Feedback and Changes
Today I got some feedback from Nadiah saying that she was having some problems leaving comments and subscribing to this blog’s feed. I am so thankful that she let me know, and I’ve spent the night (hopefully!) fixing the problems!
Problem One: The RSS Feed
Some of you may have noticed a few weeks ago I added the domain http://lifesvisualjournal.com to this blog. This was after a change in name quite a few months ago. Because I hadn’t completed the entire URL change-over some problems have occured. I am SO sorry about this.
To solve this problem I have completed moved this blog over to the new URL: http://lifesvisualjournal.com, so all the permalinks have been changed. You can still access this blog through http://taliacarbis.com until I change that to a more general homepage.
So if you have this blog bookmarked etc. then please update the link and the RSS feed. 
Problem Two: The Comments
The second problem Nadiah had was with leaving comments. I know that Debbie has let me know that she’s had problems commenting before, so I thought it was definintely time to fix things. I have installed Disqus, a commenting system, which should make things easier for you all to comment.
You (hopefully!) have a few options to either leave a comment like you normally do, sign in with disqus and track your comments, or log in with facebook, twitter and other things. Now, this hasn’t been tested so if you could leave a comment on one of the entires for me (and let me know how you went/logged in) that would be fantastic.
If you don’t want to leave a comment you can also just ‘like’ the post- similar to facebook, but not connected.
Phew
So hopefully (wow, I think I have said that way too many times this post!), the problems are fixed! If you do experience any more difficulties then please just send me an email and I will do my best to fix it.
My Email: talia.carbis (@) gmail.com
Thanks for visiting my site again! keep checking back for more updates!
Healthy Banana Muffins
Ingredients
- 30g Coconut Oil (melted)
- 60g Clear Honey
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 6-8 Small-Medium, Very Ripe Bananas
- 150 Wholemeal Flour
- 1 Heaped tsp Baking Power
- 1/2 tsp Bicarb
- 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
- Pinch of Salt
- 1/2 cup rolled oats
Method
Mix it up, stick it in 12 muffin cups and cook it for 25 minus at 190 deg.
Seriously, These muffins were quite yummy, and simple to make. They use a LOT of banana, and are really moist, this wasn’t in the original recipe though, so if you want to add less (say 2?) then by all means, go ahead, it should still taste good! You will notice that this uses coconut oil, because lately I’ve been researching the benefits of coconut oil. The internet seems to have mixed feelings about it, but I figure it can’t be any worse for me then butter, and that’s exactly what would be going in there if I wasn’t using the coconut oil.
Also, the oats were an extra thing as well. If you’re going to use less banana, then just keep an eye on the consistency of the mix- the oats might change it a bit.
Original recipe here.
The Circle of Life
I’m slowly realising that life is full of cycles, and that my passions, interests and discipline moves in those cycles as well.
Often I think the reason I move from the ‘up’ part of the cycle (where I’m really committed to something), to the ‘down’ part of the cycle (where is put on the backburner for a while), is because I go too hard, too fast (kind of like what I was talking about here, but in another application…).
One of my renewed focus’ of late has been gardening/permaculture/herbs, coupled with natruopathy/healthy living/eating natural food etc. I am wanting to introduce/re-introduce a few things, including sprucing up the garden.
I had grand plans I had for the garden. Eggplants, Capsicum, Broccoli, Carrots- the lot! I think that this may have been my downfall last time. I didn’t spend time researching the best place to put these vegetables (sun wise), I didn’t have time to water them (and didn’t know how often they each needed watering) etc. So this time around I have decided to keep things smaller. To keep things more manageable.
I had a bit of a plan (it didn’t actually end up like that!) for how I will plant up these things:
Basil
Parsley
Tomatos
Rosemary
and some ground cover (low maintancence) herbs also.
Garden Plan
Obviously I am just trying to focus on these herbs, and not have too many different things growing. I’ve done some research on basil particularly, and am looking forward to researching some of the medicinal qualities it possesses.
I hope that as these herbs devleop, and I get into the the habit of looking after them, that I will plant some more… Any ideas what else I should plant?
