Slimming world chicken Korma amazinggggg!!

I love food i'm the first to admit it and i am the girl that will give anything a try! Thai, Chinese, European, Japanese, Mexican, Indian and so on in a range of meats and seafood.

I'm back on the fat club plan and really enjoying it wont have my first weigh in till next week sadly but hey ho never mind!

I have recently discovered this amazing recipe for quick and easy Chicken Korma

Ingredients 

Chicken Breast

1.5 tbsp Korma Spice Mix

1 Mullerlight Greek style coconut Yogurt 

1/2 Chicken stock pot

Onion 

2 Large Mushrooms

1/2 Pepper Colour optional

1/2 Cup Frozen Peas

Salt

Rice

Frylight

Firstly chop up all your Chicken, Mushrooms and Onion into nice chunky pieces, then add the chicken and onion to a hot pan sprayed with frylight and cook for 5 mins halfway through adding the korma spice. 

Cook rice as usual ready to serve with the Korma.

Add the 1/2 stock cube to the pan undiluted and add 70ml of boiling water stirring till the stock has broken down.

Then add the Mushrooms, pepper and peas and cook for another 4 mins,

remove from the heat and stir the coconut yogurt into the mix and serve.

Absolutely amazing!!! 

Crazy Days!

Well the past 2 days have been a bit mental! Firstly my poor baby cat had to go to the vets then today i have been to the hospital so i haven't had chance for much fun stuff. I have however been to my fave place in the world Blyth Craft Studio and got myself a few goodies as a reward for the nurse injuring me. I got some gorgeous papers, a new Woodware craft Creations cow punch which i love love love! Some Distress Ink in Faded Jeans, 2 Memento inks in Desert Sand and Rich Cocoa, some Stix 2 Anything die cut ovals and squares as i still don't have my Sizzix Big Shot :-( some card scrap packs and a gorgeous Chinese design Delta rubber stamp. So i now have lots of fun things to play with over the next few days.

I love the cow punch 

Product Review Woodware Craft Collection Flower Punch

Well i thought i would start my product reviews and no better place to start than with my Woodware Flower punch. I bought it among my first purchase from Blyth Craft Studio and i love love love it.

First of all i love the colour, i mean who doesn't love pink. Secondly i adore the flowers it produces, you can make a scrap of paper into something handy and very pretty that i can use over and over on my creations. The cut is nice and crisp with no ragged edges and considering my grip is pretty shocking it is easy to hold and use. All in all it gets a big thumbs up and 10/10 from me. I can't wait to collect some more beautiful punches in the range.

I love them all :-) 

For more info about Woodware crafts amazing range of goodies and the retailers that stock them pop by and check them out.

http://www.woodware.co.uk/

Having an off one!

Today has been pretty much a non event for me, which i am gutted about as i had so many things planned to do today! I have cards to make to post on Monday that i just haven't had the energy to do today. I did however this morning manage to drag myself to Tesco for the new issue of Simply cards and papercraft magazine as i have been waiting for the set of Indigo Blu rubber stamps to appear as a free gift :-) which alas they now have and i am rather excited to get them but gutted i have not one bit of energy to play with them! But at least i know i have them so that's half the battle! I love Indigo Blu designs they are stunning so i can't wait to add them into my mini masterpieces.

Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day for me and i will be able to play with lots of my new toys. I did nip into poundland to grab some more paper packs as they still don't have my fave craft packs back in stock these will have to do for now i guess. Oh well i am away back to bed to try and sleep some energy back into me, ready to play tomorrow.

Have a fab Saturday night everyone xx

Give me Quiche SW style

As i am back on the slimming world wagon i am cooking up a storm again :-) With the help of my sous chef as me, knives and tremors don't mix! I love the food that you can eat on slimming word plan and really don't know why i fall off the wagon! This time i am doing it and doing it right because my weight isn't helping my health in any way.

After perusing A Beautiful Mess and spotting their gorgeous quiche recipe i thought i would do a super healthy crustless version that is slimming world friendly but equally as tasty. I am following the extra easy plan as i always get the best results from it.

This is fab because you can make so many different meals with quiche and it's fab just to have in the fridge as a snack as one of the times i feel i stray off the diet path is when i am mega hungry and need something NOW so this is ideal to have ready to munch on.

What you will need for the quiche

Reduced/Low fat cheddar 45g healthy extra

Red pepper

Broccoli

Onion red and white

Tomato

Mushrooms

Frylight

Sweetcorn

8 Eggs Free range

Salt & Pepper

Oven proof Dish

Firstly i always prep my eggs by cracking them into a jug and whisking them adding the cheese, salt and pepper.

Then prep your veg by chopping it up into chunky size pieces.

Next spray your oven proof dish with a coating of frylight then pop your veg in, then cover with the egg mixture.Leaving the tomato till last pop on top once the egg mixture has been added.

Pop it in the oven on gas mark 6 for 25 mins or until the egg is firm and golden.

Mmmmmmmmm lunch is served! 

All healthy and all free :0

My Inspiration

For a long time i have wanted to start my blog after reading so many amazing ones i decided that i can do that and alas Emsie Makes was born :-) I love crafting, making and learning so i thought why not go for it and share my ideas with the world, i know it's not perfect at the moment but it is a working progress and hopefully will grow as i do.

One of the inspirations to set up my own blog came from my fave daily read A Beautiful Mess 

I absolutely love this blog, it has everything you could want from a blog. I especially love their tutorials and recipes. If you haven't checked it out i suggest you do because i guarantee you will pick up some amazing tips and projects. 

Check this beauty out, just one of the amazing recipes over at A Beautiful Mess

Image taken from A Beautiful Mess

Finding a bargain on Ebay

I got some fab new goodies today i purchased off ebay :-) I keep finding bargains so i figure it's rude not to purchase them. Over the past few weeks i have managed to bag Sizzix dies, Fiskars Punches, papers , stamps, glues, inks, card blanks and loads more. When starting to build up a collection it can be very expensive so ebay is a fab place to start.

How to nab a bargain

1. I always search items ending soonest so i am available to bid on the item.

2. When searching i usually go for Craft Clearout then you usually get a mix of everything usually for bargain prices unless you are looking for specific items. 

3. Even browsing through the lots for sale can give you inspiration for crafting projects, i always have a pen and paper handy to jot these down.

4. Set a budget and stick to it, i usually give myself a weekly allowance of what i can spend on goodies. If you end up bidding more that you would really like to it's no longer a bargain so be mindful.

5. Avoid Buy it nows they are usually way overpriced for what they are.

6. As fab as it is buying remember you can sell to, it's a fab way to keep your craft room de-cluttered.

I got all of this for £13.00 amazing bargain or what!

Some of my new die cuts i received today, I got 11 of them for £11.00 and i have just bought some gorgeous new rubber stamps today for 65p!

It's always worth checking ebay out, even with postage it can work out a lot cheaper and you can get things that are no longer available in the shops.