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A healthy Easter basket for kids

March 8, 2018 · 1 Comment

A healthy Easter basket for kids

Easter is here yet again and I thought I would share with you some healthy, ethical and natural ideas for the kids’ Easter baskets.

I know Easter can be one of those occasions that can easily become excessive and overly commercialised. Dealing with family members and outside influences that don’t support your healthy choices can be very stressful. Check out my hints on how to navigate this with humour and grace.

What family traditions do you have for Easter? What are you putting into baskets? Let us know in the comments.

 

♥ The Basket

Finding a gorgeous basket you can re-use year after year is a great eco-friendly option. You can also have a hunt around the house for some boxes, bags, tins or baskets you could upcyle, decorate and use!

♥ Ethical Woven Seagrass

I love this biodegradable, hand-made, woven seagrass basket for a simple reusable option. You can embellish with ribbons or wind some pom poms around the top to get a different look every year. You can also reuse it for storage around the home and pop it in the compost when it’s getting ratty.

Get it here.

♥ Handmade, personalised baskets

Head over to Etsy to see a huge range of handmade Easter baskets. Many can be personalised making them a gorgeous gift. Check it out here.

♥ Chocolate

I am a huge advocate for fair-trade and ethical chocolate. If you are not buying something you know is fair-trade, then chances are child slavery is involved in the cacao production. You can get a good range and always be assured that the chocolate is fair-trade and ethical here.

 

♥  Boobook Chocolate Eggs

These Boobook eggs are caramel filled and chocolate coated. Organic, gluten-free, dairy-free and vegan, they are new to Loving Earth. A whopping half of the profits will go to The Great Forest National Park campaign. Get them here on sale!


♥ Moo-Free Rosie Rabbit

Rosie is a vegan, organic, dairy free, gluten free, soy free choccy rabbit. Moo Free also do larger chocolate Easter Eggs as well. Find them here.

♥ Gingerbread Rabbits

I am a long time lover of these gingerbreads. Hand-made in the Blue Mountains, Karen and Dom lovingly create great quality food in compostable packing. These bunnies are gluten-free, nut-free, egg-free, palm-oil free, vegan and contain no artificial weird stuff. They also come in chocolate.

Find them here.

♥ Oscar the Orangutan

These cute little Oscar bars are organic, gluten free, dairy free, palm oil free, refined sugar free, vegan and ethically made. Five cents from every bar goes to The Orangutan Project, to help conserve orangutans and their habitat. They also come in white chocolate flavour. Find them here.

 

 

♥ Easter toys and gifts

 

♥ Easter Bilby Book

Any excuse for a new book is a good idea in my book! This Easter Bilby book from Aussies Nette Hilton and Bruce Whatley. is so charming and will make a lovely family tradition. Get it here in hard back or soft cover.♥ Jack ‘n Jill Bunny Toothbrush

Look I am just being practical here! 😀 Good teeth brushing is important after the Easter chocolates, so make it fun with this cute bunny tooth brush from Jack ‘n Jill. It’s also completely bio-degradable and toxin-free. Find it here.

♥ Peter Rabbit money box

We have some of these gorgeous Wedgwood Peter Rabbit pieces. They make a lovely heirloom gift and they also come in bowls and cups too. Check them out here.

 

You could also add some small things to the Easter baskets like crayons, colouring books, crystals and small wooden toys.

 

Want some more Easter ideas?

 

Healthy homemade Easter eggs

Healthy Hot Cross Buns

Healthy Easter ideas

Cool ideas for Easter that aren’t chocolate

Your complete guide to a healthy Easter

 

 

Filed In: FAMILY / Tagged: allergy-friendly Easter, dairy-free, easter, Easter bilby, Easter bunny, Easter chocolate, easter eggs, ethical, fair trade, gluten-free, handmade Easter, healthy easter, organic, vegan

Your complete guide to a healthy Easter

March 16, 2016 · 8 Comments

 

Your complete guide to a healthy Easter

 

Easter is early this year! 

One thing I have noticed you all chatting about is how overwhelming all the chocolate is at Easter time. Well-meaning friends and family love to spoil our kids and it can all get a little crazy. It’s worthwhile establishing some boundaries around this if you feel uncomfortable. One of our gorgeous mums made a cute graphic saying ‘thank you but no gifts for Easter’ and shared it amongst her family and friends. Great idea!

