Family & Food

It’s National Vegetarian week!

It’s National vegetarian week this week; the annual awareness-raising campaign promoting inspirational vegetarian food and the benefits of a meat-free lifestyle. Celebrated by the Vegetarian Society since 1992, the Week is now an established event that gets bigger and better every year. A huge range of organisations from small businesses to big corporations, schools, community…

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National watercress week May 16-23

Mr Green is going to be more than happy! Watercress is one of his favourite foods. While everyone else has a tiny garnish as part of a meal, Mr Green eats half a bag of it as the main part of his. Watercress is the UK’s most historic salad leaf and this year, it’s the…

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Faith in Nature natural beauty products

Some companies pride themselves on quick delivery. Other companies are so quick you wonder whether they got in the car and delivered the parcel themselves. One such person is Karl from the Eco Green Store. No sooner had I sent my wishlist than the postman was knocking at the door delivering my goodies in a…

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British sandwich week

It’s British sandwich week and the number 1 choice for filling is still chicken salad. In fact when you look at the top 20 list, there is a serious lack of vegetarian choices on there, which I find interesting. It would seem that despite our imports of mozzarella, vine tomatoes and ciabatta, our favourite sandwich…

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You want me to ditch prepared frozen meals?

This week’s Change the world Wednesday takes us back to the kitchen again! We’ve had the challenge of reducing food waste, and eating only whole  foods for a day.  Now we’re being challenged to something which will be rather difficult in this household. Our challenge is to eliminate prepared, frozen dinners from our grocery list.

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How has your day been?

This month’s theme for the Carnival of Natural Parenting is “Role model” We’ve been asked how our style of natural parenting has inspired someone else. I found this hard to write because it can sound as if you’re being arrogant. But it is wonderful when you see a friend have a lightbulb moment because of…

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Honey bees in decline

To finish our celebration of National Honey week, it’s time to think about the furry workers who make the honey for us! So far we’ve looked at the amazing healing powers of manuka honey, looked at honey as a natural remedy for hayfever, learned how to use honey in our beauty routine and seen how…

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Honey as a natural beauty remedy

This week we’re celebrating National Honey week! So far we’ve talked about using honey as a natural remedy for hayfever. and introduced the wonders of manuka honey. Today we’re going to look at how honey can be incorporated into our beauty routine.

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Sprout some seeds

Mr Green, true to his name is back on his raw diet for the summer. One of the things he eats during this time are sprouted seeds. Sprouted seeds are a true superfood. Packed with vitamins, trace minerals and easy to digest, they are a valuable addition to your diet. You can use them in…

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Why you should get rid of Triclosan in your home

Our Change the World Wednesday Challenge this week is to remove, or begin to phase out, antibacterial products from our homes; specifically those products containing Triclosan. You might be wondering why – I mean, antibacterial products containing triclosan are good right? They help to keep us safe, clean and germ free. Wrong!

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