150 Public Pledges

I’ve blogged on and off for a couple of years now about Gratitude and love everything about it.  This year’s Grateful in April campaign was fabulous and from feedback I received, many of you following me and/or the campaign equally enjoyed my posts.

This simple facebook post prodded (more…)

How to pay it forward and swim in the river of reciprocity!

My mum sowed the seeds on the importance of having an attitude of gratitude when I was very young. I realise now, that her daily rations of

• “be thankful for what you have”
• “think of all those poor little kids in Africa starving”
• “there’s always someone worse off than you”
• “thank your lucky stars you’ve got a roof over your head and food in your belly”

were peppered with (more…)

Day 18 #GratefulinApril

I am really loving this Gratitude campaign, and thought I’d collate the last 24 hours of grateful tweets.

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Easy Apple Snack

Ingredients

1 pink lady apple finely grated

1 tbsp shredded coconut

1dstp coconut cream

1 tbsp crushed peanuts

Method

Jack fruit and turmeric Kombucha

This is my second round at brewing Kombucha for health reason. To get some amazing recipes, ideas and insights be sure to check out Hannah Crum and discover a whole new world of KT (kombucha tea). Well known for it’s probiotic properties, I’ve been experimenting with flavours in the 2nd fermentation stage. This was an all time favourite flavour until I discovered vanilla beans.

To 1 litre fresh brewed and fermented Kombucha add

• 4 pieces of finely sliced fresh jack fruit.
• 1 small piece of fresh turmeric.

Seal and let sit for a couple of days. As an experienced brewer who has suffered a few explosions, I am mindful of the danger of 2nd ferment brewing, however if you look closely to this photo you will see little bubbles! Packed full of goodness I can’t get enough of this stuff! Enjoy