21 Female Founded + Women Owned Businesses We LOVE!
Eco + Conscious Living, lifestyle
You all know I love knowing the places I shop. It’s the way I know the impact I’ve having on people, my health, the planet which is what this space…
A (safer, cleaner, more mindful) Bathroom Tour
Eco + Conscious Living, Health and Wellbeing
The bathroom was the first place I started asking questions. Around the same time I went vegetarian, and committed to only eat Fairtrade chocolate – I was just touching on…
The 10 Best Plastic Free + Fairtrade Easter eggs! (US + UK)
Eco + Conscious Living, Gift Ideas
Why should we care what chocolate we buy at Easter? Whenever something is a “luxury” or avoidable purchase I think we can all take extra care on how we source…
Weight Gain Self Talk: through Pregnancy + Always
Health and Wellbeing
The week I wrote this post, I was half way through pregnancy and so many of you responded and it’s one I think it really key so I wanted to…
14 Places We Buy Shoes for Ethical Options
Eco + Conscious Living, Eco + Conscious Living
This is a list of the ethical shoes we own, buy, and wear and I hope it helps you narrow down your search or get some ideas!
How We Do Kids Quiet Time
Baby, lifestyle
As caregivers, I don’t think we are weaker for needing an hour in a day. Just knowing that there is an hour everyday set aside, can be really powerful for…
Raw Cookie Dough (nut free)
Bars and cookies, Desserts, Vegan
Need a quick and easy no bake sweet bite?! Read on! I love having a cookie dough bite with great nutritious ingredients to grab when I want a bite of…
Coffee + Tea Brands We Love And Buy
Eco + Conscious Living
There are many questions, concerns, and things people think about when buying coffee and tea in a more conscious way. Like so many of these things there’s not a “right”…
For Easy Conscious Shopping: 20 Ethical Clothing Brands We Choose
Baby, Eco + Conscious Living, Gift Ideas
In buying clothes, as with everything we bring into your home, we want to know about our purchases. To know that they are caring for people in the production process,…
A Trimester One Round Up
Baby, lifestyle
At the time of writing, I’m 4 months pregnant with our third child! As we go forward in this journey together, I wanted to let you in on the behind…
Sourdough Discard Chocolate Mug Cakes
Cakes
Recipes that tell us to waste food like “discard half of your sourdough starter” are a big thumbs down. I care about food waste not because it’s a hypothetical idea,…
Thinking About Keeping Bees? Read This!
Eco + Conscious Living
Firstly, YES to you thinking about the idea of keeping bees, it’s a brilliant, rewarding and much needed journey. 80 – 96% of angiosperms (plants that flower and bear fruit)…
Quick Chickpea Pizza Crust (GF)
Main dishes, Vegan
So many gluten free items come at a higher price or with a long list of ingredients. When I need to cook gluten free I try to find simple ways…
My 10 Skincare And Makeup Favorites From Beautycounter
Eco + Conscious Living, lifestyle
The links are affiliate links so I make a commission if you click through and end up purchasing, you don’t pay any more and it lets me take a bit…
Easy, flexible, Oat Flour Brownies for 2 (or more!)
Cakes, Desserts
Brownies are really a cake with extra sugar and not too much flour, to give a gooey centre and a crispy crust. You can use so many different ingredients to…
A Week’s Grocery Plan + Spending
Eco + Conscious Living
Alright, this week I’m taking you through exactly what we buy, spend, and eat in a week! the picture above is most of what we purchased, and there’s a full breakdown of…
Easy Whole Spelt Naan Style Breads
Traditionally these breads are cooked in a tandoor oven but we’re finish them in an oven after starting them in a frying pan. It’s really quick and easy, and they’re…
Flax Hair Gel
When I cut my hair at the start of the first lockdown in 2020 I suddenly needed a product to style it cos it wouldn’t just clip up on top…
10 Steps To Budgeting Well With Food
Eco + Conscious Living, lifestyle
Budgeting is so empowering! I know we don’t all love it, but really it brings me peace and security so much that I LOVE talking about it. Sometimes saving money…
Lunch Box Bread Rolls
Breads
Clayton prefers these rolls over a sandwich in his school lunch box, so I make a batch each week, then cool, slice and freeze them and pull one out each…
How to do a Rubbish Bin Audit + Throw Less Away!
How to do a Rubbish Bin Audit + Throw Less Away! Ok a rubbish bin audit might not sound like the coolest thing in the world BUT, sending as little…
HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS! {US Edition}
Eco + Conscious Living, Eco + Conscious Living, Gift Ideas
I love putting these together each year and here’s your 2021 version! A list of things we love, that are sourced the way we value all caring for people and…
HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE {UK edition}
Eco + Conscious Living, Gift Ideas
Each year I LOVE putting together a list to help you shop the way I would without the stress of having to think of options yourself. I curate this list…
SCHOOL UNIFORM SOURCING + LUNCH BOX CONTAINERS
Eco + Conscious Living
I talked about this on stories as Clayton started school but I wanted to put it here so you could share and reference it more easily! The real takeaway here…
My Top 10 from Beautycounter
Gift Ideas, Health and Wellbeing
It cracks me up sometimes that I have a big world with Beautycounter, cos I spend most of my days wearing zero makeup and in dirty clothes playing with kids…
How I get up at 5am and find my work time during the week!
So many people have asked about work schedule and getting up at 5am so here’s a chat on how and why I fit in my work hours with kids and…
Starting out with bees: Checking the Hive
At the time of recording it’s September, our bees have been here a month! And as they prepare for winter and store away honey, I went in to check the…
Honey Nut Granola
Breakfast ideas
This is a staple recipe in our family, I do it slightly differently every time depending on what I have in the house. The latest batch I made was cinnamon,…
FORAGING NETTLES + STINGING NETTLE PESTO
Main dishes, Paleo, Vegan
I’d heard that during the second world war stinging nettle recipes were a staple but those were the only stories I knew of about nettle eating before 2020. But during…
11 Things You’ll Need to Start the Bee Journey
Eco + Conscious Living
Before reading this, know that if you’re a beginner I’m only about one step ahead of you! But I want to share the journey from the start to make it…