Posts by Nikki Beckinsale
The best ever potato bake
The entertainers friend… the best ever potato bake. Yum. Who doesn’t love a fresh crunchy salad served with a side of the best potato bake you’ll ever taste. This recipe ticks all the boxes – gluten free, dairy free and vegan and absolutely easy AND delicious.. It will be your best friend this summer. You…
Read MoreBuyer beware – Where is your fruit and veg grown?
I buy all our fruit and vegetables from our local organic farm and Mum buys direct from local farmers at her local farmers’ market so it came as quite a surprise to me to discover that Australia was importing so much fruit and veg from overseas. In fact Australia’s fresh fruit and vegetable imports decreased…
Read MoreGluten Free Banana Bread
You wont believe this banana bread is gluten free. It has a lovely texture that is fluffy and moist just like banana bread made from traditional flour and your children will love it in their school lunch box. Delicious hot or cold with or without butter you can’t go wrong. It works just as…
Read MoreScrap Apple Cider Vinegar
I am always on the look out for ways to get the most out of my food scraps. Our farmers work very hard to produce bountiful crops of delicious fruit and veg and it seems such a waste to toss any of it out. Scrap apple cider vinegar uses apple peel and cores and with…
Read MoreGreenwashing – what to look for on labels
Last month we looked at a couple of examples of products that you can easily be duped by when using the “all natural label”. This over-used label can be found throughout the supermarket from the cleaning aisle to body care products and even in packaged foods. When we buy these products we think we are…
Read MoreCherry and Hazelnut Torte – Gluten free
This is my all time favourite gluten free cake, yum! Who says you have to miss out on delicious moist tortes just because you are gluten free. With Father’s Day just around the corner I’ve been thinking about how we will celebrate and while a big breakfast has always been part of our tradition my…
Read MoreGreenwashing – the pitfalls
Last month in our newsletter we introduced you to the term Greenwashing and we committed to sharing examples of this in the coming months. Just to reiterate in case you missed this article: From electric cars to reusable shopping bags, it’s undeniable that “going green” is one of the fastest growing trends out there today.…
Read MoreWonderful stainless steel safety razors are back!
With excitement and some trepidation I have recently switched to a safety razor. My husband has been using his Parker safety razor for sometime now but I hadn’t made the switch as I was using my old razor’s store of blades. Double edged safety razors have been around since the 1900’s but since the 1970’s when disposable cartridge…
Read MoreGluten Free Cassava Flour Pizza Base
We’ve been gluten free for many years now and have tried a variety of different pizza base recipes all with varying degrees of success. My boys love pizza and it’s the birthday dinner of choice without a doubt but this year we had the added complication of Oliver inviting a friend with a nut allergy…
Read MoreFive simple swaps to kickstart your plastic free journey
We all know the planet is struggling to cope with our single use throw away world so it is WONDERFUL that you want to make a change. THANK YOU. We’ve been working on our list of the top five EASY SWAPS you can make to be living more sustainably. 1.With more than 2.7 million takeaway…
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