Make Your Own Bread – Inspirational Video

Bread making is one of the simplest ways to make your life more sustainable.  It is not a coincidence that we say bread is staff of life.  Do you make your own bread?

This inspirational video was created by Make Bread.

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Healthy and easy: Berry Pudding

I’m very excited to see the first strawberry flowers in our container garden:  the berry season in upon us!  We will have just enough of our strawberries to taste, but usually go to the berry farms to pick larger quantities. …

Simple gluten & dairy free orange cake

Orange cake is a special treat, especially in winter when cakes with apples and pears dominate.  Many recipes involve boiling the orange for an hour or so – the length of the process always puts me off.

This flourless orange cake…

Easy vegetarian recipe: Sataraš

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…

How to make playdough within minutes

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…

What does frozen raspberry yogurt have in common with bushfires?

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:

Homemade buttermilk pancakes – easy pancake recipe

When I announce Pancakes for breakfast! our kids ask immediately: thick or thin? Thin pancakes are actually crepes and thick are pancakes. Considered as a French specialty, crepes are widespread and very common throughout continental Europe: if you order pancakes, chances…

Bicarb soda: natural body deodorant

Once upon a time, bicarb soda (Sodium Bicarbonate, Bi-Carb Soda, baking soda) in our household would be used for baking exclusively. Then, I started to use it instead of commercial cleaning products. Then, as a good natural tooth cleaning powder.…

How to Make Basil Pesto Sauce

Basil pesto is a treat and the best way to enjoy basil.  And I’m talking about homemade pesto sauce, not the shop bought one form the jar.  The fusion of flavours in it is a marriage made in heaven.

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Endless supply of buttermilk – how to make buttermilk

I love buttermilk and I love to have it in the fridge all the time! Buttermilk is easy to digest, great for cooking (just made buttermilk pancakes – yum), goes well with savory food like pies and is great in salad…