Mama-bear duty

Lately, I've taken over Mama-bear duty as she's gone on a little trip to the mountains. I have learnt the hard way that presents from the kitty-cats are not joyous and include such horrors as rats heads and birds feet. I hate to think where the rest of the poor animals are... please please not my bed...

My week has been filled with sweet treats and tiny delights when it should have been filled with books, but I'm feeling nice and relaxed from the little break. 

On Wednesday the postman brought me a lovely surprise - I'd forgotten that my Graze account had switched back to weekly deliveries. So after I made some tea, I opened the little box to see what those wonderful people at Graze had sent me this time.

Before I got to the blueberry box, I opened a box called 'Cookies and Cream'. It had sunflower seeds in it, as well as little chocolate pieces and some kind of mini cookie pieces. I like sunflower seeds but not when I'm under the impression that I'm about to get something sweet, creamy, chocolatey, crunchy, chewy and milky. That is not the time, nor the place for sunflower seeds. Get out of my cookies and cream, sunflower seeds. Nobody invited you. You don't even get a photo. 

So, the next box was a much happier surprise! 'Scrumptious Blueberry Swirl' had the most delicious yogurt coated blueberries, swirled in amongst dried blackcurrants and raspberry-infused cranberries. I love dried fruit infused with other fruit. This box was a perfect mix of sweet, tart and creamy. Yum yum yum.

Next up was 'Korai Chutney'. I love indian spices, but they always make my tummy hurt, so I was a little nervous. I have a habit of gobbling these little boxes up all at once, which sort of defeats the purpose of them being healthy, so it was a strange experience to have the Korai Chutney after the Blueberry Swirl. It was delicious though, even though it left my mouth a little warm and tingly!

Finally I opened the 'Super Carrot Cake' box. I've had one of these 'Afternoon Tea' boxes before. They are ever so nice! They come with a bag of Kenyan tea and a little piece of cake. The cake is so soft and sweet and actually, the sunflower seeds can sit there happily because they really added something extra to the flavour. The tea was also lovely, I added milk last time, so I tried it black this time. It was delightful. I saved this box for a mid-morning treat on Thursday and I was reading Out of Africa while I drank my tea. It was simply perfect.

Other simple treats included tea and toast, tea and biscuits, milk and homemade marble cake and homemade speckled fudge. Honestly, how I'm not breaking the chairs I sit on, I will never know. 

I've also had fun experimenting with pretty glitter nail varnishes...

Here I used Barry M's Gold Foil Nail Effects polish and topped it with a couple of coats of Revlon's Sequins (also gold), before using Barry M's Aqua Glitter polish to get pretty little mermaid toes!

What has your week been filled with? 

Mama-bear kisses ♡

PS, as a special treat, you can get a free Graze box by entering this code: X3PW3R4D or by clicking on the 'free Graze box' button at the side. If you decide to sign up, you will get your first and fifth box for free! Also, for my American friends, it seems like they have Graze on your side of the world now too! If I try to get to the website, it just redirects me to the UK site but they have a Facebook page. Maybe they're still setting up, but keep an eye out for it and before you know it, you could be getting weekly snacks delivered to your home too! Yippee!

the little nordic cabin

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Graze Boxes

Hey everyone, have you noticed the new ads on my blog? I'm very happy to say that I'm now advertising for a company that I really care about - Graze. I have been interested in nutrition since I was in school, but sadly couldn't study it at a higher level due to not having the required science qualifications, however I always dreamed about setting up a company that would encourage healthy eating with minimal effort involved. I believe that healthy eating goes far beyond dieting heavily in order to lose weight - it's about making healthier choices and picking foods that will actively improve your overall health, supplying your body with all the helpful nutrients it needs to be strong and healthy. Graze has done just that.

Have you guys heard of this? It's an amazing website where you can order little boxes of snacks to be delivered right to your door. It costs less than £4 per box and there is so much to choose from. All you do is select the items you'd like to try, bin ones you don't like the sound of, and then a box will arrive once a week with different heathy items for you to try. 

My box arrived this morning, with these yummy products. They taste really good and are teeny enough to fit in your handbag. 

Of course I just had to try the Scandinavian selection just for you guys ;) There were blueberries, lingonberries, cherry infused raisins and apple pieces. Very Nordic indeed!

Have you tried this? I highly recommend it. I probably won't be ordering a box every week since I'm a poor student, but I doubt I'll be able to resist treating myself every now and then!

I'm so excited to help Graze out in this way, and I hope you'll try it someday. Hint: you can get cake!

the little nordic cabin

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