 

There is also a huge amount of horrible chocolate out there – full of nasty additives, palm oil and fillers and produced in an unethical way. My thoughts are always quality over quantity! Get some really good, quality chocolate and just have a little amount. The same goes for hot cross buns – make them yourself with high quality ingredients and you will be less inclined to eat dozens of yucky supermarket ones.

 

Here are my top picks for Easter this year…..

 

 

healthyeasterchocs

 

♥ Healthier Chocolate

If you are after healthier or allergy friendly Easter Eggs and chocolate, check out the range at Biome.

I always recommend you look out for chocolate that is fair trade and free of palm oil. Unfortunately, chocolate production comes with issues such as deforestation, environmental pollution, child slave labour and unethical payment of workers. It pays to know where your chocolate is coming from and how it is produced.

 

 

Cute Ideas for Easter Baskets

 

♥ Cute Ideas for Easter Baskets

♥ I love the chocolate gingerbread bunny biscuits from Gingerbread Folk. They are individually wrapped so perfect for the Easter Egg Hunt too.

♥ Add in a cute bunny toothbrush to help get rid of all that sugar off the teeth! Find them here.

♥ I always used to include a book at Easter time when my kids were small! Check out the beautiful selection of Easter themed books here.

Homemade Easter Treats

 

Homemade Chocolate, Buns and Bums.

 

♥ Special Easter Baking Pack. Cyndi at Changing Habits has put together an Easter baking pack filled with organic, whole foods that you can use to create your own healthy Easter Treats. She has also thrown in some freebies!! Woohoo. Check it out here.

♥ The BEST healthy hot cross bun recipes to suit any diet can be found here.

♥ Dairy Free Chocolate Cream Easter Eggs from Lisa at Happy Tummies.

♥ Paleo Creme Eggs from Hold the Grain.

♥ Bunny Butt Pancakes from Edible Life in YYC. Use a healthy pancake recipe like one of these.

♥ Sugar Free Easter Chocolates from Becomingness.

I would love to know what ideas and recipes you have lined up for a healthy Easter! Share with us! 

 

Filed In: FAMILY, HOME / Tagged: additive free, allergy friendly, easter, Easter gifts, ethical, fair trade, gifts, healthy chocolate, healthy easter, healthy Easter eggs

Healthy Hot Cross Buns

April 9, 2014 · 18 Comments

Healthy hot cross buns

 

Such a thing does exist!

The commercial hot cross buns you buy are laden with additives, hydrogenated vegetable oils and lots of sugar. Read your labels and check them out. Better still, make your own!

Sure, these take a bit more time and effort, but I think it’s great. Get back to slow cooking and make it a family tradition. Plus, you won’t eat as many if you have to make them!

Check out these amazing recipes from very clever food bloggers. Serve them with lashing of organic butter!

Enjoy!

 

 

Quirky Cooking's Hot Cross Buns

Quirky Cooking’s Gluten Free and Dairy Free Hot Cross Buns.

Also check out Jo’s Grain Free Hot Cross Muffins that are GAPS friendly.

 

Spelt Hot Cross Buns AGAGFAF

A girl, A Guy, Fur Kids and Food’s Spelt Hot Cross Buns.

Wheat free, thermomix.

vegiesmugglers-buns

Hot Happy Buns from Vegie Smugglers.

Traditional buns, homemade and additive free!

 

Healthy Hot Cross Buns - Grain Free, Gluten Free Co

Tania Hubbard (Food for Everybody) has tweaked her Hot Cross Bun recipe this year.

They are Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Grain Free, Nut Free and Paleo.

Healthy Hot Cross Buns from Teresa at The Healthy Chef.

Wheat free, dairy free.


Paleo Hot Cross Buns from The Merry Makers Sisters.

Gluten free, dairy free, paleo.

Healthy Hot Cross Buns - Well Nourished

 Healthy Hot Cross Buffins from Georgia at Well Nourished. 

They are wheat free with lots of allergy options and a chocolate option.

 

Sourdough Hot Cross Buns from Home-Grown Kitchen

Traditional sourdough with pumpkin added.

 

Raw ‘Hot Cross Buns’ from Lauren at Acension Kitchen.

Vegan, refined sugar free and gluten free.

Do you make hot cross buns at Easter time?

 

Filed In: FOOD / Tagged: buns, easter, healthy, healthy easter, healthy hot cross buns, homemade buns, hot cross buns

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