It’s not very often that I rave about a product, but I have to mention this one. We stopped using traditional carpet stain removers several months ago and our carpet started showing it. I had been looking for a natural cleaner but was having trouble finding one. But I’ve recently tried BioKleen’s [...]
Filed under: Cleaning on November 29th, 2007 | No Comments »
This is a follow up to my initial cloth diapering post. In response to that article, I’ve had several people ask me about the practical information–how to get started, how to wash the diapers, etc. I wrote the majority of this when my first son was 6 months old and while I’ve tried [...]
Filed under: Children, Personal Care Products on November 27th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
When I was pregnant with my first child, my husband suggested that we use cloth diapers. At first I laughed at him. Of course, this seemed manageable to him as I would be staying home with the baby and would no doubt be the one washing and using most of the diapers. But the more [...]
Filed under: Children, Environment, Personal Care Products on November 23rd, 2007 | No Comments »
Instead of buying a pie this year, consider making this one. It’s my all-time favorite!
Filed under: Recipe on November 19th, 2007 | No Comments »
For most of my adult life, I’ve suffered from neck pain and tension headaches. Some of this is due to whiplash from a car accident, but mostly it’s related to my poor posture. Women are especially prone to carrying tension in their trapezius muscle (which connects from the base of your skull to [...]
Filed under: Exercise on November 17th, 2007 | No Comments »
If you’re interested in purchasing more organic foods, this brief guide is an excellent place to start. At only 250 pages, To Buy or Not To Buy Organic: What you need to know to choose the healthiest, safest, most earth-friendly food by Cindy Burke covers the basics of organics, lists which foods are the [...]
Filed under: Book recommendation, Organic on November 14th, 2007 | No Comments »
I don’t bake very often, but when I do, I love to play around with the recipe. I try reducing the amount of sugar, using whole wheat flour (or whole wheat pastry flour, which seems to work especially well), or adding wheat germ or oat bran. This is one of my favorite cookie [...]
Filed under: Recipe on November 12th, 2007 | No Comments »
This is a delicious way to enjoy some nutritious vegetables.
Honey-roasted root vegetables
Ingredients:
2 cups coarsely chopped peeled sweet potato (about 1 large)
1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped peeled turnip (about 2 medium)
1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped parsnip [...]
Filed under: Recipe on November 7th, 2007 | No Comments »
Be honest. Do you really eat dark leafy green vegetables? Regularly? Well, you should! They are some of the most nutritious vegetables available, high in lutein (for your eyes), folic acid, calcium, vitamin E, etc. But if you’re like most Americans, you probably haven’t tried half the dark leafy greens [...]
Filed under: Recipe on November 4th, 2007 | No Comments »
My second son was born this week, so I wanted to warn you that new posts may be less frequent for a couple weeks. Keep checking back though because I will still try to write! I plan on posting lots of healthy, delicious recipes this month.
Filed under: Random on November 1st, 2007 | 1 Comment »