Food: Fully loaded Veg Spelt Pasta

 

Fully loaded vegetable spelt pasta!

 

If like me, you love pasta but hate the effects of all the added carbohydrates, sugars etc then this dish may be as good to you as it has been to me :-)

I am trying to eat more veggies and fewer carbs, this dish is a great way to get in as many veggies as you can with half the carbs!

Ingredients

• Organic Whole Wheat Spelt Fusilli
• Tomato passata
• Fresh Basil
• Sweet Red Pepper
• Sweet Yellow Pepper
• Shallots
• Garlic
• Courgette
• Meat Free Style Balls (Veggie meatballs-Soya)
• Smoked paprika
• Black Pepper
• Mixed herbs
• Chili
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil

 

First boil two small handfuls (One if you have large hands) of Tesco Organic Whole Wheat Spelt Fusilli

(£0.75 Tesco)

 

According to 'organicfacts.net'...Spelt Pasta has some great health benefits.

Check out this link for more info...

https://www.organicfacts.net/health-benefits/cereal/spelt.html

Next pre-heat your oven (Temperature:Fan 170°C, Gas 5, 190°C) & add your Meat free balls (£1.50 Tesco) to a foil wrapped baking tray & cook for 15mins.

The next part is the fully loaded pasta sauce!

Roughly chop all the veggies into bite size pieces and leave to one side.

Fry shallots, garlic & chili in 1tbp of olive oil till soft, then add peppers & courgettes.

Next add all the spices, add the passata and bring to the boil.

When the meat free balls are almost done, add to the sauce and it's ready.

Add & mix the sauce & balls with the pasta and ENJOY!

@MsShayDivine

xXx

 

 

Petite & Curvy: Winter Coats (Follow Up)

Petite & Curvy: Winter Coats.. RESULT!

So...After what seems like months of shopping sprees, trying on shed loads of coats in a variety of styles, I finally found the perfect winter coat..in Jan!

So typical.

I seriously under estimated how hard this mission was going to be.

There weren't a lot of styles and lengths to choose from in most stores petite ranges and, as expected, most of those petite ranges DID NOT FACTOR IN CURVES!

So what happened was, I'd get the coat on but the bust &or hip area was not having any of it. There was no way the coat was going to zip/button up.

Most coats I tried drowned me, made me look naked underneath or aged me!

I spent hours on Oxford St, hours in Bluewater & Westfield's and just when I was about to give up and wear blanket scarves all season, then Marks & Spencer saved the day!

Now, remember I said I didn't want a padded coat as they're not tailored very well or flattering and can make us curvy petite ladies look a bit like Michelin man...?

Well I ate my words! And was happy to do so...

Marks and Spencer had a really great range of petite coats in a range of styles but the one that stood out the most for me was the PETITE Padded & Quilted Coat | M&S RRP £79.99

 

This coat is very well made, super warm and looks great on!

The padding is not all one style which adds a great silhouette and flatters my figure.

It hugs at all the right places, has super warm pockets and a luxurious fur hood!

Absolutely love this coat!

This mission further supports the notion that the fashion industry are still not catering to the curvy petites...

A hugh thank you to (@marksandspencer)

@MsShayDivine