Goats cheese quiche is an excellent breakfast meal or brunch and lunch entree, given the fact that it offers a rustic look if the goat cheese is scattered and has an excellent taste when combined with certain vegetables such as spinach.

In order to make spinach goat’s cheese quiche start by whisking together 1 ¾ cups of flour with salt and then cut in four ounces of butter until you have a course mixture left behind.  At this point slowly beat one egg along with about two tablespoons of water and then drizzle it over the flour. Gently use a fork to blend the mixture and then squeeze it to form dough, wrap it, and place it in the fridge for thirty minutes.

In the meantime preheat the oven to 350F and flour a cooking surface. Take out the dough when ready and roll it out to be about 1/8 inch thick and place in a 12 inch tart pan, making sure to trim the sides. Place the shell in the fridge again for another 20 minutes. Bake the pastry for about thirty minutes or until it turns lightly brown and leave it to cool.

While it’s cooking, heat up a skillet and add one pound of spinach cooking it until it wilts. Once the spinach is cool, squeeze it dry and then chop it and toss with garlic. Place this mixture into the shell.

Next, whisk together ½ cup of cream, two egg yolks, two eggs, and a bit of salt and pepper. Take the goat cheese rounds and crumble them on top of the spinach and then pour the cream and egg mix over the shell. Cook it for an additional forty minutes until the mixture sets and you will have quiche ready to serve.

If you are impoverished student looking to make more regular student journeys home without braving the horrors of public transport, or a driver looking to make a daily commute in an empty, gas guzzling motor, log onto the BlablaCar website and make these trips both easier and a lot cheaper. Not only is this kind of service wallet friendly, it’s also eco friendly, as the less cars there are on the road, the less CO2 emissions there are, which is a great help to our environment.

To find a driver or a passenger really couldn’t be simpler thanks to BlablaCar’s great website. Once on the homepage, passengers looking for a ride simply input their departure i.e. university town and destination and a list of the dates, prices and places left instantly appears so you can make an informed choice.

Drivers looking for passengers simply click on the post a ride link to enter where you are going from and to and when. BlablaCar will also help you work out what to charge for the ride and once you have done this, which only takes a minute, your ride will then appear online for potential passengers to find. There are many people just waiting to find a ride, and the sooner you get your trip on there, the sooner your car will fill up.

There is a specialist website for students, Campus, where you can find either a lift to and from Uni if you live off campus, or a seat in a car that will take you home for either a weekend or for the holidays. There is also a great incentive for students, groups and other associations to win £3000 by promoting this greener way to travel. All you need to do is email campus@blablacar.com and request a competition pack and more info. Full details can be found on the Campus website and it takes no time at all to register your details to be in with a chance of winning this great prize. Winners will be announced at the end of March 2012 so enter now!

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Market in East London

Anyone that has been to London can let you know that shopping is both confusing and a lot of fun depending on how well you know where you want to head. The good news for those who like bargains and plenty of unusual items will find plenty of local markets spread throughout the city of London. About 3km to the west of Marble Arch is the Portobello Market which is one of the most famous markets in London and easily reached by bus or by the tube. You can find the market open six days a week and an antique market on Saturday.

Other great choices include the Chapel market where you can find great deals on many second hand goods, vegetables, jewellery, and more. Also attractive is the Southall market where you will find Brick Lane covered with many market stalls and attractions. Finally, a visit to the London Street Markets is not complete unless you stop by Petticoat Lane which is one of the oldest still meeting on a regular basis and supports well over a thousand stalls filled with great goods for you to sift through.

Edinburgh is a great place to head if you want to spend a week away from the city life given the fact that it offers both a New and Old Town with plenty of great quirky shops and boutiques in both to make every day full. However, outside of the traditional boutique stops, you may want to keep your eyes open for many of the great vintage shops spread out across Edinburgh because at these antique shops you will often find great deals and fabulous pieces that are one of a kind.

Whether you are looking for clothing or for antiques, after you have spent a couple of hours in Edinburgh you will be sure to find what you are looking for. Even better, if you cannot find what you are looking for in the shops, you can check out the many different flea markets that are located everywhere, and offer an even wider array of goods and items.

With flea markets on the weekends and often on a daily basis if you know where to look, by spending the time investigating the town you will find why Edinburgh is so popular for vintage shopping.

Nowadays everyone has a busy schedule from stay at home mums to those who work all day.  It seems as if there is never enough time to fit everything into the day, which is why many people put off powerful relaxation techniques such as yoga off.  However, when properly used yoga can be a great way to relax and does not have to take up a significant chunk of your day.  The following are just a few tips for how you can fit yoga into a busy day.

First of all, if you keep pushing yoga off until the next day or the next evening and it never happens then you need to rethink your time table because after a few failed attempts likely the time slot you have in mind is simply not going to work.

