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Make that a soy latte
I've been hearing the buzz about the documentary Forks Over Knives for a while saying it will convert you into being a vegan. Being a vegan was a challenge I was going to take for a month last year until I found out I was pregnant. I could totally be a vegetarian but cutting out dairy seemed super extreme that I could never do. Never say never is what my mom used to say.
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Snow came really late this year. And that's pretty bad for a town whose economy counts on it for tourism. Last week, it snowed over 5 feet at our local resort, shutting it down for a day. We headed up to go sledding. Let's just say, pregnancy and watching your family sled, don't mix.
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my son will kill me someday for posting this photo
After 3.5 years of diapers, we're finally diaper free in our house. I will admit, I should have done this sooner but nothing seemed to motive my son -- that was until he saw Cars 2 and he wanted new cars to play with. Everyone had advice for me ... put him and pull-ups and then try to switch back to diapers, he'll throw a fit! Have him aim on
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I love getting inspiration from fellow bloggers and people I follow on Twitter. Imitation is the best form of flattery, right? Nanette, who is super cool in real life, made this recipe on Christmas Day for her brother-in-law who is a vegetarian. Super intrigued, I asked her for the recipe.
The recipe was a hit in my house. All we really needed to add in the end was a tad bit more salt. If you
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A few months ago, that sticker to the left appeared in my goodie bag at a local marketing conference I attended. I decided to slap it on the back of my Jeep because I felt I was doing just that -- living local, buying local. Boy did that sticker give me a smack of reality.
The first instance of reality came while I was in the drive thru line for Starbucks. The month of October and November
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I had a frozen loaf of homemade brioche that I needed to use up so I pulled out this recipe to try. It was so so tasty! Now I want to make another loaf of brioche to make it again!
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I receive many requests to review products but most of the time they don't fit the scope of my blog ... going green gradually. But when Sommer Poquette emails you asking to try to a product, you take notice.
Sommer is the mastermind behind Green and Clean Mom and site Mommy is a Blogger which explains to children and the world what moms online might be doing with their blogs and also offers tips
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I love soup in the winter but I'm not a fan of tomato soup. For months, my husband has been begging me to make a tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches for Meatless Monday. I came across this recipe in my Fresh Flavor Fast cookbook by Martha Stewart and Everyday Food and decided to give it a whirl.
The technique -- roast a number of vegetables, then place in veggies stock and bring to a
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A little look at our Christmas. Our kid got spoiled at Christmas from the grandparents and was so exhausted from playing, he went to bed early.
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Making polenta is pretty easy. You can get a bag of Bob's for $3 and it usually makes 4 servings of polenta. With that, I usually will use it as a side, mold it to a pan and grill or make polenta lasagna. BUT there are sometimes, I like buying that $2 tube at Trader Joe's to slice and grill.
The recipe is simple. Slice the polenta to desired shape, brush with oil on each side along with
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I had grand plans for 2011. I had a long green list which in the back of my mind, I knew would take two years to accomplish You can view what progress we made by looking at what's checked off on that list.Here is the remaining list of green goals I'm looking to accomplish in 2012
Earn the natural baby badge on Practically Green
Switch to compostable trash bags and liners
Recycle my old computer
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As I mentioned, I have very fond memories of helping my mom bake cookies so this year I sought out holiday cookies Lil B would love to participate in making.
One of the best I have found is one that involves square pretzels and Hershey's Hugs. It's the perfect combo of sweet and salty and my co-worker proclaimed them "crack." It's easy for my three year old to follow the directions on but I
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Setting up our tree was a magical experience for our three year old this year. I was quite disappointed last year when he wasn't too interested in any of it but this year, but I could see it in his eyes this year. He enjoyed filling the tree with ornaments. He's enjoyed making cookies. He's obsessed with Rudolph and Frosty and wants to watch the Polar Express every night. He can't wait to find "
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One of my favorite activities to do with my mom as a child was bake Christmas Cookies. One of my favorites were her pecan sandies (aka snowballs, Mexican Wedding Cookies). I still have and treasure her hand written recipe without the directions on how to put it together. I make these every year and get requests on handing down the recipe so I thought I would share it with my readers (with
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I realized last week, I have talked about this before but never posted the recipe. My go to mac n cheese is a Martha Stewart classic: stovetop mac n cheese. Mac and cheese, from viewing my Meatless Monday archives, is a winter staple in our house and one that is guaranteed to be lunch and leftovers throughout the week.
Sometimes I will mix in frozen peas at the end to make it pretty and to get
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Brian and I have been having fun with coming up with inappropriate things for Ben's "Chippy" to do. Most of this scheming takes place during nap or bedtime so Ben is unaware that Chippy is tainting Santa's cookies and hot cocoa with laxatives! Ha!
It's all part of Baby Rabies Inappropriate Elf Contest. When it's time to vote, I'll let you know. I hope I win that iPad!
Chippy spikes Santa's
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Thank goodness it's Friday.
This morning I was told "I hate you" for the first time by my son. He was mad because he wanted to wear his Oregon Ducks jersey for the third day in a row to school. My husband had to work early and the shirts were dirty and I had to make him wear something else. Halfway to school, he threw his shoes at me.
This baby is really starting to move a lot. She is really
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Want that fresh faced glow without spending a lot of dough? Take three parts baking soda, one part water and mix into a paste. Apply in a circular motion and then rinse. Thanks Pinterest!
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I was lucky enough to grow up surrounded by a large family at the holiday season. It's something I often feel guilty about with my son so I try to make the holidays (and well, the rest of the year) special for him.
This Thanksgiving, we spent it potty training my son (more to come on that someday). It meant staying indoors and keeping him occupied with activities. First up, we made one ornament
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photo from SimplyRecipes.com
This dish was so tasty, we forgot to take a photo. Oops. Polenta is easy to make. It's as easy as picking up a bag of Bob's Polenta and following the back directions.
Sometimes we once the polenta is molded, we'll either cut into wedges or circles and eat it cold or grill it on quickly on our grill pan.
Since it's easy to make, I usually don't mind making this
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Who doesn't like Nutella? It's been a staple this whole pregnancy for me so I was pretty excited to see this super easy recipe for Nutella hot chocolate on Pinterest.
The directions are mix 1 cup milk, 2 spoons nutella in a saucepan. Heat medium. Blend with a whisk until frothy.
Believe me, it's amazing!
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As you may already know from my various Meatless Monday posts, mac and cheese is a staple around our house. Getting my three year old to eat vegetables is a challenge so there are times we need to be sneaky about it so when I stumbled upon this mac and cheese in Everyday Food, I cried with joy!
This mac and cheese is easy to make BUT it was definitely missing something -- maybe Dijon mustard?
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I'm going to attempt to write up a Friday Five each week so here goes:
We woke up to the first snow of the season. I waited to tell Lil B because I knew he would want to go outside and sure enough, he ran and put all his snow gear on and played outside for 20 mins before school. The drive to work/pre-school was super slick. Probably the worst we've had in years.
Since finding out I'm having a
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Another Pinterest find! Freeze green onions and then store in a water bottle!
When ever I get green onions in my CSA, I can't use them fast enough without going bad until I saw this post on Pinterest.
How it works? Chop your green onions, then wipe off excess water with a towel or paper napkin. Let air drawn on a sheet. When dry, line a container with a napkin and them put the green onions in
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Halloween play doh
We're still wearing Spiderman, two weeks later
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My son was a champ at going to bed --that was until back in May, when we took Lil B's pacifier away. Taking it away meant two weeks of going to bed at 10 pm with me in our bed. Somehow, that routine stuck and I began to get a little grumpy because that meant my normal quiet time to myself from 8-10 pm was spent watching Wow Wow Wubbzy and then constantly telling Lil B "shhh, quiet time, go to
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We've grown to love lentils in our house since starting the meatless Monday journey BUT this baby (which is a girl, by the way) has let it be known to stay away from the yellow curry. My husband loved this dish and pretty much ate 80% of what I made but I blame the baby as I usually love yellow curry!
