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…
Condensed Milk, otherwise known as "heaven"
Among many other things, today we braved making condensed milk… Oh my goodness, it is so worth it! But let’s go in chronological order… At the markets yesterday we bought 3kg of oranges, so we started the day with a big glass of freshly whizzed OJ each and some CADA with natural yoghurt. CADA is…
It’s that time of the week again…
…MARKET DAY!!! 🙂 And just in time, too. Yesterday afternoon I was feeling very void of cooking inspiration, mainly due to the fact that I thought it was time we had a red meat meal. We are only eating red meat 2-3 times a week, and even with that small amount I am still sick of it….
RAW MILK!!!
After much googling and inspecting every health food store we stumble upon, we have FINALLY found a local store that stocks raw cows milk!!!! It was right under my nose all along, of course. And by raw cows milk I mean *ahem* “bath milk” which is strictly “not for human consumption”. That was loaded with sarcasm,…
Everyone loves a good roast dinner!
What a day, what a day! Our kitchen got a good workout this afternoon. We came home from a nice picnic lunch at the park with friends (Brie wrapped in Salami, yummmmmm!) and went straight to the kitchen. First we whipped up some bread dough and put it aside to rise. While that was rising,…
