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Cauliflower scramble

Recipes / February 16, 2023

Cauliflower scramble

Quick, easy and delicious vegetarian meal, great for any time of the day. Versatile dish for your leftover veggies.

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Elowyn Grace ❤️❤️ 6 weeks of love, tears

Elowyn Grace ❤️❤️

6 weeks of love, tears, laughs and milestones.
Motherhood is slow, beautiful and frustrating. Never alone but sometimes lonely. My heart is overflowing with love yet my eyes are full of tears.
The time flies by and seeing my daughter grow and become little person is wonderful, but I want her to stay this tiny human forever ❤️

We love you lots and lots like jelly tots little scrunchie xxx

#elowyn #6weeksold #mydaughter #newbabygirl #baby2023 #newmumlife #4thtrimester #postpartumlife #motherhood #motherhoodunfiltered #realmotherhood #slowliving #newbornlife #newmumclub #loveandtears #slowmotherhood #newbornscrunch #newborncuddles #contactnap #breastfeedingjourney #tummytimefun #newbornmilestones #babyreel #newbornreels #babyreelsvideo

New blog post is up about all the things I knew be

New blog post is up about all the things I knew before I got pregnant 🤰

Link in my bio ☝️

#newblogpostalert #newbloggers #pregnancyblog #pregnancyblogger #thingsiwishiknew #mumbloguk #smallaccountlove #readmyblog #blogposts

A few snaps of the World Gig Championship from thi

A few snaps of the World Gig Championship from this weekend 🎉
Rowers are beasts! Cold, rainy and foggy and they still got out there and smashed it!
What an event to have on small islands like ours!

#wpgc2023 #worldgigchampionships #gigrowing #gigrowers #islesofscilly #visitislesofscilly #gigweekend #wpgc

My first Mother's Day (UK) yesterday 🤰 Although

My first Mother's Day (UK) yesterday 🤰
Although baby is still a couple months away, it was so wholesome to be appreciated and spoiled for the work my body is doing.
I've spent the day lounging in bed with the bump, watching movies with my partner and eating lots of lovely food he cooked for me ❤️

Somewhere amongst the quality moments it daunted on me... I'm going a Mother, a parent. At the moment, the title is a bit shapeless. I know what it means and what responsibilities it entails and yet it's an unknown.
I'm looking forward to finding out what parenthood is like but thing is clear already - I have huge respect for all the parents out there.

#myfirstmothersday #firstmothersday #newmum #31weekspregnant #babygirlcomingsoon #2monthstogo #mothersday2023 #firsttimemum #firstpregnancy #becomingamother #becomingaparent #newmumsclub #babybumplove #babybumpselfie

Unbelievable ❤️ can't wait to meet you, little

Unbelievable ❤️ can't wait to meet you, little kicker. Love you, Mum and Dad xx

#30weekspregnant #30weeks #firstpregnancy #pregnancyjourney #pregnancyreels #firstpregnancy #firsttimemumuk #mumtobe2023 #weekbyweekpregnancy #babygirlcomingsoon #babygirl2023 #babybumps #babyreel #islandbaby

🍳Cauliflower scramble is now on the blog ☝️

🍳Cauliflower scramble is now on the blog ☝️ recipe in bio

I've been trying to make more Czech dishes lately and this one takes me to my childhood!
As we call it Cauliflower brain 🧠 is an easy and quick recipe suitable for any time of the day. In Czech you would eat it as lunch with boiled potatoes but it's as delicious for breakfast with a piece of toast.
It takes less than 15 minutes and it's perfect for any leftover cauliflower dying in your fridge (or any other veggies really).

The best thing is that you adjust the seasoning to whatever you fancy today! Why not give it a go this weekend?

#cauliflowerscramble #kvetakovymozecek #cauliflowerrecipes #veggiescramble #czechrecipes #newontheblog #newrecipe #newrecipeontheblog #lifestyleblogging #recipeblogger #smallblog #startupblogger #newbloggers #smallaccountlove #mishmashodyssey #vegetarianrecipes

🛒Zero waste little haul from @zerowastebulkfood

🛒Zero waste little haul from @zerowastebulkfoods

This is a top up on a few things and sweets! We did a bigger one few weeks back that were still using.

Here we have:
- Pasta 2x
- Vegan fizzy sweets (the best ones ever that's why we have a kilo!)
- Red kidney beans
- Arborio rice
- Fizzy peaches to try
- Dark chocolate buttons

Everything comes in hessian bags or paper bags for things like sugar or spices and packaged in without plastic (obviously).
Then you just transfer items into your own containers and send the hessian bags back with a prepaid label. Easy!

