Category: green eating

Awesome Mason Jar Lids from Greenmunch

I love mason jars. I love that they are super inexpensive, as I often find them at thrift stores, they’re easy to clean, and can be used for virtually everything. And I especially love that they are nontoxic for food storage. I reviewed some mason jar accessories from Greenmunch in the past that could turn your mason jars into cool...

How to Reduce Your Bottled Water Footprint INFOGRAPHIC

Bottled water is very prevalent, and I am guilty of buying a bottle every so often when I forget to bring a reusable one with me. I do make sure that I recycle my bottles when I’m done with them, though, which is a very important part of reducing your bottled water footprint. This infographic from Wheels for Wishes covers what...

The Only Granola Bar Recipe You’ll Ever Need

Eating real food with real ingredients usually means you need to make things from scratch. Like granola bars. Even the ones with organic ingredients usually have way more added sugar than needed. I was really excited when I found My Whole Food Life’s recipe, and decided to double it and substitute applesauce for a banana-free recipe. But what if you...

10 Easy Healthy Popsicle RECIPES

My daughter LOVES popsicles. In fact, right now it’s the only way I can get some greens into her – by blending them into whatever popsicles I’m making! And you can’t have summer without delicious popsicles for a snack. There are so many awesome easy healthy popsicle recipes out there (trust me, I’ve pinned a ton!) so I wanted to keep...

5 Natural Supports for Healthy Digestion

Now that I’ve changed my diet to be grain-free and refined sugar-free, my digestion system is way better. However, I still have those days at family functions or birthday parties where I may not know exactly what’s in the food, or I just HAVE to have a teeny bit of something I know my tummy won’t agree with. Here are...

Blue Copper Ranch: Free Range Grass Fed Meat

I think it’s common knowledge that when you’re buying meat at a grocery store, the chances are high that the meat comes from animals that have been given feed that isn’t part of their natural diet, likely abused or at least lived in very crowded quarters, and given hormone, antibiotic and/or vaccine injections. This is why so many people have...

Clay Pot Cooking: Miriam’s Earthen Cookware Review

My slow cooker bit the dust awhile back, and I started researching a good replacement. Then I started to read about possible toxic issues with slow cookers: the ceramic inserts can have lead or cadmium in them and leach into your food. The reason is that ceramic is porous, so it needs to be glazed in order to seal the...

How to Start Seeds: Advice from Experienced Gardeners

After a lot of mistakes in my first year of planting my own vegetable garden, I decided to consult with some experienced gardeners this year before starting any seeds. How to start seeds has been a bit of a puzzle to me, likely because I’ve been on Pinterest too much and got confused by all the different information I was...

Is Chewing Gum Bad for the Environment?

I’m not a gum chewer because of issues with my jaw, so I never really thought about how it could impact the environment. I always thought of it in the category of “food” – but then – it isn’t something we swallow and digest, it ends up in the garbage. So – is chewing gum bad for the environment? Check...

3 Simple Grain Free Almond Flour Recipes

I have been on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) for several months now, in an effort to heal small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) and see if it has an effect on my eczema. On this diet, you start out with no carbohydrates (except for well-cooked carrots, apple cider, and grape juice) then slowly progress, one item at a time, to...