Author: Suzi Stamp

This Month On The Blog

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September marks a really important milestone in my blogging life.  My blog turns 1 later in the month so I have themed many of this month’s posts around blogging, from where I find inspiration for my blog posts, blog post ideas, what a typical “blogging” day looks like for me, blog challenges and how I have overcome them and my plans for the blog for the coming year.

I am also launching a new business which will be shared here on the day!  I am doing a series of count down posts to the big day so you shouldn’t miss the big day itself!

This month sees the return of my Saturday Shout Out series and I have a lot of brilliant blogs to share with you each Saturday!

There are also the usual posts – Top 10 Thursday, Weekly Roundups each Sunday along with the return of my Saturday Shout Out series which I am really excited to be starting back up as I have a lot of brilliant bloggers and blogs to share with you!

What have you got planned for your blogs this month?  Let me know in the comments as I’d love to know!

Recipe of the Month – September

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This is one of those dishes that I have had made for me but never attempted to cook for myself.  Maybe now I have written this post about Carrot & Broccoli Peanut Noodles I might actually get around to cooking this for myself!

Ingredients

  • A head of broccoli cut into florets
  • A carrot cut into small cubes
  • A small onion, chopped finely
  • Olive oil (just a drizzle)
  • Noodles.  You can use whichever noodles are your favourite.
  • Peanut butter (2-3 tablespoons)
  • Chilli powder (for heat)
  • Soy sauce
  • Fresh lime, juiced
  • Garlic clove, minced
  • Ginger, 1 teaspoon, minced
  • Maple Syrup

Method

  • Place the carrots and broccoli florets onto a baking tray and drizzle with olive oil before placing in a pre-heated oven to roast for around 20 mins
  • Add peanut butter, soy sauce (aim for an equal amount of both) and stir, once you have a smooth consistency add the lime juice, minced garlic and ginger and the chilli powder, stir until all is combined, taste the sauce and adjust the sweetness using the maple syrup added a little at a time.  You can also adjust the heat by adding more chilli powder or leaving it out completely.
  • Cook the noodles and once the veg has roasted combine with the noodles before adding the sauce.

I have had this dish with other veg added such as sweetcorn, beansprouts and cabbage shredded finely which have all been really tasty!

 

Saturday Shout Out

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Saturday Shout Out gives you all a chance to meet some new bloggers, find new blogs to read or get your blog noticed a bit more. It is my way of thanking the blogging community for being so supportive of me and my little blog and introducing new blogs that you may not have seen or read before.

What this means…

Every Saturday I will choose one blog, share a bit about it along with your blog link. I will also share your blog to my Instagram account and my Twitter account.

If you are interested in taking part then drop me an email to my.colourful.life@outlook.com with Saturday Shout Out as the subject line and I will send you a form to fill out!

One Week To Go!!!!

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There is just ONE week left until my new business launch day arrives!!!  Just a few technical tweaks to make to the website and a run through of the navigation of the site to check all pages and links work and then everything will be ready!!!  I’m so excited!!!!

 

Weekly Roundup 25/08/19 – 31/08/19

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  • Reading

I’ve been a bit slow with reading my book this week, I seem to have been reading lots, just not my book.  I have been reading blogs and some interesting articles in the Lifestyle section of the Guardian along with some research material linked to my new business.

  • Watching

I feel like I’ve not really watched anything much this past week either, though I have watched a few episodes of Dr Foster on Netflix.  Also, for the first time in nearly a year, I caught an episode of Eastenders.

  • Listening to

While I may not have been reading much, I have been able to listen to a book on Audible thanks to being able to wear headphones in work.  I chose Unnatural Causes which is by and read by Dr Richard Shepheard.  While the subject is a bit morbid, it’s about death and autopsies, I found it really fascinating to listen to.  I think I made a good choice with this audiobook!

  • Drinking

While I am a massive lover of coffee, sometimes I fancy getting my caffeine fix from other places.  I saw some Monster Energy cans on offer in my local Tesco, in a flavour called “The Doctor” and fancied giving them a try.  I find that a lot of energy drinks are overly sweet and stick but these were really nice.  The taste was similar to Lilt (which I used to love).  I bought 4 cans and have 2 left in work to have when I fancy something cold.

  • Doing

I’ve been working towards getting my business ready for the launch which has meant a lot of time on the internet, researching and working on my site coupled with a lot of thinking and note-taking, testing and trying things out!  I also visited my parents last Sunday, my brother was down from London so I got to spend some time with him too, Mum cooked a lovely dinner and we had a really nice time just being together.

  • Feeling

I’m feeling pretty excited about how well all my ideas are coming together and that I am soon able to launch my business.  I am also feeling a bit nervous and have a bit of anxiety around it, worried about whether people will like what I am offering and how well I will do and whether it will succeed.  I guess I will just have to wait and see!

How has your week been?  What have you been up to?  I’d love to hear in the comments!