This post is a part of Simplify and Green Up Your Life Challenge. In our home – the kitchen is the heart of the home. As our kitchen is open and merges into a living room, so this is where we not only cook and eat but chat after work, spend time with family and…
This post is a part of Simplify and Green Up Your Life Challenge. Between 33-50% of all food produced globally is never eaten, and the value of this wasted food is worth over £1 trillion. Meanwhile, 800 million people go to bed hungry every night. Because we have a globalised food supply system, demand for food in…
This post is a part of Simplify and Green Up Your Life Challenge. A clean, clutter-free and Zero Waste kitchen is truly a dream. However, the reality is quite different – messy surfaces with different appliances, jam-packed cupboards (with plenty of food to feed an army), we often forget what we have, products go out…
One from many things I learned from My Year Without Shopping challenge is that Making things yourself can be both satisfying and cost-effective. I wish someone has told me a long time ago, how easy it is to make your own plant-based milk! I love cashews and hazelnut milk, but they take some planning to make, as you…
If you are interested in Zero Waste I am sure you have already heard about Chestnut detergent. It took the internet by storm. If you are familiar with Soap Nuts, chestnuts work similarly – they both contain saponins, a soap-like chemical compound (sapo is Latin for soap). Soap Nuts have been used to wash laundry or to make body…