyone who reads this) I know I know. It's been almost a year since I last wrote and for that I'm rather sorry. I thought Christmas is creeping up on me and I had been get my derriere into gear! So here I am :) To be honest this year has been pretty rough. My brother's marriage fell apart and this has had quite an impact on my family and I. He moved in with us and we've had to witness him battling the confusion and hurt over the last seven months. The children have also suffered. More the oldest nephew than the younger.. I think Ben still finds it all so confusing. It really has been heartbreaking..but a time to draw nearer to Christ and I beleive God can bring restoration. He already has saved my brother. In was in these hard times that he finally surrendered to God. 

He since has gone through rough patches as we all do in our walk with the Lord (I myself am struggling a lot..but will go into that later). Please keep him and my family in your prayers..I would very much appreciate it. As for me I've gone through some changes. Why I'm still the same on the outside (maybe a few kg's lighter ;) ) but aside from that I very likely look the same. Inwardly however I've been suffering. I don't usually go deep into details..this is the internet after all..but tbh I don't really care in some ways. I mean why hide behind the screen..why shouldn't I let people see me for me? But to spare you details (cos I'm contradictory like that ;) ) I will just say I'm in a season of well warfare really. And it's emotional to be perfectly honest. I've made a few mistakes; let a few people back in my life..which I'm feeling now probably wasn't the best idea. I've kinda gone my own way and I'm trying to get back to that place where all I cared about was my heart and how the Lord felt about me. Instead I've fallen into the trap of well self. I'm worried how I look and act, and how I appear to people (and particular people)..its a disgrace really. I don't even know how I got here. 

Its been really hard to be honest. And I've probably pushed away a lot of people in the process..mainly God. It's like "no I can just fix this on my own..it'll be okay" but really I cant. Please pray for me too. Sorry for this so far downer of a update. There have been some good changes. My boss recently moved away so there has been a change of ownership in the store where I work. I'll admit I was at first quite apprehensive but have found the new boss and his lovely wife are well lovely. They for one always have food in the staff room for employees...that is a WIN in my books tehe ;p Another thing, I have officially got my gun license. Yes I actually hunt. I definitely am not the hunting type as many of my friends whom I've told have said, but I can assure you I definitely can slip into tomboy mode very easily. (I have brothers to thank for that). Thus far I have been rather unsuccessful in my hunting journey (only a few rabbits and wallaby's here and there) but they do say "practice makes perfect"..rather I say "practice makes better" ..(really who's perfect?). 

 I have also changed quite a bit in terms of health and fitness. I think I once blogged about my love for the BAR METHOD exercise regime but lately I've gotten into running, Crossfit (just at home or at the local school..no gym where I live unfortunately), Jillian Michael's dvds, yoga and also weights. Yes I lift. Just dumbbells at this stage as that's all I have. I've been meaning to invest in a barbell..but I think I'll have to wait until finances are up. My brother has become my new workout buddy too so that has been fun and motivating. It's good having someone to train with. When I first started working out it was just me..and tbh I'm quite an independent person (probably too independent at times!) and it actually worked out alright but it seems now that I've had someone to keep me on track it has been very helpful and I'm seeing results (yay!!). Eating havn't been soo fantastic especially this month :p but once Christmas is past I'll get back into eating clean and training mean. I think I'll post a few recipes soon too. :) Anyway this is kind of short but I have jobs that I really need to do..I've been procrastinating a lot lately. Love me :) x

 "Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway." - Earl Nightingale

You get two posts this month!!

