It's one week till Christmas and I have just started to bake cookies. Mostly to give away as presents. Our family is in Europe and the US so it's only four of us to cook and bake for at Christmas. For ...
Food & Drink
Easy Homemade Applesauce Recipe
The other day I spotted a jar of applesauce on the shop shelf. I can't remember ever buying one, as it is so easy to make homemade applesauce. The first time I ate applesauce was in Germany (Apfelmus) ...
Homemade Natural Pink Food Colour
By now it is very well known that artificial food colourings are linked to kids behaviour problems. So why not give our kids the best start in life and avoid artificial additives as much as possible. ...
Healthy Vegetarian Salad “Sustainable Echo”
This November Sustainable Echo is turning two! To celebrate its second birthday, I decided to make a healthy vegetarian raw salad we named after our blog, instead of a birthday cake. If only our kids ...
Semolina Soup Dumplings
It's the middle of the winter here down-under and what better way to warm up than with a hot soup. Our all time favourite is this veggie soup with semolina dumplings. Very popular throughout Europe, ...
Pumpkin and Fennel Salad
At the market last weekend, fennel bulbs and pumpkins were everywhere. That means cold weather is upon us. June 1st is the official start of winter in Melbourne, although the temperature is still in ...
Soft Butter Spread Recipe
In my previous post on butter, Butter vs. Margarine, I wrote about why butter is a better option. As I mentioned at the end, there is one thing about butter that isn’t so handy: it’s solid and hard ...
How to Roast and Eat Pumpkin Seeds
Pumpkin seeds are truly nature’s wonder food. They are full of vitamins and minerals including zinc, iron, magnesium, copper and potassium. Half a cup pumpkin seeds provides us with our daily ...
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 ...
Homemade Vanilla Extract in Less Than 5 Minutes
Vanilla is my all time favourite spice! There’s something luxurious, exotic and warm in the vanilla scent. This might be why: vanilla plant belongs to the orchid family growing in tropical regions ...