Sarah Dairiki

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Houseplants 101

Starting in the summer of 2019, my boyfriend and I have been slowly accumulating a variety of houseplants for our room. We now have 12 houseplants, and although we are still learning the tricks and trade of caring for plants, we are slowly getting better! In this post I will share with you the houseplants that we have purchased, as they are the highlight of our room! 1. Cactus - My boyfriend purchased this cactus from Trader Joes (I believe it was $5.99) a month ago, and it has been flourishing. We have always been a fan of succulents as they are pretty hardy and easy to take care of, but we have never owned a cactus-shaped succulent, so we had to buy it. My boyfriend leaves it alone besides watering it when its soil is relatively dry, and it is a nice addition to our room. 2. Parlor Palm (aka Chamaedorea elegans ) - My boyfriend purchased this plant from Trader Joes for about $5.99 and it has also been flourishing. Ours is quite small as of right now, but they can gr...

Creamy Chickpea Curry

Lately I have been really invested in trying new recipes, and this one is another one that I had to share. I have been following Nikole Goncalves for a while on YouTube and Instagram, and I absolutely LOVE her. She has the most positive attitude, posts amazing recipes on her blog, posts videos on YouTube while managing her company, and she even recently released her own cookbook (which I have been dying to purchase)! This recipe that she posted is something I have only made once, but will definitely make again and again. My boyfriend who follows a different food regimen than me even really liked this curry as well. This recipe is definitely a keeper, and is healthy yet still delicious. It also is super quick to whip up, making it a super easy dish to make when you want something loaded with flavor but are limited on time. This is Nikole's Creamy Chickpea Curry. Ingredients: Olive oil (1 tbsp) - I always eyeball this Diced red onion (1/2 cup) - I believe I used a whole red o...

Spicy Veggie Bean Chili

Since moving from my old house with a tiny, cramped kitchen to my new house with a large, open kitchen with an island, I have been meal prepping, cooking, and baking a lot more. With this, I have been keen to try new recipes! I do eat meat, but most of the time I tend to cook vegetarian and vegan meals. This vegetarian chili recipe was one that I came across while browsing for a good, hearty chili recipe, and it is so delicious I had to share it with all of you. I did not come up with this recipe myself. The lovely Shannon, with her blog "The Glowing Fridge," posted this recipe. Her website is amazing, and I highly recommend you check it out. (Also, if you are interested in more plant based recipes, take a look at Shannon's website here: https://www.theglowingfridge.com ) Ingredients: 1/3 cup vegetable broth (or 1 tbsp olive oil) - for sautéing 1 onion, diced 1/4 of a finely diced jalapeño (optional) 3 minced cloves of garlic 1 bell pepper of any color, diced 1 ...

What It Is Like Working As A CNA

As I mentioned in my previous post, I am interested in pursuing a graduate degree in the health care field. More specifically, I am passionate about pursuing a Masters degree in Physician Assistant Studies. Due to this, I am currently working as a CNA, not just to gain patient care experience, but to see if working in health care is the right field for me. And let me tell you: despite all the frustrations I face in my job, there are just as many perks. And after a year as a CNA, I can tell you with ease that health care is the right field for me. A CNA is also known as a certified nursing assistant. My job duties as a CNA include: showering patients, toileting patients, getting patients dressed, making beds, feeding patients, transferring patients from bed to wheelchair and vice versa, taking vitals, charting, reporting changes to the nurse, etc. To work as a CNA you typically have to hold a CNA certification, which can be easily obtained. My CNA class was slightly over a month ...

I'm Back!

It has been almost 3 years since my last post on this website. And it has been way too long. I began posting less and less as I got more busy with college, up until the point where I wasn't even posting anything at all. Now that I have graduated and am on the road towards pursuing graduate school, I thought I would pick the writing back up. Writing has always been a way for me to express my thoughts, and this blog has been a place where I can write about what truly fascinates me. The blog has undergone many transformations topic wise over the years that it has been active, but as my subtitle goes, this blog will continue to focus on health, beauty, lifestyle, recipes, and more. There will most likely be a trend towards focusing on health-related posts since I am trying to pursue a graduate degree in the health care field, but there will also be some other fun bits in there as well. I have a lot of ideas that I want to write about and post for you all to read, so those will hope...

Treating Burned Victims: Tilapia Skin or Gauze and Cream?

Recently there has been a new, and very impressive, health trend popping up in Brazil. Doctors in Fortaleza, Brazil, are turning away from treating burned patients with gauze and cream and are turning to treating them with sterilized tilapia fish skin. This treatment with tilapia skin has mainly been directed towards patients suffering from second and third degree burns, and has been very successful so far. Before this introduction of sterilized tilapia skin as a treatment for burned patients, doctors in Brazil relied on using gauze and silver sulfadizine cream. This silver sulfadizine cream was used specifically because it contained silver, which helped prevent infection and any other complications that could arise for a patient. Although this method was the traditional way of treating burns and was used for a long period of time, it is unclear as to how successful it was. It was unknown if the silver sulfadizine cream really helped heal a burn faster, and the gauze and cream dres...