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When it gets warmer, I find sweet drinks a lot harder to resist. It’s been years since I felt the pull of most fizzy drinks, but sometimes on a sunny day, the appeal of an iced tea or a cold fruit juice or smoothie is strong. This is a new favourite cold drink for me….
A couple of months ago, I stumbled onto a life-changing real food hack that I absolutely love. It has literally changed the way I prepare our food and made healthy eating so much tastier and so much easier. It’s very simple: make 1-2 sauces each week. At the weekend, I get the blender out and…
I do enjoy winter jumpers, hot chocolates, Christmas and coziness, but sometimes on a dreary winter’s day, I long for a little sunshine, don’t you? I have been experiencing the highs and lows of settling both my children into a new school and an old preschool without the beloved sibling, and it has been a…
At this time of year, sometimes it seems like nothing but hot chocolate will do. I am fortunate that my kids have yet to have more than a few sips of super sugary hot chocolate outside the house, so they are more than happy with a cup of hot milk mixed with cacao/cocoa powder and…
You guys know I LOVE pumpkin spice mix. I make a big batch and basically live off it through autumn and winter (and sometimes it even crops up in spring and summer, too!). But there is another spice-based flavour mix that I really enjoy at this time of year: gingerbread. Anyone else a really big…
Going gluten free, even temporarily, has been easier than I thought. But baking has been an issue. Bread crumbles and dries out too quickly, wraps are hard and tend to snap, muffins can be gritty, and sometimes I make my 90-minute bread or a sourdough loaf for the family and ache for that delicious smell…