It’s bloody freezing right now, and I’m forcing myself to go outside and walk to the gym. It’s sheer madness I know. It has forced my hand though to get on and make some microwavable rice pack because it’s cold and I’m aching.
I bought a fat quarter of fabric for £2.85, and a 500g bag of rice for 88p. I already had a little bottle of what I thought was lavender essential oil but was actually lavender massage oil.
I cut the fat quarter into a piece that was 32 x 58 cm (I just eyeballed the size I wanted).
I folded it in half longways right side together. Then I sewed closed two sides, and about a third of the way along the third side.
I turned it inside out, so right way out really. Then poured in the rice, and a few drops of the lavender. Then I hand sewed the open side using my terrible version of slip stitch. I was worried that my hand sewing wouldn’t be strong enough and rice would explode everywhere but so far so good.
I put mine in the microwave for two mins and it came out very hot, so I think 1min 30secs might be better. I did notice it didn’t keep it heat as long as a hot water bottle, although if you spend four hours trying to pose with it and take pictures for your blog then what do you expect?
It’s healthier than normal muffins because there’s no flour or gluten, and no added sugar it just relies on the honey and banana for sweetness. It’s nonsense to say there isn’t sugar in it though as honey is 80% sugar and there’s about 12g per 100g in a banana.
Simply get some whole almonds and soak them overnight. They will soak up the water and swell a little. Then drain and rinse, and put in a blender with more water (obviously the more water you use the thinner it will be, I had to add more water half-way through to make it more milk like). Blend, blend, blend. Then sieve. I just used a regular sieve but you could add cheese-cloth to get all the almond bits out.
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