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Lifestyle Choices For 2019
- January 18, 2019
- by
- Khyra
A new year is often referred to as a clean slate or a blank cheque to start afresh, rectify past mistakes and pull all your resources to achieve new goals. A great year isn’t one devoid of mistakes, failures, disappointments or wrong decisions; it’s a perfect blend of the good, the bad, the messy and the unusual saves.
And to enjoy a great year, there are some choices you have to make toward some aspects of your life:
EXPRESS GRATITUDE ALL YEAR LONG
Those who coined the adage...
4 Weight Loss Foods
- January 11, 2019
- by
- Khyra
Food is necessary for life. It has become a cause for profit, for socializing, for peace. Food and its availability are crucial to human existence and food for weight loss? Now that has become a deafening chorus worldwide. But the reality remains- which food choices are great for weight loss and which ones are the losers?
We are here with information that’s up to date and localised so that you can confidently walk to the markets and buy that which will trim your waistline.
Here we go:
AVOCADO
Avocado, the fruit of the...
The Future Awards Africa 2018
- December 18, 2018
- by
- Khyra
The Future Awards Africa are a set of recognition awards of impact given by The Future Project (TFF) to young people, using their skills, talents, passion, zeals and interests to drive the African dream home. They are celebrated for their outstanding achievements,
The African dream, of course, is more than being the sought-after child at family meetings because you’re the child who made it; it’s giving Africa a voice and helping us secure a relevant space globally. Bolanle Olukanni and Tobi Bakare played host to 2018 edition...
Have a Bagel Day
- December 13, 2018
- by
- Khyra
The first time a Nigerian sees a bagel, they would most probably think it was a doughnut because of the glaze and the shape. The differences between a regular Nigerian bread and a basic bagel are in the method of preparation and ingredients. Bagels are the most common breakfast options of the western world and it first originated among Jews in Poland. It is shaped into a ring, has a dough and chewy taste because it is first steamed for a while before it is baked. Easy pitzy, yes?
Have a...
My Naija Christmas Food Wishlist
- December 04, 2018
- by
- Khyra
Christmas is our favourite season of the year and it’s not because of the snow, or the kissing under the mistletoe, or the halls that are decked or the reindeer and Santa. It’s because of the birth of Jesus and of course, food, like no other time of the year.
It isn’t getting gifts that excite us about Christmas either, most of us, don’t even get gifts on Christmas.
During Christmas here in Nigeria, the decoration in your house or on your lawn doesn’t matter as much as the...
My Smoothies For Weight Loss
- November 29, 2018
- by
- Khyra
My smoothies, my go-to-craving buster, my weight loss pal! Ever since I accidentally discovered smoothies while prepping a bowl of fruit salad for guests, I got hooked and for good reasons too.
Smoothies are:
super easy to prep they help in weight loss highly nutritious a great way to use up excess produce and avoid wastes a good snack for my guests? yes! ‘Cos I’m a classy hostess! a cravings fixerSmoothies can replace a meal if nutrient profiles are considered. In my weight loss quest, a detox smoothie once a day revs up my metabolism while giving...
7 Sneaky Ways to Eat Your Vegetables and Lose Weight
- November 21, 2018
- by
- Khyra
“Eat your vegetables! Polish it off or else…” that’s me glaring at my son in senior primary and feeling rightly justified by my approach. Right?……hmmm wrong! Vegetables are not sweet (especially the leafy greens) look miserable and hang limp after a tango with heat. So getting anyone to eat it especially children is a herculean task. But we do need the vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, phytonutrients, water contained in vegetables.
So what better way to get these essentials than to get ingenious in the preparation and presentation of vegetables in our dining...
4 Ways to Look Stunning on a Budget
- November 16, 2018
- by
- Khyra
If you could go on a shopping spree all day without paying a dime or spending your hard-earned money, you may have a thing for fashion. To really validate this inner fashionista aura, you need to also have an eye for styling yourself up in such a way that makes people ask if you hire a stylist; that means, you have great taste. If all these describes you, you may just be a fashionista!
Most of these items are usually expensive; the designer labels seem to be for a selected few...
Preparing Your Veggies Right
- November 13, 2018
- by
- Khyra
Vegetables are one of the healthiest kinds of food in the world and the different kinds of vegetables give us a choice of options to pik from. The vegetables not only differ in appearance, texture, size, colour but also in how they are prepared.
Some vegetables are better plucked, washed and thrown in the mouth while others need to be steamed for a little while. Some other vegetables can survive the heat of the oil while some can be properly boiled. These different methods of preparing vegetables help retain...
6 Handbags Every Lady Should Own
- November 09, 2018
- by
- Khyra
In honour of the World Handbag’s Day celebrated in October, we have put together a list of the top 6 kinds of handbags every lady should have in their closets.
Before we get into the list, let’s take a quick moment to be grateful for whoever it is that invented handbags. If there were no handbags, ladies would probably have their dresses sewn with pockets all over. Handbags have seen us at our good, ugly, messy, clumsy, yet they have stayed with us. Diamonds might be girl’s best friends...