Christmas is of course the best time to make those gorgeous cookies, but what’s really stopping us from making them any time of the year 🙂 Once make, all you need is a glass of vegan hot chocolate, and you’re nicely set for a cosy evening. Here’s what you need: 60g of vegan butter 100… Continue reading Vegan gingerbread cookies
Category: zero-waste
Homemade Zero Waste Veggie Stock
I used to buy veggie cubes. And somehow it got stuck in my head that they can be full of salt, so it’s better to go for the organic variety. So I bought the organic ones, but they are definitely not waste free. At the same time I was buying loads of fresh veggies every… Continue reading Homemade Zero Waste Veggie Stock
Vegan Sourdough Cheese Crackers with Herbs
If you bake sourdough bread, you will always have loads of discarded sourdough from weekly feedings. I used to put it in my caddy (food waste bin), but this is no longer the case! These vegan cheese crackers are delicious and take care of your excess sourdough beautify. Actually, these crackers are so nice, that… Continue reading Vegan Sourdough Cheese Crackers with Herbs
5 ways to cut plastic out from your personal hygiene routine
1. Swap shower gel and hand wash gel for a bar of soap That’s probably the easiest, yet one of the most effective ways to reduce plastic waste in your life. Hand wash and shower gels made a sneaky entry into our lives and they are a big contributor to the global plastic pollution. A… Continue reading 5 ways to cut plastic out from your personal hygiene routine
Homemade Tahini Paste Recipe
Tahini is an essential ingredient of hummus. I have been making home made hummus for years now, but used to buy tahini, always moaning how expensive it was. But you can’t really make hummus without it. So, tough luck, as some people may say., I had to buy it. Until I’ve decided enough is enough.… Continue reading Homemade Tahini Paste Recipe
Vegan chocolate chip cookies
Oh Sunday! What would you be without cookies 😉 These vegan chocolate chip cookies are so tasty, they disappear really quickly – that is their only downside. Upsides? Quick and easy to make – but with a bit of planning ahead. And delicious! 🙂 So, let’s get straight into it. Here’s what you need: 340… Continue reading Vegan chocolate chip cookies
Weekends should have 3 days
Weekends should have three days, don’t you agree? It would be just right to fit all the things we need to do known as ‘life admin’, do all the batch cooking, baking etc (those of us who love doing it), go for a long walk and then relax. I feel like 3 days is a… Continue reading Weekends should have 3 days
5 easy ways to reduce waste
Once you enter the journey towards zero-waste, you are always in search for more ways to reduce your footprint, or “live lightly” as my friend used to call it. Here are 5 ways that I found to be really easy to implement. I am sure there are hundreds of others, depending on where you… Continue reading 5 easy ways to reduce waste
Homemade Peanut Butter Recipe
Have you ever craved thick, sweet and salty peanut butter? I’ve always loved it and often use it for my smoothies, as a nice addition to my porridge, cookies (that’s a winner!) and simply as a snack – a quick teaspoon full of peanut butter followed by another one 🙂 I used to buy peanut… Continue reading Homemade Peanut Butter Recipe
9 things I’ve learnt during #PlasticFreeJuly
A whole month, with a great ambition to use as little single use plastic as possible, 31 days, 744 hours – some of those spent on cycling frantically across London to find stuff without plastic… So, here’s what I have learnt: There is sooo much plastic! I have always considered myself as environmentally conscious and… Continue reading 9 things I’ve learnt during #PlasticFreeJuly
Balanced Green Living 