Lentil Curry
from Everyday Food
Ingredients1 tablespoon olive oil1 medium onion, finely
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It always killed me to purchase those individual bags of organic apples from Costco. They are expensive and I hated throwing away that plastic bag. Then I saw this pin on Pinterest and it has changed my life!
Thanks to Muffin Tin Mom, you don't have to buy those individual bags anymore.
How it works: slice the apples and soak in ginger ale or lim soda for 10 mins. Viola! Ready for your lunch!
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While I'm working away on blog content, Brian took Lil B to the bowling alley for the first time. It was a hit (and I'm sad I missed it)
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With a new baby coming in the spring, we have to give up our guest room/toy room to make way for Lil B's new room (more on that later). Even though my husband didn't want to, I talked him into selling our couch hide-a-bed that guests used to sleep on when they visited. He was quite attached to it but we had to make some tough choices and he finally parted ways with it.
If you don't know how
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Oh hey, it's me, Shannon. I haven't posted in a month and trust me, it's been killing me as much as it's been killing you.
This baby has turned me, an healthy eater, into the pickiest eater of all time. Nothing has been really tasting good to me. Chocolate Halloween candy -- turned my nose up to it. My dad takes me out to a fancy dinner in Portland -- I get a salad (while my dad
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My son gets attached to things. He's mostly attached to his blue blanket and Mumble the Penguin but he also likes to rotate out a thing or two.
A few months ago, he started carrying around a stuffed animal Rainbow Trout he picked out when we were at the Oregon Coast. He took that thing everywhere -- well, that was until it got lost somewhere at the park.
I still don't really know what
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Courtesy of Betty Crocker
September starts soup time in our house. This year, I decided that I would make a big batch of soup on Sunday to enjoy as lunch throughout the week as well as part of dinner on during the week. I call it Souper Sunday!
My first soup, I made meatless, mainly because I still can't stand the smell of bacon. It was super easy ... throw everything in a crock pot and leave
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You might have noticed my absence over the past couple of months. First, it started out as summer was just full of family stuff and I just didn't have time to sit down and write and then, it turned into something else. Something I needed to keep under wraps for a while. But now is the big reveal.
That is my 12 week ultrasound. I'm having a baby in April though if things play out like last
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Even though my garden was a complete failure (only produced three tomatoes), I have been working on other green goals. One that I thought would be impossible and expensive turned out to be neither.
I have pretty much simplified my make-up routine to just concealer and mascara (I will wear eye shadow, eyeliner and blush on occasion but not every day) and since I switched my concealer a few months
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I didn't discover gnocchi until a couple falls ago at a charity event. Since then, it has been a fall staple in our house and sometime this year, I will attempt to make it but in a pinch, I just pick some up at Trader Joes.
Since I love to cook and bake, I have started a board on Pinterest called I like to eat. It's been a great place to post recipes I've been dying to try The Cutting Edge of
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Yes, I have been slacking a bit on the blogging. My family has been keeping up with being green and our goals but time for blogging when working full time and chasing around a three year old, has been sparse!
In my free time, I have been working on marketing (Alissa has been working on organizing) the Central Oregon Children's Costume Swap as part of National Costume Swap Day. We are holding it
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image via Food Lush
Are you on Pinterest? It's such an awesome site and very very addicting. You can follow my pins and boards, here.
It's a great place for inspiration, ideas and solutions to problems like keeping your berries from molding. The magic trick via FoodLush? Vinegar!
"When you get your berries home, prepare a mixture of one part vinegar (white or apple cider probably work best)
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When I lived in Nebraska, some of my Sunday's were spent watching my Grandma Marie make dinner, desserts from scratch. One of my favorite memories was when she taught my cousin and I how to make pie crust. It is a great crust but it includes Crisco and vinegar -- and you have to cut it with a fork or a cutting tool. I like my homemade foods easy and that pie crust, was not easy.
Over the years,
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Remember this guy? His name is Steven and he is the chef/owner of the best food cart ever, Soupcon (pronounced soup sawn). He is where I go to lunch sometimes 2-3 times a week. It's a deal ... for $5 you can get soup and a sandwich based on the seasons and they are usually pretty healthy.
This summer he's been showcasing chilled soups. I am not a fan of chilled soups and usually, I will get a
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Yesterday my husband told me he wanted to make fried green tomatoes with the two tomatoes on the vine. My response? There are only two? Really? You see, I don't claim to have a green thumb so the garden has been all Brian's, who in the past, has had no problem with gardening.
Gardening in Central Oregon is tricky. Our growing seasons is short and you really have to baby your stuff. We took a
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Tomato and Grilled-Bread Salad
This summer I have been a little obsessed with panzanella. As I have gone through my cookbooks, I come across several recipes I'd love to try.
This one comes from Everyday Food magazine and the cookbook Great Food Fast and I also get to use my handy dandy grill pan that fits over two of my gas burners.
This recipe is great for tomatoes that your forgot you
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What do you hate buying? Well, my top five include toilet paper, tampons, toothbrushes, razors and diapers.
A while back, I talked about Preserve Toothbrushes and how I thought they were pretty cool. Then I discovered they have a toothbrush subscription for $13 a year. Hello, sign me up!
What does the toothbrush subscription entail? You can pick how often you get the brush and the firmness of
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Can you believe it's been a year since I've started this blog? Either can I! I have learned so much.
You may have noticed that I haven't talked about my New Year's Resolutions in a while. I have to be honest, I think I bit off a lot more than I can chew so I'll give you a bit of an update on this now:
Change up my iPod in the Jeep. I have been really trying with this one. Bright Eyes in
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My trusty 1997 Honda Civic
The beauty of the Pacific Northwest is there are many short day trips within hours. The beauty of the Pac North is all my favorite bands like to tour around the area as well in the summer which means ROAD TRIP!
Last spring, I was pretty excited when three of my favorite bands were playing venues less than 400 miles from Bend .. Wilco, My Morning and the Avett
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This summer has been full of lazy, easy dinners. I have a jar of pesto in my refrigerator that I use to spread on sandwiches (I hate mayo) or mix with pasta for a quick dinner.
The other day it occurred to me that I could probably spread it on pizza crust and it would probably taste amazing and I'm right, it does therefore a Meatless Monday dish is born.
Thin Crust Pesto Pizza
1/4 Pioneer
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Little boys, especially growing three year olds, go through a lot of clothes. I've been pretty lucky that I've been given hand me downs for my son since birth and haven't had to spend much money on items for him. Each season I take inventory on what he needs and doesn't need and keep a ColorNote in my phone in case stores have a big sale or if I am at the consignment shops.
As of late, he has
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I have been an avid reader of Helen Jane's blog since it's inception. She is one of those bloggers I would love to meet. She also has a child the same age as my son so it makes her blog more interesting.
Helen Jane posts amazing recipes and her Bocce Pasta Salad is a hit in our house.
Now, the pasta salad can be adapted to what ever you have in the frig or your CSA but most of the time I follow
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June for our family meant finding a new preschool for our son. Bottom line was it wasn't a good fit for him. We knew one thing, he needed to be with more kids his age as the mix age group, small in-home preschool he was just leaving him (and us) frustrated.
I spent spring of 2010 going to school after school so I went back to my top choices and there were full and then a co-worker told me about
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Ooops, I kinda skipped week two and three but here is week 4
spring onions
butter lettuce
herbs
herbs and tomatoes
'mater buds
I ended up thinning out the spring onions and lettuce after I took the photo as I thought they were a little crowded in the gutter but I'm pretty impressed so far with my husband's gardening skills.
