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The Spaza Guide to a Green Cleaning Routine

After a year of acclimatising to the "new normal", it's safe to say that your home probably needs a little TLC. And with Christmas fast approachin...

Cutlery Roll Entertaining Ideas

The 2020 Holiday season was a quiet affair - lacking most of the traditional hallmarks of the busiest time for entertainment and dining. Thankfull...

Vegetable Barbecue Sprinkle

This blog post was originally featured on our South African website for South Africa's Heritage Day in 2019. Our community has grown! Feature veg...

3 Hero Salad Dressing Ideas

3 Heritage Day Salad Dressing Ideas Reposted from a South African Heritage Day blog in 2015! A lot has changed but I am still making these dressi...

5 Feng Shui Tips to Bring Calm to Your Home

Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese practice that considers the flow of energy to create harmony between individuals and the natural world. Literally...

Freshly Baked Bread Storage

Daily bread is daily for a good reason. Freshly baked bread isn't going to stay fresh without preservatives to prolong shelf life. Home-baked and ...

Spotlight on Expert Knitter, Colleen Babb

Colleen Babb spotted us on social media 5 years ago and called to see how she could get involved. We are so happy she did because this is just the ...

The Dirt on Disposable Kitchen Sponges

A recent article from online magazine TheKitchn.com recommends that you replace your synthetic sponge every week to avoid spreading harmful bacte...

Discovering Dish Covers

'I have never been a fan of plastic wrap, so I would cover all our dishes with tea towels while entertaining or preparing a meal for my family.’ ...

Spaza producers in Mitchells Plain tell their stories.

Spaza products are made by women in various communities around Cape Town. Producers, from Mitchells Plain, discuss working from a successful home-b...

Do Spaza Dish Covers Keep Food Fresh?

The question that I get most about our dish covers is, do they keep your food fresh like plastic? As mother nature would have it, fresh is related ...

Recycling 101 - It doesn't have to be confusing

Refuse, reuse, reduce, recycle!When you cannot refuse, reuse or reduce - then you should try your best to recycle. Recycling can sometimes be a con...

Conscious Cleaning #01 | How to clean a burnt pot

To be conscious means to be aware of one's surroundings and to have knowledge of what you are doing. Another important element of consciousness is ...