The Kitchen

Storing food well has a huge impact on reducing food waste. If you remember that oxygen is the biggest contributing factor in food...

Last year I decided to try and cut down on our usage of kitchen roll. I don’t like the thought of chopping down trees if we don’t need...

Has anyone else made a jelly brain this week? I have! I haven’t bought any cling film for over 2 years... but have a little left in the...

I’m doing a bit of Christmas prep today... the bread maker is on making a loaf. I will use it to make breadcrumbs for stuffing and bread...

Best Before - it means just that. It literally means it will probably be best eaten before this date. Not that you MUST eat it before...

Did you know that Tumble Dryers are probably the least energy efficient appliance in modern houses. So not only are they bad for the...

I’ve wanted to try a replacement cleaning method for cream cleaner for a while now... This really dirty stained sink gave me the perfect...

Reducing food waste is more important now than ever... are you doing your bit? Do you have an ‘eat first’ shelf in your fridge? Do you...

I thought I was good at recycling until a couple of weeks ago. Turns out I really am not that good at it. There is a whole world of...

I absolutely love my dishwasher. I wouldn’t be without it. It’s a very eco friendly model with an AA rating and a fab eco setting which...

I have been planning on making beeswax wraps for a while now. I finally made time for it last week! I was surprised how simple it was......

I was making a mega batch of rocky road earlier this week. I’m always trying to reduce my use of disposable plastic........ So I crushed...

My mum introduced me to silicon baking mats. Wish I’d known about them sooner. They are amazing instead of cling film inside a baking tin...

Convenience is so tempting! I bought ready rolled pastry (shock horror I never do this) to make jam tarts for the kids teachers. Plastic...

Sometimes my mind wanders. Recently it has been wondering and wandering on the topic of kitchen roll. We all use it. But do we need it?...

I absolutely hate wasting food! I think having seen the waste produced by the food industry over the years has made me really aware of...

I sometimes wonder if I actually feed my children... My youngest is always STARVING! If I had a pound for every time I heard 'Mum I am...

When your youngest wants to make rocky road on the hottest evening ever.....and you are determined not to use a plastic bag to crush the...

I used to have some ice lolly moulds that were so terrible they were eventually binned. They were difficult to fill, the lids didn't fit...

I made heaps of banana pancakes yesterday with my eldest. The bananas were black, not even my husband would eat them! We made so many I...

Our kitchens are full of single use plastic. It makes sense because it is perfect for keeping our food fresh, its convenient and its...