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Entries from July 28th, 2011

To Recycle, or Not to Recycle?

July 28th, 2011 · 15 Comments · Green Living

I’ll keep a promise today. When I started writing for Green Your Way, I promised my husband I’d make the post over there become a post here for a day so I wasn’t doing any extra work. I’ve had so much to say lately that I never got this month’s post included! Since I need [...]

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Too Busy for Real Food? Convenience Foods that aren’t a Compromise

July 27th, 2011 · 30 Comments · What to Buy

"What are these five and more tasks you usually have to do before you go to bed at night so your family can eat the next day?" a reader emailed to ask after I mentioned last week that the real food lifestyle often creates a rather more lengthy "to do list" of prep tasks than [...]

Eat Well, Spend Less: All About Summer Entertaining

July 26th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Frugality

We’re coming off a great Saturday party that was part family reunion, part surprise 50th birthday party, and part surprise 29th birthday party (because sometimes some people might expect a surprise 30th, so you GET ‘EM early! Ha!). It was a blast and ran very smoothly, in spite of the 70% chance of rain. It [...]

A Virtual Baby Shower!

July 26th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Are you crossing your legs? Lose a point! ::: You’re cordially invited to join Renee of MadeOn Lotion and a few of my other sponsors for a virtual Twitter party baby shower ::: Date: August 1st Time: 9:00 p.m. EST (6 p.m. PDT) There will be games, prizes, some sort of behind-the-scenes info on yours [...]

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Monday Mission: Shred Your Own Cheese

July 25th, 2011 · 72 Comments · Monday Missions

Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to bypass the handy bags of shredded cheese in the supermarket case and shred your own. Impact Ratings: Level of Commitment: Making Strides This mission is a little ironic, because although I’ve been mostly shredding my own cheese for a year or two now, in my new [...]

A Sweet, Sweet Summer: Why is White Sugar Bad For You?

July 22nd, 2011 · 61 Comments · Food for Thought, Science of Nutrition

We put it in coffee, get tempted by it in desserts, and hardly even know how often it’s added into savory processed foods. Sugar certainly makes life sweeter, but is it also the underlying villain in nutrition? There are plenty of reasons white, refined sugar will hurt you when you eat it. Some describe it [...]

Natural Sunscreen Updates on Last Year’s 28

July 21st, 2011 · 30 Comments · Natural Health, What to Buy

We’re still doing half and half sunscreens over here. My son was so used to having two sunscreens (sunblocks!) on his body, one on the left and one on the right, for the natural sunscreen reviews last summer, that he practically does that anyway out of habit. I have a whole shoebox full of new [...]