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Oh hey Internet, it's me, Shannon. I'm still here but my usual blogging time (8-10 pm at night) has been interrupted by summer and a certain three year old who has decided that his bedtime is now 9:30 pm.
summer days, mean summer popsicles.
The 9:30 pm bedtime is due to the fact his whole routine got screwed up when he flushed his binkie over a month ago. Nothing has really worked except Ben
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We have lettuce buds!
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It's CSA time and this year, I've decided I'm going to embrace kale and chard. Both, are not my favorite green but last summer, I discovered that kale was actually pretty good with Caesar dressing.
Over the winter, I discovered Canadian blogger Kristie and her love for green smoothies. So I thought, I would definitely give it a shot.
My husband thought it sounded gross but in the end, it was
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a salad in your mouth
We've been on a pizza kick at our house. Since pizza crust is super easy to make and the recipe makes two, we've been having it weekly, it seems.
If my husband would have it his way, we'd eat sausage, pepperoni and black olive pizza week but he's also finding that a pie stacked with seasonal veggies is just as good.
This is a take on the classic tomato salad with basil,
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Image courtesy of MarthaStewart.com
Martha Stewart's rhubarb crumble bars are an old standby recipe of mine. It usually only needs one stalk of rhubarb and is simple to make. I also have made it into muffins. Just built using the cake batter, rhubarb and crumble and bake and they are the perfect bit size dessert. (I can't remember how long you bake the muffins but it's less than the time you
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Since rhubarb is a vegetable, I decided to make a savory salsa for my chicken and fish dishes this week. Now the recipes says it serves 2 generously. I ended up getting two mason jars of salsa and shared one with a friend. It was amazing on top of my grilled chicken and amazing in my fish tacos.
Rhubarb salsa
from Cook Local
3-4 medium stalks of rhubarb, sliced (about 2 cups)
1/2 red onion,
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5 cups of rhubarb
You might remember that in the fall I'm a little obsessed with roasting and using my own pumpkin puree. The same goes for rhubarb in the spring. My co-worker knows this and brought me 10 lbs of rhubarb, half of which I gave to other friends. I still had a ton so I decided to make freezer jam. salsa and crumble bars.
I could have frozen it. To freeze it, cut it into 1/2 inch
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Believe it or not, there are times I miss Nebraska. As much as I like the fact that the weather in Central Oregon is rather mild (never too hot or cold), this year, our spring was rather cold and rainy. So much for the claim that Central Oregon has 300 days of sun? It seemed while my Nebraskan family and friends were planting their garden's around Mother's Day, it was just this past weekend when
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Lentil Burger
Back when I was on a lentil kick, my mother-in-law who lives in Arizona, forwarded me this recipe. I found it interesting and a little strange that this concoction could be made into a a burgerlike substance.
When I made it, it was too runny for patties so I let it sit for a couple hours and it magically thickened up. After grilling and dressing like a normal burger, I was
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Tomorrow starts Commute Options Week in Central Oregon and I think I may have my husband talked into sharing a car this week. If you live in Bend, it's super easy to sign up! They are also giving away custom Bend Velo cruiser!
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Life has been hectic ... here is my life in photos:
My son celebrated his 3rd birthday ... where does the time go ...
My son gave up his binkie. Well, I cut it and then he decided to flush the "broken" binkie down the toilet. I know, not very eco-friendly but we're now 10 days binkie free and Lil B is talking up a storm. The downside is that the transition has been just ok. He still can't
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image courtesy of Everyday Food
A working mom needs shorts cuts especially when it comes to making dinner. Since we don't buy a lot of process foods we have to rely on fresh items for quick dinners. I was inspired by my old standby, Everyday Food, to take sandwiches up a notch.
Yes, sandwiches aren't only for lunch in our house -- we have them for dinner. At least once a week, we have
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Looks like the milkman delivered to my house ... well, I went and picked it up. That's 2% milk, half and half, butter, honey and pork from Agricultural Connections.
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Nothing says spring/summer better than salads for dinner. For this one you'll need leftover bread, tomatoes, basil and balsamic dressing.
I don't made panzanella often but when I do, I wish that I would make it more. This salad is hearty but I still added a few cubes of mozzarella to give it a bit more protein.
I left mine set at room temperature and the oils and vinegar marinate perfectly.
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My favorite green website, Practically Green has some great tips on making mom's day eco-friendly so check out that guide if you're looking for last minute advice.
Here is what my husband and son did for me on Mother's Day:
a cute card and my son colored the heart ...
notice the heart
A cup full of flowers ...
spring is in the air
They let me sleep in until 7:30 am! My son sang "Take me
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As a child, I loved strawberries. We had a strawberry patch in our backyard and each day when in season, my mother would send me out with a bowl to pick some to enjoy with meals. My mom would stand at the kitchen window and watch me as I would eat one and then put one in the bowl -- that was until the day I picked up a snake and screamed like a little girl, running into the house. The novelty of
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In honor of Earth Month, Whole Foods announced a new eco-scale for household cleaning products. Check it out!
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Image courtesy of Public Energy
Labels have always been confusing to me but since venturing into buying locally raised beef, I'm learning there is a whole set of labels I need to learn.
Here are a few:
Grass fed: generally means beef from cattle that have eaten only grass or forage throughout their lives, however some producers do call their beef grass fed but then actually finish the
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Part of my DD Ranch purchase
Many know how important good meat is to me. After all, I grew up in Nebraska on corn-fed beef so I'm a little bit of a beef snob but I put it on our green plan and then waited to run out of beef. We normally buy in bulk and freeze at Costco so when there was nothing more in the freezer, I ordered locally raised beef from DD Ranch through BendCSA.com (aka
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Image courtesy of Serious Eats
I have to admit, I didn't grow up eating sweet potatoes so they are a little foreign to me. The writer of Lighter Portions, a blog I read pretty regularly, seems to eat them all the time so I bought a bag with the idea of using them to dress up salads, wraps and maybe enjoy mashed.
Last Sunday I roasted a few(oil, salt, pepper and roast for 45 mins at 450) and
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I have a rule ... family first, work second, self third and blog fourth. I have a list of things a mile long I want to do for my blog but time usually gets the best of me!
But not this time. For months, I have been wanting to order business cards from Botanical Paper Works and now, I'm going to cross that off the list especially since they are offering FREE shipping in April (because who doesn't
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As I wrote that title, instantly what comes to mind is the Minus 5 song from "Down with Wilco" called the Family Gardener.
There is a really good version of that song on Sunken Treasure that I have on my ipod. Recently, that song has reminded me of my husband who has a green thumb in our family. Preparations are underway to get our urban porch garden up and running.
He spent this weekend
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Did you know the average American's shower time is eight minutes? During that time, it's estimated that a standard show will use 7-10 gallons of water per minute.
I tracked my showers for six days and discovered my average was around 7.5 minutes -- during that time I would only wash my hair (most days with baking soda) and body. My longest was 12 minutes, only because I was so tired after being
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Thank goodness for Costco. When life is hectic, they sell these awesome Morningstar Farms chipotle black bean burgers that you can do many things with like:
top a salad
make a wrap/burrito
burger
mix with eggs
You get the picture. And yes, life has been pretty hectic which is why I'm telling you about my little short cut. Now go out and buy a case!
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Lent is over meaning I can eat sweets again. Yesterday, I make this amazing lemon coffee cake courtesy of Martha Stewart. It was worth the 40 day wait!
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Last night, the little one (well, mostly me) colored eggs for Easter. Some of my friends will boil up 4 dozen and color them but I only opted to do six eggs -- 4 white and 2 brown eggs as I'm not a fan of eating hard boiled eggs for weeks. I know from last year that using brown eggs will give them a nice jewel tone.
eggs from 2010
The year, I tried the eco-eggs easter egg coloring kit and I got
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The EWG's Skin Deep database is my go to for ingredient checking in beauty products. Today they announced a new redesigned look.
