Are you ready for a little break from all the glühwein, tea, and hot chocolate? Or need a vitamin refill to boost your immune system for the winter season?
Here’s the recipe for a fruity and delicious apple-pear-orange-date smoothie:
Category: Vegan
Cinnamon Roasted Almonds – DIY!
I love sugar roasted almonds, not only during Christmas time. ❤
Here’s my favorite roasted almonds recipe (it’s vegan and even zero waste, as you should find all ingredients at a bulk shop):
How to Make Your Own Sauerkraut at Home
Making your own sauerkraut at home couldn’t be easier: You just need two ingredients and a little bit of patience.
Here’s the recipe for Germany’s national dish:
Easiest Cashew Milk Recipe Ever
My personal fav of all homemade plant milks is by far the cashew drink: it is super fast and super easy to make and it even tastes like real milk in your coffee.
The good news is, that you do not have to filter out the nuts after blending! The recipe really involves very few steps and kitchenware – only the soaking of the cashews takes a bit of time.Read More »
Self Herb: How to Cultivate Your Own Basil at Home
How many times did I buy a pot of basil for my kitchen at the farmers market, rather than just getting a few bunches – hoping I could harvest my little plant whenever I need basil for cooking (sustainability!!…plus it looks so nice and chefy to have a basil plant on your window sill <3). That was the plan every single time. It must be possible that the plants can survive my care a little longer than just two weeks!? But it did not work once and I was buying a new basil pot every time the old one died.Read More »
Self-Herb: Preserve your Chives for Winter
Chives plants are very frugal and easy to grow (perfect for people who do not have a green thumb, like myself). 🙂
They are perennial and therefore able to overwinter. The most important thing the chives need is WATER, lots of it.
No Poo: How I Wash my Hair with Water Only
For 2018’s Lent period I gave up shampoo – and kept going beyond Easter. I’ve been shampoo-free for more than half a year now and love it!
My No Poo adventure started when I was searching for zero waste alternatives for my regular shampoo that comes in a plastic bottle. Since I really don’t like soap (looks ugly in the bathroom after the first use and is pretty inconvenient for travel), and creating my DIY-shampoo with ingredients I don’t know how they will affect my hair (baking soda? lemon? nope.), these alternatives weren’t for me. The combination of me not being a chemist and being somewhat lazy lead me to the ultimate No Poo version: Water Only.
