We're starting our fourth challenge today, Get Out There, and it's a little bit different from the previous challenges. This one is going to run for two weeks rather than just one week. It's not because it's a particularly difficult challenge - in fact, I think it'll be one of the most enjoyable ones - but I'm finding the pace of a challenge a week is just too fast. When I first started planning out The Kin Project, my idea had been to run each challenge for a month rather th

So I really thought I would enjoy last week's challenge, All The Colours, a lot more than I did. Despite being rubbish at art, I always

The idea for our second challenge came to me in the hallowed halls of Ikea, as I was waiting in line for a cinnamon bun. In front of me in t

A day or so after I launched The Kin Project, I was chatting to friends about the first challenge, Eat Less Face, and one of them said, "I always think I should watch Cowspiracy but don't because I know it would make me want to be vegan and I can't be arsed.” Which pretty much summed up exactly how I felt about eating meat before starting The Kin Project. I really, really like food - all food. My food philosophy has always been "Everything in moderation." I've eaten meat my e

The other night, my husband, my kids, and I sat down to dinner. It was a gourmet meal, naturally, because that's what parents of small children feel like cooking each evening. My two year old poked at his plate, pointed suspiciously at the breaded chicken breast, and said, "What's THAT?" Being a very patient mother who never gets frustrated with the eating habits of toddlers, I replied, "Chicken. Eat it." My four year old, who is at that stage of delighting in her relative wi