According to their website:
Now Skin Deep has a new look and feel, as well as some great new features that we developed in response to your feedback: Easier-to-use search and navigation tools
More tips for safer products
Comprehensive and easy-to-use FAQs
There's
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As part of Earth Month, my favorite coffee place, Lone Pine, is asking folks to bring your own mug. I hope this drives home the importance of less paper cups in the landfill.
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I hesitate to write this but I believe spring has sprung in Central Oregon which means playing outside on the weekends and after work to tire the toddler. My son has discovered the worms in the composter and will stand by the window and make requests to go out and "play" with the worms. It's not really playing but more or less my husband finding one and they giggle about it wiggling. I caught
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Mediterranean Macaroni and Cheese
I love mac and cheese so when I found this recipe from Everyday Food for Mediterranean Mac and Cheese, I had to give it a try. Anyway to "sneak" veggies in my mac and cheese is an opportunity that my child will get some veggies in his system. This recipe is simple and very tasty! Great for a weeknight dish. The husband says this is a keeper!
Mediterranean
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yummy in my tummy
When former Bendite and cookbook club member, Anna moved away, I was glad she kept her food blog going. I'm often inspired by her recipes and her homemade biscuits and gravy was no exception. I have never made biscuits and gravy so when I saw the recipe on her blog, I couldn't get it out of my mind.
On Saturday morning, I made the biscuits as that was going to be the only
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I'm writing this in between sitting and watching potty training videos with my son. If you hear me singing "go potty, go potty, go potty go!" that is why. Tomorrow, we're going to put him in big boy pants and see how this goes. Wish me luck!
Here are the good read for this week:
20 tips for eco-friendly cooking (The Greenists)
5 spring vegetables to love right now (EcoSalon)
Work and home: a
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I was so happy when this appeared on my door!Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.8
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Since getting our worm bin in October, we've been storing our vegetable waste in the refrigerator and then making a couple trips out to the bin to feed the worms. My friend made a suggestion that I pick up a cute little composter from World Market. For under $20 I got the crock and some compostable bags for the cute little bugger.
Which reminds me -- switching to compostable trash
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We're working on two green plan goals at once: planting a vegetable garden and planting containers for vegetables. My husband and I can not agree on our garden. First issue is that we don't have space in our small yard for raised beds. Second issue is our area has a short growing period. Third issue is that I want to start small and he wants to go big.
how does your gutter garden grow?
He's
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Spring is trying to make it's way to our neck of the woods but the weather is not spring-like. Sure, my daffodils are blooming but usually, you are safe with driving over the mountain pass in April but last weekend I frantically looked for the chains for our Jeep as my son and I were heading over to Salem to meet some friends. The reality was the roads weren't that bad but for about 10 mins it
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Sheesh, where did this week go? Here's a tip for all of you parents out there: if your child is attached to his blanket, don't throw it in the wash while he's watchings. You'll have 2 hours of crying for his blankie.
Here is this week's good reads:
Hi, I'm Meredith, make me want to hire you (Curvy Girl Guide)
Four easy DYI projects (Simple Mom)
Herbs in a can (Whole Story)
Old Timey Lemon
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My favorite green site, Practically Green, is hosting a twitter party on Thursday! Here are the details:
If April is Earth Month, then Earth Month Eve is next Thursday, March 31. We're going to celebrate with our very first Twitter party @practicallygrn from 9 to 10 pm EST. You're invited! Follow the hashtag #practicallygreen.
I'll be there under the handle @workinggreenmom. Hope you can join
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Junk mail
I started working on this green plan action back in January. See that photo .... that's my stack from this weekend.
Saving up my junk mail was the easy part. The hard was signing up for DMAchoice and doing the dirty work ... finding each catalog, non-profit and retailer and either emailing, calling or filling out a form to get rid of the junk mail and I'm not entirely done because
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image via YumSugar
During the week, I'm always looking for recipes that are easy and under 30 mins. With an active toddler, I can set him in front of Blue Clues and start it before my husband comes home. It's also awesome leftover and cold too.
Orzo With Lemon and Parsley
From Williams Sonoma Kitchen1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 garlic clove, thinly sliced
1/2 lb. orzo, cooked
Finely
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Yeah! It's Friday! For the past three mornings, my son has decided that 5 am is the best time to wake up! Woo hoo!
Each Friday, I'm going to try to feature some of the best reads found in my RSS feed. There are a mix of food, green and social media tips this week. I hope you enjoy these as much as I do!
What You Need to Know About Buying, Storing, and Cooking with Spices (Simple Bites)
Editor's
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via Pioneer Woman
We're two weeks into the "what could you give up for 40 days?" challenge (or otherwise known as Do Without") and I'm dying, to be quite honest! See that pie -- The Pioneer Woman is trying to send me over the edge.
My sugar habit has been replaced with a salt, I noticed this week. I went to Whole Foods on my lunch to pick up a few things and picked up a bag of kettle chips,
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As many of you know, I'm a marketing nerd/geek -- whatever you want to call it. I pay special attention to advertisements, tweets and messaging of products, probably more than the average person.
Over the past year, I've become a big fan of method's People Against Dirty social networking experience where they have members vote sales, product design and give exclusive insight on sales. I'm
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adventures in Freecycle
Instead of relying on the daily digest for Freecycle, I switched my subscription to receiving an email each time something was posted on the site. I ended up missing some really cool stuff like a sewing machine, canning jars, DVDs and toddler clothing.
Recently, my friend Liana posted she had some Easter decor she was looking to unload so I snatched them up and hid them
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Veggie spring pizza
We have pizza weekly in our house. If my husband would have it his way, it would be meat pizzas all the time (and we do have the occasional traditional sausage, black olive pizza in our household).
I make pizza crust twice a month since my favorite recipe makes two crusts, I refrigerate the leftovers which needs to be made within a week. Sometimes I will make a pizza or
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South Omaha's Finest!
Sometimes, I get homesick. I miss my big Polish/Bohemian family -- brothers, nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins -- you get the picture. When that starts to happen, I pull out the Sokol Specials, South Omaha Cookbook (aka The Bohemian Cookbook).
Growing up, this was my mother's standby cookbook. It's the home to her famous chili, dumplings and sauerkraut, roasts,
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On my quest to be a better bread baker, I decided to make an Italian style bread for our lasagna Sunday dinner. Flipping through The Bread Baker's Apprentice, I settled on Tuscan bread - saltless, soft loaf that would make a great bread for soaking up sauce.
Most of the bread in this book takes two days so I have to always be prepared. On Saturday morning, I made a paste and let that sit at room
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I've been blogging since July but I haven't mentioned Charlie, our dog. Charlie used to be our baby but since having my son, he's been more of a pet than our baby.
My husband had this fun idea years ago that we make youtube movies of our dog. Charlie's Oregon Dog Tales was born ...
Charlie is a mix of a sheltie, corgi and mini-spaniel and if we don't keep him brushed and groomed, he gets
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Last March, I flew to SXSWi for work. As I was going through security, the gentleman in front of me didn't include his Tom's of Maine toothpaste in his quart size bag so the TSA folks took it. The guy was really bummed and turned to me and said "that's one expensive toothpaste!"
As you may recall, I was on the fence about natural or non-fluoride toothpaste. As I started working on
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Lots of lentil chili
I don't have a lot of history with lentils and it's usually something on the menu that I will avoid. I don't know why, but lentils used to scare me a bit.
Feed 52, a blog that picks a food item each week and tasks readers to send in recipes based on that food, featured lentils and I began to have an open mind.
