When it comes to Christmas I LOVE baking. I go full-blown domestic goddess and create a number of gift baskets with around 10 or more different items in each of them. Now that I’ve been making these for around a decade I’ve managed to stop eating the raw dough when making cookies, eating the Oreos …
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I’ve long been a user of Eco Tan’s Invisible Tan lotion and happily rant and rave about it to anyone who asks for my opinion on home self-tanning. It’s one of the few products that leaves my skin with a healthy summer glow (rather than an oompa loompa orange one!). Vegan, toxic free, certified organic, …
Christmas can be a time of happiness, joy and family coming together to celebrate a special time of year. It can also be a time of crazy stress, money spending, difficult decisions and… family coming together (because let’s face it, everyone together in a small space can really go either way sometimes!). Why should we …
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Last Christmas, even though our daughter had just been walking for six or so months we decided to get a big family present that year and buy a trampoline. Get outdoors, have some fresh air and family time, develop coordination and bone strength… What’s not to like about trampolines? I wanted one so much when …
I love Christmas. It’s honestly one of my favourite times of year. I love getting a real Christmas tree, decorating it with the family, baking and assembling gift baskets, wrapping presents, and of course the big day itself. To celebrate the festive season along with the opening of my new blog shop, I’ve raided the …
I must confess, things like sauerkraut, kimchi, kefir and kombucha aren’t really my thing. However, fermented foods and beverages are all the rage right now so when Kiwi company Mad Millie offered to send me one of their Handcrafted Kefir Kits for reviewing I figured I’d check it out to see what all the fuss …
I’m generally an advocate of making the majority of your food from scratch, alongside an everything-in-moderation approach with other foods to avoid deprivation and to retain your sanity. Last pregnancy I had barely any cravings at all, but this one Nutella has featured big time. And I’m not talking about just spreading a little on …
Like the rest of this pregnancy, week 32 has been a decent rollercoaster ride; a milestone mark for high risk pregnancies, a second gestational diabetes test, a husband with the shingles, a chickenpox scare and the flu. Seriously. Argh. I’m now out the other end into week 33 but I’ve had my patience (and immunity) …
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I aim to eat intuitively most of the time, but just out of interest (because I’m doing a nutrition coaching course right now!) I tracked my macros over the past few weeks and it seems that being pregnant has given me an aversion to protein as my intake has been on the low side recently. …
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Several months ago I forked out $50 (!) to buy a bento lunchbox for my toddler. It’s fantastic, but at the moment it’s also under-used… I also often get asked by parents how to convince their children to eat healthy foods, so lately I’ve put some research efforts into fun lunch ideas for the little …
I’m always on the lookout for new and amazing health and wellness products for life in the kitchen, the gym and at home. Here are my current faves; a combination of some of the latest sample products (gifted) that have come across my desk for me to try out, and the products I’ve found myself …
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When they say that no two pregnancies are the same they’re not kidding! My first pregnancy was pretty much a breeze. As a personal trainer and regular exerciser I continued to stay active and work right up until the week before having the baby. At the beginning of this second pregnancy I had ridiculous nausea, …
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