What's the quickest way to get a family to eat a healthy, real food dinner? What about getting a family of four to eat an entire pound of fresh spinach? Make spinach salad of course! This is a true classic, with boiled eggs, chopped bacon, and freshly made dressing. What's not to love? It is… Continue reading A True Classic Spinach Salad
Dinner Group in Early Spring
Do you know what I love most about being in a dinner group? Getting together with friends regularly. Sometimes I feel like our social lives might get swallowed up by to-do lists or taken over by our kids' activities - and then we'd never get a fun, casual night with friends. We brought an appetizer… Continue reading Dinner Group in Early Spring
Clean Eating and Clean Living: a Winning Combination
Have you ever done something because you thought it was good for you and then later realized there was an actual term for it? If you're nodding yes - you know what I'm talking about. For me, it was understanding what the term 'clean eating' meant. When I first heard the phrase, I envisioned a… Continue reading Clean Eating and Clean Living: a Winning Combination
Green Living Tip 30 {Share and Borrow Resources}
Today's green living tip: share and borrow resources. Whether it's utilizing the library, borrowing your neighbor's power tool or passing on your previously read magazines, we should share and borrow resources more often. We all don't need to be buying these things ourselves. Everyone remembers "hand me down" clothing, right? Now the internet has opened… Continue reading Green Living Tip 30 {Share and Borrow Resources}
Green Living Tip 29 {Make Your Own Liquid Hand Soap}
Today's green living tip: make your own liquid hand soap. This is surprisingly easy and it's gentler on the environment - and your skin! Think about how many containers - pumpers, jugs, containers - of liquid hand soap, there are for sale. That's a lot of plastic! This recipe is easy and makes 1-gallon of… Continue reading Green Living Tip 29 {Make Your Own Liquid Hand Soap}
Green Living Tip 28 {Bring a Bag Along}
Today's green living tip: bring a bag along. Wherever you go, just have one handy - car, purse, backpack, or bicycle - and tucked away so that you can say "no thanks" when offered a plastic or paper bag at the store. Or be like my stylish sister-in-law who brings a basket with her when… Continue reading Green Living Tip 28 {Bring a Bag Along}
Green Living Tip 27 {Eat Whole and Real Foods}
Today's green living tip: eat whole and real foods - unprocessed - and it will be good for you and good for the environment. Mother Nature's packaging is the best! Most whole foods - vegetables, fruit, fish, etc. - don't come with a bunch of packaging that needs to be disposed of. Fresh fruit and… Continue reading Green Living Tip 27 {Eat Whole and Real Foods}
Green Living Tip 26 {Clean with Baking Soda}
Today's green living tip: clean with baking soda. Baking soda can be used for everyday household cleaning and in the laundry. It can replace numerous harsher, chemical filled products and has much less packaging. It also costs a lot less! Clean dirty dishes, ceramic cook tops, and sinks - in all the places you would… Continue reading Green Living Tip 26 {Clean with Baking Soda}
Green Living Tip 25 {ReUse for Home Renovations}
Today's green living tip: reuse items for home renovations. Why buy new cabinets, doors, or doorknobs when there are plenty of those items around for use? Using old items, in place of new, adds character to a home - even if the home is new or parts of it are. Our mailbox used to be… Continue reading Green Living Tip 25 {ReUse for Home Renovations}
Green Living Tip 24 {Use Maps for Gift Wrapping}
Today's green living tip: use maps for gift wrapping. It's green, unique, and saves money to wrap gifts with maps. Old maps are abundant (and extremely inexpensive, or free) at garage and estate sales. There may even be a stash of them in your basement or storage area. Maps can be cut and used to… Continue reading Green Living Tip 24 {Use Maps for Gift Wrapping}
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