Boy, am I grateful I have a good dishwasher…and a forgiving husband! Since I posted on Using Your Dishwasher Wisely I’ve been working on finding a “greener” alternative to traditional dish detergents. The comments at that post gave me some ideas for storebought “natural” detergents, but I wanted to try a more frugal, homemade alternative [...]
Entries from June 2nd, 2009
Early Results: Natural Dishwasher Detergent Experiments
June 2nd, 2009 · 31 Comments · Cleaning, Frugality
Tags: Cleaning·dishwasher·dishwasher detergent·green cleaners
Food for Thought: What is a Monounsaturated Fat? (And why are they so yummy?!)
June 2nd, 2009 · 16 Comments · Science of Nutrition, Super Foods
This week’s Super Foods are grouped together because they all are high in monounsaturated fat. source Olive Oil (Super Food) Avocado (Honorable Mention) Peanut Butter (Honorable Mention) source Health Benefits of Monounsaturated Fat Each food has its vitamin shining moments, but the monounsaturated fat is great for many reasons: Lowers LDL (bad) cholesterol and has [...]
Tags: avocado·olive oil·peanut butter·Super Foods·trans fats
Recipe Connection: Homemade Guacamole
June 2nd, 2009 · 17 Comments · Do It Yourself, Frugality, Recipes
I’m pleased that I can include avocados with all their health benefits into our diet…but they always meet a certain fate at our house: unless it’s a rare week that we stuff a few slices into a wrap, I find a way to make guacamole a fitting side at a meal when they’re on sale. [...]
Tags: avocado·guacamole·Super Foods
Mental Mission: What Kind of Fat are you Eating?
June 1st, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
This week I want you to think about fats. You’re going to be reading labels searching for trans fat anyway, so why not consider what kinds of fat you eat (saturated, unsaturated, poly-mono-etc) and how much? We’ll look at another kind of good fat next week (Omega 3s), and go even further into the subject [...]
Monday Mission: Search Out Trans Fats
June 1st, 2009 · 14 Comments · Science of Nutrition, What to Buy
This week we’re looking at a group of Super Foods that are all monounsaturated fats: avocados, olive oil, and peanut butter. It’s pretty widely accepted that these are “healthy fats”, and I’ll give you some Food for Thought and some ways to use these fun foods as the week wears on. For your mission, however, [...]
Tags: fats and oils·trans fats