So I know I just published a post but I wanted to do another one. This one is all about my holiday and a few random pieces of information that may tickle your fancy (cliched I know!) Let me start by saying that the first few days of my holiday were jam-packed with many different activities involving a few of my closest friends. It involved movies, birthday parties, laughing, eating, poker, Kath and Kim, Sherlock Homes, music, and more. I was truelly blessed to spend time with all these people and catch up with those friends I hadnt seen in more than half a year. Thankfully I had time to breathe before I was whizzed away to my brothers house, atleast a four hour drive away. The town where my brother lives is tiny. Really small. It's literally a main street and some houses. Not that I'm complaining. It was just what I needed to relax. To take a breather. This probably makes me sound like I live a really hectic life..which I dont. And I almost felt guilty for taking a holiday in the first place to be fair. But enough people had told that I had worked waay too much. Which was probably their way of saying "We never see you..!" Anyway I keep getting side-tracked. I tend to always want to write with some kind of order, but I should know better. I have a spontaneous mind. And its no wonder I only have three followers ;) Anyway I had already organised with my sister-in-law to stay for the week, as she needed a babysitter for my nephew Logan. I also dragged my brother Mikey along as I knew Logan would need that constant attention, (he's a now a big five-year-old). My youngest nephew went with his mummy to work (the daycare) and Daniel, my brother, works at a local dairy farm where he does crazy hours, like getting up at 2.15..yuk! So the majority of the days it was just the boys and I. It was really lovely though. The first few days we explored the town (it honestly didnt that long ;p). Across the road from my bros house stands this huge hill, which quickly became our favourite place to go.

My darling nephew Logan basking in the evening sun. (on "The hill")

Mikey and I making funny faces. Or atleast I'm making a funny face, down by the river. (Down by the ole river...). We spent a bit of time here cooling off. Did I get sunburn, you ask? Yup and Im proud of it :)

Another way to cool down. Thankgoodness I brang my Bar Method dvds with me. I think I also ate my weight in chocolate. Not that it is an unusual thing for me to do ;)

Benjamin. Cute.

Tell me those clouds do not spetacular. Almost everynight you'd hear me asking Mikey and Logan, "To the hill?" It's quite funny really. I really do beleive that hill has something very special about it. Hopefully one day I'll be able to go back. You see my brother wants to move back our way, and so the likelihood of going there again is pretty small. What with going back to work next week etc. Sad really. But hey thats why ya take photos right? To capture the 'pretty' we see in life. Those moments that grip our minds can be relived through a simple photograph. Ah thankyou God for inventing the camera. Or atleast giving man the ability to make it ;) Like any holiday, the time spent at my brother's went really quick. I was sad to leave but happy to be home. Nothing quite like mum's cooking :) Anyway my holiday isn't quite over yet. I still have another four days of freedom wooo :) I think the next few days will be filled with the "Summer List" activities (heres hoping). Though to be honest I'm not gonna stress over completing the list by Monday. Its really not a huge deal. Atleast I keep trying to tell myself that. Right before I give up and just post this baby, I'm gonna get to the "Random." I dont know why I dont post more random things on here. Thank the Lord I do not have Pinterest or whatever its called. It's be about as addicting as twitter. Yes I have a twitter btw. You can find it by googling HannahIta16 twitter. Its way more up to date than this. Obviously. But anyway enough rambling about that. So lately, as in the last week or so, I have been somewhat facinated by the Effiel Tower. I'm not sure what brang about this random interest. But I'm like obsessed. Check this

Isnt it gorgeous. I just wanna throw myself into the picture. Its weird aye. I'm tempted to make it my background image to be honest. I already have it on my twitter page haha. Like I said I'm not sure what's brang about this sudden interest but hey I dont mind. The say Paris is the place of romance. Perhaps I'll meet my future husband upcoming days. (pfft yeah right! Im so content being single right now..see last post). Anyway what else has been capturing my mind right now, you ask? These songs. I think these songs are really inspiring. Demi is inspiring. I love her. Enough said. This book series.

Also I plan on reading The Hunger Games ASAP. My friend just bought the series and could not put them down. I'm pretty excited to get into them. And then plan on seeing the film as soon as it is out.

Blueberries. Random I know. But c'mon who can resist? Plus I have a fantastic recipe for a blueberry cheesecake that I'm dying to make.And yes I will be uploading ;) Right I think thats enough for now. I say that because I've been writing this post for like five hours. Isnt that sad! Right till next love yas!

