Healthy Habits - Floss Those Pearly Whites!
When I was pregnant with Miss C, I knew a lady who was a dental hygienist. One day I told her I was taking the kids in for their dental appointments, and she told me to have them rinse with flouride and they'd never get a cavity. She was right! We ...
Happy Valentine's Day and Tues News!
Hello mah peeps! Happy Valentine's Day to you. Are you doing anything special tonight? We're not. We're pretty low key on holidays. Honestly, my favorite part of all the Valentine's Day festivities is getting Dove chocolate hearts for half price the next day. Am I the only one who looks forward ...
Julia is One!
Julianna is one year old today! Hard to believe it was a year ago that her Daddy had to catch her in the bathroom. She is still a little nursing piglet. She wears a size 5 shoe. Her favorite game is peek-a-boo, and her favorite toy is a ball. Her favorite food ...
6 Reasons Moms Need Business Cards
I have business cards, and boy, do they come in handy. How? Here's some of the ways I use my cards. 1. Give them to other moms. How often have you scrambled for a scrap of paper to write down your phone number for a mother of your child's classmate or ...
Hack Budget Back {week 1}
Hack your budget back! Join me as I try to reclaim my grocery budget. Post your shopping trip, tips for saving in the kitchen, or how you keep your grocery budget in check so we can all help each other! My goal to hack my budget back is to spend $200 a ...
Earning Cash on the Web
A lot of people asked for more specifics on how to earn money from home. There are many ways to make some quick cash online. Your first step is to do an (honest) inventory of your skills and knowledge. What do you know how to do that someone will ...
Real Food Matters
Issues
Girl Scout Cookie Ingredients and Real Food
Know what you’re getting before you buy. If you are avoiding HFCS and artificial colors, you may be in for a surprise.
Walmart, Local Farms, and Sustainability
I notice that one target is conspicuously absent – there is no goal to provide more nutritious food, just more shelf stable food. We’ve seen how the drive for long shelf life has adulterated bread, cereals, and other grains by making the addition of carcinogenic chemicals (potassium bromate) and hydrogenated fats actually rendering it less nutritious and possibly harmful to our health.
There could be literally a thousand different birds in one little tube. Incidentally, this is the reason I stopped buying pre-ground beef.
Have You Really Heard About the Egg Recall?
In order to get us the cheapest eggs possible, he uses migrant and illegal workers, who are forced to labor in appalling conditions. Ammonia so strong that Department of Agriculture workers were hospitalized. Asbestos exposure. Denying workers access to doctors. Rape.
How cheap are these eggs, then?
The CRA claims that consumers are “confused” and the name switch will clear things right up. Problem is, consumers are not confused, they are becoming more educated and choosing not to consume HFCS.
The Great Big High Fructose Corn Syrup Post
Answering questions about HFCS. What do you want to know? Can you see throught the marketing hype?
Book Reviews
Food Matters by Mark Bittman
Animal Vegetable Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
Made From Scratch: The Pleasures of a Homemade Life by Jenna Woginrich
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