I really didn't know what a lentil was -- bean, grain? Turns
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What a rough week! My husband was sick and now my son. At the grocery store, I was delighted to find one of my favorite seasonal beers, now in a 12 oz version. Bring on spring!Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.7
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Courtesy of Botanical Paperworks
One of my favorite blogs is Celebrate Green! As a convenience, I have sent more e-cards throughout the years but someone noted to me that they missed getting thank you cards. The next day, Celebrate Green had an awesome post about eco-friendly greeting cards.
Then a few days later, I saw a story about plantable greeting cards and promotional items from
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Liana and her family
As I've started this journey, I have found many local resources and friends willing to help guide me. One of those special folks is Liana Ottaviano, who I've gotten to know a little better over the years.
I first met her when I bought cloth diapers (and I totally failed at them). Since then, she has joined my monthly cookbook club and through this blog and her blog, I've
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It's time to get back to the green plan! Behind the scenes, I'm currently working on a few but finally have marked one off my list ... Give away something on Freecycle.
What's Freecycle?
It's a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (and getting) stuff for free in their own towns. It's all about reuse and keeping good stuff out of landfills. Each local group is
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Potato Frittata
Eggs just aren't for breakfast in our house -- there are times when eggs are perfectly fine for dinner. During the week, it's a challenge to find good eats that are quick, healthy and use fresh ingredients and this little meatless number was a snap to get on the table in under 30 minutes.
This dish reminds me a Spanish Tortillas from a tapas restaurant in my hometown of Omaha.
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[www.midnightmaniac.com] In this journey of going green gradually, I have discovered some amazing bloggers. One is Rebecca Jean of MidnightManiac.com. She's green and she's an awesome dresser too.
The other day, she posted a pledge to "Do without for 40 Days." Rebecca is going to go without meat! Wow, amazing, but that is something I'm just not ready to do.
Growing up
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Sunchips Snacks has redesigned their compostable chip bag to be a lot quieter than the noisy one everyone was complaining about. I'm just happy SunChips didn't abandon the bag all together. Kudos to Sunchips!
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A few months ago, I was a little overwhelmed with going green gradually. I searched and searched the web for a great article on labeling as it was really confusing to me.
I bought a lotion that claimed to be natural, yet was filled with toxic chemicals. So, I stop searching. I also didn't feel I was knowledgeable enough to tackle this subject myself.
Last week, Stephanie from Bubble and Bee
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Wow, tomorrow is March? I can't believe it. It looks like I'm starting to make some progress, slowly. I guess you can be the judge of that.
Change up my iPod in the Jeep. This month I acquired King of Limbs, the latest from my second favorite group, Radiohead (U2 is #1, Radiohead #2, Wilco #3) and spent the first week, really wondering if I was ever going to get into the album. I was fearing
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image via La Grande Farmer's Market
One of my favorite appetizers is a cauliflower dish from a local Mediterranean restaurant in Bend called Joolz. When I told my husband about this dish, he was a little skeptic but when I ordered it for him, he gobbled the plate up and exclaimed "let's try to make this at home." And off to the kitchen we went.
We could taste lemon and tahini so we started
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Residents of my lovely city, Bend, were surprised when the EWG came out and said there was hexavalent chromium in the Avion Water supply. Kudos to the City of Bend for educating everyone on how the water in Bend is tested in this video. I actually used this as an example on how to embrace social media as a business tool.
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Soupcon!
Twice a week, I visit the local soup cart for lunch (sometimes it's three times). The price is right and the taste is amazing. The problem -- I wasn't bringing my own containers and was throwing away a plastic lid, bowl, fork and spoon (twice a week).
As I started tracking my plastic last week, I started to think about ways I could cut down tracking items so I used my 12 oz ceramic
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Can I go plastic free? If you follow me on twitter, I've been documenting my plastic use with the #noplastic hashtag. I knew that I was a frequent offender of plastic but I was shocked to realize how bad I was.
Here is the start of my list ...
35 disposable diapers
1 disposable coffee cup and lid
8 tetra pak juice boxes
instant oatmeal packet
4 Lindor Dark Chocolate wrappers
plastic from snack
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Remember that easy bake risotto from a while back? Make some up on Sunday as a side dish and use the leftovers to make risotto cakes! It's worth making a whole batch because those risotto cakes are easy to make!
Risotto cakes
adapted from Everyday Food
leftovers from easy bake risotto recipe
mozzarella cubes
All-purpose flour, for dredging
1/3 cup vegetable oil
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Since my birthday was a few weeks ago, I typically don't want anything for Valentine's Day (I know, what is wrong with me?). Instead of gifts, this year I'm choosing to make my husband and son dinner to celebrate.
Here's the menu:
brushetta with homemade ciabatta
grilled steaks with onion, blue cheese sauce
refrigerator salad with lemon vinaigrette
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Made with love
I didn't know that when my son entered pre-school at 2, that we'd already be having Valentine's parties at school.
At pick up on Monday, I was handed a note that I needed bring 20 Valentine's cards to hand out to the kids in class for Valentine's Day.
Bound and determined not to buy them, I sat down on Monday, with my son and started to make them. I cut hearts and Lil B tried
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You read that right, I'm going there ... in a tasteful way.
Skip the expensive stuff and
just pick up a jar of coconut oil
Recently, I was invited to an in-home "pleasure party." I needed a night out and it's always nice to see the girls. As of late, I have discovered that going natural with my beauty products meant allergies and itchy red skin. I found that anything with citrus irritated my
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In the background, I'm working on a few of my green plan action items. I've started a bin for my junk mail so I can unsubscribe and receive less in the mailbox. I'm also working with my brother-in-law on a the right home energy monitoring system. I had NO idea they could cost as much as $600! I'm researching the best natural mascara's to replace my current favorite. My husband and I are trying to
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Brian and Lil B
In honor of Valentine's Day coming up, I asked my husband, Brian, to write up his thoughts on how going gradually was going for him. I told him to be honest and surprise me. In the end, I think I need him posting monthly, don't you? You can also see his guest post on Practically Green.
My wife has always been a "greener" thinker than me. As our two separate lifestyle became
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Rodale is asking folks to make February plastic free. The thought of this kinda makes my head spin so instead of taking the whole month to go plastic free, I'm going to try it for a week. Baby steps is the Working Mom Goes Green mantra, you know.
The rules:
1: No buying or acquiring new plastic.
2: No cooking with plastic or storing food in plastic.
3: Minimize all other plastic use.
Starting
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Cauliflower simmering away
Ever since I picked up cauliflower bisque from Soupcon a few weeks ago, I've been trying to find the perfect recipe to replicate and try to make my own at home. After searching the web, I have a miss match of recipes I'm going off of and I think I found the right one combination
The recipes was so creamy, rich and velvety, that you really don't need much more to
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Image courtesy of Seasoned to Taste because I deleted the
one I took off my phone
When my friend and former cookbook club mate, Anna posted the recipe to Smitten Kitchen's Insane Chocolate, Peanut Butter and Ganache Cake, I knew I had to have this cake for my birthday. Of course, I wasn't going to make my own cake so I posted it to Facebook where my neighbor decided to give it a whirl for her
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Here are just a few Etsy upcycled Valentine gift ideas I happened upon that I fell in love with:
ALWAYS scrabble tile necklace upcycled valentine gift
Mittens, Felted Wool, Clasic Red Plaid
mixed "love" stamp picture frame
Upcycled Watchband Corsage Bracelet in Red Pink Coral White and Crystal
Starbucks Coffee Heart Earrings Jonathan Adler Valentines Day Gift Plastic Gift Credit Card
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Natasha, Shawn and my niece and nephews
My husband Brian thinks at times I'm way too public (and soon enough, you'll hear from him honestly about this). Despite him thinking this, there are things I do keep private. I don't talk about work and I don't really talk about my extended family unless I feel it's important to. Now is one of those times.
