I’ve spoken about greening my kitchen before, and while I’ve certainly come a long way from where I was, such as going paperless and making my kid’s lunches waste-free, I felt that there was one more step that I needed to take, which was to get rid of plastic. Volumes have been written about the…
Recipe: Elder, Mint & Thyme Cough Lollies
Winter is coming on fast down here in Oz, and with that comes coughs and colds. I strongly believe in beating coughs and colds the natural way and I have recently added these delicious Thyme and Elder Cough Lollies to my natural medicine cabinet. Elder, Mint & Thyme and Elder Cough Lollies 1/2 cup dried…
Days of Change
A unique program has been running here in WA called Days of Change. It is an wonderful environmental initiative aimed at encouraging everyday people to pledge to make simple changes around their household that will collectively will create a positive impact on our environment. Days of Change has a Pledge Card (available at the sight…
Nourishing Traditions
Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats I have been reading about this book, Nourishing Traditions, by Sally Fallon for a while now on a number of blogs such as Down to Earth, and Heart of Home, and was really interested in the concept of returning to real, whole…
Going Green in the Kitchen – Bokashi Bucket
Since we don’t have the space for a compost bin and I don’t have the time (or the inclination, if I am totally honest) to maintain a worm farm, I wanted to find an alternative to dispose of our food scraps and vegetable peelings rather than just throwing them into the rubbish bin. I was…
