Friday, March 22, 2013

Eating Healthy for One- Rice Cooker Rissotto

Rice Cooker Mushroom and Parmesan Risotto

I know there is a lot of people out there in the world, much like me, who cooks for themselves every night. Cooking for one can be difficult to restrain portion sizes, often ending up with a huge tub of left overs (which is wonderful  for the next 2 nights, but not the rest of the week!) Also I find, its often easier to just buy take out or cook up some 2 minute noodles, or toast, which isn't the best for you. So here I am going to share, my healthy and easy to make meals for one!

Rice Cooker Risotto
Ingredients:
-One cup of rice (I have used regular gluten free fragrant rice, but  I do regularly use brown rice also when I prepare earlier enough, and tastes just as amazing!)
-Enough water to fill just above the first line on your rice cooker (I always add a little more water than usual to make the rice more like a risotto).
-2 Chicken stock cubes
-2 Champ mushrooms sliced
-1 Medium size Tomato diced
-3 Tsp Grated Parmesan Cheese
-5g Pure Butter
-1 Lemon Wedge

Cooking Instructions:
1. Wash rice thoroughly and drain well.
2. Add water, rice, chicken stock, tomatoes and mushrooms to rice cooker and switch to cook.
      -Note:  Regular and gluten free style rices take around 10 minutes to cook, where as brown rice can take around 90 minutes, please check the cooking estimated time on rice packet beforehand.
3. Once rice cooker has switched over, add the butter and Parmesan and stir.
4. Serve Risotto in a small bowl and drizzle with lemon, enjoy!

Extra Healthy Alternative:
Remove butter and Parmesan from recipe and follow the rest of the cooking instructions, this alternative is delicious healthy and simple meal that can be enjoyed alone or as a flavored rice side dish.

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Easter on it's way alreadly!

I am currently on a holiday in my home town of Australia, of the grocery stores are already packed with Easter eggs! I'll have 100 cream eggs thanks- and a gym membership :D

Friday, February 15, 2013

Corporate Collection Art Shots

Of course while we had the beautiful model Kate O'Connell all doled up, we grabbed some stunning art shots of her....



















Monday, February 4, 2013

Corporate Collection 2013

I have been working very hard this past week to get my very first look book completed and off! I originally lunched my self titled label at the Mercedes Benz Fashion Festival, Brisbane, Australia in 2011, and received amazing feed back! So after my big move to Bali, and opening my very first joint boutique "Rosemary & Jayde" the time has come to produce this stunning collection. The Sabrina Saunders Corporate Collection is a tans-seasonal collection, taking you from office to evening in a stunning manner. Every detail is luxury, every item is delicious to wear on the skin, and all fabrics are natural. I hope you enjoy my very first collection!









Monday, January 21, 2013

Designer Wiplash


A chosen career as a designer can be a wonderful curse. Being experimental, and going wild with designs, testing new fabrics, drawing ferocious fashion figures and accessories can be the best days at work. But having to stop and take into account all the factors: Target market, Weather, Time of Year, Sellability, Wear Ability, and Cost Point. This can sometimes wiplash on your design space, and can get very frustrating when you dont get your own way on your designs. Living in Bali allows me to access the fabric markets, tailors, manufacturers, Gold Smiths, Silver Smiths, Leather Makers and everything in between. This is my heaven, being amongst the people, having more choices, more options, and building relationships with those I work with, and having the ability to travel cheaply to surrounding Asian countries to expand my options even further, its just a designer bliss! Here are a few super sneaky samples that I have had made up, and are in waiting for production, I hope you like!

Friday, January 18, 2013

Welcome

Bali's fashion, Food & Lifestyle Blog


Welcome to Bali's Fashion, Food and Lifestyle Blog. My name is Sabrina Saunders, I am the designer of the label "Sabrina Saunders Australia", and part boutique owner of the "Rosemary & Jayde" Boutique located at the end of JL. Raya Basangkasa, Seminyak, Bali, Indonesia. I currently reside in Indonesia and live a wonderful lifestyle. This blog is about my story, my day to day life, living in Bali, loving my career in Fashion and Design and the AMAZING food that Bali has to offer! (And a little bit about my cheeky monkey Rapunzel the Pug).