Gossiping Over Rose Lemonade

It's only so long best friends can go without seeing each for a good gossip and catch up and because we'd both been at work so much it felt like ages since we had saw each other last so my best friend, Laura and I decided to go to Preston Park Museum and Gardens. It was a lovely sunny day so we spent most of it laying in the park catching the sun and having a good catch up about friends, boys and clothes (of course!) we then decided to try and be a bit cultural and go in the museum and to cool down from the sun. When we had a look around they had converted a street into a Victorian street with open shops, filled with original artefacts and a sweet little cafe.

We stopped off for sponge cake (which was delicious compliments to the baker) and rose lemonade I'm a sucker for any pink coloured drink so of course I had to try it, an acquired taste but I enjoyed it and I even kept the bottle to use again, it was too cute not too!

I love these Rose Water Bottles I think they make great decorations.

As much as I loved these bottles I couldn't justify paying £4 for water so instead I just kept my Rose Lemonade bottle.

I have no idea what was in this but it looks as though it would make the most fantastic cocktail, such a vibrant colour!

I wish I could have taken this umbrella home with me it would have been perfect for the scorching weather and went great with my outfit!

I am Wearing:

Dress - Jack Wills

Sunglasses - Ray Ban

Bag - Primark

Sandals - Primark (both last year)

I love this navy dress I bought a couple months ago in the Jack Wills sale it's a completely different style to what I'd normally wear, I paired it with rose gold accessories and my Ray Ban's for an effortless summer look.

I love walking around gardens, me and my friends are wanting to plan a trip to Alnwick Gardens I love it there!

This was inside the old fashioned conservatory normally it would be packed but it was like an oven inside so people preferred to be outside in the park but have you seen this traditional ice cream van I love it especially surrounded by all the exotic plants.

Have you been anywhere this summer that you've enjoyed with friends?

Delicious Berry Smoothie Recipe Without a Blender!

The end product!

To make this berry smoothie the ingredients you will need are:

• 1 cup of raspberries
• 1 cup of blueberries
• Half an orange
• 1 banana
• 1 cup of yoghurt 
• 1 cup of milk
• 1 tablespoon of sugar

To begin with wash the raspberries and blueberries under some cold water then peel and cut up the banana into small slices, image below.

I added the raspberries and blueberries into a jug and began to mash them with a wooden spoon until the fruits broke down then I added the berries into a clear food bag along with the banana slices and orange segments. 

I doubled the food bag up so none of the smoothie mixture would get out then I used a plastic masher to grind the fruits down this takes roughly 5 minutes after that was done I poured the smoothie mixture into the jug i was using earlier and scooped out any pieces that were too thick to break down. I then added 1 cup of yoghurt and stirred it in with the mixture I chose an organic bio-live yoghurt with coconut. 

I then added 1 cup of milk and stirred it in with the mixture this made the smoothie much more smooth and added 1 tablespoon of sugar just to sweeten the smoothie but you can always leave the sugar out to make it more healthy. I then sieved the mixture into a glass to prevent any chunky pieces of fruit going in you may want to use a spoon to guide the smoothie mix through the sieve. Try this recipe for an alternative healthy snack, with this smoothie being delicious and good for you it ticks all the boxes! Of course you can add your own ingredients to mix it up or add different fruits that suit you best, a versatile and easy recipe to follow.