It’s finally here, Spring has finally come to my part of the world! It’s the time of the year when I go a little crazy. I start collecting toilet rolls, and turning my windowsill into a green house, and getting all emotional about how lovely the dirt smells when it’s been turned… ye, it’s gardening […]
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Simple Tips for Birthdays and Celebrations
Just when I thought I’d come to the end of the ‘Keep it Simple’ series, a few people have asked if I’d share some ideas for keeping birthdays and celebrations simple… so here goes! It’s so easy to go a bit overboard when it comes to celebrations. Pinterest is brimming with awesomely cool ideas that […]
Little Things That Make it Worthwhile…
The smile on her face when she nails the cartwheel. Spending a Sunday around a backyard campfire. Toasted marshmallows. The deep pink of our home grown rhubarb. The light on at 11pm as he devours the first Harry Potter book. A dinner that everyone eats. Learning his name. Winter sunshine. Talking with friends who share […]
Chocolate Cereal Cookies
After a week and half of refusing to accept that the holidays were over and my kids were heading back to school, I have been forced to give in. Not only did I deposit my three big kids at school this morning, but I also dropped my baby off at kinder (preschool). Yep, my baby […]
Apple and Berry Crumble with Sweet Lemon Yoghurt
You can hear the buzzing before you even get close to the berry bushes. The vines are covered in flowers and the flowers are covered in bees! I hope this bodes well for our berry harvest this year, and for years to come, as we’ve just spent the last few weeks digging dirt, carting mulch […]
Strawberry Fruit Leather Fun Shapes.
It’s strawberry season and there is no better, more delicious, or easier way to use an excess of strawberries than to make strawberry fruit leather! You can make this simple, and soooo delicious fruit leather in your dehydrator, or even in your oven. I have learned from experience, if we leave the ripening strawberries too […]
Spring Clean your Menu Plan
This post is sponsored by Nuffnang and IGA Winter has seemed particularly long this year. Perhaps it is because it has been a cold wet winter and the long dark days seem even darker and longer when it is grey and freezing. At the start of autumn I was almost looking forward to the longer, […]
Apple And Berry Parcels
These apple and berry parcels are quick and easy to make, and are a delicious treat filled with whatever seasonal fruit you have on hand. The last berries! The very last of our frozen berries went into this recipe, and it’s only May! If we ever hoped to save enough summer berries to make it […]