I'm still building a collection of bags and jars so reusing plastic bags if I have to. Not a perfect system on my part - plastic free to plastic. But we do what we can/have to ❤️

#zerowasteshopping #zerowasteshop #zerowasteonlineshop #zerowastebulk #sustainablefoodpackaging #foodhaul #whatibought #noplastic #ecofriendlyshop #plasticbattle #sustainablechoices #supportsmallbusiness

❤️ More days like this ❤️ Although winter

❤️ More days like this ❤️

Although winter time on the islands means rest and less work, somehow there is always loads to do and not enough time to do it.
It's so important that we take time to appreciate the beautiful winter days when they come (it's been mostly rain this year) and enjoy time together as a little family ❤️

#islesofscilly #scillyisles #visitislesofscilly #winterscilly #stmartins #scillybeach #tinyisland #islandlifestyle #offseasonwork #islandcouple #scillydogs #dogsofinstagram #beachmorning #walksonthebeach

☕️ Chocolate baked oats and coffee for breakfa

☕️ Chocolate baked oats and coffee for breakfast

Let's talk strawberries 🍓 and other seasonal fruit. Love them BUT
In winter berries are not in season. They are expensive to buy. Come in plastic tub.
In my view not worth it fresh as they travel miles and don't last long.
They are delicious though, and that's why they are in my house.
My partner being thoughtful and trying to make me happy bought them for me. Thinking they are at least organic (not) he came home with them with a massive satisfaction smile on his face.
I don't force my beliefs and diet choices on him but he some of them rubbed off on him.
In my book it's the thought that counts. The thought to please someone and ask to pick a "better" option.
So my response won't be that I wouldn't buy them because that will discourage him from this journey. Instead I will be thankful.
In reality, O do most of the shopping choices anyway and having one pack of strawberries isn't that bad.

Spread love and appreciate little efforts ❤️

#tuesdaybreakfast #bakedoats #ecofriendlychoices #thinkenvironment #sustainablediet #eatsustainably #freshstrawberries #winterfruit #littleefforts #supportdontpunish #cafedirect #alproyoghurt #homemakers #sustainablechoices #thinksustainable #spreadlovenothate #veganbreakfastideas #thoughtthatcounts

Blog is up again 🥳 version 2.0 Link in the bio

Blog is up again 🥳 version 2.0

Link in the bio

You might have noticed that blog want available anymore for good few months now. My bad. I was so busy that the renewal slipped through the cracks 🤔

Unfortunately, after certain amount of time the blog and everything I wrote disappeared and couldn't be found again. My heart broke 💔 but then I thought... well, here is a chance to make it better.

My life has changed a bit since I started the blog three years ago. So reflect the changes I adjusted the blog too AND gave it a makeover. Sadly, all of the old content is gone, I might find it somewhere saved on my old laptop but don't hold your breath.

So here is it is. Newer, better and starting from scratch. That's life. Thank you for your support and subscribing if you're interested 😘

PS: it's only in English now.

#newblog #newbloggers #newbloggeruk #newlogodesign #mishmashodyssey #version2 #letsstartagain #smallaccount #smallaccountlove #homebloggeruk #sustainableblogger #sustainableblog #mumbloguk #naturalblogger #honestblogger #supportnewbloggers #blogwriter #tinyisland

🛒 Perfectly sustainable food shop? Absolutely

🛒 Perfectly sustainable food shop?

Absolutely not!

I try to shop as locally as I can but also economically and ecologically and to combine all of those factors is not easy.
I wish my life was the first picture where the only plastic is around the bread (and that gets reused). But it's not!

Living on a tiny island has its limitations. I also have a partner who although supports my efforts but also likes certain things so there is a need for compromise.

This shop is from our local butcher shop where I got the veg and bread - sadly not the meat as today was a bulk buy day.
The rest is from our local Co-op. I buy bits and bobs and smaller shops in our little island shop and on the veg stall every Saturday but this is what bulk buying for the cupboard looks like. I also order from @ethicalsuperstore and @zerowastebulkfoods when I have a list long enough (and time as it takes over a week to get here).

We got through everything in our cupboards and I wasn't looking ahead enough to order from ethical sources.

But some of the meat gets frozen, food in the cupboard will last two weeks 🤞, condiments longer, veg and fruit for this week.

I'm not beating myself up for the plastic I bought. No, it's not ideal and there is room for improvement but for now this is the best I can do. Next month will be better, or maybe the same. And that's okay because there are choices that are in the right direction! 🙏

#sustainableshop #ecofriendlyshopping #sustainablefoods #shoplocal #foodhaul #foodrestock #imperfectlysustainable #ecochoices #sustainablechoices #ecofriendlylifestyle #stillwaytogo

The perfect loaf of bread 😍🍞 One of my goal

The perfect loaf of bread 😍🍞

One of my goals for this winter was to reduce the plastic we buy. That meant making rather than buying bread as they come in plastic bags.
So far I've been having a lot of fun trying different recipes and then ditching them 😂 and making my bread by eye. So far no fails 🤞
This is my granary sandwich loaf and I'm in love with the shape and crack on top! I've been making a loaf every 2-3 days and so far didn't have to buy any bread at all.

