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An Open Letter to South African Restaurants. From our kids.

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There’s a big problem going on in South Africa (and in many other countries, I’m sure). Children are not being offered enough healthy meal options. What happens in your home and how you educate your children on health and nutrition is your business and your responsibility. Sure we have lazy ‘help yourself’ nights where our boys have cereal for dinner, and the odd treat is fine. We’re not perfect, but hey – we’re balanced.

Now we’ve been to a lot of restaurants, especially in Cape Town and Johannesburg. Really, we’ve maybe been to over a hundred different restaurants in the past few years and a few dozen hotels and B n B’s. Out of all these restaurants we’ve noticed maybe ten percent that offer nutritious and healthy meal options for kids. I don’t understand it and over the past year it’s really, really getting to me. When I open a … Read the rest

The Russell Hobbs Jug Blender, a Recipe and WIN with #RHMoments

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I recently teamed with Russell Hobbs to review a few of their fantastic products, and try out a few recipes for my little family. We’re all about health right now, so I tried to create something that is as nutritious as it is delicious. Before I get on to that: DID YOU KNOW that you can WIN a trip to London, Paris or Rome worth R200 000 and over R100 000 worth of INSANT prizes with Russell Hobbs? Details here. —-> Get in on that!

Anyway… Bananas are incredibly good for us. Eating bananas aids digestion, lowers our blood pressure and helps our bodies combat cancer and asthma. Bananas contain Vitamin B, Vitamin C, Vitamin A, Iron, Potassium, Protein and Dietary Fiber. Read more on the health benefits of bananas here. This recipe also contains Plain Yoghurt and Apple juice which also contain dozens of vitamins and minerals … Read the rest

Raising Men is a blog about Travel. Family. Food and Life. In South Africa

Holy rabbits on toast  this is scary. Hello. This is my first ever blog post on my new Raising Men site. You know – when I switched over to WordPress I was like “Hey Hugh and Werner, can you guys just export my blog, import it here and give me the logins. Thanks.” HA HA HA HA. That was a long time ago.

I’ve switched to WordPress for several reasons and I’m gonna tell you why because when I was on blogspot and people moved to WordPress I was SCARED. Very much an Ice Age sloth “Hey where’s everyone going?” moment. I’ll quickly tell you what annoyed me about Blogspot.

I wanted to self-host. I want to add some SEO. It looks better. Y’all can comment without hassles. I need to become a WordPress PRO for work, so practicing over here is a heck-load better than practicing on my clients, … Read the rest

WIN a NESCAFE Dolce Gusto Coffee Machine for your home. Hurry quick!

I just received this incredible Nescafe Dolce Gusto coffee machine. We’ve never had a coffee machine before so this really is a treat. I’m usually quite intimidated by these things and any electronics really. The Nescafe Dolce Gusto is super easy to use! I got Graeme to set it up, but all he had to do was pour tap water in to the back, so I felt a bit silly. Then you just pop in the pod flavour that you like, push a button and abracadabra…. Delicious, cafe-quality Americanos, Latte’s, Macchiatos and Espressos. You don’t even need to add milk – there is a pod for it! 
I couldn’t believe how easy, fun and FAST this little machine whips out delicious drinks. There’s also an option for cold coffees. I don’t understand how you put cold water in and at the click of a button, it immediately gives you a … Read the rest

A gathering of thoughts, memories, goals & images from the #bunnyhouse

I’ve been trying to find my little space in the online world. Also, in my real little world. Things are busy, frantic and exciting. I’ve set this year aside to accomplish quite a few things and it’s all coming together round-about now. To get results you have to put in the not-so-nice part. The saving. Late nights. No chocolate. No booze. No money. Dry skin, headaches, fatigue, self-doubt, guilt. You mostly see the pretty churn on the other side, but you don’t see me posting selfies when I’ve had four hours sleep, my husband and I arguing over things that don’t even matter, my boys getting a time-out, me crying on the floor in my room because ANOTHER outfit won’t fit me. My blistered, bleeding feet as I try push another km in to my training. You don’t see the piles of washing and dishes around our home because our Read the rest