We want our family to eat healthy foods. However, I have to admit it, we all have a taste for sweets too. For that matter I really enjoy sweets on occasion. Eating sweets should not have to mean that we have to give up our goals of avoiding high fructose corn syrup, artificial colors and artificial flavors. […]
What’s Green For Dinner?
Fried green tomatoes andfried zucchini –our green dinner This isn’t your typical Mommy Blog, so our loyal readers probably have no idea what we usually eat for dinner. However, sometimes living green is eating green. There are many things you can do to eat green: Eat local – A lot of the carbon that goes into producing […]
Thinking About Consuming Pesticides and Chemicals
Organic, brown rice cooking in a rice cooker I started cooking the last from my large bag of organic brown rice and started wondering if the smell was a little off. Has it started to turn? I feel like my organic and natural foods seem to go bad faster than the “conventional” foods that I […]
My first Organic Cotton Shirt
I have historically approached living green from the energy perspective, but now as I learn more about how interrelated all the various components are, like transportation, food, textiles, & energy, and how they contribute substantially to the green house effect and climate change, I have started to look beyond energy. It also helps having done […]
Roses are Red, Not Green, Give Chocolates Instead!
The number one reason to give chocolates instead of roses is of course TASTE! Have you ever tasted a rose? I don’t advise it, especially with all those thorns. In all seriousness, roses, especially those flown in from Latin America for Valentines Day (or Mothers Day) are not environmentally friendly and have a whopping environmental […]