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Oat Pancake Recipe

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  I LOVE pancakes. Almost every variety. I don't like savoury and I'm not a bacon and maple syrup kind of girl but sweet pancakes with strawberries or nutella or banana or ice cream.. they're what dreams are made of 🤤 These days, I'm trying to change my eating habits and be more aware so I've switched to oat pancakes. They fit with the food I eat and balance out well. I often get compliments on how good they look and although I'd love to make out I'm the next Mary Berry they're actually just very simple and I am not the best baker. If you have read my post from last week you will know that I try and have pancakes every Sunday as part of my self care weekly reset - if you haven’t read it yet then pop and have a look here I like to try a variety of toppings but the two go two favourites are caramelised cinnamon bananas or strawberries and Nutella. Now I am really selling these so I had better show you what they are like! You may notice this picture ha...

Sunday Routine 🌱

Lately, I've been feeling overwhelmed by everything I'm doing. I used to look forward to weekends to be able to relax but working from home coupled with taking on extra projects has meant that my work carries over and I often find that my weekends are busier than my weekdays. It was so bad I started wishing my weekends away, begging it to be Monday so I could relax. That's when you know you've crossed a line. I suffered burnout. Now we've all heard of burnout, in fact it's a topic I'm hoping to look in to here on my blog, but what actionable steps could I have taken to prevent it? Retrospectively this seems an easy answer - it's to have a day assigned specifically to self care and mental health - which is exactly what I've done with my Sunday. The Outline 💭 The basic outline is simple, I break my day up in to several areas: Daily Habits Digital Cleanse Film Prepare & Relax Each of those sections has it's own components to be completed and I...