Because natural isn't always possible — or easy.
Posted in Eating Healthy, Food on Jun 8th, 2011
Plenty of people out in blogger land regularly bemoan the fact that “kid food,” for most people, is fried, fake, and/or filled with artificial colors or flavors. It’s my turn, I guess. We’ve got a big kid-centric event coming up. We’ve gone for the past five years, and it’s always lots of fun. Quite honestly, [...]
Posted in Eating Healthy, Environment, Food, Health, Illness, Toxins on Jun 6th, 2011
As of Saturday more than 2,200 people in Europe have become ill after contracting E.coli; 22 have died. Scary stuff. For those who are not familiar with the bug: E.coli is a bacteria that gets into the system via contaminated food. Once inside, it produces toxins that make its host sick. Usually symptoms include diarrhea, [...]
Posted in Food, Going Green, Reduce, Reuse on May 23rd, 2011
We just threw a big party for Big Girl. Planning it was stressful, even once I found the venue. I knew I had to come up with favors and centerpieces. In the end, it turned out that the centerpieces were easy. It’s spring. Everyone is planting, so I got enough plants for every family to [...]
Posted in Eating Healthy, Food on May 18th, 2011
“Do you have any of the Boar’s Head Natural line?” My question was really rhetorical since I was standing at the deli counter of my local Stop & Shop staring at a giant banner touting the stuff. The guy in the white coat and cute paper hat groaned. “Yes, we do, but it’s going to [...]
Posted in Eating Healthy, Food, Health, Illness on May 4th, 2011
I’m tired today. Tired of being the one who had to tell a group of parents not to bring snacks with food dyes or high fructose corn syrup to our meetings. I just couldn’t deal with the fallout of those two ingredients, which made the group bounce off the walls. I’m fairly sure those who [...]
Posted in babies, Eating Healthy, Food, toddlers on May 3rd, 2011
Big Girl, as I have mentioned before, is a great eater. She will try anything. She likes most of what she tries. Little Girl is not her sister. Yes, she eats broccoli and sweet potatoes. She loves hummus. But she’s not one to just jump at the chance to try kale, for example. This week, [...]
Posted in Eating Healthy, Food, Going Green, Organic on Mar 31st, 2011
I was at the deli counter of my favorite store. “Do you have any of the Boar’s Head All Natural stuff,” I asked. (Meaning: the Boar’s Head All Natural line, which is produced without artificial ingredients, added nitrates, MSG or gluten, and comes from animals that were raised on a vegetarian grain-fed diet without hormones [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Eating Healthy, Food, Health on Mar 24th, 2011
I’m sure you’ve seen the commercial for MiO, the so-called “water enhancer.” The visually stunning spot starts with the camera focused on a clear glass of water. Suddenly, someone squeezes a few drops of MiO into it. The camera stays on the glass as the dyes and chemicals disperse in the water. The first time [...]
Posted in Eating Healthy, Food, Health, Organic, parenting on Mar 17th, 2011
My husband is off partaking in the Saint Patrick’s Day festivities in New York City tonight. That means earlier this evening I was on my own to do dinner and the bedtime routine. The tail-end of my already long day. I worked until 6:30 tonight. I’m in a really busy period right now, so it [...]
Posted in Eating Healthy, Environment, Food, Going Green, Health, Organic on Mar 16th, 2011
Big Girl is a Girl Scout. A Brownie to be exact. I am a Girl Scout leader. It’s been three years. Every year around this time we’re asked to peddle cookies to our friends, relatives, and neighbors. Every year around this time I am extremely conflicted. In case you haven’t heard: Girl Scout cookies aren’t [...]