Lifestyle: My First Attempt at Dairy Free Pesto

As I am trying to eat less dairy in my diet I decided to to attempt cooking some dairy free versions of foods that I love that contain milk products. I am a huge fan of pesto especially on pasta so I thought I would see if the dairy free version was just as good! This would be my first attempt at cooking Dairy Free Pesto and at cooking pesto in general.

So its not as blended as it could be (lets blame the blender for that) and at first I thought I had added far too much garlic and that it was going to be a disaster! Thankfully it turned out really well and went nicely with the courgetti (courgettes as spaghetti surprisingly nice!) I had for my tea.

Lifestyle: What I Think of Chia Seeds

What are Chia Seeds?

Chia seeds are a concentrated food that contain:

• Healthy omega-3 fatty acids
• Carbohydrates
• Protein
• Fibre
• Antioxidants
• Calcium

There's a Dupe For That..

I have been doing a lot of dupe tweets lately after all who doesn't love a good dupe!? Similar products to the high end brands but at a third of the cost! I have decided to share with you via blog post some of the dupes I own.

Mini Book Haul

Working in a library where I can borrow books for free means that it's not often that I find myself buying books these days. The other day I treated myself to a couple of titles that I have had my eye on for a while so I thought I would share these with you.

Wallflowers - Eliza Robertson £8.99

'A small boy and his grandmother set sail for China in the mud of her back yard; a supermarket car park becomes a graveyard of strewn blueberries; migratory birds fly over a marshland ringing with the sound of wooden spoons on kitchen pots; and the breaking of a silence between two roommates leads to disquieting revelations.

July Music Playlist

Here are the songs I've been obsessing over in July:

○ Light up the Dark - Gabrielle Aplin 

○ Skeleton - Gabrielle Aplin

○ Without Him - Christina Grimmie

○ Deception - Christina Grimmie

○ Doubt - Twenty One Pilots

○ Leave Me Lonely - Arianna Grande

○ Anybody Out There - Gabrielle Aplin

○ Zombie - Against the Current

○ Chainsaw - Nick Jonas

○ Did You Hear the Rain? - George Ezra

What's been on your playlist this month?

Where Have I Been?

Things have been absolutely manic as of late with a lot of personal issues cropping up that have just left me feeling drained, down and frankly not wanting to do anything at all.

Amidst this drama I have visited Aberystwyth for a week! (Hence the artsy photos above.)
Why you may ask? I agreed with my work that I would complete a distance learning degree. It has been a long time coming but I have finally completed the first week of the study school.