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Agave nectar, Michelle Obama and Earth Hour

Here are some things I’ve written about recently that I thought you’d be interested in. I’ve been using agave nectar as a substitute for sugar in some places recently (like this peanut butter chocolate chip granola bar recipe). I wrote about agave today over on MNN – Agave nectar: a sweet alternative. Check it out [ READ MORE ]

My first organic wine review (of sorts)

I hope to get another post up later today on a book I was sent to review, but I’ve got this crazy week where I’m at the boys’ school all week running the book fair. So I thought I’d link you to a wine review I did on MNN today on Bonterra Vineyards 2007 Zindfandel.  [ READ MORE ]

Re-think breakfast with me

I wrote a post on MNN – Everything is fair game for breakfast. For a week, I’m going to do untraditional breakfasts and see what comes of it. Any food, as long as it’s healthy and I have the time to make it, will be an option for my family in the morning.  Anyone want [ READ MORE ]

I Have No Advice Today

It’s late in the afternoon. I have written my fingertips off this week. It’s been awesome, but I’m tired and I want to go spend time with my family. So I have no new interesting post for you today. Please forgive me. Feel free to stop reading if you’re tired of me talking about Mother [ READ MORE ]

Socially Responsible Food Choices

I wrote a post for MNN yesterday titled Why I Buy Organic Bananas. I don’t buy all my foods organically because the food budget doesn’t allow it. My general rule of thumb is to choose organics for the foods that would have the most negative effect on my family in their conventional forms. If I [ READ MORE ]

Happy New Year!

Are you all ready to stop the holiday celebrating? I’m exhausted. But I’m not complaining, really. We’ve had time with family, lots of good food, dinners with friends, and times of giving and sharing. And it’s not done yet.  If you look over to the right, you’ll see a new feature in the sidebar. It’s [ READ MORE ]

Working for Mother Nature

I’ve been writing for Mother Nature Network for a couple of weeks now. I thought I’d share a few of my food blog posts here with you. I post two or three times a day on the site, and I promise I won’t bombard you with all of my posts. From time to time, I [ READ MORE ]

Mother Nature Network is Looking for College Interns

I haven’t officially announced it yet, but I suppose I’m doing it right now. I’m going to be the food channel blogger over at the soon to be launched Mother Nature Network. It’s a gig I’m very excited about, and I’ll tell you all more about it another time. For now, I want to let [ READ MORE ]

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