With the recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, undoubtedly many of us are thinking about reducing our oil consumption. The first thing that comes to mind is transportation, but did you know that agriculture in America uses almost as much oil as our vehicles? Agriculture production consumes 400 gallons of oil per year [...]
Archive for June, 2010
25 Jun
Summer quinoa salad
My son was born one month ago today and I think the natural post-partum weight loss is slowing considerably. It’s time to start eating like I want to loose this baby weight! This delicious summer salad is full of healthy ingredients and is vegan. Go easy on the dressing to make it “light.” It’s super [...]
21 Jun
No Impact Man
Somehow my husband and I managed to watch a movie this past weekend. We saw the documentary No Impact Man (see the No Impact Project website here, or a trailer of the documentary). It really should be called No Impact Family, as it’s about a husband, wife, and toddler living in NYC who try to [...]
18 Jun
Curry quinoa
Our sweet neighbors have been bringing us dinner to help out with the baby. Here is the recipe of one of our favorites. Dressing Ingredients: (I usually make only ½ dressing recipe—it is plenty! There is usually enough leftover to use as marinade for chicken, tempeh, tofu—good grilled & served with salad.) 1 cup seasoned [...]
14 Jun
How to avoid GMOs
I recently got a handy guide from my CSA farm called the Non-GMO Shopping Guide, created by the Center for Food Safety. I thought I’d share some of the information in it, and you can visit NONgmoShoppingGuide.com for more. What are GMOs? Genetically Modified Organisms are foods that have had genes artificially inserted into their DNA, possibly [...]
5 Jun
Toxic America
CNN just aired a couple episodes of a show they called Toxic America. I found the Toxic Towns episode depressing, but enjoyed the Toxic Childhood one. There really wasn’t any additional information shared by Dr. Sanjay Gupta about toxic chemicals that can’t be found on this blog, but I was really pleased to see this [...]
1 Jun
Water birth
Exactly one week ago at this time, I was getting into a tub at the hospital in order to labor in the water and have my son via water birth. Laboring and delivering in water was a wonderful experience and I thought I’d share a little about it here. Those of you following my blog [...]
