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) ...
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How to Remove Coffee/Tea Stains from Cups
Is there anything less appetizing then drinking from a coffee or tea stained cup? Have you ever come to an organisation, school etc, wanting to make a cuppa, but couldn't find one ...
How to Colour Easter Eggs Naturally
Make your Easter a bit greener and more sustainable by colouring the eggs naturally. Brown Easter eggs are my favourite for two reasons: the colour is natural and so simple to make, brown is ...
How to Make Hay for Pets
Seeing the photo above, some might ask: what on earth are we doing here? Making hay. But why? In an inner city backyard? There are no big meadows or cows close by! Well, we are using it as the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Keeping Pet Chickens In Your Backyard
Let me introduce our gorgeous city chickens: Princess, Singapore and Sunflower. Singapore is the black one, still occasionally called “he” although reliably proving the opposite every morning. ...
12 ways to use up old bread
Bread is a staple food in our home: we eat a lot of it, especially when it's freshly baked. Bread making is passion of mine. Nothing compares to the aroma of a loaf just out of the oven! But when ...
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 ...