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Good food friday treats has been MIA – basically because this pregnancy is helping me to take things a little slower than usual, and on top of that, I'm not exactly sure you would be enjoying my present cravings.  They are mostly salty and involve frantic trips to the supermarket to seek out exactly what I'm feeling in that brief moment.  Last week saw it absolutely necessary for me to tear up to the shops to buy all the ingredients to make ham hock soup.  You see – there is just one problem with this scenario.  I don't eat pork.  But of course I just had to have it and so I made it.  5 whole hours of stewing later – I couldn't eat it – but I made my husband serve himself a bowl – unfortunately he doesn't eat pork either.  Yup, first trimesters can be really unkind and upon the advice of a wise midwife, it's certainly time to rest and listen to your body… minus the pork in my case.

I couldn't let you go through the weekend empty handed.  It's the perfect day to get the washing done and hang it to dry in the sunshine.  You see – this does great things for your health and your household.  

Sunshine is the perfect natural bleaching agent and kills off nasty bugs and bacteria – it is also a natural stain remover and whitener.  Get those whites into some rays.  Green cleaning is excellent for your fertility as I've shared before – nasty chemicals can have devastating effects on our health, our unborn and the entire household, pets and all.

It's great for the environment and you get a little exercise in too, not to mention a few minutes to kick off Vitamin D production in the body – it truly is a win win!

But most of all – find me something that smells better than line dried sheets.  I bet you can't.  But should you be able to, I'm a woman of my word.  I'll repay you with my ham hock soup!