Instead, consider taking five minutes out of before a meal or ten minutes out of your lunch break to try out some yoga exercises.  While this may not seem like much, once you get into the habit of ten minutes of yoga a day you will likely start to relax and slowly start extending your time until before you know it you will be spending a significant amount of time on your exercises.

Even though there are many who prefer the minimalistic look in their homes, where you feel as if you have walked into one of those trendy art galleries with a few pictures and no furniture, the majority of us seek a cosy warmth in our living rooms. Whatever size and shape your room may be, it is incredibly easy to turn the space into the cosy room you desire.

Start with the décor, cool colours such as blues and greys are out. Go with creams, chocolates and, if your room is big enough and light enough to carry it, a vibrant red. If not, a red feature wall with the remainder a soft cream works very well and generates warmth. If you are fan of laminate flooring, one large rug, or several smaller ones if space permits it, brings a cosiness to a floor space that can look very cold when left bare.

A focal point is all important when creating a cosy living room, and that isn’t the TV set, it is the likes of a fireplace and a comfy sofa. If you haven’t got one already, install a fireplace and one of those fires that has a living flame light that is on even when you aren’t using the fire. Arrange your furniture to take in the focal point as just sitting reading with the fire light on creates a warm and cosy atmosphere.

Stark lighting also spoils a cosy ambiance, whilst wall lights or other subdued lighting add to it. Finally, well chosen and appropriate pictures and prints are the finishing touches to a room that oozes comfort and warmth the minute you step through the door. So now you know how easy it is, you too can have that cosy living room you always wanted, and it can be done very quickly too.

Agent Provocateur is a lingerie company that was founded in Britain and has become known as the premiere luxury lingerie shop. Its flagship store is located in Soho and since then has seen their brand expand into 13 different countries, with thirty stores spread out across the largest cities in the world.

The brand is known for its unique and creative lingerie styles that border on fresh and provocative which surprisingly have gained a large audience among classy young businesswomen who want to look classy and sophisticated in the bedroom in the new era of sexual freedom.

The company is rooted in fashion history given the fact that it was founded by Vivienne Westwood’s son Joseph Corre and his then wife Serena Rees. Rees started the store after she became tired of seeing women dress shoddily under high end garments, and so she came up with the idea of selling high end fashion lingerie that is fun to wear underneath clothes so that everything from head to toe matches.

Clientele feel comfortable shopping at the store as the couple offered a confidentiality contract to anyone that shopped within the store allowing it to build a loyal customer base.

With summer comes an entirely new line of fashion, but one line of fashion that most people forget to notice when the season changes is lingerie, however, even if you have not thought about it, there are actually many new styles of lingerie that can help make a real splash in the bedroom. One nice aspect of summer is that the temperatures are a great deal higher, making it easier to get away with wearing less which is something that will always work in your favor when it comes to fun in the bedroom.

Some of the most popular lingerie styles this summer are actually nude, not nude in itself, but nude in color as barely there lace that is printed across your skin in a tribal fashion is immediately sexy. Boy cuts are also extremely popular again this summer as the easy cut offers you the feeling of coverage during the hot summer months but still offers plenty of flair to the skin. In addition, remember to stock up on t-shirt bras for the summer months as well as cross back bars so that you are ready to toss on summer tanks and sheer tops.

Lingerie from Agent Provocateur

Sexy lingerie shop Agent Provocateur has opened its doors in the Big Apple along Manhattan’s Madison Avenue and already the locals are flocking in with many simply stopping in to see what the big fuss is about. The sexy garment shop has been growing over the last few years with flagship openings in many of the largest shopping districts of the world including the SoHo district in New York . However, moving uptown is a bit of a gamble given the fact that the classy lingerie store will now have to compete with the high end fashion likes of Saks, Bloomingdales, and Bergdorf.

This of course begs the question; do high end cashmere cardigan touting ladies of the teacup really have a secret thing for seductive fashion? The sales receipts at the end of the month may be the only answer, but given the fact that New York is a place where anything can happen it is actually not too hard to imagine the squeamish upper class women wondering in just to take a look at what this particular new fashion trends is all about. Plus, you have to admit; with sales assistants there watching them attempt to figure out the super sexy pieces would help the day pass quickly.

The art of knitting

When most people think about knitting the first image that pops to mind is a grandmother or aunt that used to spend hours twiddling away with some string and needles. However, knitting is actually an art form that takes time to learn and master, but is well worthwhile since you can create some stunning clothes on your own once you figure out just what ‘over and under’ really means. While it is not the simplest thing to get the hang of, there is plenty more to knitting than just ugly cable holiday sweaters and scarves.

In fact, you can make all types of creations with some knitting needles and yarn if you really start practicing including fashion scarves, blankets, sweaters, and with enough practice and a little bit of knowledge into lining even skirts. A quick look across the fashion runways will tell you that knits are back in style in a large way so why not take some of your creative energy and channel it into making one of a kind knitting creations that will really blow your friends away, especially when they learn that you made it on your own!