Gas is great to cook with, but can generate unhealthy air quality conditions for you and your family.
Cooking with Gas vs. Pressure – which uses more energy?
Posted on January 25, 2020 Written by Leave a Comment
How much energy does it take to cook 1 cup of white rice with an Instant Pot multi-cooker vs gas cooktop?
How efficient is your cooking?
Posted on January 20, 2020 Written by 2 Comments
Find out why an electric multi-cooker/instant pot is the most efficient method of cooking.
How to Easily Grill Corn on the Campfire
Posted on July 26, 2015 Written by 1 Comment
This year Ellie & Christor were old enough to actually help us plan for our annual camping trip, including participating in meal planning. They declared that they were going to make pancakes, and since I know that Ellie is perfectly capable of making pancakes at home by herself, that sounded great to me. She also put in […]
Organic instant soup – Oxymoron or Life Saver?
Posted on May 21, 2015 Written by 2 Comments
Today I was thrilled to discover that I can buy ready-made, organic tortilla soup and chicken soup in a tetrapak box, off the shelf of my main stream grocery store. I am scared of putting chemicals into my body and my kids’ bodies. I see people all around us with autoimmune problems, immune problems, cancer, neurologic […]
Charcoal vs. Propane Revisited
Posted on August 13, 2014 Written by 3 Comments
Last summer I blogged about the age old controversy: Which is the greener way to grill: Charcoal or Propane? My conclusion was that it matters far more what you grill than how you grill it. Now I have discovered something new and I need to revisit this topic. Which is greener – Charcoal or Propane? Burning propane, a […]
Don’t Trust Marketing and Labels
Posted on May 18, 2014 Written by 8 Comments
I have to start by saying: I have friends and relatives that work in marketing. Not everyone that works in marketing is a lying scumbag, but some are. To start with, the goal of marketing is to get you to use or buy their product rather than another product or nothing at all. I’m not really […]
Cutting my carbon footprint by reducing my waistline
Posted on April 8, 2014 Written by 1 Comment
As my grandpa used to tell me, the only real ways to lose weight and keep it off are through portion control and exercise. Yes, a balanced diet helps keep you healthy, but it is simple math, in order to lose weight you need to burn more calories than you consume. Besides being my wonderful […]
Troubleshooting Modern Appliances
Posted on December 12, 2013 Written by 1 Comment
This has not been a good year for us with major appliances. During the summer our refrigerator died and the weekend before Thanksgiving, our dishwasher died a long, drawn-out death. We firmly believe in the FOUR R’s – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Repair. Therefore, before we decided to throw in the towel on either appliance, […]
What to do with Fresh Cranberries…
Posted on November 2, 2013 Written by 4 Comments
I received fresh cranberries in our organic fruits & vegetables box this week and I was perplexed. I’ve never dealt with fresh cranberries and I’m so busy, I just wanted something quick to do. So I did what any modern housewife would do, and I asked the Facebook hive-mind. It turns out, cranberries are very […]
