Hempseed Apricot Chews

I love coming across new healthy snack ideas and I think this recipe from Whole Foods looks wonderful. Dried fruits with nutritious hempseeds as well as nutmeg and vanilla. Keep a stash in the fridge for a sweet fix in between meals.

View recipe at Whole Foods Market

Moroccan Superfood Salad

If you want a light and healthy meal over the weekend, this couscous salad from BBC Good Food looks ideal. It's bursting with goodness and flavour with beetroot, carrots, broccoli, pumpkin seeds and a sublime Moroccan dressing.

View recipe at BBC Good Food


image: BBC Good Food

Fun Vintage Find

Dressing up should be fun and this dress couldn't be more playful. The print is worth pouncing on alone and could be transformed into a mini dress or cute top. Adorable!

Purchase at Adrian Company Vintage (Etsy) $30

Osborn - Vegan Shoes

Are you squealing at the sight of these vegan shoes? They look completely adorable and are a rare breed of vegan shoes that have been made without synthetic leathers and PVC. These lovelies are made with 'handwoven recycled cotton' and 'hand peeled recycled tire soles.' Oh, and their name? Pup Cat Vegans. Cue more squeals.

Osborn shoes are handmade in Guatemala by a small team of about 30 artisans.

Pup Cat Vegans - available at Osborn Design ($148)


image: Osborn

Steamed Artichokes + Creamy Walnut Dip

Whole Food's recipe of the day looks divine, doesn't it? Beautiful artichokes and a vegan dip made with walnuts, vinegar, dijon mustard, garlic and chives. Stunning simplicity!

View recipe details at Whole Foods Market.


image: Whole Foods Market

Luxe Organic Cotton Trench

Ooh, the classic trench. Yes, it's $398. Gulp. But, I've thought of five reasons to justify paying this amount of money on a coat.

1) It's organic cotton
2) 100% organic cotton
3) It's made in the USA
4) It has a cool name, the 'Spring Ramona Trench.'
5) An excellent trench coat is an investment piece.

Have almost convinced myself. Resisting urge to click, Steven Alan to purchase.


image: Steven Alan

Bento Boxes - Stainless Steel + Wood

A lovely reader wanted to know where I got the stainless steel tiffin box that I featured yesterday and where she could buy one. I've had my tiffin box for years so I can't remember where we got it but I have found some wonderful options for anyone looking for reusable food containers.

This two-tiered, Zen 04 bento box is made in Japan from stainless steel. There is a 'silicone seal around the inside rim of the lids' so if you want your bento even better, you could try the wood versions below.
Available at Bento & co - 39.80 EUR

Magewappa Michi is a bento box made in Japan from 'sustainably farmed sugi (Japanese cedar) wood' that is untreated.
Available at Bento & co - 65 EUR

I love this Magewappa Hana two-tier bento box. Not sure if it's too small but it could work for lunch snacks! It is also made in Japan from sustainably farmed cedar wood and is untreated.
Available at Bento & co - 89 EUR

Hope this helps! If any other readers have questions about where to find ethical products, just get in touch. I will try and find it for you!

Images: Bento & co

No Plastic Packaging for Takeaway Meals

This is how I picked up a lot of my takeaway meals when I was travelling through the States and New Zealand. I wanted to avoid using disposable plastic food containers, cutlery and carry bags for obvious environmental reasons but also because of health concerns about plastic leaching into food.

Anytime I ordered a meal, I would just hand over my stainless steel tiffin box and ask if I could have my food stored in there (BTW, that's a lovely Thai meal in the photo). I thought I'd look somewhat dorky but restaurant staff were always so accommodating.

Taking your own reusable containers and cutlery is easy and reduces so much unnecessary plastic packaging. If you can try and do small things such as this, it will make a huge difference.

Recycled Tweed Cape

The weather is drizzly and chilly where I am so I've got my eye on this cute cape from Rokit. It's handmade in London using vintage fabrics (love the wooden toggles and hood). I just need some organic jeans and vintage wellies and I'm so ready to splash in puddles!

Available at Rokit - £50

Coconut Date Bars

These saintly snacks from Whole Living look ever so tempting, presented in such a pretty way. To make these beyond healthy bars, you only need dates, coconut and walnuts (try organic). You can view recipe details at Whole Living.

Have a lovely weekend!


image: Whole Living