Posts by Rachelle Strauss

This week I’ve entered the world of sourdough. I’ve been wanting to make sourdough bread for YEARS. I had a go about twelve years ago and ended up with a mouldy mess in the airing cupboard.

How was your #LiveMoreWithLess month? It was a case of ‘you win some, you lose some’ for me!

Once upon a time, my broccoli stalks used to get thrown in the compost pile after I’d eaten the florets. Then it dawned on me that I was paying for this product by weight and most of it was being thrown away.

Ask anyone what the bane of their zero waste lifestyle is and 90% of people will say something to do with plastics. When we started our zero waste journey we only had access to glass, tins and paper recycling at the kerbside.

How is your #LiveMoreWithLess month going? I admit it was tougher than I thought for the first week. I found myself going to buy something and had to stop and ask “Do I really need this?” And on a couple of occasions I’d come home with something before asking the question. ( A cafetiere to…

I’d heard about Buy Nothing Day which takes place every November and how some people extend it for the full month. I was aware of ‘The Compact‘ who pledged to buy nothing new for a year, back in 2006. And I’ve met some fantastic bloggers, like Jen from My Make Do and Mend Life, who…

Welcome to Food Waste Friday. I have to admit, reducing food waste is my favourite topic of the week.

Nicola contacted me. She wrote “I’m taking part in zero waste week as I’m starting to home ed my 5 year old daughter and this will be done as a project for her. I plan to make sure that she is aware of how much waste is produced and how she can reduce that. “