posts tagged "eco"
Eco-Friendly Christmas Gifts
Posted on November 27, 2011
Stainless steel snack containers, mulling spices, cookie mix in a jar and a Wally mug; simple, yet useful gifts for the holidays. Finding the perfect Christmas gifts for friends and loved ones can be a challenge. Especially if you’ve put off your holiday shopping until now. Because we celebrate Chanukah it seems like we have
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Roasted Chicken Stock
Posted on September 15, 2009
It’s wonderful to be back at home with my family and kitchen. I’ve made myriad soup stocks these last few days in order to help my husband and myself recuperate from the sniffles we each seem to have picked up last week. We’re recovering quite quickly. To create a bit of variety, I decided to
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Meet the Chickens
Posted on August 12, 2009
One of my projects this year has been getting “Operation Hen House” up and running. With the completion of our house for the hens in the side yard and the screened in chicken run attached to it, we became the proud “parents” of 5 teenage chickens. They have not yet begun to lay. All credit
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Clean Green: Kitchen Spray
Posted on May 30, 2008
I must confess, for more than a year, my friend Elizabeth has been asking me to do a post on homemade household cleaners. As a result of her prodding, I am proud to present part 1 of a series on non-toxic cleaners for your home. We’ll start off with a cleaning spray for my favorite
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Top Ten Tips for Healthy Shopping
Posted on February 25, 2008
Here are some things I keep in mind when I go grocery shopping: Fresh is better than frozen, frozen is better than canned Fresh produce is full of nutrition and far tastier; for veggies, we eat what’s in season, I keep frozen organic fruits on hand to make the boys smoothies in the winter or
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Why Glass?
Posted on January 8, 2008
Eight days into the New Year and it seems as though the post-holiday blues have hit. We’ve had more than our usual share of cold dark weather here in Colorado, and all I want to do is go into hibernation, sleeping day and night. Of course, that’s not what’s taking place in my reality. This
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Product Review: Tube Wringer
Posted on May 7, 2007
I am addicted to my tube wringer. It drives my husband crazy. Even though we have our own toothpastes, I get out the tube wringer and squeeze every last drop out of his tube before I let him throw it away. I use it as well for ointments and other products that come in a
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Homemade Lip Balm
Posted on January 20, 2007
This homemade and natural lip balm is so good that you might want to eat it – my children tell me it tastes delicious. Homemade Lip Balm 1 tablespoon cocoa butter 1 tablespoon beeswax shavings or pearls 1 tablespoon almond oil ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract essential oil of vanilla Melt beeswax and cocoa butter in
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How to Make a Rolling Pin
Posted on December 3, 2006
My sons and I decided to make gingerbread cookies this afternoon. Thus we found ourselves at the store in search of the perfect rolling pin. We ended up with a 1¼ inch dowel that was 48 inches long, then had it cut into 3 pieces. We took our dowel pieces home, sanded them and ended
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