Yankee Candle Review

Ever since my birthday back in October, when I was given a three piece gift set, I have been hooked on Yankee Candles. I am yet to find any other candles that smell exactly how they are described. The florals are strong and fresh, the food inspired smell delicious, and the fresh scents are calming and homely. Unfortunately here in Australia, there are no Yankee stores and candles can only be found overpriced and in limited supply in few stores or online. In Australian stores, the small jars are $24 compared to the American price of $11, and large jar candles are $50, while America prices at $28. Also, because of the small supplies, Australian stores never offer sales. Currently on the American website, many large jar candles are on sale for $14, which means in Australia, you pay a crazy 72% more!

Floral scents: Midnight Jasmine, French Lavender and Garden Hideaway (small jars).
Food and Spice scent: Be Thankful smells like pumpkin and apple pies, cinnamon and fresh bread.

Votives in Kitchen Spice, Creamy Caramel, Vanilla Cupcake, Vanilla Lime and Lemon Lavender.

Christmas Cookie smells like freshly baked cookies with sugary vanilla icing.

My Little Pony Inspired Nails, Rainbow Dash

Ever since I stumbled across My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic on Youtube, I have been obsessed with the adorable and quirky characters of the series. Even though I was born in 1993, the 1986 My Little Pony Movie was my favorite when I was young, but the newest generation four ponies are the greatest by far.

 

While I have seen a tonne of incredibly detailed My Little Pony themed designs, I prefer to stick to more subtly inspired nails. My first MLP nails are based on the awesome Pegasus pony Rainbow Dash who represents the element of loyalty.

The polishes used are a chunky mixed glitter polish by Chi Chi and Dreamer by Revlon.

Easy Crustless Vegetable Quiche

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Ingredients:

wholemeal bread crumbs

1 finely chopped onion 

6 eggs

1/2 cup reduced fat grated cheese

2 tbs wholemeal flour

1 tsp crushed garlic

2 tsp Italian herbs

3 cups vegetables chosen from:

    spinach, zucchini, mushroom, pumpkin, sweet potato, capsicum, corn, broccoli,   asparagus, carrots, tomato

Method

Step 1.  

 Preheat oven to 180°C. Lightly grease quiche dish and add a thin layer of breadcrumbs to cover the base and sides. 

Step 2.

In a large bowl, add 3 cups of vegetables, 1/2 cup of grated cheese, crushed garlic and Italian herbs. The vegetables I used were pumpkin (cooked in a microwave for 1 minute to soften), capsicum, zucchini and spinach.

Step3. 

Lightly beat eggs and add to mixture with 2 tablespoons of flour.

Step 4. 

Pour mixture in quiche dish and place in oven for 30-40 minutes or until golden brown and egg is set.

My First Gingerbread House

Yes, it may only be a pre-baked boxed kit, but after failing miserably at making a gingerbread house from scratch last year, this way was definitely more fun (even though the gingerbread tastes a little like sugary ginger flavored cardboard). Here's a 13 second video of the entire process. Note: Because the lollies/candy that came with the kit were pretty crappy, the ones shown did not come with the kit.