Food Security – A Cautionary Tale
On the unfortunate events of the past week… This past week, pig farmers across the Mid North Coast received some devastating news – our local abattoir, Eversons Food Processors at Frederickton, have decided to stop processing pigs. The icing on the cake – they gave us less than 24 hours’ notice of their final day….
Natural Second Trimester Survival Kit
Yep, I’m writing this post about my favourite things for a natural Second Trimester…. on my due date! Oops. Suffice to say, life has been pretty busy. But I still have loads of useful tips to help you through your second trimester, naturally. If you haven’t read my first Pregnancy Survival Kit post, or if…
Natural First Trimester Survival Kit
It’s all I can talk about, I know – this pregnancy and everything about it, including now the things that got me through a natural first trimester. What is a natural first trimester? Well, part of a natural pregnancy, of course! Which to me means a pregnancy that is as sustainable, organic, healthy, nurturing, and…
Big Batch Baba Ganoush!
We have seriously gotten into Baba Ganoush over the last week or so. Seriously. We’ve probably gone through 1.5kg of eggplants, if not more, between the two of us. In a week and a half. I had eggplants coming out of my ears, and let’s just say that eggplant is not Tyler’s favourite vegetable. Of…
Bolognese Sauce (and a secret ingredient)
Okay, maybe two secret ingredients. I love bolognese sauce. I get pretty creative in the kitchen, and I hate having a set repertoire of dishes to fall back on because it’s just too boring to live life that way. Bolognese, poor bolognese, is one of ‘those’ recipes. One of those recipes that kids will eat,…
Raw Chocolate Coconut Butter
I had an awesome discussion at the markets on Sunday. …Well, I had lots of awesome discussions, because I was there to talk to people about Thermomix! But at the end of the day, I got talking to the guy a couple of stalls down from us who makes and sells raw coconut butters. He was…
Sweet Lamb Tagine, and slow cooking the quick way!
It seems that not a lot of people slow cook in their Thermomixes. I think I do enough Thermomix slow-cooking to make up for everyone else who is not! I love slow cooked meals (especially curries!), but never think about it far enough in advance to get a dish in the oven at 11am. Not…
