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

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

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