Follow my escapades as I learn to be more kind to the environment and safer by the day for my family’s health. Find all sorts of natural living resources from the archives here!

Green Cleaning and Personal Care

The List: Green and Natural Cleaners from Floor to Ceiling (organized by location – what to use on what and where in your house)
The List: Green and Natural Body Products from Head to Toe

• Failed Dishwasher Detergent Experiment
• Mrs. Meyer’s Dishwasher Detergent/Dishsoap
• Simple, Frugal, Safe Oven and Stovetop Cleaners
• Three MUST-HAVE Simple, Cheap, Natural Kitchen Cleaners
• More Homemade Dishwasher Detergent Experiments
• Soap Nuts:  Love them for Laundry
• 3 Tips to Clean up after Sick Kids
• Produce Wash – I tested 8 kinds!
• Clean up without Waste
• How to Use Microfiber Cloths for Cleaning (anything)
• Biokleen Dishwasher Detergent/Dishsoap
• How to Wash Your Hair Without Shampoo
• Effective Homemade Deodorant (and An Update on Homemade Deodorant)
• A Disappointed Update on on Charlie’s Soap and Butylcelosolv or Butoxyethanole
• Can Catholics Do Yoga?
• Five Real Moms Share About Trilight Health, a Natural Wellness Company
• Be Prepared for Natural Living: Herbal Medicine Cabinet
• Understand the Difference Between Sunscreens and Sunblocks
• Get Natural Outdoors

Kitchen Tips and Tricks

• Save Dishes with Empty Dishes and Bags
• Menu Planning Ideas
• 10 Easy Prep Foods You’ll Always Find in my Freezer
• Tummy Toning Dishes
• Analyzing Canned Foods
• 10 Tips for Avoiding the Microwave
• Reheating Leftovers Quickly Without Using the Microwave
• How to Read a Bread Bag for Whole Grains
• Efficiency tips for your KitchenAid Mixer
• Easy Salad Prep
• 6 Ways to Use leftover Pumpkin
• Repurpose Kitchen Containers for Toy Storage & more
• Lazy or Simple? Things I Don’t Clean
• Who’s Your Favorite Green Blogger? My favs answers the questions “Why Go Green?” over at Green Your Way.
• Frugal Pantry Storage Tips (guest post)

Healthy Cooking

• Real Food, Real Moms:  What if I Work Outside the Home?
• Real Food, Real Moms:  Working to Feed a Family, Freezer Style
• Ways to Use Broth and Beans in the Summer
• Healthy Lunch Packing Ideas
• Packing a Reduced Waste Lunch
• Kids’ Responsibility for Unpacking the Lunch
• SAHMs Work in the Kitchen
• Why Soak Grains?

Natural Living Kids

• 3 Tips to Clean up after Sick Kids
• 3 Homemade Gifts for Kids (including playdough recipe and ideas for kits)
• Natural Remedies for Ear Infections
• 5 Simple Solutions for Fighting a Cold
• Packing a Reduced Waste Lunch
• Kids’ Responsibility for Unpacking the Lunch
• Got Footie Pajamas?  You Need to Read This Information
• Taking Fermented Cod Liver Oil – On Video!
• Fighting Illness Naturally Is Scary, Especially When You’re Blind
• A Little Earth Day Challenge
• A Gluten-Free, Present-Free, Low-Waste Birthday Party
• Gas Prices are Too High: Staycation Fun Ideas near Grand Rapids, Michigan

Natural Pregnancy

• Super Foods for Pregnancy
• Foods for Fertility
• 10 Childbirth Norms Parents Can Refuse
• First Trimester Changes, Natural Remedies for Morning Sickness, & Prenatal Vitamins
• Being Prepared for Quick Meals during Pregnancy

Essays

• Everybody’s Afraid of Something

Reviews

• Krill Oil and Dessicated Liver Supplements – One more way to get your liver and omega-3s!
• No Time to Soak Your Own? – review of JoshEWEa’s Garden soaked and sprouted items.