For my first post this Plastic-Free July, I’ve decided I’ll share with you how I make hummus from scratch. This is something I’m doing about once a week these days, as my little boy is OBSESSED with it! He’s not really talking yet, so he just squeals and points to indicate that me spreading the
Thanks to my Dutch father, I have been eating sauerkraut for as long as I can remember. Certainly, long before it became fashionable as a probiotic superfood! My dad used to serve it up mixed through mashed potato with a rookworst sausage and gravy on top. Just describing it makes me drool! It was the
My husband tells me he has some colleagues at work who are awaiting this post with interest. After the Christmas/New Year holidays in December and January, it was observed by his colleagues that he had lost a noticeable amount of weight since they had last seen him. He was never really overweight as such; just getting
In preparing for this post I had such fun making this little instructional video with my talented and super-generous friends Holly and Murdoch (of One Man Crew). We decided a mini-instructable was the absolute best way to demonstrate that, unless you need enough to feed a village in one sitting, you really need never buy mayonnaise again! Fresh mayonnaise is so quick and
Now that summer is well and truly over and autumn is here, it is time for a final harvest of my basil plants. They are already starting to feel the cold nights, and their discomfort shows in the leaves. I had great intentions for my basil plants this summer, but unfortunately things got so busy and
My family has been making and enjoying milk kefir for about two years now. It was the second homemade fermented food we tried, after yoghurt. I found homemade yoghurt too time consuming and too fussy to prepare for my liking, and although it was fun and rewarding at first, I got tired of the heating,
I now make all our toiletries myself. By toiletries, I mean lotions and potions like face cream, body cream, deodorant, insect repellent, sun screen, and nappy balm (we call it bum balm!). While there are many commercially made eco-friendly, cruelty-free products available these days, I don’t buy them because in general, I find them hideously