BEYOUtiful In Your Skin

So I'm getting into making food from scratch to try and make money go further.

I'm going to start to document recipes that I make, in the hope it will help someone else too.

One of the big things you can make in bulk is soup. I have a soup maker but making them in a pan is also quite therapeutic.

VEGETABLE SOUP

1. Using a bit of spray oil, I softened some onion and leek (I would have put celery in it too but we didn't have any)

2. Once soft, I added carrots, lentils (that had been soaking for a good few hours) chicken stock and baby potatoes. The baby potatoes where added to literally thicken the soup up.

3. Once all the vegetables where soft and the soup was cooked, I then blitzed the soup up with a hand blender before returning to the hob to keep warm.

4. As we had gammon for tea the night before, we had some left over so I chopped up what we had left into cubes and added it into the soup, along with some Worcestershire sauce.

It's as simple as that! 🥰

You can add any left over vegetables that you have which is about to turn in your fridge/cupboards, and left over meat you may have from a roast dinner.

Making your food go further is literally key and what's fab is it tastes amazing, is super filling, so cheap to make and unbelievably healthy ❤️

Phew! It's 2023 already!

Anybody else feel like they've blinked and missed Christmas? 🎄🎅

As its a new year, typically we make promises to be a better version of ourselves, we work hard to get there and then we stop - old habits creep back in, we listen to negativity and then we are back where we started.

So what makes this year different? One word..MINDSET!

When you work on your mindset and your resolutions at the same time, you grow as a person.

So this year I'm going to work on my mindset, I'm blocking the negativity out and I'm going for my goals!
I'm not letting anyone get in my way and into my head.

Focusing my mind and going for it 🥰

2023 let's do this! Let's get me back # #

We are nearly there parents 🥰 Not long left to go with moving that pesky elf around the home.

I get how stressful it can be trying to remember to move it, thinking of new ideas then 'sod it I'll do this one from last year'.

I'm not gonna lie, this year Ive absolutely winged it. There's been one morning I didn't even move them 🤦‍♀️

If you are thinking of doing them next year and already dreading it, I'll give you one piece of advice.....DO YOU!
Don't compare what you are doing to what others are doing.
Your kids are gong to love what you are doing, you are keeping the magic alive for them and honestly, that's all you can do. Have fun with it too!

Some I haven't even taken pictures of this year but I'll share some I've done.
Christmas Eve our elves 'go back to Santa' and leave behind the Christmas Eve box with some goodies in.

Have fun and if you have done the elf this year, feel free to share your creations in the comments to help others 🥰

Love
Michelle xx

Today I've been seeing alot of posts online from people who are feeling low, struggling with their thoughts and not feeling themselves.

If you are in the same boat, I want to remind you:

❤️ Never let anyone tell you that you can't ❤️

Hey everyone!

I've been putting off doing this page for a while, until now!

Some of you know I am a Body Shop At Home Consultant called Beautiful In Your Skin.
The reason behind this is I'm a true believer that everyone needs to believe they are beautiful in every way.

Now is the time for me to take this a step further ❤️
I have set up this blogging/community page to share what I do to help myself to hopefully help others.
Running a house, having a family, a job and dealing with life's stresses and strains and not loosing sight of who you are as a person.

Welcome to our crazy world. I know it's cliché but if I can help one person not feel like they're on their own, I'm doing the right thing.

I'm going to be sharing our ups and downs, affirmations, positive quotes and dabble in a bit of TIKTOK to make you smile 🥰

Michelle
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