Recently, my friend Becca posted in our group chat about how she was reminiscing through old posts and came across one she'd written about potatoes. It was wonderfully refreshing and it got me thinking about my love for all things food and cooking. I feel like the food section of my blog mainly constitutes reviews of restaurants I've been to, which although is something I enjoy doing, cooking is a huge part of my life and I cook nearly daily. I have decided that I will start posting recipes that I think are delicious, healthy and ones I'd definitely recommend to try! I'm by no means a chef but if I can manage simple recipes- anyone can!

As many of you may know from my New Year Goals post, I'm currently on Weightwatchers chasing the dream of hitting my goal weight (currently 80lbs down with 1lb to go to goal!) and therefore the recipes I post on here will be calorie counted and WW Flex-pointed out!

Brunch is my all time favourite meal. Lazy Sunday mornings and Brunch are genuinely a match made in heaven. I've decided to start my recipe series off easy with my all time favourite brunch- Bagel topped with Rocket, Scrambled Egg and Crumbed Chorizo with a hint of smoked paprika.

This brunch idea came from a visit to a famed brunch place called Brew in Clifton, Bristol which me and my sister stumbled upon (pictured at the top of this post!). The original recipe had the eggs mixed with butter and milk, and was also served on top of sourdough toast (HEAVEN!) but, I've tried to make it diet-friendly so made some slight tweaks.


SERVES 1

Ingredients

1 x Warburtons Bagel Thin (obviously, use any brand you like, I just love these ones!)
2 x Large Eggs
30g Chorizo (I use Tesco Finest Reduced Fat Chorizo to save on the calories)
Handful of Rocket
Handful of Fresh Coriander
1/3 tsp of Smoked Paprika
1/2 tsp Margarine
Frylight
Salt and Pepper to taste

Method

1. Place the Chorizo into a food processor and blitz until the chorizo is of a crumbed consistency.
2. Heat a frying pan on a medium-high heat and pop the chorizo into the dry pan and fry for 3-4 minutes. Don't add extra fat at this point as quite a bit of fat will come out the chorizo.
3. Whilst the chorizo is cooking, cut the bagel in half and lightly toast. Once toasted, spread the margarine on the bagel and top with the rocket.
4. At this point, push the chorizo to the side of the pan (it will stay warm this way!) and spray the pan with a couple of sprays of Frylight and add the eggs and turn the heat down to medium-low and begin scrambling! The residual heat will continue to cook the eggs.
5. Once the eggs are cooked, top the already prepared bagel and rocket with the scrambled egg followed by the chorizo. Sprinkle the smoked paprika and coriander over the top and season to taste.

WW Flex Points: 7
Calories: 455 (Approx)

I am one of those people who is unfortunately "blessed" with brassy undertones, and as someone who likes their hair to be blonde a f to the point of basically silver, I will try literally any product to try and rid my hair of these undertones.

I used the Provoke shampoo and conditioner, for ages, but it never quite mopped up ALL of the undertones. I then tried Lush Daddy-O Shampoo and conditioner bar. Although the shampoo worked to an extent, the bar was a bit of a pain to store and didn't leave my hair as soft as other conditioners do. So, I was in a bit of a quandary until I read about Bleach London.

I decided to give four products in total a try: their Silver Shampoo, Silver Conditioner, Smoky Shampoo and their Hair Elixir, as pictured above, and give them a review for you all to read.


The Silver Shampoo

I personally have been won over by this shampoo. It doesn't take forever to tone my hair and achieves the results I want. It mops up all of the brassy undertones that I have and leaves me with a shiny, perfectly even result. I love it!

The Silver Conditioner

As mentioned, I wasn't over the moon at the Lush conditioner bar in the end so this conditioner surprised me. It didn't have a particularly strong sent but it was thick and creamy (what you want in a conditioner I suppose!!) and it left my hair smooth and didn't weigh my hair down. A winner in my book.

Smoky Shampoo

This shampoo promises to give a dirty blonde kind of look, so I gave it a bash. The first time I used this, I applied as per the instructions on the bottle- but I'm not sure I quite appreciated how quickly my hair takes to colour. It's safe to say, I gave myself a purple rinse. Even my boss asked if I'd be buying a house in the new assisted living housing which is being built. LOL. In all seriousness though, it washed out in a few washes, and I have used it since and it does give a really lovely smoky blonde colour. I'd recommend but be cautious with the amount of time you apply it for or hello 80!!!

Hair Elixir

I find toning my hair can leave my hair quite brittle, so this elixir is a little drop (or 300) of heaven. I put one full pipette of elixir between my palms and run it through roughly towel dried hair, before finishing with the hair dryer. I cannot tell you how much of god-send this product is. I will be buying this product for life, undoubtedly. It left my hair silky smooth and free of fly-aways.

Overall, despite my little snarfoo with the Smoky Shampoo/Purple Rinse gate, I would definitely repurchase these products. They aren't the cheapest products in the market, but they certainly aren't the most expensive but they deliver results which is the main aim of the game.

You can buy Bleach London products from Boots or directly from the Bleach London website.