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My name is Irene. I am originally from Spain, grew up in Argentina and have been living in London for the last 15 years. I have a family and my own business to juggle but, somehow, I occasionally manage to find some time to write about our adventures and travels and the recipes we enjoy making the most. Read more

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Make your own activated charcoal toothpaste at home

For the last year or so, we have been (irregularly) using activated charcoal toothpaste to help us remove any stains from our teeth. For those of you not familiar with activated charcoal, its usually made from coconut shell. It is similar to common charcoal, but is made especially for use as a medicine. To make activated charcoal, manufacturers heat common charcoal in the presence of a gas that causes the charcoal to develop lots of internal spaces or “pores.” These pores help activated charcoal “trap” chemicals. It can be used internally to help with stomach ailments as well as to cleanse the body, and we use it externally as toothpaste.

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Beauty, Children, Reviews

Natural beauty & skincare products we use at home

‘What natural beauty & skincare products do you use?’ This is a question I get asked quite often. It’s a fair question, because we use mostly (at least within our possibilities) everything organic and as pure as we can get. Most people initially think that maybe the quality or the performance of such items would not be as good as the more commercial counterparts,

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Food, Recipes

Cultured Cashew Butter

Cultured cashew butter- what a discovery! It tastes delicious, tangy, salty and just plain delicious. I have been making raw vegan nut cheeses for ages, but I never thought to actually make it taste more buttery until recently because Ariana loves to spread on her occasional breakfast toast and I’m not a big fan of vegetable spreads.they contain too many unnecessary ingredients.

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Food, Recipes

Winter spiced apple porridge

Breakfast today was this quick and easy winter spiced apple porridge. There is something very comforting about porridge and in cold crispy bright mornings we really enjoy having porridge for breakfast. This particular winter spiced apple porridge is easy, the spices we use are always available in our cupboard and we all like it, including the kids.

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Food, Recipes

Vegan Sugar Cookies

This is my favorite vegan sugar cookies recipe- it super easy and effective for a quick healthy sugar fix. My kids love to make them because its a bit like playing with playdough- you roll the dough out and cut shapes with the cutters so its a great family activity and make great presents.

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Children, Food, Recipes

Bounty style coconut treats

On Friday afternoons, a group of local parents get together to let the children play and for us all to unwind as a community. For these events, when they are hosted in a private residence instead of the upstairs room at the local pub, I like to bring some healthy treats for the parents and the kids. For the first ever one we had, I made these quick and yummy bounty style coconut treats with Ariana’s help. They were all gone rather quickly and a few mums asked me to share the recipe with them as they were popular with the other kids, so here we are.

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Food, Recipes

Homemade Natural Food Colouring

In the last few months, since Ariana started to want to decorate our cakes, cupcakes and cookies with colours, I have been trying to find a brand that I could trust and had no dubious ingredients. I am not sure you are aware, but the commercial brands out there are full of not very nice (to not say nasty) ingredients,

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Beauty, Inspiration

Living Plant Walls- are they good for a private garden?

A couple of days ago, I passed by this wonderful wall close to Paddington Station and spotted this beautiful living wall. That little stretch on the side of the Canal is full of street art and inspiring views and architecture. I love walking by the Canal, checking out the little boats (one of which is actually home to a dear friend of mine!), seeing the swans swim by and people strolling around enjoying the walk. It always feels like a little break from the city.

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