After laying dormant for a couple of years (my blog not me!), I am now back!… and on a mission. My mission being to move towards a plastic-free (and eventually zero-waste) lifestyle. I have been noticing increasingly of late that I have been emptying out our small kitchen bin out to the outside bin on… Read More The Awakening
I’m not sure if my photo does this dish justice but this is a really nutritious recipe that is totally easy to make. I basically bought one of those little lunch pots from Marks & Spencer in an “I’m starving hungry but far away from home” moment and it was so delicious that I figured… Read More Easy Peasy Mixed Bean Salad Recipe
When I was in my late-teens to early twenties I was a sun-worshipper extraordinaire! I was of the “20 minutes on the front, 20 minutes on the back” brigade and one summer I even remember oiling myself up with Hawaiian Tropic – something like factor 2!! The horror! But I think we were all doing… Read More Sun safety: the greener way
I appear to have spent the best part of Christmas Eve in the kitchen with my 12-year old daughter making a variety of vegan treats to take along to my sister’s tomorrow for Christmas and I have loved having the time to do this. Usually during term-time (weekdays in particular) cooking is a race against time –… Read More A Very Merry Vegan Christmas
This is not meant to be a depressing article in any way and I am by no means a scientist (nor is this article based on anything but my personal thoughts) but I can’t help but question what on earth is going on!? Why is everyone getting cancer? A few years back I didn’t know… Read More Cancer and a greener life…
Only 4 days into the school holidays and my 7-year old son is already going stir crazy! Hasn’t helped that I’ve been a bit under the weather so less enthusiastic about wandering around outside in the cold so this afternoon I decided a spot of baking was in order. I found a recipe for… Read More Yummy Vegan Mince Pies
Is it me or did the last three weeks of term D…R…A…G! For some reason, which is quite unlike me, I felt totally desperate for school to end. Even the kids were okay until this week but I’ve been feeling fidgety for the last three weeks. You know that feeling when you’re running on empty… Read More The final push…and school’s out!!
It’s been six months since I made the transition from being vegetarian to being vegan and it was the best decision I EVER made. Every day is part of a learning curve for me. Making a solid transition to veganism has involved really trying to become informed about the farming industry and what this entails. The knowledge… Read More Vegan Update: 6 months on
So I have FINALLY taken the plunge head first into vegan life and I feel AMAZING!! I did mention in my last post that I was inching towards veganism but I have finally made the commitment and it feels so right. I stopped eating meat just over 2 years ago (I even remember the date-… Read More A Vegan Life for Me!!
I have been so distracted in recent months with starting up my yoga business and my continuing studies that I have been neglecting this blog. I’m always thinking of ideas of what to write in my head but never quite getting round to actually writing them down! My “green” values are such an integral part… Read More How time flies! [quick round up]
By my own admission I tend to avoid the news like the plague. I don’t read newspapers, I don’t watch the news on TV and while I often see “headlines” on the internet I don’t tend to read the news stories, however, it has been impossible to avoid hearing about the alarming news concerning climate change and how… Read More Climate change: what can I do to help?
I LOVE eating dolmades, or stuffed vine leaves, but they are so expensive to buy in the shops. Last time I bought them from the supermarket I paid about £3.50-£4.00 for 4 or 5 little vine leaves and as I am not content to only eat a couple at a time I decided to make… Read More Yummy Vegetarian/Vegan Dolmades or Stuffed Vine Leaves
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