…I’ve been thrown up on since Friday. Sick babies are just the saddest (and messiest) things on earth, aren’t they?! The Food for Thought that was due to be uploaded this weekend is still in the research phase, and the Monday Mission, although written, won’t make much sense without the FFT. We’re focusing on more [...]
Entries from May 4th, 2009
Natural Cleaning Hodgepodge
May 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment · Do It Yourself, Uncategorized
I’ve been looking for a safer alternative (for earth and health) for dishwashing detergent and laundry detergent — that work – for a while now. I’m excited to read about soapnuts…they seem to do it all. I don’t know much about them, but there’s a giveaway here that I’m going to enter. Free is a [...]
Tags: dishwasher·green cleaners
Mind the Microwave in May Challenge
May 1st, 2009 · 10 Comments · Big Changes, KS lifestyle
Microwave use is the first truly controversial subject we’re tackling here at Kitchen Stewardship. I told you in this post that I’m starting with the foods that have only positive research going on around them. Eating more beans, yogurt, and chicken broth, getting vegetables into your diet more regularly…these are things that are no-brainers. Every [...]
Tags: microwave·mind the microwave
Recipe Connection: Katie’s Frugal Homemade Pizza Sauce
May 1st, 2009 · 9 Comments · Avoiding Waste, Do It Yourself, Frugality, Recipes, Super Foods, Upgraded Nutrition
Here’s another happy use for tomatoes for you this week! This Lent I gave up all white and corn sugars, so I had to figure out how to do a lot of things without sugar, which is in SO many processed foods. I didn’t find a spaghetti sauce that was “clean”, and although pizza sauces [...]
Tags: pizza·Super Foods·tomatoes
Are Canned Foods Necessary for Emergencies? Food Banks?
May 1st, 2009 · 25 Comments · Special Situations, What to Buy
Meredith at Like Merchant Ships raises a great question at this post: “I worry about disaster supplies. I need to find a way to balance food storage and health. I’m all for fresh, but what if I had to go a week (months?) without a trip to the grocery? What if we lost power for [...]
Tags: canned goods
