Sataraš (pronounced sah-tah-rush) is a quick and simple vegetarian recipe very popular in South-Eastern Europe. It is easy to make and usually prepared during the summer and early autumn days when there are plenty of capsicums (peppers) and ripe tomatoes in the garden.
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Born in Europe, my husband and I were brought up without the fast food chains, on homemade and often home grown food. I watched my grandma and mum cooking and that experience definitely influenced my love of homemade food. Feeding our kids nowadays has so many challenges: food specifically marketed towards children is mostly over processed, laced with numerous, potentially dangerous and unnecessary food additives and has little nutritional value.
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Today is World Environment Day. This year’s theme for the WED is ‘Your Planet Needs You-UNite to Combat Climate Change’.
To celebrate the WED our kids planted the seeds of a beautiful native weeping red bottlebrush tree. The seeds pack is a promotion of the Melbourne tram company. See the pictures below:
Tags: Eco Kids, Sustainable Living, urban garden, world environment day
In the Part I on Simple sustainable living in the city I was writing about the reasons to make your life greener. Part II has some simple green ideas to start your sustainable living. Part III is about us: what have we done and what are we doing to live sustainably in the city.
What does sustainable city living mean for us
We are an ordinary, average family of 4 living in a big city. We aren’t striving to be self-sufficient: it’s hardly possible to be in an urban jungle. We are just trying to live more sustainable life, implementing green changes one step at a time. We aren’t perfect and don’t do everything right all the time every time, but trying our best. And hope to get greener as we go, because we believe sustainable living is a journey, not a destination.
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In the Part I on Simple sustainable living in the city I was writing about the reasons to make your life greener. Part II has some simple green ideas to start your sustainable living.
Where to start to make your life more sustainable?
Sustainable living doesn’t mean giving up all the luxuries of the modern era and changing the lifestyle completely. It’s rather adapting it to green living. So, you would like to give a sustainable living a go, but, where to start?
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The big city has its challenges when we talk about simple, sustainable living. Nevertheless it is possible to live a greener, more conscious life in an urban jungle. With just a few easy steps everyone can do their bit towards a greener, more sustainable future. And every little step counts.
I write this post from a perspective of a mother: what I think is a thoughtful mother’s day present that many other mothers would like too.
My favourites aren’t really material things and wouldn’t cost a cent: kisses and hugs, a flower from the garden, a Happy Mother’s Day written on a notebook paper and a pretend coffee and a playdough cake.
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During the holidays, as many parents know, kids expect you to entertain them from morning till dawn. Unless the day is action packed, it’s a “boring” day and “I don’t have anything to do” day.
On one of those days, we made a batch of homemade playdough (play dough). In summer, we tend to spend more time outside and kids didn’t play with it for a while. Not only did the playdough keep them occupied for hours - to mum and dad’s delight, but also there is an educational element to it: development of fine motor skills, blending colours, exploring senses like touch and feel, to name a few.
Tags: homemade playdough, how to make playdough, playdough recipe
A lot in this post!
We are big fans of u-pick or pick your own fruit and berries. U-pick means you go to the farms and pick the fruit yourself. It is good in many ways:
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Easter is just around the corner and it’s time to start some planning (I should say it’s the last minute to do so). If you are celebrating Easter, think about how to green your Easter celebrations this year. Read the rest of this entry »
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