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Healthy Food Tips

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As consuming a healthy, balanced, nutritionally packed diet is extremely important, continue reading to discover a few healthy food tips which will help you clean up your diet.

Healthy Food Tips:

Prepare healthy home made pop corn as a treat:

Instead of opening a bag of chips or crisps in order to satisfy your craving for a salty snack, it’s a great idea to get into the habit of preparing healthy home made popcorn. Just be sure to refrain from using butter to pop your kernels and to limit the amount of salt which you use on your home made popcorn. If your homemade popcorn needs a little extra seasoning try experimenting with using pepper corn on your homemade popcorn.

Swap out your plates and bowls for smaller versions:

If you find it hard to serve yourself healthy portions, the bowls and plates which you’re using may be partially to blame. As many modern day plates and bowls are far too large. You may notice that once you swap out your oversized plates and bowls for smaller versions, that you’ll be able to fill up your plates and bowls, without over eating. However as your plates and bowls will look full, psychologically you’ll feel a whole lot more satisfied than you would be if you were to eat the same sized portion, served in a larger plate or bowl.

Use small plastic containers to store healthy snacks:

To ensure that you always have healthy food options on hand if you get peckish, it’s a great idea to use small plastic containers in order to store healthy snacks. Which you’ll be able to keep in your bag and in your car’s glove box. As examples, you can never go wrong filling a small container with dried fruit such as dried nectarines and prunes or with filling a small container with home made pop corn or nuts.

Grow your own herbs in order to season healthy dishes:

One way to enjoy eating healthier, low fat meals is to start growing your own herbs. As you don’t need a large garden to grow your own herbs and you’ll be able to grow tasty herbs such as basil and coriander in your kitchen. Simply place a few herb pots on your windowsill. So that they’ll enjoy plenty of natural light. One example of a healthy meal which is made better by herbs is smoked salmon served with asparagus.

If you grow vegetables ask to swap your surplus vegetables with family members, friends and neighbors:

Instead of trying to grow a wide variety of vegetables in your garden aim to grow a few different types of vegetables such as lettuce, spinach and corn. As you’ll easily be able to swap your surplus vegetables for other vegetables such as peas, beans and potatoes, with your friends, family members and neighbors. Which will allow you to enjoy a wide variety of vegetables each year, with minimal effort.

So if you’ve been seriously considering making a few changes to your diet in order to clean up your diet and to experience a much needed boost in energy, it’s well worth testing out all of the healthy food tips listed above.

Fun Family Meals for Adventurous Families

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Instead of serving your family the same meals over and over, bring a bit of excitement to your family’s meals by trying out a few of the unique family meal ideas which are listed below.

Fun Family Meals for Adventurous Families:

Chorizo lasagne:

Instead of opting for a traditional lasagne, it’s well worth experimenting with preparing a chorizo lasagne. Especially if your kids love chorizo sausages. To cook a mouth watering chorizo lasagne that your whole family will love you’ll need dry lasagne sheets, chorizo sausages, garlic, carrots, rosemary sprigs, mince, tomato paste, diced tomatoes, basil leaves, parmesan cheese and mozzarella cheese. Just be sure to peel your chorizo sausages before you get started as its best to use skinless chorizo sausages.

Pita pocket pizzas:

If you’re looking for a healthier alternative to cooking traditional pizzas, it’s well worth purchasing a packet of pita bread pockets which you’ll be able to use to create customized pita pocket pizzas for each member of your family. Which is great as if one of your kids loves pineapple and ham and their sibling prefers pepperoni and olives, each kid will be able to help make their very own custom pita pocket pizza! As an added bonus pita pocket pizzas are smaller in size than normal pizzas and are the ideal size for hungry children.

Fish pie:

In the cold winter months, it’s well worth preparing a hearty fish pie for your family. Even fussy eaters will love eating a hot fish pie as most kids love eating potato top pies. To create a mouth watering fish pie that your whole family will love you’ll need 1 kg of peeled potatoes, milk, butter, flour, spring onions, fish pie mix, mustard, sweet corn and cheddar cheese. If your family isn’t too keen on fish you can also substitute fish for mince.

Mashed potatoes, served with sausages and gravy:

Another hearty dish that will quickly become one of your children’s favorite dishes is mashed potatoes served with sausages and gravy. Which you can choose to serve with roasted vegetables or a healthy side salad. If one or more of your family members is vegetarian, simply swap out sausages for vegetarian sausages which are readily available at most grocery stores.

Ground turkey spaghetti:

While your kids may be used to eating traditional spaghetti which is served with meatballs, it’s well worth using ground turkey to create a more gourmet version of spaghetti, which is still family friendly.

Mouth watering turkey burgers:

If your kids discover that they love the taste of turkey, you may want to get their help creating home made turkey patties which you’ll be able use to create home made turkey burgers. Other examples of ingredients that you may want to purchase to add to your turkey burgers include pineapple, beetroot, cheddar cheese, pickles, tomatoes, lettuce and relish. Instead of serving potato chips with turkey burgers, it’s a great idea to try to pair home made sweet potato chips with your turkey burgers.

