Here's the books that I finished in July. Mostly non-fiction but there is one novel among them. Your Dream Life Starts Here: Essential and simple steps to creating the life of your dreams by Kristina Karlsson A practical book to help you dream big and turn those dreams into goals and plans. Each short chapter… Continue reading July 2020 Reading Log
In this post I share several ways to make a gluten free flour blend. For baking gluten free you can't just generally use one type or flour but need to make a blend. A blend of brown rice flour, tapioca flour, yellow maize flour and coconut flour Recently I shared my GF, DF, Egg Free… Continue reading What’s a Good Gluten Free Flour Blend?
My year 12 Economics teacher used to describe my essay writing reputation as either excellent or poor. He believed that I either wrote wonderful essays or bad essays. I sometimes think my family might think I have the same cooking reputation when it comes to experimenting with new recipes. They either love them or totally… Continue reading Cooking Reputation
Potato Sausage Pie is a recipe from my mother-in-law. It's in the Mothers' & Others' Recipe book that my mother compiled. Potato Sausage Pie is a mixture of mashed potato, sausages, milk, eggs and a few others things. The ingredients are all mixed together and cooked in a pie dish, in the oven. Gluten Free… Continue reading Potato Sausage Pie
Although my children are now older, I remember well the need of time for myself. Time to remember who I was as a person, time to develop my interests and time to be someone other than just Mum. Many families have been spending a lot more time together. Thus many Mum's have been feeling overwhelmed… Continue reading Time for Yourself as a Mum
You can purchase regular subscription boxes to suit a variety of needs, these days, including my LiFE Packs. Many subscription boxes are also available for families or children. I've won both a Secret Book Stuff book and a Socially Conscious Club Box, in the past. Secret Book Stuff send pre-loved gift books to a friend… Continue reading Subscription Boxes for Families or Children
This week I tried a new gluten free bread recipe and we had success! One of the hardest things to find is a gluten free bread that my husband can eat. The majority of the commercial breads have sulphites or would have hidden sulphites because of the flours used. What's left of our gluten free… Continue reading Gluten Free Bread Options
We've got a lot of pumpkin at the moment. I bought a whole butternut pumpkin and them my mum gave me a home grown pumpkin. So I've been wondering what do with all of this pumpkin? Particularly, as I'm the only one who would willingly choose to eat pumpkin in our house. What can I… Continue reading What can I make with Pumpkin?
If you're a parent, then you're probably being bombarded with information from many sources about things you can do at home to entertain and educate your children, and so many other ideas. In this post I want to encourage you in each of the 4 main areas of my blog: body, mind, heart & soul.… Continue reading Feed the Family in Body, Mind, Heart & Soul During COVID-19
When I was writing the post last week about letting kids be bored, I was thinking about how we used to have quiet time or rest time everyday when our kids were younger. This time was valuable for all of us. Obviously when they were really young they used to sleep during this time. As… Continue reading The Value of Rest Time
