Recipe Post: Vegan Aubergine Curry

Hello from a glorious sunny Oxfordshire.

So this is the weather this week :) Got my flip flops out!

This afternoon I'm off to celebrate little Elliot's First Birthday. Happy Birthday Elliot! If you didn't catch his mum's guest post you can read it here.

So what has been going on. Well Jessica's Cupcakes has been really busy the past few weeks which is fab and I have a few more things planned for that which will go on the blog. Pink Chilli Virtual Assistant has really taken off and I'm so busy now with a number of clients.

Friday night me and Keely had a girly night as I couldn't make her hen night. Here are some pictures from the evening :)

On Sunday I made a delicious Aubergine curry and had to share the recipe. It's vegan so even better!

Aubergine Curry
Serves 4 people (or 2 really greedy people)

Ingredients

2 tbsp olive oil plus extra to drizzle on aubergines
2 large aubergines (eggplant)
1 medium onion ) chopped
1 can of coconut milk
1 can of chopped tomatoes
1 tsp grated ginger
1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp turmeric
1tsp yellow mustard seeds
1 chilli (de-seeded and finely chopped)

Method

1. Preheat oven to 200. Slice eggplant lengthwise and sprinkle salt on the fleshy side. Rub both sides with olive oil and roast, skin side up for 25-30 minutes until tender.

2. Meanwhile in a large pan heat 2 tbsp olive oil. Add the chopped onion and cook for 3-5 minutes. Add all the spices and continue to cook for another 2 minutes.

3. Add the chopped tomatoes and coconut milk. Leave to simmer. Then one aubergines are done chop them into bite sized pieces and add to the curry along with some chopped coriander. Cook for another 2 minutes. Serve.

I had mine with rice and roti but you could have any type of bread, serve with potatoes or use this as a side dish.

Blog Planning

Sorry for the lack of posting recently. Things have been crazy busy with both Jessica's Cupcakes and Pink Chilli Virtual Assistant. I'm pretty much working 7 days a week and up until about 11pm. But I know it will pay off in the long run. Two clients have come on board in the past two weeks which is fantastic. **Happy Dance**

I love blogging but with 3 (soon to be 4) to run it's been a little manic recently to keep on top of things. So some extra planning was needed! Now I went to the place where I pretty much go for everything now....Pinterest! God I love Pinterest.



There were a couple of planners I liked:

My Blog Topic Planner from Bridgette Edwards is one I am probably going to use for my business blog which is currently through my website but I think I'm going to also set up a wordpress one also.

This next one is from Mommy Words and I think I will use it for my business blog with the Topics planner above

The next one is likely going to be used for my Jessica's Cupcakes Blog and it's from Living Locurto

And for this blog I think I'll be using this one from The Flourishing Abode. This one I think is my favourite :)

I'm also looking for people who would like to guest blog with me. Guest blogging is a great way of driving traffic to both bloggers and also gives their readership a fresh edge. So if you would like to do a post- even if you are new to blogging please get in touch via my Facebook page.