Ingrid’s MEGA morning shake
Time has not been my friend lately, leaving me with nothing left to blog – and I’m afraid it’s gonna get worse before it gets better my friends… all for good reasons, all which will be revealed in good time, but the side effects unfortunately mean my beloved Cohabitaire will be seeing a little less [...]
Kata’s magic minestrone soup
Keep the chills away with this quick and easy vege filled minestrone soup!
By the power of wolf
Chinese medicine has a lot to answer for. The ivory trade is the big one that springs to mind. But luckily for us (and rhinos and elephants) the humble wolfberry isn’t one that will do much harm. In fact, if you believe the hype it will only do good – and lots of it. That’s [...]
Beat the flu } tea recipe & natural fixers
I bring this to you from a sea of tissues with the doona pulled up in bed. Yep – cold #2 this winter… ahhhh-choo!!!! Everyone has their natural remedies for these things, I made a killer tea last night that really helped me out so thought you’d like this recipe for building immunity and keeping [...]
Garden ramble } what to plant next?
Hey guys, how’s your week been? I don’t know about you but it’s been hectic around here. I’m looking forward to a weekend of long lunches, maybe a yoga class and not forgetting it’s World Environment Day this Sunday, a good time to stop and remember what it is we’re trying to save (not that [...]
Perfecto tomato pasta sauce
We’ve had a bumper crop of accidental tomatoes from our garden. My neighbour calls them volunteers because they just pop up anywhere, even if you don’t need them. It actually isn’t so much of a mystery where they came from, for they sprouted out of the compost we dug into our communal garden. Pretty cool [...]
Chill out } spiced iced tea recipe
This is where I apologise to our friends in the north for my recent ravings about being so hot, but maybe you’ll be thanking me in 6 months when you’re dying of thirst – let’s hope so (well, not that you’re dying, but that you’ll be thankful) For the rest of us roasting away lately, [...]
{photo set} This little piggy went to market
Talk around town is that fruit & vegetable prices will reach the moon thanks to those recent nasty floods around Australia. Truth is, they’ve been sky rocketing for a while now at those big supermercardo chains, and no amount of sternly penned emails with change it…. trust my husband, he tried. If you’re lucky enough [...]
{photoset} Summer still life
Australian Summertime, to me, is defined by fruit. Magnificent mangoes. Cheerful cherries. Perfectly plump peaches. Luscious lychees. Creamy, creamy avocadoes. Run-down-your-elbows juicy oranges. When I was a kid, my Grandma used to send us a box of mangoes every Christmas. She lived in [rss-cut]Mount Isa in north-west Queensland and was blessed with a giant mango [...]
Organic rum balls: recipe
Christmas just isn’t Christmas without whipping up a few burn-the-back-back-of-your-throat Rum Balls. It’s a serious ritual at out place. To me, it just doesn’t feel like Christmas til the kitchen has a layer of coconut all over it, the air whiffs of liquor and I’m scraping sticky, rummy mixture off my hands with my top [...]
What you didn’t know about H2O
Staying hydrated is the very cornerstone to being healthy. And I know you’ve heard it all before, so I’ve put together a great guide to hydration that’s sure to give you some tricks you haven’t heard…. [rss-cut] Benefits of Drinking Water Water is like a superfood for your skin. It helps keep the blemishes away, [...]
Special spicy pumpkin & lentil soup
So the cold has snapped, what are you going to do about it? Make soup, that’s what. This delicious winter warmer will do the trick, full of tasty spices and lentilly goodness. You’ll need:[rss-cut] 1 butternut pumpkin – peeled, deseeded, chopped 2 potatoes – peeled, chopped 1 large carrot – peeled, chopped 2 cups red [...]
Got basil? Hey pesto!
Making Pesto is so easy my cat could do it. Probably. Anyway, it can be made with rocket or basil or both, in this case it’s simply basil – a must have easy to grow herb, perfect for balcony gardens or your kitchen windowsill. [rss-cut]Keep basil reasonably well watered in a sunny spot and nip [...]
And on that farm he had a…. window?
Window farms are taking over New York City thanks to the innovative thinking of some indoor gardeners faced with growing plants in confined spaces. Hydroponics and reused bottles form the backbone of the ‘farm’, while a pump keeps water circulating around the system thereby using much less than your conventional garden. [rss-cut]A standard window space [...]
Oily Palms
Living in the city can make the tropics seem very, very far away. It makes it even harder to fathom that almost half the packaged products available on our supermarket shelves contains an ingredient grown in tropical regions all over the world: Palm Oil. It’s the most widely used vegetable oil and can be found [...]
Fishes and growths: Aquaponics
Glued to a recent episode of Costa’s Garden Odyssey I was particularly fascinated with a segment about Aquaponics. ‘Aqua what?’ I hear you say. For those as clueless on the topic as I was Aquaponics is ” the symbiotic cultivation of plants and aquatic animals in a recirculating environment.” These sustainably harmonious ecosystems work on[rss-cut] [...]