As many of my friends and family know, my
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practicallygreen.com
Remember that post about high fructose corn syrup? Well, the founder of Practically Green posted on my facebook page asking if I checked my son's ibuprofen. I had not thought to check there and sure enough, boldly stated on the back of my generic ibuprofen was that nasty ingredient-- high fructose corn syrup. I remember shout a word not to repeated on my
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Since I am not an expert, this year I decided to call upon those who have helped me understand the world of gradually green. My first post is by Stephanie Greenwood, the founder of my favorite lotion, soap, face products on the market -- a little secret everyone should know about .... Bubble and Bee. Stephanie reached out to me when I was having problems with my skin products and sent me a
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Brioche!
Here is an update on my New Year's Resolutions ... I also am looking for a resolution buddy. If you're interested, comment and I'll get back to you.
So here goes ...
Change up my iPod in the Jeep. I have yet to take Wilco and Radiohead off my iPod but I did listen to Mumford and Sons, Sleigh Bells and Edward Sharpe in the Jeep. Working out, well, was a different story. It was very
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courtesy of FoodNetwork.com
I'm back with another recipe from Giada's New Italian Favorites and I have to say, exploring my cookbooks was one of the best New Years resolutions I have ever come up with. My family and I discovered some tasty new dishes, none of which contained lemon zest (something I thought ever Giada dish contained). We'll be adding a couple to our rotation.
This time around,
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Lil B's first preschool art
TODAYMoms asked the question: What do you do with your kids' artwork? With a child in preschool, I'm facing this dilemma as we speak.
Back in June, my son started a new daycare/preschool program and I was told that he'd bring home artwork each day. Part of me didn't believe this but lo and behold, he did start bringing home something each day. And I started saving
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Throw it all in there and MIX!
It's Saturday and I'm glad. My son has reached the terrible twos and as much as I love the guy, nighttime has been a little hellish around here. Nighttime is when I catch up on reading blogs, blog and engage with social media for my blog. That has been lacking all week. I cherish the weekends because mostly my son is the best kid ever until about 6 pm at night.
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Photo courtesy of Jen Floyd
We have this amazing community event called Ignite Bend that I have taken part in twice in the past two years. The format: If you had five minutes on stage what would you say? What if you only got 20 slides and they rotated automatically after 15 seconds?
This is my first presentation from June 2009 entitled "How being a natural mother doesn't work for everyone." I
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image courtesy of No More Dirty Looks
For five days last week, I didn't use soap on my body in the shower. I saw this awesome challenge on one of my favorite blogs called the No Soap Challenge and decided to take the plunge.
"The rules: No soap, no body wash, nada. This one isn’t about hair though, so you can totally shampoo—just don’t be cheating with those suds. (And yes, for the sake of
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Courtesy of the Food Network
I never used to be adventurous with my soup. It was until recently I discovered the tasty Bend food cart sensation Soupcon, that I branched out and tried something besides my old standby -- chicken soup. My favorite from his cart has to be roasted cauliflower bisque with gorgonzola. I just wanted to lick the bowl clean.
Continuing on with making recipes out of
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I don't usually like chardonnay but Three Wishes sold at Whole Foods for $3 is going to give Charles Shaw a run for the money. If you're not into oaked chards, this one is for you. Plus, it is made from lighter glass, making for a smaller carbon footprint.Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5
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image via FYIliving.com
In high school, my friend Heather swore by drinking a glass of water before all of her meals. She claimed it helped fill her stomach up so she wouldn't over eat. I thought it was a great idea but have never really done this until recently.
FYI Living reminded me of my high school bestie this week when they posted an awesome post about how drinking water is the magic
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Friday while shopping for groceries, I was reminded that being eco-friendly doesn't mean going broke. I used to spend $10 on conditioner at Costco but instead, I spent $1.93 for a 32 ounces of plain label apple cider vinegar. I have been using vinegar since August to condition my hair once a week and I have had so many compliments on how shiny it is, it's been unbelievable.
I went back to giving
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Still working on my green plan! A few years ago at Earth Day, I thought I had signed up for Pacific Power's Blue Sky Renewable Energy program but in checking my statement, I had not so I went on to their website to find out what I could do to get the ball rolling.
Why sign up? You're purchasing renewable energy and if you're not able to purchase a renewable energy source for your home (such as
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Courtesy of Food Network
My favorite dish as a child my mother would make would be marinara manicotti. I would beg her often to make it and for my birthdays as a teen, she would make it. Her recipe wasn't exactly a secret, use the recipe on the back of the box (this was the secret to a few of her fabulous recipes).
As part of my resolutions, I'm exploring the recipes I have not tried in my
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Image courtesy of BottleHood
My friend Fawn posted a link on my Facebook page to 50 awesome ways to reuse a beer bottle.
Some of them are pretty amazing: clocks, vases, drinking glasses, counter tops and many other awesome ideas!
But I agree with her that some are pretty hilarious like the beer bottle Christmas tree.
How would you re-use your beer bottles?
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Lots of snow here in Oregon
Winter has come to Central Oregon and my husband has also lost his practice space meaning we have a car always on the driveway. Granted, it's the car he mostly drives there are some days when I do drive it and have to scrap winter off it's windshield.
I was super excited to see local green blogger Peachy Green post tips on warming your car with out wasting
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Dr. Pepper contains HFCS
A few years ago, I watched an episode of Oprah (used to watch it every night before I had my son) where Dr. Oz talked about high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). Dr. Oz gave a tip that anyone who wanted to get healthy and lose weight needed to eliminate HFCS from their diet. I ended up buy the current Dr. Oz book at the time and read through the tips are started to watch and
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portabella, get in my belly
I love hamburgers so when I tried to find a meatless "burger" option to test out on my family, portabella mushrooms were the first option that came to mind. I realize that some folks just aren't into eating fungi. I have this co-worker that I eat lunch on a regular basis with that will avoid our favorite lunch spot if the specials that day include mushrooms. I just
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HealthyChild.org
Raise your hand if the main staple of your December diet included cookies (RAISING HAND!!!)? Healthy World, Healthy Child is here to help with your January cleanse.
The articles offers tips on de-stressing and re-energizing this month.
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One of my favorite new websites, Go Gingham, featured an awesome story about how Thrift is the New Black.
The basic message of the article is to eliminate debt and save money, something we're working on as a family.
Thanks Go Gingham for sharing the article!
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In the age of the Internet, I've asked myself for years "Why are phone books still in existence?" They show up on my doorstep and I immediately recycle the darn thing.
When one shows up at work, I use it for a monitor stand. Since working in marketing over the years, I've had to buy from the various yellow page folks that come around. This year, one met with me and
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Jane Iredale Dream Tint
Remember when I said I was looking to green the last two products in my make-up bag: mascara and concealer? Well, I did some digging and found my perfect concealer/foundation match with Jane Iredale. When I visited my friend, the derm PA, because I was allergic to the moisturizer and facial cleanser I was using, she suggested I try Jane Iredale as they rate pretty well
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courtesy of MNN.com
A couple weeks ago, something ran out of batteries and I was replacing them in the kitchen. My husband came in and said "oh, let me take those to work and put them in our recycle bin." Then it downed on me, I throw away batteries. Green FAIL!
How did I not know that we're supposed to recycle batteries? It makes total sense that we don't want the toxins in batteries,
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This month, I'm taking a few recipes from Giada's Kitchen and making them for my family. A friend said to me, the woman (Giada) can not cook/bake without parmesan or lemon and I'm almost half tempted to go through the book and see where she doesn't use one or the other in a recipe.
Growing up, my mother was famous for her stuffed green peppers. They take some time but are so so good. I have only
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Toddler approved.
Last weekend, on a rare occasion, we had a loaf of white bread in our house as I made a breakfast casserole that called for it.
