Page 48 - Woman's Weekly - New Zealand (January 2020)

enGODDESS

How to prepare new
sheets, brighten up your
old white sheets and
clean your jewellery.
Cheat sheet! Nana’s

Wendyl Nissen RETRO
OUR GREEN GODDESS RECIPES

LOW-FAT/LOW-SUGAR
TOASTED MUESLI

n the summer I always have
jars of this in my pantry as it
Iis a nutritious, quick breakfast
that will provide you with so
much nutrition. I created this
recipe because I was weary of
fatty, sugar-laden cereals. It’s
also great to have on hand if Fresh
you have guests. Place a jar on
the table with milk, yoghurt and
fresh fruit, and brekkie is done!
You only need a little bit of
this muesli to ll you up, and it
contains good nutrients such
as Brazil nuts (one a day keeps START
you loaded with selenium) and START YOUR
axseed or linseed (great bre SUMMER DAYS
and omega 3 sources). If you OFF RIGHT
grind up the linseed rst, you’ll
get more nutrition out of them.
¼ cup olive oil
¼ cup liquid honey TIPS FOR
½ cup apple juice
1kg wholegrain oats NEW SHEETS
1 cup pumpkin seeds
1 cup sunfl ower seeds There’s nothing better than a
1 cup sesame seeds pair of brand new sheets on the
1 cup coarsely grated coconut DID YOU bed, but rst you must wash
1 cup Brazil nuts, coarsely KNOW? them as the manufacturers put
chopped additives on the sheets that
1 cup almonds, coarsely To intensify the blue have a heavy chemical load
chopped colour in your and make them quite stiff. Here
1 cup fl axseed (also known hydrangeas, bury are some tips for preparing
as linseed) old steel wool near your brand new sheets before
2 tsp ginger powder the roots. you make your bed.
2 tsp cinnamon powder • Add ½ cup turpentine to the
Mix the olive oil with the liquid wash and continue as normal.
honey and top up with apple Dry on the line and there’ll be
juice. Place all the muesli no remaining turps smell.
ingredients in a bowl and coat • Put sheets in a bucket of cold
with the liquid, rubbing it into water to which you have added
the oats and nuts with your 50g Epsom salts. Stir a couple
hands. Put it in a large roasting of times with a wooden spoon,
dish (I need two) and toast in a then leave overnight. Rinse in
100 C oven for 1½ hours, stirring the morning and hang on the
frequently until golden brown. line to dry. You can also try 1
Store in an airtight container cup non-iodised salt instead
and prepare to love it. of Epsom salts.