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One of the best ways to take care of your health is to watch what you eat. According to hippocrates we should use food as our medicine and I am a firm believer in this!
Many people get stuck in a rut with their meals; eating cereal for breakfast, sandwiches for lunch and a takeaway or microwave meal for dinner.
Why not ring the changes and put a new habit into place by packing a healthy lunch? It will take you ten minutes of preparation the night before, and you’ll be be amazed at how quickly you start to reap the rewards from eating well. That mid afternoon slump might disappear for ever and those niggly headaches might up and leave!
Stuck in a sandwich rut? Check out our tips for packing a healthy, waste free lunchbox or follow our easy tomato soup recipe for inspiration.
Even with my nine year old ‘baby’ there was still plenty to excite me in Anni Saulter’s “Organically Raised: Conscious Cooking for Babies and Toddlers” book.
The cover is amazing and makes you want to pick up the book and read through straight away and the inside pages are no disappointment. Recipes are photographed beautifully; which is a MUST with any cookery book with stunning pictures of the food and children enjoying it in peaceful surroundings makes you want to head straight to the kitchen. Read the full story »
Recently I’ve been using the heavenly Lavender Floral Water from Baldwins and co. It smells absolutely gorgeous, and as one of mine and Little Miss Green’s favourite scents, we’ve been experimenting with ways to use …
How much quality time do you spend with your family? Do you rush in from the school run, work, community commitments and other interests to squeeze in a quick hello before you all rush out …
Colic affects up to one in five of babies and is characterised by daily bouts of inconsolable crying, usually at around the same time, commonly early evening.
The baby’s legs are drawn up to the abdomen, …
I was contacted by Mark from Moss Green Children’s Books this week, telling me about their free colouring pages.
Little Miss Green has been through phases of colouring, although she tends to prefer to draw her …
Also known as varicella, chickenpox is highly contagious, but is usually a mild illness with low-grade fever and a blistery rash. Symptoms show 12-14 days after infection, starting with a raised temperature and an itchy …
Little Miss Green asked me for a packed lunch this week. She told me she wanted to pretend she was going to school and I had to pack her a lunch!
There have been some alarming …
If you’re getting fed up of cheddar, why not take inspiration from the Mediterranean and Middle East to experiment with some traditional soft cheeses?
Halloumi, Feta and Mozzarella are increasingly easy to find at farmers markets …
A while ago I entered a competition on the Janey Lee Grace Imperfectly Natural site and we won!
It was a present for Little Miss Green (although I rather wished they were for big kids too) …
One of mine and Little Miss Green’s favourite garden delights is lavender.
We both adore the smell, the pretty flowers and the fact our furry friends the bees can’t get enough of it either!
Recently I’ve been …
The Leo new moon is on Tuesday 10th August at 05:08
This new moon is the time to focus on issues pertaining to Ego (know thyself), Power, Self expression, creativity and Romance.
It is time to reconnect …
I’ve been using ‘natural’ products for many years and I’m pretty happy with the products and brands I have found.
However many people who are new to a ‘green’ lifestyle are very unsure when it comes …
I’m thrilled to be sharing a guest post with you today. Tessa, when not pottering around in her back garden, blogs as Green Blogging and professionally as Landlord Law Blog.
Today, she wants to share …
We’ve mentioned many remedies for treating hayfever on the site, from using honey to acupressure. Some of these I have tried myself, others have been recommended by various books and websites I’ve read.
This year I …
I’m delighted to be sharing a guest post with you from Stacey Curnow. Stacey works as a certified nurse-midwife in North Carolina. She has been a student of positive psychology for years and has applied …
