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Health

May 19, 2008

Hug a Vegetable

Gotta love vegetables! Happy National Vegetarian Week people...and if you need inspiration we have got some gorgeous seasonal recipes for you to enjoy. And hey, why not even try to grow your own strawberrys, herbs, vegetables, potatoes. We even have just the thing if you need to know how to grow your own vegetables.

May 07, 2008

Smog-eating house?

What a brilliant idea. A house that eats smog.

April 30, 2008

Recipe: Spring Vegetable & New Potato Bake

We uploaded a few more recipes today and this one is at the top of my list to try asap:

Spring Vegetable & New Potato Bake

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Click here to browse all the vegetarian recipes

April 28, 2008

New Spring Vegetarian Recipe uploaded

We have recently uploaded a new vegetarian recipe for spring to our site and it is a beauty:

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Dovedale Blue Cheese and Beetroot Layered Yorkshire Pudding

Mmmmmmmmmm...

Click here to see this recipe and more

Enjoy!

p.s. don't forget about the chance to get a FREE £50 voucher - see top right of this blog for more info

April 17, 2008

Bathtime bubbles for baby

I bought this Beaming Baby organic baby bubble bath for my 2 year old son and tried it tonight. Fab stuff. Great bubbles. This is what our site says about it:

We are proud to introduce you to our fantastic new organic baby care bubble bath (250ml) from Beaming Baby. For gentle bubbly fun in the bath with hydrating organic aloe vera and skin nourishing natural orange blossom. Suitable for sensitive skin. Free from alcohol and sodium laureth sulphate. It has been thoughtfully put together with your precious baby’s skin in mind. We know how much time and effort goes into your delicate baby and the same attentive process has been implemented in this superb product, which is certified organic, Vegan Society approved, Ph balanced, free from paraben preservatives and consultant dermatologist approved.

And most importantly, it makes getting mini-me into the bath that much easier :)

April 14, 2008

The 'Best Buy' Shopping Trolley

We were delighted to see our fabulous Shopping Trolley named as 'Best Buy' in the Independent's Ten Best Shopping Trolleys recently.

Plastic carrier bags are a real concern all over the world, with production reaching epic proportions, but finding a well-made, solid shopping trolley that can hold large quantities and isn’t made from PVC has been a challenge! Well, we’ve done it!

We hope you like!

April 11, 2008

Natural Fridge?

What a good idea? One large clay pot + one smaller clay pot + wet sand = one natural fridge. Brilliant.

April 03, 2008

Walk it: getting people back on their feet

I often find myself travelling short distances by London Tube and so the Walk It site is becoming more and more useful to me. Basically, instead of travelling the one or two stops between meetings by tube it can often be quicker and healthier to walk - distances in between London Tube stations can be geographically quite small - and even if it is not quicker just getting back out on to the streets and in to the fresh air is better all round. They are even now developing pollution-aware walking routes for the inner city area.

Walk It covers London, Newcastle, Birmingham & Newcastle/Gateshead although I have only tested it in London so far. It shows you the A to B mapped route to walk along with likely journey times at various average walking speeds and the calories you are likely to burn.

What a good idea.

March 25, 2008

Five ways to enjoy tap water

If you live in Seattle you probably already know that the City of Seattle has banned bottled water. You will be pleased to know that Natural Collection offers a variety of items to help you make the most of your tap water. Why not check out the:

Sigg water bottle, Water filter jug system, Four-litre terracotta water filter, Gravity water purifier & the Filtered water bottle.

Oh, and if you live outside of the City of Seattle then you might find them useful too.

March 22, 2008

Water: more precious than gold

Happy World Water Day. Here are five ways to love the clear stuff:

1) Put a brick in your toilet tank - reduce the amount you flush
2) Shower instead of taking a bath - check out our great water-saving shower head!
3) Switch off taps when you can i.e. when you are brushing your teeth
4) Rinse vegetables in a small bowl of water instead of leaving the tap running
5) Fill a bucket to wash your car instead of using a hose

Love water? Save water! Would love to hear your tips on saving water...

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Spring 2008

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