Happy New Year

Yes it is 2012! Woohoo! How quick has this month gone! Already its the 25th and before ya know it will be Febuary. Kinda a scary thought about how quickly time flies. Funnily enough I have tried to write this entry like five times. I keep logging on and then fail to finish it. Anyway I'm not sure what I'll write about this month. How did yall celebrate your New Years? Mine consisted of Lemon, Lime and Bitters and the Amanda Show. Have you seen it? Its rather amusing and I rather like her character. Anyway the night was quiet and I'm not even sure whether I made it to twelve or not. I had work the next day you see so I tried to have an earlysih evening. I'm still pretty bad with bedtimes. I've somehow got into a very bad routine where I lay my head at 10.30-11ish on the nights I have work (shocking!) and then like 1-2 am on my days off. I keep reminding myself of the verse " For so He gives His beloved sleep"..but I have yet to be influenced by that. Anyway I had about nine days off work over the Christmas period (I started back on Jan 1st) and let me tell you it was bliss! The first few days were consumed with Christmas prep which was lovely. On Christmas night, the nephews came and then half the family went camping on Boxing Day. This left my youngest brother Michael and myself (aswell as mum and dad) at home. So Mike and I decided to have our own fun. We actually created a Summer List which you can find: here. Our one was different slightly. But is it not such a brilliant idea?! And a really good way to be intentional about the summer. It was really good that my brother was so into too. Hes kinda getting to the age where in possibly three months, he wont want to be seen with me, which will hurt but I wont be bitter ;) Anyway I am getting slightly side-tracked. My fam are such big movie buffs, therfore our list mainly consisted of movies. He bought me a few girly ones for Christmas and there were other ones that we knew we would not get away with watching when the others returned home. I'll spare my brother the embarrassment of mentioning the movie titles ;) Other ideas include roasting marshmellows, a waterfight, sleeping out on the trampoline, have a badminton tournament, and also a sleepover in the lounge. We havnt completed everything on our list as some things we've saved for the rest of the summer, and for when the boys had arrived home again. So we only did a few of them. Sleeping out on the trampoline was probably one of my favs :) The night was perfect. Not hot. Not cold. Perfect. Had a funny moment trying to zip up my sleeping back in the dark. We had both my cellphone light and a torch, yet even so it took like honestly 20 minutes to accomplish. Crazy huh. Anyway that wee break has come and gone and I am currently on my second holiday if you will. I have two weeks off and will be back at work this coming Monday (30th):( I'm not really looking forward to it to be honest. Like I know it's what I'm meant to be doingright now, but even so.. But hey isn't life like that. Full of periods where you'll doing things that you dont really want to do..but you know it's right. I really love this quote that I came across through twitter. "An unbeleiver does what he feels like. A beleiver does what is right." Bill Johnson. It kinda says it all really. As Christians we are no longer living for ourselves, but for Christ who dwells in us. We're not supposed to be living by our feelings, but by Holy Spirit who leads us. We have feelings but we dont need to live by them.Obviously we cannot live perfect lives. As much as I want to, my perfectionist side cries out. Ughh I fail so much. In fact this leads me to my next topic really. I wont go too deep into details, but I wanna be honest. This last week, my feelings have been driving me crazy. I said some things, shared some things..things that should not have been let out of my mind. Okay I'll just say it. I let a particular male back into my life. I knew I had to make peace with him..but I unfortunately well fell for him, again. I should have known better than to have just run with my affections, if you will. I know it was wrong, and I have unfortunately hurt him once again :( Its really lame, and deep down I know I have issues to deal with involving my heart and my souls desire for significance and well attention really. And I can only find that in Christ. And I know that. And yet for some reason, I keep running. I keep fighting to spread my own wings and do what I WANT to do. But that's not right. I know God yearns for all of me, not some of me. He wants my whole heart. Oh Jesus, help me to surrender to You. Everything, Lord. Everything that hinders love, help me God to give it to You. You only can satisfy. Your plans for me are so much bigger than my own. Lord I surrender. Amen. Anyway enough about that. I should share with you all about my current holiday. And my current obbsession with the Eiffel Tower...Mayby next post ;)

