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8 Reasons to Pick Your Own

I have to get to the local farm that allows you to pick your own strawberries. I don’t know when I can get there, but my summer will be much sadder without my strawberries that I freeze for daiquiris. What’s so great about picking your own fruits and vegetables from a nearby farm. I’ll tell [ READ MORE ]

Coupons for organic and natural foods are out there

If the More Hip than Hippie podcast wasn’t already on your radar before last week when I told you that I was interviewed for the show, I hope it is now. Each week Dori & Val bring relevant information about being green along with a high entertainment factor that makes a podcast worth listening to.  [ READ MORE ]

Trying something new

I just finished reading Mark Bitman’s Food Matters, and I’ll be reviewing it for MNN. The book inspired me to try a few things, which I’ll be writing a lot more about in the upcoming weeks. One of the things I was inspired to try was a recipe from Chef A – quinoa with sauteed [ READ MORE ]

Find a food co-op near you

Derek over at Natural Papa had a post on Friday about joining a food co-op so you can buy your natural foods in bulk. Here’s what he has to say: Join a co-op and buy your natural foods in bulk. Order ahead and get what you’d need for a month. You’ll always have the staples at [ READ MORE ]

White Bean Horseradish Spread for First Thursdays Over at Thursday Night Smackdown

I missed the First Thursday challenge last month on Thursday Night Smackdown. Each month Michelle challenges her readers to test the mettle of their cookbooks and issues a challenge in a certain category. For her orange food challenge, I made sweet potato fries. For her grilling challenge, I tried grilled pizzas for the first time. [ READ MORE ]

Natural, Nutritious, and Cheap – Real Popcorn

About six months ago, I switched from all natural microwave popcorn to popping it on the stove top, and we will not go back. Why? It’s healther. It’s yummier. It’s a lot less expensive. It creates a lot less waste. Pretty good reasons, huh? The kids just had a four day weekend, and we made [ READ MORE ]

Q & A: If You’re Only Going to Buy a Little Organic Food, Which Should You Buy?

I got a question on Wednesday’s post about organic milk, and I thought this would be a good post. So instead of just answering it in the comments, I thought I’d start doing Q & A’s from time to time when a question in the comments section lends itself to an entire post.  Q: OK, [ READ MORE ]

Understanding Beef Labels

Every once in a while I come across a post on someone else’s blog that is exactly like one I’ve been meaning to write but just haven’t gotten around to it yet. Then I point you all to it because why reinvent the wheel, right? I found one of those today. Over at Ecosalon, they [ READ MORE ]

Lessons Learned in the Strawberry Patch

Yesterday, my five year old (well, he was five yesterday, today he is six!) and his friend and I went strawberry picking. It’s an annual tradition we’ve had since they were two. We picked 14 pounds of strawberries.  Here are some of the things we learned: Strawberries are good (I already knew that but my [ READ MORE ]

Green Term of the Week – Composting

I sometimes have to just reflect on how “earthy” I’ve become. If you had told me a few years ago that I’d be taking trash cans and shovels in my mini van to scoop decomposed leaves, grass clippings and leftover food scraps and then haul it home, I would have never believed you. Seriously. That’s [ READ MORE ]

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