With the leftovers, I remembered Orangette's famous French toast recipe. I first read about it in her autobiography cookbook (what a genius idea) and the secret, frying the bread in oil. The French Toast was a success and I had a toddler and husband
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Happy 2011! Did you drink too much bubbly last night? Well, the Mother Nature Network has some natural hangover tips for those in need this morning who don't want to grab for the ibuprofen in the medicine cabinet.
Hopefully you have some of them laying around to help you out this morning. They include: water, bananas, soup and others.
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As you all know, I'm a big fan of Practically Green. They take the guess work out of going green gradually and offer up suggestions, products and ways to be efficiently eco-friendly.
New to their site is coming up with a Green Action Plan. Log in and go through the list (this took me two hours) and create it -- it's that simple. As I went through the list, I was already doing some of the
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Lil B and his loot
Each year I say "I won't let the holidays get the best of me. They won't be stressful and I won't say 'woo, what happened?'" But I'm going to say it anyway -- woo, what happened?
I've been light on posts due to the holidays, parties and the one too many cookies I've eaten. It's that time of year to reflect on what changes need to be made in the new year. I've been making a
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photo courtesy of Pioneer Woman
You read that right, ranch dressing.
After gorging myself with cookies, candy, beer, wine, mimosas and Trader Joe's macaroni and cheese balls (pure bliss), I noticed something lacking in my family's diet the past couple of week -- vegetables.
For Christmas Eve at our friend Jon's house, I vowed to make a veggie dish to make up for the fact I haven't seen them
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Lil B in front of our tree
I've been light on the holiday posts mainly because I really didn't know where to start on making it a eco-friendly Christmas. I have had some guidance from Practically Green, my usual spot, but I have to admit, I've been observing this year.
We would totally fail at being a zero waste household. My husband and I live away from most of our extended family so box
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Over the weekend, our local news station ran a story about hexavalent chromium being found in the City of Bend's water supply. Yesterday, the City of Bend released a statement that The Environmental Working Group (EWG) confirmed that the sample was taken from a private water utility that operates with the city - Avion Water. The Avion Water sample tested at was 0.78 parts per billion, ranked 10th
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Image via Food Network
When I was a kid, I would totally turn my nose up at squash when my mom would make it. Instead, she would either fix me leftovers or make me a pb&j sandwich. As I grew older, I began to really love and appreciate squash.
We're down to the last acorn squash in the household from our CSA and I am so sad about it. I don't really do anything fancy with it ... just cut in
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My late Grandma Marie made this in the early 90s for all of her children. When my mom died, I took this out of her holiday stash for my house (I believed my brother Chris has the rest of the items). It is now more special since Marie's passing.
Anyway, one of my New Year's Resolutions is to get more crafty so I can make homemade gifts from the heart. If you have a suggestion on a site, book
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I have hesitated for the last two years to introduce my son to Santa. We had breakfast with him today and Lil B was so excited, you thought he met a celebrity! This holiday has felt like I am a kid again. I am grateful for the magic of the holidays this year and for my small family. Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5
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I found this at Costco today. Anyone use it or recommend it? It is sulfate and paraben free but I did notice it did contain PEG. Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5
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Since learning about all the bad and harmful chemicals in my cosmetics, I have really toned down my usage of make-up and now only use concealer and mascara with the occasional eye shadow and liner. I have switch out my lipsticks, moisturizers and lotions but mascara -- my staple and a staple for a lot of other women has been hard to replace.
Each natural mascara I try doesn't stand up to my
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I'm going to take a break from talking about my green journey to talk about my personal journey. I started this blog over summer with the hopes that I would just be able to document the journey of my family from going from big fat wasters to becoming more eco-friendly. I never imagined that months later, that I would be typing that I'm looking for sponsors.
Last week, I counted a handful of
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This should actually fall under confessions category but I already admitted this to the AdFed crowd and then I realized that I have never blogged about it. In talking about the 80/20 rule, this sorta falls under the 5/95 rule if that makes sense.
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In working on my Adfed Ignite presentation, I realized that I have never wrote up anything about what I call the 80/20 rule. The blog, No More Dirty Looks, touched on this in a post back in August. The idea being that 80% of the time, my family will work hard at going green, being natural and supporting sustainability. And then there is the 20% of the time we won't be able to or can't or we're
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Image courtesy of HBO
When I think of pasta fagioli, mobsters from The Sopranos come to mind. For our first Christmas together, my husband bought me The Sopranos cookbook and I've made a few of dishes from it but many of them are all day dishes and who has that time? (at one time, I did) I was happy one day when in my Everyday Food Magazine, came a recipe for easy pasta fagioli in under 40 mins
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Today marked Bend's annual Indie Craft Loft, an event that happens a couple times a year, showcasing some amazing and gifted crafters. My whole intent in going this time was to get an upcycled gift for a holiday party I'm attending on Monday. I wanted to walk out with bags and bags of stuff for myself but this time of year isn't about me and really, I don't need anything (but sure do want a lot).
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Our tree 2009
At the end of November, I asked my Facebook friends, "Fake, real or no tree? And why? I want to know." I received over 20 comments (which usually doesn't happen). It's a mixed bag on the green blogs what a "green" tree really means. I've found it's different for all folks and really there is no wrong answer to this question. If you believe your fake or real tree is the green way
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Today I did an Ignite style presentation about my blog to the Ad Federation of Central Oregon. I thought I would post my inspiration for my blog, The Story of Cosmetics for all my new AdFed readers.
Some other tidbits:
Dirty dozen chemicals in cosmetics
Practically Green
Make your own deodorant
This is the third Ignite style presentation I've done and as usual, I get all worked up and nervous
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image courtesy of
Wonder Worman
It's time to check in on goal #5, composting. We're almost about to the two month mark and I have to say that I had no idea how much vegetation I was throwing away. I have a daily reminder when I go out to feed my worms my leftover banana peels (toddler eats them by the ton), strawberry tops, compostable baby wipes and other veggies. But it's winter and well,
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My son has nice skin
Remember when I talked about there might be some failures along the way? Here is another one I need to fess up about. At the beginning of October, I began to notice that my lips were really chapped and I was waking up with swollen lips and my skin on my face was red and dry. I thought the culprit was my lip balm so I switched back to petroleum based Aquaphor but my face was
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Over the years, I have become a risotto fan! It was my standard order at the restaurant formerly known at Stacatto (RIP - sniff) so when they closed, I went on a quest to find great risotto dishes. Some of my favorites include butternut squash and kale, spicy sausage, lemon risotto but all the stirring has gotten me down. I have a little one who needs my attention so I sometimes leave the risotto
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I'm so excited to take part in my first blog carnival via Retro House Wife Goes Green. I thought long an hard about this topic and got the idea after I heard about a local business that upcycles bags into beautiful gifts.
First off, I hate shopping and I'm not a fan of just giving or getting something that is not useful. Someone has a baby shower, I buy off their registry. Same with weddings.
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courtesy of Martha Stewart
I have to admit, I have had my share of Cool Whip when I was growing up. In the past couple of years, I have forgone the oil based fake cream substance to whipping my own heavy cream thanks to my Kitchen Aid Mixer. Still a fan of cool whip? Think again! Blogger Jonathan Fields did a little experiment to teach his daughter a lesson on why not to eat Cool Whip. Read up
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Remember those goals? I'm still working on them. I'm onto #7 -- get smarter about recycling. I left it broad and vague on purpose mainly because we have a lot of work to do in this area.
One way I thought would be a smart way to recycle was to go through all of my winter clothes and consign them. That pile to the right, are the items I took the shop. Granted, they only took half (I took the rest
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I have a love/hate relationship with the holidays. This is the time of year where I start to question why I moved so far away from family (my family is in Nebraska/Kansas/Louisana, while most of my husband's family is in Arizona). We have traveled at the holidays but once our son came along, we decided to stay put and start our own traditions.
