Chickenstrone Soup
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Chickenstrone Soup

Ever wonder what to do with that leftover chicken carcass after a Sunday roast lunch? Whatever you do, don’t throw it away! Especially if it’s a free-range ideally organic sourced chicken, you want to squeeze every last bit of goodness out of it so nothing has gone to waste. Here’s how to turn the leftover…

That time we stopped using shampoo
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That time we stopped using shampoo

I know, I know, you’re probably already rolling your eyes. Only barefoot hippies that go live in the woods stop using shampoo! So just to clarify I didn’t stop using shampoo all together, but I did ditch the chemical concoctions and all those single-use plastic bottles they come in. The verdict? My hair and my…

School-friendly seed butter
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School-friendly seed butter

My kids staple diet is nut butter! They live for anything slathered in it –  sourdough, apple quarters, they dip bananas in it, celery, they’ll eat it out the jar if I let them! But with all schools having a strict no-nut policy it makes it tricky sending them with the spread they love the…

Less-waste morning cuppa
Less-waste living

Less-waste morning cuppa

Just about every single person I know drinks something cup-worthy each morning. For most, that’s coffee. For some, that’s tea. I even have a handful of odd ball fruit loop friends who choose to drink something caffeine free! Why would you do that to yourself? But jokes aside, an easy daily practice that we all…

A little bit about me…
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A little bit about me…

Welcome to my little cosy corner of the internet. Here I share all my hints and tips as a busy mom on a mission converting my home and family to a more eco-friendly way of life. Making simple swap outs in our day-to-day life and opting for more eco-friendly alternatives in the kitchen, home and garden….

Lunchbox Inspiration
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Lunchbox Inspiration

Daily inspiration can be hard to find when you’ve been on the lunchbox treadmill for a few months, I can’t begin to imagine how soul-sucking it must feel after years and years and multiple kids! Thanks Mom, you were a trooper! I’m here as a shoulder to cry on and hopefully give you some fresh…

Blueberry & Apple Muffins
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Blueberry & Apple Muffins

Not only are these muffins gluten free they are also a great way to repurpose any half-eaten apples or sad rejected blueberries your kids forgot at the bottom of their lunchbox. And you get the smug satisfaction of adding back into their lunchbox the following day what they had turned up their noses at the…