Being proactive rather than reactive is something I think about all the time and has become a ‘catch cry’ in my every day work as a compliance consultant. My job often involves sorting out problems that could have been avoided if people thought ahead and didn’t just live for the moment! But it is not […]
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Have you ever made your own ice cream? When I was very young my mother made our ice cream all the time because you just could not buy it. It took quite a lot of effort to make as there were several cycles of freezing and beating to go through to make sure the final […]
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How do you cover leftovers in your fridge? Are you still using plastic wrap or have you tried something different? Our oceans are being destroyed by plastic and our recycling is literally piling up with no where to go so I believe we should all be doing our bit to reduce the use of disposable […]
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If you know me at all, you will be aware that I am extremely careful what I eat when I am out. My food microbiology background has trained me to look for hazards and assess the risks of food poisoning where I see food being cooked and sold. So can you imagine what I am […]
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Do you want to be more active but don’t know how you can fit anymore into your day? I am lucky enough to be able to fit exercise into my daily routine every day- but then I no longer have children to look after each day and I work from home so life is sweet! […]
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I just had to write this post and share my liberation with you. I find myself at the end of an 8 week nightmare of a job to save a school from being closed down. I do this kind of thing all the time, mainly in the Vocational Education sector. But this time the job […]
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If you have been reading our blog for a while you will know that we have replaced all of our household cleaners and personal hygiene and beauty products with natural ones that I make. But some of these products have been easier than others to make. One of the longest struggles has been with deodorant. […]
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Discipline seems to be a dirty word these days when it comes to parenting and schooling and I believe that this is a tragedy for our society. Why is it that parents are so wishy-washy when it comes to disciplining their children? Why are there no absolutes when it comes to acceptable and unacceptable behaviour? […]
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It’s a wonderful ‘almost Spring’ day in Sydney and if I wasn’t at my computer writing blog posts I would be out enjoying the sun and possibly having a picnic! Food preparation is never far from my mind – of course it is something I love doing – so I started thinking about what would […]
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I was searching for a recipe on Pinterest last night for vegetable fritters and found that so many of the recipes required frying in lots of oil. Not so healthy! So I found a recipe and adjusted it so the fritters became more like pikelets, requiring much less oil for cooking. I also made it […]
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