DIY Lemon Lip Scrub

Do you ever feel like you just wanna put lip scrub, but you don't have any of it? That is exactly what I felt this morning. I woke up with a very dry lip, and I was searching my lip scrub but I guess I left it in Bali. So here I present is DIY Lemon Lip Scrub (in 3mins) if you ever feel what I felt! 

Ingredients :

• 1 tsp of Brown Sugar
• 1.5 tsp of White Sugar
• 1 tsp of Honey
• 1/2 tsp of Coconut Oil
• Dash of lemon juice

Mix all of the ingredients together in a small bowl to make a sugary paste. You can add more or less of some ingredients to get the consistency how you like.

To Use :
Use your finger to dippy-dip into the scrub and amount of scrub to your lips and massage it around for about 20 seconds or so. Use soft circular motions across your lips. Rinse with warm water (not warm is okay) and apply your favorite lip balm afterwards for soft n’ silky lips. 

Beauty experts recommend scrubbing your lips at least once a week, and more during winter. It only takes a few minutes to scrub your lips, so doing it once, even twice a week, is very realistic. 

NOTE :  Any leftovers should be stored in the fridge.

WHY?

Coconut Oil = vit E & K, polyphenols are anti aging, & fatty acids that moisturize w/o breakouts

Honey = A natural source rich in essential vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. Absorbs and retains moisture, natural antibacterial, amino acids that moisturise. 

Brown Sugar: Has anti-bacterial properties and vitamin B.

White Sugar: Naturally draws moisture into the skin, is a natural AHA that encourages cell turnover (for younger looking skin!), natural source of glycolic acid which can help sun-damaged skin.

Lemon Juice = vit C & citric acid brighten skin, scars, and exfoliates.

Since this is homemade, beside doesn't contain any harsh chemicals, it also tastes so good!

Creamy Avocado Green Tea Popsicles

Creamy Avocado Green Tea Popsicles

Yield : 6 popsicles

Ingredients

3  avocados

50  ml coconut milk

1 tsp pure vanilla extract

2 Tbsp matcha powder

3 Tbsp maple syrup

Methods

1. In a food processor, pulse avocados and coconut milk until smooth.

2. Add vanilla extract, matcha powder, and maple syrup and pulse until combined.

3. Divide mixture between four popsicle moulds and place in the freezer until frozen. Serve frozen, on a bed of ice to stay cold.

*Note: If you don’t have popsicle moulds, you can pour the mixture between four glasses and place a popsicle stick or a solid straw in the center.

Recipe from www.munchinwithmunchkin.com

TIPS to unmold the popsicles :

1. Fill a pan or container that is at least as tall as your mold with warm (not hot) water, and briefly dip the mold in until the pops loosen, about 20 to 30 seconds. And pull your popsicles out. 

2. Simply let the ice pops sit at room temperature until they can be easily removed from their mold (but still hold their shape).

Once they're unmolded paletas are ready to be eaten, but it's best to wait a bit. Wrap pops in resealable plastic bags or store them in airtight plastic containers (use wax paper or plastic wrap to layer) and freeze for at least 30 minutes. This second freezing helps ice pops hold their shape a bit better so they won't melt quite so quickly while you're eating them. If well wrapped, ice pops will keep for three to four weeks.

Homemade Vanilla Almond Milk

Sorry for not posted anyhing this couple days. Me and my family went to Surabaya for friend's wedding and I can pnly eat hotel's breakfast. 😂

but here is a #throwback month ago (?) when I made Homemade Vanilla Almond Milk! 🙌🏻

Homemade Vanilla Almond Milk

Ingredients

1 cup raw almonds, soaked in water

3.5 cups filtered water

2 pitted Medjool dates, to taste

1 whole vanilla bean, chopped

¼ tsp ground cinnamon

small pinch of fine grain sea salt, to enhance the flavour

Methods

1. Place almonds in a bowl and cover with water. It’s preferred to soak them overnight (for 8-12 hours) in the water, but you can get away with soaking for 1-2 hours in a pinch.

