 I’m about to start a detox program, and I’m freaking out a bit.
Recently I’ve been thinking about the amount of chemicals and manufactured products I put on and in my body. There’s only so much I can do about environmental chemicals since I live in London, but I can control what I choose to eat, drink, smear, scrub, smooth and otherwise put on myself.
So, this weekend I started thinking about doing a year long chemical detox of my beauty routine.
Lip gloss, body scrub, face masks, minty foot cream, nail polish, spa nights – if it’s beauty-related, I love it! It started with my first hand-me-down lipstick at age 9, and now takes up several shelves in my bathroom and bedroom. I can’t even begin to calculate the amount of money I’ve spent on beauty products over my lifetime.
My year long beauty detox means that … Read the rest of this post >>
 Hot, summer days. Cool refreshing soup. Soup?
You’ve probably had Spanish gazpacho as a chilled soup. But what about a bowl of cool, fuschia delicious-ness?
This vintage recipe is from Zak’s Lithuanian grandmother. Cold beet soup is a Lithuanian tradition, and has become one of my favorite summer lunches. Beet soup (Saltibarsciai, in Lithuanian) is a creamy buttermilk or yogurt based soup, filled with beets, cucumbers and dill.
When we visited Vilnius last year, beet soup was everywhere, often served with hot potatoes (and a good dollop of sour cream, of course!) It’s often eaten as a starter to a bigger meal, but I also like it with a salad or sandwich for a summer lunch.
Don’t worry about the color, and trust me on this one, it’s really tasty!
Chilled Beet Soup
2 cooked red beets, peeled and coarsely grated
2 fresh cucumbers, thinly sliced
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 Earlier this year I experimented by planting an onion.
If you’re interested, here is the progress so far… it’s huge! It’s the tall plant on the right (you can also see my out-of-control mint plant on the left. Mojitos anyone?)
It’s up to my waist in height and has two huge, white flower-like things on the end. I’m just going to let it keep going and see what happens.
Did you have any garden experiments this year?? Let us know in the comments.
 You’re busy. And pulled in a zillion directions. You want to do your bit for the planet, and try to be healthy, but don’t have the time or interest in being a tree-hugger.
What if there were one simple daily action you could take to be green AND improve your health?
There is: cooking!
Cooking can be basic or extravagant, simple or fabulously complicated, functional (you need to eat), comforting (mmmm, homemade soup), creative (decorating cupcakes), and therapeutic (kneading bread). As great-grandma would tell you, until recently, preparing food wasn’t a choice, it was a necessity. Today we have the privilege of being able to purchase every single meal we eat… but we lose the connection with where our food comes from, how it gets to us, and what exactly it is that we’re eating.
Choosing to cook for yourself, your family and friends is a simple action you can take every day to … Read the rest of this post >>
 So you’ve learned how to knit and want to combine your rediscovered vintage skill with some vintage patterns! In case you missed it, I recently wrote an article for KnitToday magazine in the UK all about vintage knitting (July 2010 issue, if you want to check it out!)
I’m slightly obsessed with sweater girls and pinups from the 1940s and 1950s … as well as the gorgeous delicate knits of the 1930s. And creating your own vintage knitwear means you get the classic style, with the benefit of new materials! (And you can make it exactly the color, style and SIZE that you want, which so often isn’t the case with vintage clothes!).
If you’re feeling knitty and want to make your own vintage knitwear, get some inspiration here:
I recently posted some vintage patterns I bought at a charity shop Just stumbled across this link of some lovely … Read the rest of this post >>
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