Making Kombucha From Scratch For The First Time!

I adore Kombucha and drink the store bought lemon variety fairly often… It’s been getting an expensive habit so I looked into making it myself. The other week I attended a workshop to learn how to make Kombucha, the class included the much needed SCOBY, which made the whole process of making Kombucha from scratch […]

Date Night Steak With Mushroom Sauce

Having 2 young kids means that our nights out are few and far between. So, instead when we feel the need for a little indulgence, I prepare our favorite “restaurant meal” at home – Date Night Steak With Mushroom Sauce. I make it in a couple of stages – around the kid’s bedtime routine so […]

Cooking With Kids Activities For When You’re Short On Time

I love spending time with my kids in the kitchen, as I’ve posted about time and time again… sometimes though I’m short on time and their eager help can become a teeny hindrance. On such occasions, I have a number of activities I delegate them to do, that way I’m still cooking with my kids, […]

Grain Free Paleo Meatballs With Tomato & Zucchini Sauce

Grain Free Paleo Meatballs With Tomato & Zucchini Sauce – Simple recipe for low carb & GAPS beef meatballs with almond flour, tomato and zucchini.  Grain Free Paleo Meatballs My Darling Husband and I are approaching our 8th Wedding Anniversary in a couple of weeks and sometimes our minds are totally in sync… like over […]

Real Food Caramel Recipes To Cure Your Caramel Cravings!

I’ve been craving all things caramel lately, so the only sensible solution was to create a collection of mouth watering Real Food Caramel Recipes shared by talented fellow bloggers to satisfy any Caramel Craving… Are you ready for the deliciousness? Here we go… Caramel Bars, Cookies, Pancakes & More 2 Ingredient Paleo Caramel Candy from […]

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins Recipe (Grain Free, Paleo)

Having a few too many ripe bananas in my fruit bowl, I chatted with my 5 year old about our options and we settled on creating a Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins Recipe together. As a cooking development opportunity, I then gave him control of the ingredients included in the muffins – coconut oil or butter […]

Instant Hot Chocolate Mix Recipe

Recently I significantly reduced my coffee intake from 1-2 cups a day to 1-2 cups a week, so I’ve been on the hunt for a nourishing hot drink replacement. I need something “instant” that I can make to see me through our busy breakfast routine and this instant hot chocolate mix recipe does the trick […]

Potato Perfection!

This dish simply is what the title says: Potato Perfection! I’m sharing the recipe partly to share the deliciousness with you and partly so I can refer back and make it again and again because my family went CRAZY for it!! I was inspired by a recipe I found in Claudia Roden’s book “The Food […]

Our Homeschooling Routine

As requested, in this post I’ll share Our Homeschooling Routine – happening right now. We’ve been homeschooling for a couple of months now and are settled into a happy routine. My boys (who are 3 and 5 years old) wake between 6am and 7am, they have free play and breakfast and we start our more […]

Weighing Ingredients – Cooking With Kids Activity

I’ve been homeschooling my 5 year old for about a month now and to be completely honest I’ve been struggling to find the time to blog as often as I used to. Well, it’s more like struggling to find the ENERGY, after a day full of activities, to sit in front of the computer and […]