After a busy and slightly indulgent silly season I’m feeling a little sluggish and in need of a gentle detox and re-hydration, drinking lots and lots of water regularly throughout the day works wonders. At home we have a Bio500 bench top water filtration system that also alkalizes, it took a while to find something that didn’t cost too much, …
Microgreens: Benchtop Super Garden!
For the last few weeks, we’ve been experimenting with growing micro greens. These little plants are packed full of nutrients and flavour; they’re lovely in salads or as a garnish, are really easy to grow, not very expensive, and they’re a fun educational project for the upcoming school holidays. I bought our kit from Bunnings for about $15.00 and it came …
Hemp Seed Oil for Dogs
Not only can hemp be used in beauty products, textiles, food, and natural medicine—but hemp seed oil can be used as a dietary supplement for your dog, too! Hemp is perfectly safe for humans and animals alike, and because it has zero THC it is completely inert. Hemp seed oil has a variety of beneficial effects for dogs like joint …
New Organic Cold Pressed Hemp Seed Oil!
This week, we are soft launching 300ml bottles of Organic Hemp Seed Oil from The Hemp Farm who currently import an extremely high-quality oil from Canada while they wait to start production of their own oil from 200 hectares of hemp grown on their farm here in NZ. I love this versatile nutty tasting oil; it’s lovely in green smoothies …
Teeccino
As you all know, I don’t drink coffee or tea anymore, so I am always on the lookout for a coffee substitute. I recently met a friend at Unbakery Café in Kingsland, Auckland, and was introduced to a great herbal coffee substitute called Teeccino. It is made out of organic chicory, organic carob, organic barley, organic chicory, dates, almonds, organic …