"Recipe" will be coming on here, or rather the easy way to make bread. Also some experiments with muffins, crumpets and other baked good coming up 😊

#homemadebread #noplastic #noplasticbags #breadbaker #sandwichloaf #granarybread #homebakedbread #easybread #homemakers #fromscratchbaking #sustainabilitystartswithyou #dowhatican #breadlove #perfectloaf

Walk with me around my tiny island 🏝️ ✨ St

Walk with me around my tiny island 🏝️

✨ St. Martin's, Isles of Scilly ✨

The best way to start the morning. I used to journal, now I walk around the island with my dog. There is nobody around, not a soul.
I can talk to myself out loud and let the words fly away in the wind like dandelion seeds. I can surrender to sunshine or rain. I can laugh or cry without anyone hearing me. I can stay completely still and quiet.

This is freedom to me. And I fell in love with it.

#stmartins #stmartinsscilly #visitislesofscilly #morningwalks #walksformentalhealth #walksforthesoul #tinyisland #islandwalk #islandliving #scillylife #offseason #winterisland #dogwalksofinstagram #dogwalksuk #coastalwalks #coastalwalking #coastalwalksuk #mishmashodyssey #mentalhealthwalk

The luxury of a bath 🛁 Self care, whatever it

The luxury of a bath 🛁

Self care, whatever it looks like, is a sanity saver. Especially now, when we are at the finish line of@the Xmas madness. 🎅

Anyone who doesn't have a bath at home knows what a treat it is to submerge into warm water. I love putting bath salts or bombs in mine to smell and look nice!

Found a lavender bath bomb from @natava_cz during my trip to Czech. It is an extra treat when the bath products are made with love and care, without plastic 🥳

#selfcaresaturday #treatyoubetter #bathbombsofinstagram #ecofriendlyproducts #ecofriendlybathroom #ecobath #ekologickakosmetika #supportsmallbusiness #ethicalcosmetics #plasticfree #sustainablebath #sustainablebathroom #ecowarrior #shopeco #goodforyougoodfortheplanet #ceskyprodukt #vyrobenovcesku #vyrobenovcr

Can't get enough of snow! ❄️ There is someth

Can't get enough of snow! ❄️

There is something beautiful about crunch under my feet and the never ending whiteness. So much that I want to dive in head first 😂

#vysocina #vysocinaregion #pocatky #resortsvatakaterina #welnessweekend #spaweekend #visitczech #beautyofczechia #whitesnow #snowcoveredtrees #czechgirl #cantgetenough

Magical sky above the stone circle of the Druids.

Magical sky above the stone circle of the Druids.
Footprints in the fresh snow.
White covered treetops.
The winter smell.
Cheek pinching cold.

Just a few reasons to love winter months in Czech. 🥶

#resortsvatakaterina #svatakaterina #kamennykruhdruidu #druidcircle #stonecircle #pocatky #visitczechrepublic #visitczech #visitczechia #winterwonderland #footprintsinthesnow #vysocina #vysocinaregion #spaweekend #winterevening

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas 🎄

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas 🎄

This a traditional sweet bake in Czech - Trdelnik. It's basically sweet dough with vanilla, sugar and nuts. These days we find it at markets and especially around Christmas 🎅

#czechiatravel #christmasmarkets2022 #namestisvobody #namestisvobodybrno #trdelnik #traditionalfoods #traditionalbakes #explorebrno #exploreczechrepublic #czechgirl #myhomeland #whereicomefrom #travelback

New dog on the island 🐶 Very happy to have thi

What does your sink look like? 🚰 It took me a

What does your sink look like? 🚰

It took me a long time to figure out what sustainable swaps work for me. I have found some gems I can't live without now and in some ways I'm still testing and adjusting to what is available to me.

Choosing ethical and sustainable items for your bathroom/skin and body can be daunting at the beginning. There are so many products to pick from , it can seem expensive (and in general it is) and nothing might seem like the obvious choice.

There is lots of information out there on "the best for this year" or "best for your budget" but at the end of the day it will take some trial and error.

My advise would be: don't make rash decisions. Don't fall for the online trend. Take it one step at the time and one item at the time. Do your research and think critically if that's something you would actually use and can afford.
As you get deeper you will notice more ways to "judge" sustainability and environmental friendliness so be kind to yourself and celebrate your effort ❤️

#sustainableswaps #sustainablebathroom #sustainablejourney #sustainabletips #sustainableproducts #betterchoices #ecofriendlybathroom #ethicalchoices #imperfectsustainability #sustainablelivingtips #sustainablecommunity #betterplanet #environmentlyfriendly #wastelesswednesday #mishmashodyssey

Off the beaten path waterfall near Paphos or Limas

Off the beaten path waterfall near Paphos or Limassol, Cyprus? 👇

📍Millomeris waterfall 📍Platres

#millomeriswaterfalls #platres #paphoscyprus #limassolcyprus #chasingwaterfalls #getoffyourass #travelreel #reelaudio #viralaudio #shortreels #shortreel #offthebeatenpath #offthebeatentrack #offthebeatenpathtravel #offthetouristtrail #waterfalling

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