best roast chicken ever: a real food recipe

ok so this is obviously a photo pre-cooking! i was in such a rush getting the kids ready for bed before our little mini dinner party that i forgot to take a pic of the beautiful bird when it was done! such a shame, it… Read More

roasted broccoli: a real food recipe

this is, hands down, the best way to eat broccoli ever. i honestly had 2 whole HEADS of broccoli the other day for lunch. and no, it did not feel like i was ‘being good’. it felt like i was enjoying every freaking second…oh sweet… Read More

music monday: jeremy larson

i know! it’s not monday… but this is now a tradition. it’s part of the endearing nature of staying awake… you never know which day of the week music monday will fall on. come on, you know you love that…! i had such a fun… Read More

baked potatoes w/ happy beef & butter bean hash: a real food recipe

introducing my new favourite recipe. dear heavens to betsy this is delicious. the whole family (yes including the 2 year old!) scarfed it down. and i mean scarfed. it was supposed to serve 4…adults. and it served 2 adults and 2 under 4’s. awesome. this… Read More

how to eat real food on a budget

this is a question i have been getting a lot lately and one i have been worried about ever since we started our real food journey a while back. it is also still a weekly battle that i fight because close family in the states,… Read More

london design love

the oliver clan went on an adventure to sunny (well, scattered showers) london today! it started with lunch on the train. and then a cup of my absolute, most favourite coffee of all time–monmouth baby!–at st. pancras international station. which, i might add, looks mighty… Read More

happy food and why i eat organic meat

what do i mean when i say ‘happy’ bacon or ‘happy’ cows you wonder? well, i mean cows and pigs and chickens and sheep that get to live the way they were made to live. roaming around outside in fields or woodlands, eating bugs and… Read More

ground floor coffee shop branding sneak peek

well here it is. the long awaited and exceptionally awesome reveal of the ground floor coffee shop brand! this would be the reason for the lack of blog posts over the past ten days and the many broken promises of recipes to come on instagram.… Read More