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
Category: zero-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
Vegan soft toast bread
This is an absolute winner! I have long tired to achieve this kind of softness and taste so that we can (finally!) completely ditch the bread sold in plastic bags. I prefer my sourdough bread but it was a journey to satisfy my daughters with their fine taste buds and I MADE IT 🙂 This… Continue reading Vegan soft toast bread
The Best Energy Balls
Ingredients: 50g almonds 50g walnuts 8 dates, stones removed 2 T of cocoa powder 1 T peanut butter 1 T coconut oil Method: Place all ingredients in a food processor and pulse until nuts are nicely crushed but not still crunchy and everything is well mixed. You may want to stop and scrape the mixture… Continue reading The Best Energy Balls
Recycling
Recycling has that calming effect on me when it comes to “doing my part for the world.” At least is has for a really long time. Shop, unpack, use up, put in the recycling bin. Simple, right? If only. There’s been more and more information out about recycling. From Tree Hugger blog, to BBC War… Continue reading Recycling
Foraging
We went for a 9 mile walk in Surrey today. Because it’s Saturday, and because it makes my week so much better. I genuinely cannot wait for Saturdays to come now, and even a thought of our little stroll outside of the big city makes me want to start skipping rather than walking 🙂 It… Continue reading Foraging
