Smitten Life

I am on the smoothie bowl train hard these days, they're super delicious and you can put anything you want in there. Also you can top it with whatever your heart desires too. 

For this one I wanted to get some extra greens in along with my fruit

Ingredients: 

2 bananas (one frozen, one to top)

1 1/2 cup frozen raspberries and blackberries

1 1/2 cup unsweetened coconut milk

1 scoop vanilla protein powder

2 handfuls spinach

1 handful kale 

To top: 

Chia seeds

Unsweetened dark chocolate chips

Raspberries

Banana

Granola or oats

Shredded coconut 

etc

ENJOY!

 And just like that I'm perfectly appropriate for a dinner date, looking done up but still totally comfortable on a vacation. I love that this denim dress is really soft, I've had some that were super stiff denim and that's no bueno when it's hot and you're burnt to a crisp. Also it's from their sustainable/eco friendly collection, so a purchase I felt good about. A couple pieces of gold jewelry and a belt are all the accessories needed. Oh and my super cool, fabulous all inclusive wrist band....it got me free tequila, so it stays. 

 Outfit: Bikini top-zaful, bottoms-Rip curl(the best ones ever, way cheekier in real life), Hat-Ardene, belt/dress-simons, necklaces- Miss boss, Red ribbon (longer), ring-Saraswati designs, Shoes-Aldo

2018 has shown to be a good year for bloopers for me (and now for you as well) It seems to be one of my super powers that I can make some seriously goofy faces. I find we often take ourselves a little too seriously, not just in blogging but in general. So it's important to sit back, make a dumb face and laugh at yourself or at me ;)

My "rap" pose?

 Legit my face 99% of the time. I don't know why!

 Sassy

 What to do with my hands....

 What move is this?

May have pooped a little 

 Straight up defeated

1. Push up to Rotation

Keep hips stacked one on another to come into a semi side plank position, rotate back down so hands are under shoulders and perform pushup

 A big ol' happy Women's day to you all! I got this "Feminist AF" along with a "Future is Female" tee shirt a few weeks ago and I couldn't be happier with them. Feminism has been an important part of how I live my life for a long time and is a huge part of who I am. It never seemed to make sense to me that girls (myself included) were told we couldn't do certain things, behave a certain way or get paid as much as men. I hope we continue to move forward in creating a society where everyone is equal, it seems that in recent months things have been going both forwards and backwards with certain policies. It's an interesting time, thankfully there is such a great community of strong, amazing women out there I feel confidant sharing my voice. 

  Now moving away from politics and onto my outfit!  This jacket though, amiright? It's a beautiful beautiful thing and I am obsessed with it. It's super soft, and just such a great statement piece.  We all know I love me a good statement coat. And I love me some ripped jeans, these from Zara have been a favourite for a while. So much so that I may have busted the crotch out the other day....OH NO. 

 Outfit: Tee-Shein, Jeans-Zara, Jacket-Vici dolls, Boots-Aldo, Purse-Winners, Sunnies-Red Ribbon, Rings-Saraswati designs

These veg are a staple in our household, they go as a side with so many different things. This past weekend with had them with pork chops and they were lovely. We like to serve them over Quinoa, but that's not necessary if you don't like it 

Ingredients: 

2 medium zucchinis

Half a bag or fresh green beans 

2 cups sliced mushrooms

2 cloves garlic

2 T Sambal Oelek 

1 T soy sauce 

1 cup basil leaves 

1. In a large pan over medium heat, heat up 1 T olive oil, crush garlic and put in pan, once it becomes fragrant add in sambal oelek, soy sauce. 

2. Add beans in let cook for 10 minutes, then add in mushrooms and zucchini. When they're almost done add in basil leaves. 

3. Serve over Quinoa 

 Bouldering has quickly become a passion for both Darcy, myself & obviously Mr.Duke. It's such a fun activity, an amazing workout, and is like solving a fun puzzle. For me taking this up has actually helped me work on my shoulder issues, and my hip mobility. My hip mobility here doesn't look great, but that is without foam rolling and on the first squat. 

Step 1: Mobility

Deep squat and deep side lunge, perform dynamically (meaning go in and out of the movement). Perform a squat to standing 10x and side to side lunge 10xper

 2. Banded pull aparts 10x 2 sets

Pull band apart, retract the shoulder blades together and squeeze 

 3. External Rotation 10x per 2 sets

Keep elbow close to the body pull band out and open

 Step 2: Strengthen Grip/ Scapular retraction

Use different finger holes, try to pull yourself up using each. Perform scapular retraction to just strengthen the scapular movement and full pull ups to strengthen the whole movement.