Never say no if the opportunity to help yourself to some fresh organic vegetables straight from the earth arises. The smell of soil mixed with the pungent fresh garlic was mind-blowing on the day that I visited a veggie patch (in the Swellendam district) to harvest artichokes for the evening meal. How to prepare the [...]
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I have a rabbit problem. Imagine my horror, when, lusting after a fresh garden salad I went to the veggie patch, basket in hand, ready to pick all the crunchy goodness my heart desired… only to discover that some fluffy little critter had beaten me to it! Yes, a cuddly wuddly rabbit had snacked on [...]
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At Cooked, we get the travel bug more often than not. In fact, we are a big green travel bug! BUT no matter what our mode of transport or where we stay, we always make sure to keep it as green as possible. Here are five small things you can do to make sure you [...]
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On Monday, I strolled to a beloved deli down the road from my office. It’s one of my favourite places because everything is made from scratch every day, including wraps, chicken pies, spaghetti meat balls and soups. When you walk inside, it smells like love. So there I was, facing the friendly girl on the [...]
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So, the search to green my life and live more sustainably continues. My first stop? Wild Organics Trading Store. Since finding this place, it’s changed what I eat, when I eat it and how I think about food. Lately, when I walk down the gleaming supermarket aisle or ponder over a menu at a restaurant [...]
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Is the grass greener on the other side? Last year I decided to recycle my life, and inevitably discovered the answer to that question. My husband and I traded in our film-industry careers to farm organic vegetables, and replaced the hustle-and-bustle traffic fumes of Jozi for a windswept sea-view stoep in the forgotten frontier of [...]
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The Big Shi(f)t I’ve been called a tree-hugging hippy more times than I care to remember and I resent it. I love Gucci. Guess. Diesel. Armani. And nice things. I don’t have the dreaded dreads. I don’t wear homemade rainbow- spiral tie dyed tees or sandals made of grass. I believe in personal hygiene. And [...]
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