FINALLY. A makeup bag I’m proud to share.
Eco + Conscious Living, Health and Wellbeing
4 years ago I revamped my makeup routine. I was excited to share about it! Quickly though I knew I wanted to take new steps forward. I didn’t have time…
5 ways to SPEND LESS on a cleaner lifestyle!!
lifestyle
It’s no secret that the products associated with living a clean and ethical lifestyle are more of an ‘investment’. Read: they cost you more but we try to remember it’s…
Organic Cotton: Why I Do It.
Eco + Conscious Living, Gift Ideas
When Sol Organics asked me to partner with them and write a blog post for their site I knew there was one thing I wanted to talk about. I didn’t…
THE BETTER CHRISTMAS LIST!
Eco + Conscious Living, Eco + Conscious Living, Gift Ideas, holidays
Breathe. Think. Shop slowly. Alright, breathe (talking to myself here…) everyone is telling us what we should buy. It’s the most wonderful (ahem, marketable) time of the year. If you’ve…
NEUSCH LOCAL FOOD FAVOURITES
You can find a few of our local favourites on instagram under the #TWFDREDDINGPICKS but this is a full list of all our favourite places to eat out! There are…
Sticky Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls
Breads, Breakfast ideas, Cakes
We have about 4 breakfasts over here that we rotate without any extra creativity. We always eat it, and we always eat it together before the day starts but it’s a…
10 Tips on Involving Kids in the Kitchen
Baby, lifestyle
If you’ve followed me for more than about a day you’ve seen Clayt cooking with me in the kitchen. I wrote The Whole Scoop back before he was even 1 and…
BETTER DENIM
Eco + Conscious Living
Did you know the first thing we did (by mistake) on our journey of ethical clothing was Jared buying what I thought were crazy jeans. Crazy expensive jeans. A few…
A Cosmetic Detox: Three Years On…
Eco + Conscious Living, Eco + Conscious Living, Health and Wellbeing, lifestyle
**If you just want to see what’s in my detoxed makeup bag, hit the link HERE or scroll to the bottom but the full post explains our journey and why…
Eco Modern Studio Reveal!
Eco + Conscious Living, Eco + Conscious Living, lifestyle
**You can watch a full video home tour HERE on Instagram! If you have any questions I don’t cover in this post leave a comment on the video! If you’re…
Our Spelt Sourdough Recipe
Breads
When my housemate first brought home a starter I used a few different recipes and made a loaf every day for 2 weeks. I don’t think there is a one…
FREE Instagram Class!
lifestyle, Workshop
REGISTRATION OPENS TODAY CLICK HERE TO GRAB YOUR SPOT! Guys! I’m so excited about this! As I talked about in this post I never planned on using Instagram to build…
Pregnancy + Parenthood Blog Post Roundup!
Baby
Birth Stories BIRTH STORY: Clayton Oak BIRTH STORY: Roey Gold Baby Updates Roey Gold: 4 Month Update Our Colic Journey Baby ‘Stuff’ Guides Pregnancy Resources Roundup My Clean Living Baby…
Let’s Talk Money + Instagram
I never thought I’d get to stay home with my babies and make money… from an app. What?! I was the least techy person alive as a teenager (and beyond…
Chocolate Protein Pancakes: My Breastfeeding Go To!
Breakfast ideas
**QUICK RECIPE POST FROM MY INSTAGRAM CAPTION** The protein pancakes I started basically every day with after having Roey, with Clayton it was a protein waffle with Roey is was…
Vegan Rice
One of our weekday go-tos, one of our fave meatless Monday recipes and one of the things that helps Jared easily scale back on eating meat at most meals to…
Our Colic Story
Baby
I’m going to be honest, this is a post I’ve avoided writing. I’ve had a lot of people ask me to write it in DMs, but the reason I’m sharing…
Update: The Studio Renovation!
Eco + Conscious Living, UPDATE
Alright, I thought it was time to do a blog post so we can properly tell you what we’re doing down at ‘the studio’! Finding the property. If you follow…
10 ways we keep our home de-toxed!
Eco + Conscious Living, Health and Wellbeing
People talk lots about detoxing bodies, maybe by juice cleanses, water cleanses, or stopping watching TV for a week or going on a social media cleanse. In general we all…
Smoke, Air, and Why I Don’t Believe in ‘Balance’ at Home: an Air Purifier Update
Let’s talk about our new friend the Austin Air purifier. Much to Clayton’s dispoinment, it isn’t a rolling box to jump off and add to his new obstacle course obsession….
Thick + Fluffy Oat Pancake Stacks!
Breakfast ideas
INGREDIENTS 1.5 C oats 2 T coconut flour 2 tsp (packed) Aluminum free baking powder 1/2 tsp vanilla 1 tsp cinnamon (optional) 2 medium sized ripe bananas 3 eggs 2-4T…
My weekly workout routine!
lifestyle
I’m definitely not a fitness blogger, and I’m not going to post my abs any time soon… but I LOVE being active, and I can feel it if I don’t…
How I’m Navigating Social Media Through a Local Crisis
It’s been a week. Our city is hurting. Social media is weird. I love it, and I struggle with it. It’s been the top story of most international news outlets,…
ZERO WASTE TRAVEL
lifestyle, Travel
Zero waste travel is the punchy name, but really I think this should be called ‘Lowering Your Footprint While You Travel.’ When we’re not in our normal way of life…
“Cleaner Weiner” Mac N Cheese (df)
Main dishes
This post was sponsored by Applegate, a company we use and love. I did receive compensation for my time for creating and writing up the recipe for you to read,…
#WASTEFREEWEDNESDAYS
Eco + Conscious Living
So it’s Wednesday… which from now on we’re calling #WASTEFREEWEDNESDAY! This was Jared’s idea actually (shocked? me too ha) to take a day of the week to give you a…
The Whole Treat Kitchen Essentials!
If you’re getting ready to buy The Whole Treat this weekend here are a few of the kitchen essentials we use all the time to make treats! You don’t have…
10 things from BTS of Instagram Life
Today is June 21st, the longest day of the year. That means in the life of the gram, there are the most hours of any day in the year when…
From the desk of Jared Neusch: Father’s Day Gift Ideas!
Eco + Conscious Living, Gift Ideas
First a note from Kezia: Getting Jared to write a blog post is like.. well, he’s written one in 5 years of blogging so consider this list a gift from…
Why I made this cake instead of sending you a GDPR email.
Recognise those letters?! Been clogging up your inbox?! In short, it’s a great thing and it’s going to make all our data more secure, which I highly value. And it’s…