Its December

Yes it is December and it has been for twenty days but it only really hit me a while ago. In my mind Christmas was still months away! I thought I had plenty of time! Turns out I only have like two shopping days left (beacause I can only get into town once a week!)and this is kinda freaking me out. In saying that however, all the fuss and traditions that go on over this season has made me realise just how much goes into trying to make one day, yes one day, perfect. Like I love all the commercialism that goes on, dont get me wrong. Im a sucker for cheesey advertisments and films that are put out every year but I'm annoyed that in a way thats all my little head thinks about at times. It can be so easy to get consumed in all the hype. The food, the music, the presents, the tree...it can all be a bit too much for ones mind. Like even as Christians we can sometimes get too caught up in the worlds portrayal of Christmas. I certainly know I can. I want my mind to be focused on Him this Christmas and for all the Christmases to come.
It can be easy to write "Remember Jesus is the reason for this season" in every Christmas card we send, but how many of us really acknowledge the birth of our Saviour? Now I'm not saying this to try and make you feel bad or whatever, I guess this is more an expression of how I'm feeling this season and it hurts me a little. I dont wanna get caught up in all the rubbish. I'm not anti. Please dont think Im just gonna disregard everything this season. I guess my plea and prayer is that we all enjoy the season, dont get too stressed, but remember as we celebrate that it's our Bridegrooms birthday. We are celebrating the birth our dear Jesus. The day should be about Him. Not about the tree, not about the money spent on all the presents, not about all the food sprawled out over the table which only causes one to become bloated and consider the next year's resolutions. Its about Him. Jesus.




Lol random photo with a few Candy Canes. Didyas know that the candy cane is representive of what Jesus did for us? The red represents His blood and the white is to show how His blood cleanses us from our sins and makes us pure.

Joy to the world. The Lord has come. Let earth receive their King.



Well I wasn't sure what this entry was gonna be about but I am happy with the result. I'll do an update next time.
Love H x

Novz

Hey Lovely Folk!
Sorry havn't been blogging much. Seems the month goes too quickly and my head just has not got around to blogging!
SO this month has been a pretty regular month. There are a few things I wish to discuss but I'll save that for another day..er night I mean. For some mad reason I write much better in the midnight hours haha. So for you this evening, (Weird saying evening seeing as daylight savings has hit us and its really sun shiny outside :) I will give you very seasonal recipe :D. Seasonal for yall followers who all live in the Northern Hemisphere and are about to celebrate Thanksgiving..to be honest it feels sad that I know soo much about American folk..though you could say I am simply culturally aware ;)
Anyway enough beating around the bush. These are my babies. They were amazing, I cant tell you enough!

SPICY PUMPKIN AND CHOCOLATE MUFFINS




Now the recipe is really simple.

These are the ingredients:

2 1/2 cups of self raising flour
2tsp cinnamon
2tsp nutmeg
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
3 eggs
80g melted butter
1 1/2 cups pureed pumpkin
1 1/2 cups chopped dark chocolate (YUM)


Peheat oven to 180 degrees.

Take your pumpkin and cut her up, then puree it in a food processor. Or you could do it the easy way and buy pureed pumpkin? I've only heard about that good stuff. I'm guessing its canned.? Anyway I had to cook mine then process it up like this :) Oh and I left it to cool down. This is pretty important. You cannot put hot stuff in baking. I'm sure theres a more informative scientific reason but I just know you dont do. Dont even be tempted folks :)





Melt your butter and leave to one side.

Now put flour, nutmeg, cinnamon, and brown sugar in a bowl.



Once the pumpkin has cooled down. You may now beat your eggs and then mix with the pumpkin and melted butter. Check out my old school hand beater. I beleive this was my grandmothers :)



Now you may mix the dry and wet ingredients together. The mixture shouldnt be runny, but a sticky consistancy. Dont forget to add the CHOCOLATE (tehe) and transport the mix to their cosy wee cupcake cups.



Bake for 20 minutes or until muffins springs up when pressed.

Enjoy. With a glass or two of milk.






Will write again soon, I promise! Bless you all!
Love yas , H x

PS I dont drink whisky, apparently the above glass is made just for that particular alcohol. Little do I know.