An ant every now and then doesn’t bother me, but this year it’s been horrendous. Even keeping every surface spotless of crumbs hasn’t deterred a steady stream of ants this summer, I’d wake up to an army of ants marching along my kitchen bench. Destroying the nests outside with a jug of boiling water would… Continue reading Three Natural Pest Control Methods for Ants
Category: Recipes
Figgy Raw Hot Chocolate Smoothie (in the Blender)
It’s week seventeen of the Weekend Wholefood Blender Party and we’ve shared many a smoothie, juice, vitamin water, tea and hot chocolate… you guys are awesome! There’s been a few hot chocolate recipes over the past few weeks that have been piquing my interest, and this week I’m attempting one of my own with the… Continue reading Figgy Raw Hot Chocolate Smoothie (in the Blender)
Spicy Fermented Plum Sauce
What do you generally use to get your ferments going? Whey is one of those fermentation starters that I never seem to have on hand. I don’t tend to strain my yoghurt or milk kefir to make it thicker and therefore often use a brine to get my cultured foods started. It’s a bit slower than… Continue reading Spicy Fermented Plum Sauce
Purple Power Juice with Kale
There’s suddenly 5 mouths to feed in this house now, as we adopted a Chihuahua x Jack Russell puppy on the weekend. This might explain why noone outside of work has heard ‘boo’ from me this week. While there hasn’t been any recipe posts this week, the show will go on with the Weekend Wholefood… Continue reading Purple Power Juice with Kale
Antiinflammatory Kiwi Juice Tonic
I’m so ready for this weekend, it’s been a terrible week for me! I’ve been running on very little sleep due to a few late night occurrences (including a snoring boyfriend, a barking dog and a car crash outside our house one night) and this weekend is hopefully going to be a restorative one. As… Continue reading Antiinflammatory Kiwi Juice Tonic
Honey Oat Banana Bread
It’s the simple things (and recipes) that often make life great, and this banana bread is pretty great indeed. Afterall, it’s pretty great knowing that even though those browned, over-ripe bananas in your fruit basket won’t make a nice snack, you can easily turn them into the best baked goods on the planet. That’s ‘great’ to… Continue reading Honey Oat Banana Bread