2. Rinse and drain the almonds and place into a blender along with all the ingredients. 

3. Blend on highest speed for 1 minute or so.

4. Place a nut milk bag over a large bowl and slowly pour the almond milk mixture into the bag. Gently squeeze the bottom of the bag to release the milk. This took me about 3-5 minutes to get all the milk out.

5. Pour into a glass jar to store in the fridge for up to 3-5 days. Shake jar very well before using as the mixture separates when sitting. Enjoy with Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies for a real treat. This milk is also lovely with cereal.

Notes: If your dates or vanilla bean are dry/stiff, soak in water to soften before use. You can also use another sweetener of your choice like maple syrup. Same goes for vanilla – feel free to use vanilla extract for a more subtle vanilla flavour.

Recipe from ohsheglows.com

Banana Bread Granola

A little #throwback to last week when I made this Banana Bread Granola. This was the mosst tasty and delicious granola I've ever made! Buttt sadly, it already gone in 4 days cause I always sneakily grab it. 🙊 want to make it again but I still have Sweet Potatoes Granola. 😅

Banana Bread Granola

Ingredients

3  Cups rolled oats

¾ Cup walnuts

½ Cup almonds

3  Tbsp brown sugar

½ tsp pink himalayan salt

½ Tbsp cinnamon

1 Tbsp flax seed

¼ Cup coconut oil

⅓  Cup + 1 Tbsp maple syrup

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 Medium ripe banana, mashed

Methods

1. Preheat oven to 350.

2. Mix the oats, cinnamon, brown sugar, salt, flaxseed and nuts together in a large bowl. 

3. In a small saucepan over medium low heat, warm the coconut oil, maple syrup and vanilla extract. Once liquidy, remove from heat and whisk in banana puree until well combined. Pour over the dry ingredients and mix well.

4. Spread the mixture evenly onto one or two baking sheets (making sure it doesn’t get crowded) and bake for 23-28 minutes or until golden brown. The coconut oil will help it crisp up well, but be sure to watch it carefully as it can brown quickly.

NOTE: If you don’t toss the granola while baking, it will make get clumpy, which I personally love. But if you want a more crumbly granola, toss/stir a bit at the halfway point to break up the clumps.

5. Once the granola is visibly browned, remove from the oven and toss just a bit to let the heat escape. Cool completely on the baking sheet or in a heat-safe bowl. Store in a container or jar with an air-tight seal – it should keep for a couple weeks.

Adapted from minimalistbaker.com

Peanut Butter Swirl Oatmeal

Today's workouts✓Made these Peanut Butter Swirl Oatmeal for me and my Mom.

My parents went to beach today but I didn't go cause I felt really tired after yesterday did @blogilates 1000 abs! 🙌🏻

Peanut Butter Swirl Oatmeal

Yield : 1 serving

Ingredients

½ cup oatmeal

1 cup unsweetened Almond milk

½ tbsp unsweetened cacao powder

½ ripe banana, mashed

1 tbsp peanut butter + 1 tbsp peanut butter for the swirl

Dash of cinnamon

Pinch of salt

Method 

1. Mixed all the ingredients in a sauce pan (leave out 1 tbsp of peanut butter) and turn the heat to medium high. Bring to boiling. 

2. Turn the heat to medium and cook for about 5 mins, or until thicken. Stir often. 

3. Pour to a bowl and drizzle with 1 tbsp peanut vutter. Swirl with spoon. 

One Bowl Banana Bread

What I've told you before that I made One Bowl Banana Bread yesterday evening.

This was also my breakfast, ate 2 of it with oeanut butter on top of it to make it more delicious.

I had so much ripe bananas yesterday and decided to make this bread that I saw on @minimalistbaker's blog. It turned outtt good! Even my parents brought half of it to their work.

Check out @minimalistbaker's instagram and blog for moreee drolling recipe. 😋

One Bowl Banana Bread

Yield : 10 servings

Ingredients

3 medium ripe bananas

½ tsp pure vanilla extract

1 flax egg (1 tbsp flaxseeds + 3 tbsp water)

3 tbsp coconut oil, melted

¼ cup maple syrup

¼ cup brown sugar

2 tbsp honey, depending on ripeness of bananas

3½ tsp baking powder

¾ tsp sea salt

½ tsp ground cinnamon

1 cup almond milk

1¼  cup almond meal

1¼ cup wholeheat flour

1¼ cup rolled oats

Methods

1. Preheat oven to 350F and line a loaf pan with parchment paper or spray with nonstick spray.

2. Mash bananas in a large bowl. Add all ingredients through almond milk and whisk vigorously to combine. Last add almond meal, wholewheat flour and oats and stir.

