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3 Tips To Make Home Cooking Easier
I love eating a home-cooked meal, I mostly always enjoy cooking it, definitely don’t love cleaning it up. Being more hands-on in the kitchen is not always perfect or easy, but it’s worth it. And though we like the idea of living a hand-made lifestyle, when the reality of time, energy and maintenance sets in…
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Make Your own Fruit & Veggie Wash
Do you always give your fruit and veg a good wash before biting in? I’ll be honest, not always. Sometimes, when I’m really feeling a bit… lazy, I’ll do a quick splash under the tap, but if there were any pesticides or bacteria there that could do damage I wouldn’t have made a dent in it. No…
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Organise your way to a green & happy home!
I’ve been slowly working towards creating a home that I really love and for me, getting organised has been key. I’ve noticed that when my house is in order, my life feels more in order. I tend to spend more time doing the things that I enjoy, like cooking or creating crafts with the kids. When…
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Quick Green Tip – Get Your Natural Soap & Shampoo to Foam!
I had an interesting experience at the Handmade Fair this weekend. Let me explain. When we hold our Green Living workshops, the people who attend, are usually already leaning towards a more natural lifestyle. They find us, because they are looking. So, when we talk about how natural products behave and how they don’t behave,…
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Christmas Gift Guide – Handmade Gifts
I remember when I was about 20, I worked for a jewelry designer and I thought she was the most elegant woman I’d ever seen. For Christmas, I wanted to get her something fabulous, so I bought her a high-end salt body scrub. It was $50 dollars, and because she was the one who wrote my paycheck,…
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Green Cleaning: Get the Free Infused Vinegar Mini-Guide!
This is big news! The Straits Times is running a DIY series and has chosen our Infused Vinegar recipe to kick it off! The article was published this morning so, if you’re visiting from the Straits Times, a big hello and welcome to Little Green Dot! This natural cleaning recipe is the exact one we teach…
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The Edible Garden Project – Green Day Out In Singapore
Last weekend we discovered an edible garden planted right in the heart of the city! A team of eco-conscious friends planted the Edible Gardens at Archifest 2012 to champion the “Grow Your Own Food” movement. The garden is open until Oct 31st and you can actively be part of this movement by joining the Edible Community…
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How To Keep Produce Lasting Longer
I’ve been stepping away (or more like leaping away) from processed, boxed foods and bringing in more whole fresh foods, but there has been one side-effect that’s hard to deal with: food wastage. The thing is, an apple will not last as long as a jar of apple sauce… and we often end up with…
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How to Clean Your Chopping Boards, Safely and Naturally
This week, Del and I taught our Green Living – Detoxify Your Home workshop to one hundred people!! That’s one hundred people who will hopefully return home, open up their cleaning pantry and really take a close look at the toxic, chemical products that they spray in their homes everyday. This recipe for How To Clean Your…
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Kid’s Birthday Games – Bubble Snakes + Keeping It Simple
I learn from my kids all the time. They live in the moment and find so much joy in the little things – something that I needed to remember as I planned my daughter’s 5th birthday. The thing is, with these parties, there’s a bit of pressure there. They’re getting older and you want to make it a…
