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Entries from September 30th, 2011

Less Waste at Lunch with My Little Green Shop{GIVEAWAY} – CLOSED

September 30th, 2011 · 3 Comments · What to Buy

I feel guilty nowadays if I use a plastic baggie to pack a lunch. At the very least, I try to make sure it gets used multiple times, as I detailed in this green lunch packing post. I’ve had a handful of different reusable sandwich bags since last year, and they’ve gotten a TON of [...]

How to Use Stevia (Liquid or Powder)

September 29th, 2011 · 24 Comments · Recipes

How do you practically use an herb that’s 30-300 times sweeter than sugar to substitute for sugar in recipes? Stevia is a great option as an alternative sweetener, but it isn’t easy to use in all situations. I’ve explained that I prefer the liquid version of stevia extract and shared an interview with Jim May, [...]

Vegetables for Breakfast? Popeye Would be Proud…

September 28th, 2011 · 19 Comments · Kids in the Kitchen

Spinach, sweet potatoes, zucchini…sounds like a great savory dinner, right? How about the first meal of the day? Let’s push some paradigms and challenge people to get more veggies in their breakfasts! We all know the “Food Pyramid” guide (or whatever shape it is most recently) is too heavy on the grains, but they’re getting [...]

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Tags: breakfast·vegetables

If You Could Only Keep Four Shelves in Your Kitchen…

September 27th, 2011 · 17 Comments · KS lifestyle

…what foods and gadgets would you keep? 90% or more of our worldly goods are crammed into a 10×20′ storage unit while we bunk at my in-laws’ house between selling our home and buying a new one. Working in someone else’s kitchen is always a challenge, but especially so when you make as many things [...]

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Tags: gadgets·real food

Monday Mission: The Water that Gets You Clean

September 26th, 2011 · 26 Comments · Green Living, Natural Health

Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to get the chlorine out of your bath and shower. Impact Ratings: Level of Commitment: Making Strides If you have city water, it’s almost certainly treated with either chlorine (aka bleach) or chloramine for sanitizing purposes. Since I don’t like using bleach as a cleaner in my [...]

Falling from a Sweet, Sweet Summer: An Interview with Jim May, "Father of Stevia"

September 23rd, 2011 · 43 Comments · Food for Thought

Yesterday we discussed stevia: is it safe? benefits and dangers and ended up with some good discussion in the comments. I’m definitely a fan of stevia, but with the caveat that it’s properly processed. I had the opportunity this summer (before a Sweet, Sweet Summer fell into fall – thank you to a reader for [...]

A Sweet, Sweet Summer: What are the Facts on Stevia?

September 22nd, 2011 · 56 Comments · Food for Thought, Science of Nutrition

A safe, natural sweetener with zero calories and zero aftertaste that doesn’t cause cancer in lab rats? Is that a dream too good to be true? I’m hoping not. Stevia is fast becoming my favorite formerly-unknown sweetener, if only for the mystery surrounding it, the foodie vs. government controversy, and the fact that I feel [...]