I have no words. The shock. The horror. Mortified and devastated is what I am. Look what I found in my 13-year-old son’s shoe drawer. Chocolate. Lots and lots of chocolate. Not just one bar, but three large packets! All of it laden with artificial rubbish! At first I was a bit cranky. Not just about the chocolate – I…
Rhubarb, Rhubarb! Roasted with greek yoghurt
Rhubarb, Rhubarb !! Does anyone remember why we used to say that as kids? I remember I did, but I don’t know why! Now I can’t say RHUBARB without it being in duplicate! Anyway, onto the food! My brain has been getting a work out lately as my diet has become very specific. What can I…
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…
Berry Coconuty Cheesecake – so healthy!
I have had a life-long love affair with cheesecake. My mum used to make an awesome mango cheesecake, sweet and rich! Unfortunately, all that sugar, dairy and wheat just doesn’t love me anymore. Recently, I started hearing about all these healthy people making ‘raw’ cheesecakes. Now to be honest, when someone said ‘raw food’, I wasn’t…
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…
Secret Women’s Business
WARNING: This blog post is about lady stuff. I know we have a few blokes that hang around, so look away now!! Actually, no, don’t – because I am sure you have females in your life who you care about. So, read on and then share the info! Several years ago, I was advised by a…
Make your own (mostly) organic face wash
Make your own (mostly) organic face wash Our skin is our largest organ and will absorb what we put onto it, straight into our blood stream. Think how nicotine patches work! When you start really looking at all the products we use and what’s in them, it will freak you out! This short video explains it…
Polenta Chicken Bites – healthy chicken nuggets!
Just say no to nuggets! I am back with another easy recipe in our ‘just so no to nuggets’ campaign! There are so many ways to make a healthy chicken ‘nugget’ very quickly and easily. I am going to keep giving you recipes until I run out of ideas. I’m pretty sure I don’t have to tell you…
Healthy Lunchbox Ideas
Does the whole school lunch thing drive you mad? It’s a complicated business – we have to make sure it’s healthy, doesn’t go soggy and won’t give anyone salmonella! Then throw into the mix a fussy kid or two and a school policy on nuts and it’s the mums who are going nuts!! My kids are a 14 and 11 and usually…