Are you wanting to simplify and don't know where to start? Here is s small step everyone can do. It's easy, won't cost any mon...

Alice says hello. ;- ) Good morning! We've had some wild weather these past couple of days with about 250 mm (nearly 10 inches) fallin...

Part of my routine every week is to make something sweet for morning teas or desserts. This is a simple thing for me to whip up, I rarely u...

You would think that being able to freely choose from a wide variety of things would make a task easier. In fact, for me, I found it very d...

* No one would apply for our jobs. We work long hours, have no days off, we have to balance our budgets no matter what the circumstanc...

I slept in this morning, on the morning when I have no thought of what to write, but here goes. Let's talk about one of my favourit...

I am sure you all know that what I write about in my daily post is a small fraction of what Hanno and I get up to each day. If we continue ...

I've been thinking about bags lately. Cotton storage bags to be precise. I was given a bread bag for my birthday. It's a cotton b...

I have received quite a few emails lately asking about what I call the hierarchy of food. The questions ask how important is it to eat orga...

We had a major problem in our kitchen in 2007. Our dishwasher hose started leaking water and before we knew what was happening, the floati...

We had a feeling there would not be many potatoes in that last lot we planted. Hanno dug them up yesterday and we only had about two kilos ...

We've all wanted her to return. That icon of the fifties, the housewife in the Audrey Hepburn dress and frilly apron who had perfect lip...

Putting nutritious food on the kitchen table is one of the tasks a homemaker must repeat every day. I cringe when I think of the many times...

It seems to be agreed now, we are headed for a few shaky years ahead. Some are saying it will be the same or worse than the Great Depressio...