Lime Pickle Recipe Beverley opened the new pick-up points a few weeks ago. She already made a few recipes out of the Eco & Co baskets. Here is her Lime Pickle recipe: Ingredients: 6 limes quartered (I cut them into small bits as quarters were too big). 60g/2oz/1/2 [...]
What to do with all those limes? Some of you have been very creative in using the limes we got in our baskets. As the lime invasion continues, here are 3 recipes to get rid of them all. 1 - Candied limes in olive [...]
Winter is coming? Keep calm and breathe! Winter is approaching and with it, colds and blocked noses, sore throats and coughs. Last year, I tested a homemade recipe of a crème that is very similar to Vicks VapoRub ointment. I easily found all the ingredients in The Netherlands [...]
Synthetic sponges are toxic. Opt for a bio and effective alternative: The Loofah. Did you know that your go-to sponge is stuffed with toxic and eco-toxic chemicals? Up to a few days ago, I didn’t know either. In this post, I will detail how this is. I even made [...]
Comparing (eco)toxicity of commercial and home-made laundry detergents I have worked as a research chemist for many years in a water treatment company. The knowledge I acquired during that period of my life allows me to be appalled when I read the chemical composition of some commercial or [...]
Alternative to conventional laundry detergent I've been doing my own laundry powder for 3 years now and I have to say that I'm very satisfied with it. It washes as well as industrial detergents and is much environment friendly! In the early days, I used to do my [...]
Indesit, it’s indecent! Do you know the Indesit brand? If so, it means that, like me, you belong at best to the middle class. We have an Indesit washing machine. For five years. It’s not long five years for a washing machine, is it? Well, for corporations, it’s [...]
