Quick and Easy Avocado and Mozzarella Salad

Although it's autumn and coming up for winter, you can't beat a good old salad. Recently i've been trying to eat more healthily and experiment with new foods so when I discovered this simple recipe I had to share it with you. It makes a good alternative to a pre-made salad from a supermarket, I know how busy lunch time can be but don't worry, this healthy alternative will take no time to make. And it's fresh! I also think this makes a good alternative to a generic salad with lettuce and tomatoes.

Avocado, Mozzarella and Lemon juice salad: (serves 1, or 2 if you don't want a big portion)

Ingredients: 

- 1 avocado

- 1 mozzarella ball (or you can use small mozzarella cubes)

- 1/2 a lemon
- black pepper
- 1 tbs olive
- Handful of cherry tomatoes (optional)

Method:

- Cut avocado in half, remove stone and then slice the avocado vertically and horizontally (like in the picture above) to form cubes

- Tip the avocado pieces into a bowl or container

- Chop the mozzarella up (if you're using a ball of mozzarella) then place in the bowl with the avocado and mix together

- This step is optional, chop cherry tomatoes in half and mix in with the avocado and mozzarella. I don't like tomatoes that much so I didn't add them to my salad but if you like them go ahead!

- Chop a lemon in half and then squeeze over the bowl, careful not to get any pips in, then pour olive oil over and season with black pepper

and that's it you're done! Sit back and enjoy your delicious fresh salad :)

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Belvoir Spiced Winter Berries Cordial | A perfect autumn/winter warmer

Now that autumn has finally arrived and winter is around the corner there's no better time to snuggle up on the sofa with a blanket and warm up with a hot drink. In fact, not just any drink but Belvoir's spiced winter berries cordial. I discovered this cordial around 2 years ago and have been a big fan ever since and it is one of my favourite drinks for autumn/winter time. This winter warmer is a intensely fruity cordial that gives off a spiced aroma filled with real elderberry juice, blackberry juice and orange juice which is blended together with real cinnamon, clove and nutmeg extracts. 

There are many ways you can drink this cordial but I like to add a small amount of the cordial into a mug (around 15mm, it depends how strong you want it to be) and then add around 150mm of boiling water. This makes a lovely hot berry flavored drink which is a perfect non-alcoholic alternative to mulled wine. Alternately if you wanted to make mulled wine with it you could try this simple recipe:

Spiced Winter Berries Mulled Wine (serves 7)

You'll need: 

1 bottle of dry white wine (try Sauvignon Blanc)

70ml Belvoir Spiced Berry Cordial

400ml Cloudy Apple Juice

1 Cinnamon stick

Peel of 1/2 an orange

Then gently simmer all ingredients in a saucepan on low heat and serve in seven short glasses or mugs and enjoy your winter warmer!

Charlotte x

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Birthday Cupcakes!

Hello everyone! So it's my 17th birthday tomorrow (1st July) and since I didn't really want to have a party or anything big I decided to just make myself some cupcakes. I'm not the best cake decorator but I gave it a go and ended up eating half the icing and sprinkles in the process opps.

Charlotte xx

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