3. Bake for 1 hour – 1 hour 15 minutes. When ready, it should feel firm and be crackly and golden brown on top.

4. Let cool completely before cutting or it will be too tender to hold form.

5. Serve with peanut butter and honey or as is. Store leftovers in a covered container for up to a few days. Slice and freeze for longer term storage.

Vegan Pesto Noodles

Ran shorter than before (5km) cause I don't why but my legs are hurt. 😕

Made Vegan Noodles Pesto for my Mom. My Mom is trying to eat healthy too hehe. Made the pesto from avocados and basil. But the noodles itself already green though. 

Today is suchhh a tiringg daaayy. After ran, I watched Castle and Law and Order until 10.00 (I guess). Theen, I made Yam Granola and some Granola Bars. Haven't finish baked them, and I left them cause I need to help my Grandma bcs she got 70 orders of 'Bubur Candil' from my auntie. 

Finished help my grandma around 5 PM, and then continuing the granola. Not finished yett. I made Banana Bread cause I've too much bananas. 😂😂 Everything (almost) done. 

Finally, cook Noodles Pesto for my Mom. But unfortunately I didn't have any Fresh Basil andd need to get some at the nearest supermarket. Bought it, cooked it anddd gave it to my Momm. She said it needed more salt, so next time I shall add more salt. 

Its still 10.15 PM but I think I want to sleepp, I need a breaaakk. Btw sorry for the long caption. 😂 Night! ⭐️

Vegan Pesto Noodles

Yield : 1 serving

Ingredients

1 fist fulls of noodles (I used basil noodles)

2 ripe avocados (soft, but not yet brown)

Juice of 1 lemons

2 cloves garlic

¼ cup olive oil

1 big handful of fresh basil

½ cup Shitake Mushroom, sliced

½ cup tofu

Generous pinch of salt

Sriracha Sauce (optional)

Methods

1. Cooked your spaghetti as the direction on the package. 

2. Put the avocados, lemons, garlic, olive oil, salt, and fresh basil on the blender or food processor. If you like spicy, you can add Sriracha Sauce now. Blend it until mixed well. 

3. On a small sauce pan, pour some olive oil.

4. Sautee the mushroom until lil bit brown, and then add the tofu. Cook it for about 5-10mins. Turn off the heat. 

5. Pour the pesto to the sauce pan, mixed it until well blended. 

6. Put the noodles into a bowl/plate. Pour the pesto on the top of it. 

Snack todaaaayy wass Cajun Baked Sweet Potatoes Fries. Easy but delicious. Recipe on my blog agaaaiinn. 🍠

Cajun Baked Sweet Potatoes Fries

Ingredients

2 large sweet potatoes, scrubbed clean. 

½ tsp sea salt

1.5 tsp garlic powder

1.5 tsp smoked paprika

¼ tsp black pepper

Cooking spray

1 Tbsp sugar of choice (coconut + cane are best)

Methods

1. Preheat oven to 200 C.

2. Leave the skin on and cut sweet potatoes into thin (the thinnest the crispier!).

3. Mixed all the seasonings, and sugar. Separate them into 2 small bowls. 

4. Sprinkle with 1 small bowl of seasonings, sugar and toss. Steamed them in a pan around 10-15 mins (or until half done). 

5. Transfer to two baking sheets and spray with cooking spray. 

6. Transfer fries to 1 large or 2 baking sheets and arrange in a single layer to ensure they crisp up. Then sprinkle again with the left seasonings. 

7. Bake for 25 minutes and flip/stir to cook on the other side. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes more, or until brown and crispy. You'll know they're done when the edges are dark brown and crispy.

8. Remove from oven and either serve as is, or drizzle with a bit of maple syrup or honey to offset spiciness. 

Granola Parfait

Happy Fourth of July guys! Ended up made Granola Parfait for celebrating 4th of July. 🇺🇸 but its not really blue though, cause I don't have fresh blueberries. 😓 I used mixed berries.

