Waste(less)

This year has been hard on everyone, on so many different levels, and though there are things we can't control going forwards, besides holding ourselves accountable to keep us and others safe, there are some things I plan on changing this next year. This won't be another regular New Year's resolution post, I won't talk about how I want to lose weight or...

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With even colder weather creeping around the corner, my warmer coats are making their way out of storage, so I thought a new installment on my Mindful Fashion series would be a good idea. Coats can be really classic pieces that you buy once and last you for years and years, but for that to happen we need to know how to take...

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Besides making my Nigella pavlova every year, my biggest Christmas tradition is baking gingerbread cookies. Around 6 years ago, Sorted Food made this video and immediately made me crave gingerbread cookies, I proceeded to bake their recipe and I've baked them every year ever since. ...

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I've never been very good at remembering to moisturize, in winter it's too cold to be standing in my bathroom naked, and in summer it's too warm for me to enjoy feeling any sort of sticky body cream on my skin. And for many years, I got away with it, I could shave my legs and have soft skin, I could wash my...

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Over the past few years, I wrote a few blog posts about my favourite Christmas drinks and I loved it, for chilled out days I made my Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate, for cold evenings my favourite Mulled Cider and even Hot Chocolate 5 Ways. This year I knew I wanted to do something different, my own Christmas cocktail. If there's something I associate with Christmas time...

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I've noticed that the older I get, the smaller my wishlists are, and they tend to focus more on one thing rather than several. For instance, this year my list for my boyfriend consisted of cosy things, for my brothers it was books and tea, and for my mum it was plants and planters, what more does a girl need? I thought I'd share...

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If you know me, you know one of my favourite things to do is to bake, I honestly could bake every day as soon as the weather starts to get gloomy, and I don't really know why I chose a literary path instead of training to be a baker, but I digress. I remember baking these cookies when I was still in high...

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There's no real intro to this post, the matter of fact is: we all know how wasteful Christmas can be, so how can we change that? Can it ever be a waste-free season? Probably not. Can we still lower our waste and its' impact? Absolutely. ...

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Last year I posted my DIY Gifts I'll Be Making This Year (And Would Love to Receive)  post, and at the end, I shared my new favourite way to wrap gifts in a beautiful yet sustainable way, furoshiki. Even though I still love the look of it, and will continue to use it as much as I possibly can, I still also love the traditional...

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Christmas is, without a doubt, my favourite time of the year, the decor, the food, the smell of roasted chestnuts in the streets, the feeling of knowing I'll finally see my brothers again, there's nothing like it. Even though I start my Christmas countdown about three months before, I do try to only decorate on December 1st, that's always been the tradition in...

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Now that the weather is finally cooling down in Portugal, and the holidays right around the corner, all I think about is baking and feeling the scent of warm spices wafting through my apartment. And so, I thought I'd share one of my favourite inventions, my Spice Scented Holiday Cake. I first baked this cake two years ago as a birthday cake for my...

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If you have a comfort freak in your family or group of friends, this is the gift guide for you. Given not everyone finds comfort in the same things, this is something you must really adapt to whomever you're gifting. This particular gift guide was made thinking of what I would like to receive so I hope it helps, even if only a little...

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There's always at least one bookworm in any family or friend group, in mine that's me so if anyone is interested in getting me anything... ...

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Time for another gift guide, this time for the baker in your life, who knows, you might just get a cake in return! This is my personal favourite gift guide as I absolutely love to bake! ...

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A few years ago I wrote a few gift guides, which is something I love doing, last year I only wrote one, The Ultimate Sustainable Gift Guide, but this year I thought I'd go back to a few small gift guides instead, which are much less daunting to write and to read.I've decided to start with one of my favourite ones, for the slow...

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