I’m not one for baking sweets and treats and I never have been; maybe because I don’t have much of a sweet tooth (a fortunate thing I guess, now I am so sensitive to fructose). Anyway, I much prefer to make pesto or a roast chicken, or hummus made from scratch. But my duty as
Laundry is one of those domestic chores I take little pleasure in (although it’s not the worst), so I never thought I would ever celebrate it with a dedicated blog post! But while I have yet to meet a homemaker who enjoys folding washing, there’s no denying that our clothes and the washing, drying, and
Over the past four years, we’ve ditched most of the instant (processed) foods from our kitchen but one condiment has managed to retain its presence on our pantry shelf all this time, basically because there’s just nothing else quite like it: vegemite. Personally, I could live without vegemite but the kids really, really like it.
My daughter, Stella, is 4½ and she is already eagerly awaiting her 5th birthday (party) in April. On Friday last week I went to pick her up from kindergarten and when I arrived she was sitting on the mat with her classmates listening to her teacher explain how it was Jonah’s 5th birthday and he
It’s been 6 months since I wrote about how, and why, I quit milk. I’ve actually ended up eschewing dairy completely, except for the odd restaurant or takeaway curry. Oh, and I still occasionally buy a wedge of Castello cheese – there will always be a place in my stomach for Castello cheese! Given that
It’s an unfortunate fact of life for all creatures great and small, that there are ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’. And although there are some weeks when I don’t know where our next mortgage payment is coming from, I’m pretty sure that as far as 99% of the world’s population is concerned, I’m a ‘have’. Why? Because
When I was a kid, I don’t recall ever using sunscreen (although perhaps that’s just my flawed memory). What I do remember is lying out on the lawn as a young teenager with a bottle of Johnson&Johnson’s baby oil (shudder…) slathering it over my skin in the hope of getting a quick bronze tan. I
If you’ve had a go at sourdough or have taken an interest in it already, you will know that a sourdough starter, as a living, growing thing, needs to be used regularly, so that you have a reason to continue feeding it with fresh flour and water daily (or a little less frequently if you
I’m excited to share with you my recipe for easy-peasy homemade sourdough bread this week. Just in case you weren’t waiting for it, this post follows on from my last, Why We Switched To Sourdough. Because we’d been baking fresh bread in our bread maker for a few years before I decided to try sourdough,