Granola Parfait

Yield : 1 serving

Ingredients

1 tbsp chia seeds

6 tbsp yoghurt (I used Greek Yoghurt)

Sliced fresh strawberries

Fresh blueberries (I used frozen cause I didb't have the fresh one)

Granola

Cacao Nibs (optional)

Methods

1. Mixed chia seeds and yoghurt in small air tight container. Leave it for min. 2 hours. 

2. Begin to layer the bottom of your serving glass. Start by layering the granola on the bottom, followed by a spoonful of chia pudding, blueberries, and strawberries. Repeat. Top with one more dollop of chia pudding and cacao nibs. These will keep fresh up to 2 days. 

Baked Eggs

Happy fourth of Julyyy! 🇺🇸 I'm not American and I never celebrate it before, but I do want to celebrate it this year with some fooddddss. I'm wondering what should I make. 👀 jogging this morning at Sanur Beach (againn) and took this photo of 'canang sari'. If you go to Bali, I might say that you'll definitely see 'canang sari' almost everywhere. Mostly in the entrance of shops, cafes, hotels, houses, etc. Its Balinese tradition/ritual to giving back what has been given to us by our Gods. 

Breakfast todaaayy was Baked Eggs that I adapted from @kayla_itsines's Revcipe Guide. It wasn't vegan, sorry. 😓 but you can substitute it with vegan eggs. Very simple!

Baked Eggs

Yield : 1 serving

Ingredients

2 eggs

2 tbsp water

¼ asparagus, sliced

¼ cup mushrooms, sliced

½ tomato, diced

20g grated feta cheese (or any kind of cheese)

Methods

1. Preheat oven to 180C. Greaae a ramekin with coconut oil. 

2. In large bowl add eggs and water, whisk to combine. 

3. Add the asparagus, mushrooms, tomato and stir to combine. 

4. Transfer egg mixture to the ramekin. Top with grated cheese. 

5. Bake in oven for 30mins or until egg mixture is cooked and golden. 

Recipe adapted from kaylaitsines's recipe guide. 

Fluffiest GF Pancakes!

Happy 1st of July everyoneee!✌🏻️

On this first breakfast of July finally I made my first 3 stacks pancake using @lonijane's e-book but I substituted brown rice flour with red rice flour. 😅 

Drizzled it with Homemade Coconut Chocolate Syrup and put Banana Granola that I made 2 days ago. I've almostt put everything with that granola cause its so delicious and crispyy! 😋

I love ittt, especially with Coconut Choco Syrup! Just had my dinner. It were 'Urap' (Indonesian salad with Coconut Dressing), and a pinneaple. Oh! And one small slice of watermelon.😋

Today's workout were @kayla_itsines's week 7 - Wednesday and @blogilates's July workout Calender. Finished both of them and fell asleep with that smelly clothes. 😂

Fluffiest GF Pancakes with Coconut Chocolate Syrup

Ingredients

Pancakes :

¾ cup buckwheat flour

¼ cup red rice flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 flax egg (mixed 1 tbsp flaxseed + 3 tbsp warm water for 15mins)

1 cup almond milk

Coconut oil (for cooking)

Coconut Chocolate Syrup :

½ tbsp raw cacao powder

2 tbsp maple syrup

½ tbsp coconut oil

Methods

Pancakes :

1. Preheat a non-stick pan to low-med heat. 

2. Whisk together flours, baking soda and vanilla extract until combined. 

3. Add flax egg and almond milk and mixed until well. 

3. Spray the pan with coconut oil, and pour some of the mixture in to form a circular shape. 

4. Flip back when it already bubbles and the edges turned matte. 

Coconut Chocolate Syrup :

1. Fill a bowl in halfway with boiling water, then place a smaller glass bowl inside to form a water bath. 

2. Add the coconut oil and allow it to melt in.

3. Add the cacao powder, and maple syrup. Mix well to get rid of any lumps.

4. Drizzle it on the top of your pancakes!

Pancakes Recipe updated from @lonijane's e-book.