This Thanksgiving, it will be just my husband, son
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I found this recipe in Real Simple Magazine years ago and it quickly became one of my favorite go-to dishes! To make it vegetarian, we will swap the chicken broth for either veggie stock or water (it still tastes great even when made with water). It's also one that my husband is comfortable making to give me a break from dinner duty.
What are you making for meatless Monday?
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If you haven't seen this video, take a moment to watch and then read on.
I'm guilty of buying these "designed for the dumps" products. I have three laptops in my garage that I need to do something with and I recently donated four cell phones to a domestic violence shelter.
When I started this journey, recycling electronics was on the top of my list so I called Deschutes County Solid Waste to
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My dog wishes he could do this
One of my favorite websites, Green and Clean Mom, recently featured a DIYrecipe for natural dishwasher detergent. Click through to get Sommer's recipe.
I can't wait to use up all my dishwashing detergent so I can try this (and I hate loading and emptying the dishwasher)!
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FAIL
Remember how I said I was on the fence about going no shampoo. Well, I'm no longer on the fence. I spent the last month using just baking soda and cider vinegar and it was a big fail. It wasn't so much the vinegar part but pretty much all baking soda. The first couple days, my hair felt great and then I tried to go to every other day and my hair would be greasy but if I used it everyday,
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via Martha Stewart
For Meatless Monday, I'll be making mac and cheese. Fall to me is comfort food time and there is nothing more comforting than a big pot of mac and cheese.
What are you having for Meatless Monday?
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courtesy of Keep America Beautiful
Today we're celebrating America Recycle Day. How do I plan to celebrate? By checking out what more I can do by visiting Practically Green.
When I started this adventure, recycling to me was just making sure I put the right items in my recycle cart each week but it has become so much more.
I encourage everyone to start an account on Practically Green. Right
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pumpkins are best enjoyed
with a pirate hat
I recently was telling my co-worker about how I was roasting pumpkins. She stopped me mid-sentence and reminded me of the great pumpkin overdose of 2009 and how she hoped that didn't happen this year. Last year, I only roasted one pumpkin but so far this year, I have roast FIVE little sugar pumpkins.
The first round of puree, I used it for pumpkin
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Yes, I realized that I'm writing about Meatless Monday on Tuesday! Recently, I have started participating in this fun way of bringing more veggies into my family's life and cutting back on the meat we eat. I meal plan two weeks at a time and since CSA day is normally Wednesday (well for two more weeks), that was our veggie day. Since I wanted to commit to Meatless Monday, I made the switch a few
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As you may know, I had to make an unexpected trip back to Nebraska. Since my trip was quick, I didn't really plan on meeting up with friends but had three goals ... see my grandma, drink my favorite beer, Boulevard (Deschutes is my 2nd favorite though) and have a Runza cheeseburger. Usually when I go back and have more time, I add to my list eat at my favorite Italian restaurant (which I did
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Pumpkin Curry Soup
The way to my heart ... good food (and wine) with friends so when my friend Alissa invited me to her soup swap, I couldn't say no!
How does a soup swap work? You make 6 quarts of homemade soup, put them in one quart bowls or bags and freeze ahead of the soup swap. Then you get together with friends, talk about your soup, pick numbers and pick six to take home to your family
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via Wonder Worman!
Don't throw your pumpkin away ... compost it! If you don't have a compost bin and live in Bend, Wonder Worman to the rescue!
Hope everyone had a happy and safe Halloween! We did!
If you have been wondering where I am, read this post. I promise I will be back soon but I've been exhausted and it doesn't help that my toddler has decided he hates sleep (when I get my blogging
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courtesy of No More Dirty Looks
We all know that there is propane in my husband's shaving cream but there are other potentially dangerous products he might be using.
Find out what's lurking in your husband's medicine cabinet.
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It's breast cancer awareness month. Along with mammograms and self-examinations, you can prevent breast cancer by diet and exercise and reducing exposure to harmful chemicals in products. I was really touched by this video, produced by the Breast Cancer Fund.
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I should make a label called "you can green just about anything" because Practically Green has a badge on their blog on a topic I never thought about greening ... date night!
A couple of hours a month where you can go out and reconnect with your partner. Now, when my husband and I go out, the topic usually goes back to talking about raising our son. Last weekend, we were invited to a private
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Halloween 2009
When I started this quest to go gradually green with my family, I didn't imagine all the twist and turns this would take. I never imagine the way I celebrated Halloween with my family was not environmentally friendly.
In the last year, I've started to read a lot of green blog/news sites and in the past couple weeks, they've been brimming with ideas to "green" your this spooky
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Going no poo!
You may remember that I went natural with my hair products. I told myself that after I was done with the shampoo I was using that I would give "no poo" aka baking soda a shot. Not to disappoint my readers, I started this transition recently and it hasn't been as successful as from switching from Dove to a natural product.
The first day of using a cup of water and a tablespoon of
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I confessed recently my love for Dr. Pepper so I was thrilled to see that there is a natural alternative called Dr. Zevia made with stevia. Here is a little video about it!
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I'm not joking when I say I want to be like Sarah from Practically Green when I grow up. She has a great article on that very website about composting basics with links to some other great content. I spent many hours pouring through the content and this week, I got to check the box that says "I'm committed" to composting on Practically Green. Ten points for me!
If you haven't joined, Practically
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via Greenhalloween.org
Gather your friends and pull out your old Halloween costumes. Celebrate Greenhalloween.org's National Costume Swap this Saturday. What an awesome excuse to have a play date in your community!
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via WonderWorman.com
I've done plenty of research over the last few weeks on composting bins and I weighed the pros and cons of wood bins, plastic bins and just having a pile. Earth911.org is a great resource for just starting out on this journey. Their 13 common composting myths is a must read!
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After working on the first five goals I set for our family, I'm finally ready to move onto #5 which is learning to compost. For this task, I called in Laurie Perez, better known as Wonder Worman, to help me set up my wood worm bin in my backyard and get going on this baby.
Instead of a boring old blog post, I decided to capture Laurie and all of her sassiness on video. I don't know a darn thing
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Kinda OK hair here, Mr. Tweedy
It is fairly safe to say, that I know more about Jeff Tweedy than green labeling, ingredients in products or natural certifications. I have often considered opening a twitter account just based solely on the fact that Jeff Tweedy has had ridiculous hair since he exited rehab for his pain killer addiction in 2004. Why do I know so much about Jeff Tweedy? I've been
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High Desert Diva [xml|www]
Tom's Book Publishing Blog [xml|www]
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Living With Music [xml|www]
The Grumpy Forester [xml|www]
Central Oregon Food [xml|www]
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WebCyclery Blog
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Peebo the Bike Commuter [xml|www]
Bend Mothers Acting Up [xml|www]
Bend Drum Circle [xml|www]
Bend Chiro Blog [xml|www]
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Things that go great with coffee, friends and waffles [xml|www]
Dwyer Williams Potter, Attorneys, LLP [xml|www]
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Cowgirls Blog [xml|www]
Isabella Acosta Barna [xml|www]
Search Consulting Service Blog [xml|www]
Bend Morons [xml|www]
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If you're not ready to die for it... [xml|www]
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Stride Steady [xml|www]
Victoria's Secrets Told [xml|www]
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XC Oregon [xml|www]
Ania Designs [xml|www]
There Goes Today, it Slowly Fades Away [xml|www]
Dusty Tales [xml|www]
Bring Back the 80's! [xml|www]
Life Behind the Lens [xml|www]
Bend Oregon Photos [xml|www]
Bend Gazette [xml|www]
Our journey to Paige [xml|www]
Live on the Fly Studio [xml|www]
Pensees [xml|www]
The BF Stop: The Official BIG Folio Blog [xml|www]
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Scam Protectors [xml|www]
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