The Big List of Healthier Fundraisers If you have school children you might be like me and dread those chocolate boxes coming home! Chocolate, cakes, slices, pies, lamingtons, more chocolate. Hands up. Who ends up eating copious amounts of crap food because you feel obliged? Yep. Annoying. I usually just donate money and say – don’t…
Stocking Stuffers and Secret Santas under $15
Stocking Stuffers and Secret Santas under $15 I have so many awesome ideas here for you for Stocking Stuffers and Secret Santas! They are all healthy, natural, fair trade, organic or eco-friendly and the best bit? All under $15 and most under $10. What do you put in stockings? Share your ideas with us….
10 Healthy Winter Desserts
10 Healthy Winter Desserts One of the best things about winter is tucking into a hot, comforting, delicious pudding! This round up features healthier recipes – refined sugar free, wheat free, additve free and some are gluten free, dairy free and egg free as well. Enjoy them with hot custard, grass fed cream…
Healthy Homemade Easter Eggs
Healthy Homemade Easter Eggs Why would you make your own Easter Eggs? Well, I can think of several good reasons! ♥ Making your own treats means you know exactly what is in it ♥ Most ‘commercial’ Easter eggs are very high in refined sugar, contain a lot of nasty additives and hydrogenated vegetable…
Healthy Hot Cross Buns
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…
Salted Caramel Popcorn
Popcorn is one of the most favourite snacks in our house. It’s gluten free and it tastes yummy. I jazzed up our normal, plain popcorn with this sticky salted caramel sauce. A bit of a treat and dead easy to make when you get a yearning for something sweet late at night. Salted…
Takeaways: Are you being fooled by the ‘healthy’ options?
Image courtesy of Rob Wiltshire. Is healthy fast food really healthy? Many of us feel better about choosing a ‘healthy’ takeaway option instead of the obvious poorer food choices like Big Macs. However, you still have to be careful about what you choose. Eating takeaway every now and again is no big deal and definitely…
Raw Chocolate Banana Mousse Cake
Like Chocolate for Women. 53 Shades of Chocolate. Are they not the best book titles ever ? These ladies are geniuses I tell you. Well hold onto your undies, because I am giving away both books and sharing some chocolate love with you. Wayhay!! Many thanks to the lovely Kim Morrison for sharing. I…
Healthy and Eco-friendly Kid’s Party Bags
Healthy and Eco-friendly Kid’s Party Bags The party bag. The lolly bag. The loot bag. The bane of parents! Let’s eat heaps of junk for two hours and…… if you still haven’t had enough, here’s a bag full of sugar and plastic to take home with you. How did that all happen? Anyway, it doesn’t…
Tips for a Stress-Free Kid’s Party
Does the thought of hosting a kid’s birthday party at your house make you break out in a cold sweat? No wonder so many people choose the option of birthday parties held at fast food places and play centres! Personally, I have never done that because I am a cheap-skate and I think they…