Do you remember that for the last 6 months I have been Living Lagom, with a little help from one of my favourite stores IKEA? If not, you can catch up on my other posts : Live Lagom : Changing the way we live Live Lagom : An update halfway through So in this post I wanted to both look back and make a few plans for the future. Final results and savings The main areas I was looking at during this project were energy, food and recycling. Energy We have definitely ... read more
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IKEA #LiveLagom : An Update
I'm halfway through my LiveLagom project with IKEA so I thought I would give you an update as to how I was getting on. So to recap, I am a LiveLagom (IKEA) ambassador. Lagom comes from the Swedish phrase ‘Lagom är bäst’ which translates to ‘the right amount is best’. A balance of not denying yourself what you love, whilst not taking from the planet more than you need. IKEA believe it’s an idea with the power to change the way people feel about sustainability. So as part of this myself, and ... read more
Changing the way we live : LiveLAGOM
You may have seen me post a few times using the hashtag #LiveLAGOM recently, so I thought I would take the time to explain it in a little more detail, and tell you why I have decided to be involved in the campaign. I am a LiveLAGOM (IKEA) ambassador next year. Now I'm sure at this point you are thinking, what the devil does that mean? Well lagom comes from the Swedish phrase 'Lagom är bäst' which translates to 'the right amount is best'. A balance of not denying yourself what you love, ... read more
Vitamix : Simple and Nutritious 6 Vegetable soup
So following on from my earlier post today about my Vitamix Total Nutrition Center, I thought I would share with you a recipe for a soup that I've been tinkering with for lunches this week, simple and nutritious 6 vegetable soup. All you need is the fresh ingredients below, your Vitamix, and no other pots and pans to make this. It's a one pot wonder! So for this recipe I used, and this was the order I also placed them in the blender. 2 cups of cold water -using the measuring ... read more
5 things I plan on doing this week.
I am so ready for change this year, how about you? As part of that, I'm going to mix things up a little on the blog, and one of things I had the idea of setting myself little challenges which are part of the bigger picture on making my life different. Positive ideas and changes, that will impact my life I suppose. I'm hoping to give a list of 5 small things I'm going to do every week or month, so as this is the first week back to blogging, here are my first 5 with a little background as ... read more