What’s better than going home and be surrounded by the scent of freshly baked warm cookies, or relaxing and releasing stress by kneading? Here’s my solution: spicy gingerbread biscuits. Out of season? No, when I keep them simple and rustic without coloured icing and traditional Christmas shapes. It’s a recipe I truly love and I keep “reworking” to suit my tastes and the difficulty of finding the molasses which makes the dough more malleable. The ingredients for about 40 biscuits are:420 gr. 0 flour100 gr. sugar120 gr. soft butter160 ml. local honey1 large egg or 3 medium eggs3/4 teaspoon of baking soda1/4 teaspoon salt2 teaspoons ground ginger *1 teaspoon ground cinnamon *1/4…
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Avon Solutions Hydra Radiance Refreshing Gel Cleanser – review
Since my skin has become drier tha usual, I decided to use regularly the cleanser you can see in the picture below. It’s the Hydra Radiance refreshing gel cleanser, from the Avon Solutions line studied for dry skin or with dull complexion. This line, formulated with grains of paradise (also known as Guinea pepper), fruits of the Afromomum Meleguetta plant, aims to help accelerate the cell renewal process with products for each skin care daily routine step. The Hydra Radiance gel cleanser promises to “reveal refreshingly clean skin with a healthy looking, luminous glow”. Let’s see how it works and if it really does what it promises. This cleanser is…
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Healty Eating: Fuchsia Beetroot Salad – recipe
It’s colourful, easy to prepare and super healthy: it’s the beetroot salad! I often add beetroot to my diet because it has many good properties. It helps digestion, lowers cholesterol, it’s rich in minerals (magnesium, phosphorus, potassium and calcium) and it’s good in case of anaemia thanks to its iron and anthocyanins content. Maybe beets aren’t everyone’s cup of tea but they can be quite tasty and easy to serve with this fuchsia beetroot salad. Ingredients you need for this beetroot salad This “fuchsia salad” is ready in just 5 minutes and only needs: half red or a “delicate” onion a pack of pre-steamed beetroots 1 tablespoon…
