Eat Aesthetics: Hail to the Kale

It's the super, super food that's got healthy foodies going wild. My first encounter with the curly lettuce was in a whole foods smoothie, bright green in colour and surprisingly reallly tasty (especially if blended with kiwi, apple and broccoli!). 

However, with all the above benefits, it also comes with a price tag if you buy it in premade smoothies or meals. Instead I buy kale raw, at just £1.50 for an extremely large bag. 

Here are two ideas to introduce the plant into your day to day diet...cheaply (with out really noticing too!).

KALE CHIPS

Simply wash the leaves and if needed, remove stems. Place on a baking sheet with a dash of olive oil, salt and place in the oven at 160• for 5-10 minutes. 

Once removed from the oven, kale chips are the perfect crunchy snack! 

For a bit more flavour, I also added chilli flakes and chipotle salt.

SMOOTHIE BOOSTERS

Add kale to any homemade smoothie recipe (see previous post). I've added it to a super berry blend and my blood orange recipe. 

Have you tried kale before? I'd love to hear of more uses for it, I think I'm addicted! 

Hackett: #hackettrisingstars

Last week I was lucky enough to be selected as one of #hackettrisingstars. A competition held with LCF to highlight some of us budding visuals before being launched into the industry in the near future!

The brief was titled Art College and we were each asked to submit a moodboard  following a criteria based around their current collection and customer base. 

After submission, we were then selected and informed of which stores we would be featured in! I was given Sloane street(one of Hackett's two flagships!) and Jermyn street.

The first store my mannequin was launched at was Sloane Street on an over night shift. After picking our outfits and essembling our props (mine was simplistic, using inks poured over the mannequins head to symbolise an artist's paints) our mannequins went through a little photo shoot, before finally being placed in the store's window.

The next store was Jermyn Street, here we each had to create our own backdrop before dressing our models. 

The experience was priceless and I really enjoyed myself working with the brand. This project got myself really excited for what the future will hold after university!