Green is the new way to clean. Are you on board yet? Most store-bought cleaning products (the kind we’ve been using for years) contain ingredients that are toxic. They’re harmful to the environment and to you and your family. Perhaps the most important place to eliminate these cleaners is in the kitchen. Do you really want all those toxins on the surfaces where you prepare and store all your food?…
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Chickpea Broccoli Slaw Salad Recipe
This easy salad recipe is as easy as grabbing a bag of broccoli slaw and can of chickpeas next time you head to the store. Try this easy Chickpea Broccoli Slaw Salad Recipe for a light lunch or dinner side dish!
A Postpartum Diet for Health and Rejuvenation
Eating well takes planning, but it’s well worth it. It’s so important to have a healthy postpartum diet, breastfeeding or not, for both mom and baby.
No ‘Poo? An Alternative to Shampoo
If I said the phrase “no ‘poo” what would you instantly think of? Probably something bathroom related right? What if we took it down a notch and I told you that I didn’t use shampoo or conditioner? I’d assume that at this point, you’d think I had dirty disgusting hair and that I was a full blown crazy person. Thankfully, both of those assumptions would be incorrect. No ‘poo does…
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Summer Fun Homemade Ice Cream Recipes
DIY Homemade Ice Cream Recipes I am not really a summer person. Ok, fine, I will admit, I basically loathe summer for the sweat-factor, but I love that it’s swimming season AND time for ice cream! What better way to cool off during the summer than with tasty homemade ice cream that is a snap to prepare? I am all for cool, easy fun in the summers, especially when we’re…
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Gardening Tips to Green Your Garden
Gardening Tips There is no better place to start than your own home and garden when it comes to being more environmentally aware. There are many gardening basics which you can implement easily to immediately boost your garden’s green credentials. How To Deal With Slugs If you primarily deal with slug pellets then you need to stop immediately, as these can be extremely damaging both to your garden as well…
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Homemade Ice Cream in a Bag
Homemade Ice Cream in a Bag It’s a dessert! It’s a science project! It’s way cool fun. How Does it Work? Salt lowers the freezing point of the ice and creates an extra-cold brine that absorbs heat from the milk mixture, causing the mixture to freeze. Safety Alert This process creates temperatures well below normal freezing, so protect your hands with thick gloves or a towel while shaking the mixture…
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Backyard Memorial Day Recipes
Kick Off Summer with these Healthy Memorial Day Recipes! Sweet Minted Tea Courtesy of Sunny Anderson, Food Network Corn, Tomato and Avocado Salad Courtesy of Aida Mollenkamp Grilled Chicken Pitas Courtesy of Paula Deen, Food Network Strawberry Shortcake Courtesy of Eating Well
Healthy Moroccan Slow Cooker Recipe
Here are a few very delicious healthy Moroccan slow cooker recipes! For years I have been learning to use a pressure cooker to make all the Moroccan recipes I learn from my sisters-and mother-in-law and was always hesitant about switching over to a slow cooker. There are so many slow cooker recipes but I really love Moroccan food for it’s natural ingredients and health-improving spices. Oh, there are cans in…
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Earth Day Activities for Kids
It’s never to early to start teaching kids about conserving and less waste, just like it’s never too late to teach older people the same things. I have recently realized that my words have not been falling on deaf old(er) ears for so long as I thought, and I am very pleased to have witnessed a change toward conservation and healthfulness from an unlikely person in my life. While that…
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