I jumped on board the Meatless Monday movement a few months ago. Meatless Monday is a campaign encouraging people to improve their health and improve the health of the planet by lowering their meat consumption. I don’t eat red meat, but turkey and fish are often found on our dinner table. There are so…
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5 Spring Gardening Tips
Gardening is top priority this year. Over the years I have been very diligent about planting a garden each spring with my three boys. Working together to create a vegetable garden has always been an incredibly rewarding process. One of my missions as a parent is to help my children understand that there’s a connection…
3 Safe Natural Sweeteners
I know I’m not alone on this one-I have a sweet tooth and it kicks in A LOT. There’s a reason behind this love of sweets: they make us feel good. The sweet flavors release serotonin in our brains, which creates a feeling of love and well being. It’s nice to have some validation…
3 Healthy Foods with Weird Names
When my kids were really small, we had a lot of fun with the pronunciation (or mispronunciation) of these three foods. Edamame was called “ate-a –mommy” for many years. Quinoa was pronounced “king-wop” and Tempeh was “that stuff”. We have come a long way and I think we finally have the pronunciations down pat. While…
Book Review and Granola Recipe: Julia’s Child
Over the past 6 months I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know Sarah Pinneo through our online connections. Sarah is articulate, passionate about the health of her family and undeniably funny. I was honored when she reached out and asked me to participate in the Julia’s Child blog tour. Sarah is an established…
Eggsperiment: CSA Eggs vs. Organic Store Bought Eggs
It’s very rare these days to find a morning when we have no plans. This past Sunday was one of those mornings when we were all home with nothing to do. We decided it would be the perfect time for our much anticipated eggsperiment. What’s an eggsperiment? We have been part of a CSA for…
4 Best Cooking Oils
I’ve always found the cooking oil aisle at the market to be one of the most impressive and overwhelming aisles to walk down. The shelves are lined with every imaginable variety of oil – peanut, olive, canola, vegetable and coconut –and each type has a few different brands and sizes. When cooking with any oil…