So if your kids are adventurous when it comes to trying new foods, they’ll love experimenting with some of the delicious family friendly meals which are listed above.

4 Invaluable Finance Tips

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To avoid neglecting your finances and to ensure that you’ll be able to enjoy your retirement as well as your youth, simply continue reading to discover a few invaluable finance tips.

4 Invaluable Finance Tips:

Make sure that you regularly put money towards your retirement plans and schemes:

In order to ensure that you’ll be able to enjoy a comfortable retirement, it’s important to start saving for your future retirement as soon as possible. As the more money that you put away for your retirement the more luxurious a retirement that you’ll be able to afford. After all, don’t you want to be able to go on international vacations and to enjoy meals at your favorite restaurants when you’re retired?

Ensure that you devote a portion of your monthly income to accumulating investments:

While it’s important to put money into your various retirement plans and schemes, it’s also extremely important to get into the habit of wisely investing a portion of your monthly income. As if you start earning passive income and capital income from your diversified investments by the time that you retire, you’ll enjoy receiving passive income, even though you’re no longer working.

In fact, if you start investing young, you’ll actually start to reap the rewards of investing while you’re still young. So you’ll be able to make the most out of your life, instead of relying on your limited income in order to pay for your lifestyle.

Get rid of any credit card debts which you may have accumulated over the years:

If you don’t have any credit card debt and pay off all of your credit cards before the end of each month, congratulations. You’re already well on track to taking control of your finances.

However, if you have accumulated credit card debt over the years, it’s a wise idea to use any disposable income which you have left each month after paying for your essentials such as your rent, food and bills, in order to start paying off your credit card debt. As the sooner that you pay off your credit card debts the less money that you’ll end up paying to your credit card company in interest. Better yet, with the money that you’ll save you’ll be able to invest into a diversified investment portfolio. So you’ll actually end up earning more money, instead of giving extra money to your credit card company.

Make sure that you have health insurance:

In order to avoid having your bank accounts being cleaned out if you develop a serious health condition, it’s a great idea to ensure that you have a health insurance plan. Even if you already have a health insurance plan it’s a wise idea to double check what coverage you have, so that you’ll have your medical costs covered for if you’re ever diagnosed with a serious health condition. As some basic plans don’t cover certain medications, treatments or illnesses. So it’s well worth checking the fine print of your contract with your health insurance company.

So if you’d love to enjoy a luxurious retirement and to make the most out of your youth, it’s a great idea to use all of the finance tips listed above in order to take control of your financial future.

Home Decor DIY Ideas

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If you love picking up a paint brush, a hammer or a hot glue gun and using DIY renovation projects in order to transform the look of your home, simply continue reading to discover a few

Home Decor DIY Ideas:

Create an eye catching nautical vase:

To create a stunning eye catching nautical vase that you’ll be able to use to display fresh flowers on a daily basis, simply use a hot glue gun to glue thick rope around the entirety of a plain vase. You may even be interested in experimenting with using multiple sizes of ropes to cover your vase, to add different dimensions to your vase. This DIY project is particularly suited to beach houses.

Turn an old cabinet door into a DIY serving tray:

If you frequently host social gatherings and enjoy entertaining your friends and family members, it’s well worth using an old unwanted cabinet door to create a gorgeous DIY serving tray. Just make sure to go to the effort to fill in any holes in your chosen cabinet door with wood filler before sanding and painting your cabinet door. If in doubt, you can never go wrong opting to paint your DIY serving tray a crisp shade of white. Lastly add two handles on your serving tray, so that you’ll be able to carry it from your kitchen to your lounge, dining room or deck with little fuss.

Use patterned wall paper in order to decorate your cabinets:

Speaking of cabinets, if you’re sick and tired of your old cabinets in your bedroom, kitchen, office or lounge, you can easily give your outdated cabinets a new lease of life by covering your cabinet draws with fun decorative wallpaper. As an example if you’re a fan of pretty floral prints, you may want to cover your bathroom cabinets with floral wall paper. Which will give your bathroom a look which wouldn’t look unusual in a fancy, boutique hotel.

Add pom poms to your curtains, pillows and blankets:

Another way to update the look of your home is to add inexpensive pom poms, which you’ll be able to purchase at your local arts and crafts supplier. Once you purchase some pom poms, you’ll be able to sew them onto the edges of your curtains, pillows and blankets. As an example you may want to sew multicolored pom poms onto the edges of a cheap throw which you’ll be able to drape over the hand rest of your sofa. Or you may want to add classic white pom poms to the edges of your white curtains.

Create your own DIY placemats:

To spruce up your dining room, simply pick out fabric which boasts a fabric which you love. Which you’ll be able to double back and cover with vinyl. Once your DIY placemats are covered in vinyl, you’ll be able to easy clean up any spills with a sponge or wet cloth.

So if you love incorporating new textures, patterns, colors and embellishments to your home, it’s well worth choosing a few fun DIY projects to get started on!