{"id":3805,"date":"2012-12-15T05:25:06","date_gmt":"2012-12-15T12:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/?p=3805"},"modified":"2013-04-29T12:33:02","modified_gmt":"2013-04-29T18:33:02","slug":"my-favourite-things-gift-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/?p=3805","title":{"rendered":"My Favourite Things Gift Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s ten days till Christmas. Ten days.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe it\u2019s because I\u2019ve been so busy this month, but somehow Christmas doesn\u2019t feel real this year\u2026like it will actually happen. Yet, it\u2019s only days away.<\/p>\n<p>However, since the reality of Christmas has finally dawned on me, I thought it\u2019d be fun to put a little gift guide<!--more--> together \u2013 of some of my favourite things that keep the health nut in me happy!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3806\" title=\"Things I Love for the Health Concious Diva\" alt=\"Things I Love for the Health Concious Diva\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Things-I-Love-for-the-Health-Concious-Diva-493x600.jpg\" width=\"493\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Things-I-Love-for-the-Health-Concious-Diva-493x600.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Things-I-Love-for-the-Health-Concious-Diva.jpg 888w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. <a title=\"Dash Diet Cookbook\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/NVqTCa\" target=\"_blank\">Dash Diet cookbook<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 love this cookbook written by my friend Anna. I did a complete review on it already, but I can tell you the recipes are yummy and I love the fact that each recipe has all the nutritional info written down.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Glass straw<\/strong> \u2013 I am addicted to mine and use it constantly. No more plastic straws for me! This would be a fabulous gift for one of your eco-conscious friends! I got mine from <a title=\"Glass Straw\" href=\"http:\/\/www.strawesome.com\/classics.html\" target=\"_blank\">Strawesome<\/a> (fab company), but you can also <a title=\"Glass Straw\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/UWhprq\" target=\"_blank\">get them here<\/a>. Contrary to what you might think, they don&#8217;t break easily. I chuck them in the dishwasher for easy cleaning.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. <a title=\"Philosophie\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thephilosophie.com\/superfood-blends\" target=\"_blank\">Philosophie Superfoods<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 I was so excited when my friend Sophie sent me her raw superfood blends. Instead of grabbing an armload of supplements and adding a teaspoon of each to your morning smoothie\u2026she takes the tediousness (and expense!) out of using and buying lots of supplements. In her blend, your favourite superfoods are mixed together. I heart Sophie and I love her products.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Lauren Brook Blush<\/strong> \u2013 it\u2019s organic and the minerals are actually good for you skin. This is <a title=\"Blush\" href=\"https:\/\/www.laurenbrookecosmetiques.com\/products-page\/cheeks\/cheek-colours\/\" target=\"_blank\">my favourite blush<\/a> because the shade looks so great on the skin \u2013 just the shade my cheeks would turn if I blushed naturally. Plus, everything on Lauren Brook\u2019s site is very reasonable in price.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. <a title=\"Spirulina\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nutrex-hawaii.com\/estore\/hawaiian-spirulina-new-1000mg-3aday-formula?utm_campaign=colourfulpalatespirulina&amp;utm_medium=promotion&amp;utm_source=colourfulpalate\" target=\"_blank\">Spirulina<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 you all know I\u2019m crazy about this stuff. I simply couldn\u2019t leave it off the gift guide. My favourite company that sells it is Nutrex, because the quality is absolutely fabulous. After taking this, I noticed a difference in my energy, immunity (haven\u2019t gotten sick since!), and my skin. Hello fabulous.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What would you add to this gift guide? What do you want for Christmas?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s ten days till Christmas. Ten days. Maybe it\u2019s because I\u2019ve been so busy this month, but somehow Christmas doesn\u2019t feel real this year\u2026like it will actually happen. Yet, it\u2019s only days away. However, since the reality of Christmas has finally dawned on me, I thought it\u2019d be fun to put a little gift guide<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[1882,1887,1886,1878,1875,1885,1876,1877,1874,1880,1881,1883,1689,1879,1884],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3805"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3805"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3810,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3805\/revisions\/3810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}