One small thing we do for the planet is to always reuse our post packs and boxes. If you are careful when you open them, they are fine for several uses. Sometimes I even write on them, ‘reuse me!’. It’s much cheaper than buying a new bag or box every time you need to post something as well. To…
How to rescue your burnt pans, naturally!
How to rescue your burnt pans, naturally! I may or may not have burnt the bejesus out of one of my good stainless steel Scanpan saucepans while I was chatting on Facebook one day. It got scrubbed. It went through the dishwasher several times. Still black. Still very baked-on. Then, I remembered a little tip…
Got Lemons? Six natural cleaning tips using lemons!
Got Lemons? Six natural cleaning tips using lemons! Lemony lemons, is there anything so nice? Here are some ways you can use them around your house. It cuts down the chemicals and leaves everything smelling fresh! As well as being acidic, lemons have some anti-bacterial properties which make it a perfect degreaser. ♥…
2000 Facebook Likers Celebration!
Thanks for being part of my dream! Today, I am celebrating 2000 Facebook likers. Words cannot convey how grateful and happy I am that you are all a part of this. My vision for this blog was to share our family’s experiences, in the hope that other families will be inspired to live a healthy, holistic…
Goodbye Plastic, Hello Glass!
Goodbye Plastic, Hello Glass! Over the last few years, I have been gradually culling all the plastic storage containers around our kitchen and replacing them with glass. Not just for health reasons, but for environmentally-friendly reasons. Did you know that plastic can contain small molecules that can tranfer into food it is in contact with? Some plastics are endocrine…
Kin Kin Naturals cleaning products giveaway!
I will admit that I picked up my first bottle of Kin Kin Naturals dishwash liquid because I liked the pretty label! And the fact that it said Kin Kin (a little town in the Noosa hinterland, Queensland, near where I spent some time as a child). Turns out, my instincts were right, because this company make the best natural…
Mesh bags = less plastic!
One of our goals, as a family, is to live in an environmentally friendly way. We find that we have to take baby steps – changing one little thing at a time. Otherwise, it’s just overwhelming! Our latest eco-friendly swap has been to use mesh bags instead of plastic for our fruit and veges that we buy at the supermarket. I have…
Why I *heart* my thermomix
Meet ‘THERMY’ – my third baby. Thermy is over three years old now and I don’t know what I did before it and I don’t know what I’d do without it! It truly has taken our goal of healthy, clean eating to a whole new level. If you have never heard of a thermomix, you…
Win an organic lunch bag and snack pack!
Make your own NATURAL stain-remover.
If you have kids, you will be very familiar with stain remover!!! My Natural New Age Daughter (age 10) is the worst. I have no idea what she does, but she is always filthy! Instead of using expensive, chemical-laden stain removers from the supermarket, make your own natural version. It is incredibly, almost embarassingly, easy and…