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Upcycle me!

Post category:Sustainable living

I have always been quite a hoarder. As a child I used to have huge bag of sweets and chocolates at the bottom of my cupboard behind my sock box. When my mom or friends gave me sweets, I would always eat one and keep the other. (and then have great bribing material for my sisters!) Even on long car journeys to our annual camping holiday to the Eastern Cape, everybody would guzzle down a packet of chips that was shared equally, but I would secretly stash every second chip into a neat toilet paper pouch carefully laid down the…

The healthiest, most delicious home made ice cream!

Post category:Food

You have got to admit, store bought ice-cream is pretty unhealthy! The creamy soft serve ice cream served at the beach is even worse! Loads of sugar, loads of mucous-forming milk and packed full of artificial colourants, flavourants and those pesty E- numbers. I rarely allow my children to go near commercial ice cream, yet I make ice cream at home for them all the time. I have tried and tested many different combinations of ingredients and this one is a winner! It's sugar-free, dairy free, and packed with healthy oils and deliciousness. My kids (and husband) love it! 2…

Cutting food costs; shop-bought to homemade

Post category:Food

When my family sat down and looked at how we can decrease our weekly grocery expenses, there were a few things that we either had to stop buying, or make ourselves. The expensive luxury culprits for us were: Bread, chocolate, yogurt and rusks. These sound like random items but considerably increased our weekly bill. Call me a food snob, but I was not willing to swop my R30 stone ground local bakery sourdough loaf of bread for a R7 refined white flour wall paper paste supermarket special. Neither was I prepared to change my 70% Lindt chocolate bar for an…