The birds are very messy and tend to throw seeds everywhere when picking through the large feeder. I assume they do this because they are looking for their favorite bits. Having been lazy not weeded very well I found a few large plants growing under the feeder. At first I thought it was corn which […]
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Cherries were very reasonably priced at the grocery store leading me to buy an extra five pounds to make cherry jam. I like making my own jam because then I know exactly what’s in it. And I manage to avoid all of the nasty ingredients that I do not want in my pantry, HFCS, artificial […]
Continue ReadingMost of us are very hard on ourselves. No matter how hard we think the world around us is, we are tougher on ourselves than just about anyone else out there. I work with a lot of people who feed themselves lots of negative messages about their relationship with food, their body or their self-image. […]
Continue ReadingBecky wrote and asked about storing food. She’s starting to make more of her own foods and would like to purchase in bulk but is not sure how to store things. This is a brief post but one that shares my experience and what I do. The storage that I am talking about here is […]
Continue ReadingI am horrified by an ad I just saw. Remember the mouthwash strips invented years back? The ones that you put on your tongue to dissolve that left your breath minty fresh? Well someone has taken them to the next level and created an energy strip or sheet that works the same way. Remove from […]
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Raspberries are coming in to season. Their fragrant luscious aroma greets me every time I walk into the produce section of my local grocery store. And their plump juicy red fruit temps me. I love raspberries and truly miss the raspberry bed I had in Connecticut. It was stocked with four different varieties each bearing […]
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I previously posted a Meatless Monday menu of black bean casserole, roasted asparagus, spring onions, cauliflower, and cauliflower greens. It was a delicious dinner. I received a request for the recipe and decided to post it over here on the blog.Benefits of Black BeansI love oven roasting veggies; it’s such a simple way to prepare […]
Continue ReadingYesterday was another Holistic Mom’s Network twitter party. The topic of conversation was plastic and it’s insidious presence in our homes. It may seem innocuous but really there’s more than meets the eye. All week long as I was waiting for the twitter party I looked around my home at all of the different ways […]
Continue ReadingI am still on my dietary journey, each day learning to make these changes. Yesterday I had a moment where I really missed cheese. I just wanted to make myself a big chef-style salad. In the past it would have been no meat and perhaps two kinds of cheese. Now it’s meat, no cheese. And […]
Continue ReadingYesterday I attended the Holistic Moms Network twitter party. It was great fun; I learned a lot about a wide variety of eco-friendly ideas and shared in some great conversations. tree | photo: dieraecherin The topic of the party was people talking about different ways to cut down on how much paper we use. According to PeopleTowels, […]
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