Botany of Desire Video
on Oct 29, 2009 in organic This was on PBS last night. Just incredible, even if you've read the book, the video is a wonderful reminder and offers some additional information. It's amazing how much of our world's is shaped by McDonalds. Big companies are controlling our foo...

Bite on This - more Grocery Store Secrets
on Sep 10, 2009 in chlorine grocery shopping tips strawberries organic We all know chlorine is a poison, it's toxic and has been linked to infertility and disease. Sadly it's everywhere, in our drinking water, bleaching our paper towels and toilet paper, in pools, in PVC plastics, in pesticides, so we do our best to a...

"I am a care taker for creation"
on Sep 7, 2009...

Weight Loss, Exercise, Food
on Sep 6, 2009 in weight loss organic We've been busy, school starting, planning school lunches and missing our normal giant lunch that I'd make for the family, the buying club, well, life, you know how it goes. But we've also been busy losing weight, without trying, just from our more...

Breastfeeding: the best foundation for health
on Aug 2, 2009 in babies breastfeeding It'sWorld Breastfeeding Week, Aug. 1-7so I'm resurrecting and adding to an older post.Breastfeeding is good for mama, good for baby, good for our earth, good for our future. Simply, it is the best, most sustainable, greenest and by far healthiest fo...

Vegetarian Bolognese & Kids ate it up!
on Jul 5, 2009 in vegetables So the other night I was at a loss for what to make. We got lots of zucchini from our share in the buying club and we had tons of other veggies from past shares that I needed to use up. I had to come up with some dish that the kids would eat. I de...

Food, Inc. - the truth about what we eat and where it comes from
on Jun 17, 2009 in grocery shopping tips organic Read it. See it. Change your life and the lives of your loved ones. Make a difference in your health and the health of the planet. And our future. We CAN do it and most certainly we must make informed choices.Grocery stores are such an illusion.

It's not just what you eat - it's what you cook it in
on May 27, 2009 in cookware pots and pans real food Wednesday We usually get our pots & pans based upon sales or what our mom used for our childhood meals. We don't much think about it again but as we get healthier in what we eat, we start to also look at the tools we use to prepare our healthful meals.Mos...

Cholesterol, Eggs, Shell Color, more Egg Facts
on May 25, 2009 in eggs gmo organic We eat eggs. With the six of us, we go through about a dozen a day. We use them for any meal and in many ways. Eggs are an inexpensive yet good source of protein and nutrients and the magical egg - it does amazing things: soufflés, frittatas, sa...

Breakfast
on May 24, 2009 in muffins breakfast chia seeds recipes Breakfasts are a big deal around here. We never have cereal, well, occasionally a warm bowl of oatmeal, or muesli or granola over yogurt. But normally it's eggs (organic and free range, and preferably pastured) every which way and sometimes pancake...