One Quick Tip: Don’t Wash and Reuse Zippered Bags
You all know I like to be “green,” right? I even offered two hundred ways to reuse stuff instead of throwing it away last week…
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Monday Mission: Get Some Air Filtering Plants
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to buy a new plant with the goal of improving your indoor air quality. I’m all about…
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Have You Ever Successfully made a Homemade Dishwasher Detergent Recipe?
I haven’t. Being honest right up front there. I had many failures using natural DIY dishwasher soap a few years ago, and I’m afraid my…
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Monday Mission: Get a Frugal, Natural Clean
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to keep the green in spring cleaning. Sometimes it seems like the natural life can be a…
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It’s Scary When Your Child Can’t Breathe (Natural Remedies for Croup)
If croup hits, you want to be prepared. Make sure you have these home remedies for croup on hand before you need them.”My kids always…
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True or False: Everyone Has Parasites in Their Bodies
Stomach pain after eating? Suspect you might need a natural parasite cleanse? Recognizing the symptoms of parasites is more important than you might think. Parasites…
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3 Steps to Fighting Candida Naturally (Part 2 of the Story)
In part one of this candida rash story, I shared my surprising journey from the prideful fallacy of extraordinary health to a scaly, itchy rash…
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Is My Rash Candida? If You’ve Ever Eaten Sugar, You Probably Have Candida Symptoms
Have you ever heard of candida? If you’ve ever eaten sugar, you might have it! Check out the symptoms and treatment options. When I had…
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Ready for Cloth Diapers? (or not?) How to do it Frugally and Successfully
When I started with cloth diapers (on baby number 3!) just over a year ago, I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. I…
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Lemon Wedge in My Water? Not Anymore!
I’ve really been enjoying squeezing lemon into my water lately and dropping in the wedge to flavor the next refill a bit. I’m already changing…
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Natural Remedies for Pain Relief and Headaches
When it comes to pain, I’m a “bite the bullet” sort of gal. As long as it’s not a lead-based bullet, I suppose that’s a…
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Recipe Connection: Springtime Asparagus-Opal Apple Salad with Fennel and Dill
I’m pretty stubborn. Bull-headed, some might say. When I get an idea in my head, I don’t let it go easily, and I worried that…
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Do You Know Two Crazy Symptoms of Pneumonia for Toddlers? (& Home Remedies to Kick it Without a Prescription)
Pneumonia and its symptoms can be hard to spot without a stethoscope for parents of babies and toddlers, but this respiratory infection has some unique…
Is the War on Infections…or Against Antibiotics Themselves?
My story of fighting infection without prescription antibiotics. How I learned to use natural remedies, homeopathics, and essential oils for ear infections and strep. There’s…
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Natural Remedy to Heal an Ear Ache in 30 Minutes or Less
This is a guest post from Sarah of Early Bird Mom, sharing her ear ache remedy. My toddler woke up screaming last night just after…
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Friday FAST Food: Cooking Fish at Home (& a Recipe for Creamy Alaskan Halibut with Caramelized Onions)
Ever made rubber in the oven? Let’s just say my first experience cooking unprocessed fish at home didn’t go so well. I was in college…
Wheat is NOT Genetically Modified…so why so Many Sensitivities?
I used to get really upset when I was wrong. About anything. I’m not sure how I thought I should always be right, and I…
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9 Successful Elimination Diet Strategies (even for Families with Children)
Figuring out how to do an elimination diet can be confusing. Why are there so many different elimination diet meal plans? (Here’s my elimination diet…
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Cut High Fructose Corn Syrup
This is a {guest post} series from Tiffany of Don’t Waste the Crumbs. Please tell me I’m not the only one who has been in…
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How to Make Homemade Orange Power Cleaner
In addition to your non-bleach disinfectants, like hydrogen peroxide, an easy homemade orange cleaner does the job! I love how I can clean with orange…
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