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The Refillery brings Zero Waste Shopping to Jozi
A review of The Refillery, who are bringing Zero Waste Shopping to Jozi. Many of us routinely reduce, reuse and recycle in order to lessen the mountain of waste sent to landfill each day. We use environmentally friendly straws, buy fruit and vegetables ‘naked’ and take our own reusable bags to the store. Sadly though, this isn’t enough and we’re still facing a world where there will be more plastic in our oceans than fish by 2050. Thankfully, the new global phenomenon of zero waste stores is making it easier to make the right choice for our planet – and The Refillery has opened its doors as the first zero-waste…
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Sweets & Snacks, Gluten Free, Lifestyle
Blue Spirulina Chocolate Bounty Bars
Time for a chocolate bar reinvention and today it’s these Blue Spirulina Chocolate Bounty Bars. Chocolate and Coconut go together perfectly and Bounty Bars are a perfect example of this union. So there is no need to reinvent the wheel to recreate these chocolate bars – just small tweaks and additions. Blue Spirulina Chocolate Bounty Bars Breaking down the recipe I don’t know about you, but I love making goodies from scratch. It usually tastes way better and you know exactly what goes in it. Take homemade pesto or homemade almond butter for instance. For these Blue Spirulina Chocolate Bounty Bars, I didn’t want to add any extra sugar to the coconut…
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Drinks & Smoothies, Lifestyle
Cucumber and Mint Malfy Gin and Tonics
Happy Friday and what better way to cool off after work than with these Cucumber and Mint Malfy Gin and Tonics? Green smoothies are everywhere, so why shouldn’t we blend up the usual green smoothie suspects to create a ‘healthier’ gin cocktail? This Cucumber and Mint G&T is light, refreshing, and icy cold. I only added a spoonful of white sugar to sweeten up this cocktail, but you can omit or if you prefer, swap out for honey or maple syrup. How I made this Cucumber and Mint Malfy Gin and Tonics For this G&T, I blended the cucumber, mint, sugar and lime juice in my Nutribullet. I then poured…
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Lifestyle
Come Dine with Me SA 🍴🍷 Celebrity Premiere
Take one reality TV star, soapie star, drive time radio DJ star and a fashion designer to the stars – and you’ve got four VERY different celebrity personalities all on the premiere episode of Come Dine With Me South Africa, season five. Candice Modiselle, Christall Kay, Gert Johan Coetzee, and Lucky Du Plessis will all take each other on to be crowned best dinner party host and win 10K for their chosen charity. I was lucky enough to be invited by BBC South Africa to the premier, where we got treated to the full episode, as well as the opportunity to try out mini versions of each contestants dish. The…
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Lifestyle, Travel
Staying at Hudson’s on 12th in Rivonia
My review on staying at Hudson’s on 12th in Rivonia. Established in 1995, ‘Melleneys Exclusive Guest House’ is now under new ownership and has been fully refurbished and re-launched as Hudsons on Twelfth Exclusive Guesthouse. Shaun and I were invited to spend an evening at the ‘new’ hotel – which very luckily fell over his birthday! We headed over there after work on a Friday afternoon for some R&R, as well as a specially prepared five-course dinner. A little history on the hotel “Melleneys” was one of the first established Guest Houses in the Rivonia area in 1995, starting off with only four rooms and was the only premises in Johannesburg…
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