A Kitchen Full of Judgment

Apr 12, 2013 by Melanie

“No, sorry, I’m too busy ignoring my daughter so I can cook her a healthy meal.”

If you’ve kept up with my posts on here, you’re aware that I hate cooking, or at least that I hate the difficulty and stress that comes from having to cook for an entire family.  It’s more of a keeping-up-with-the-joneses thing — I always feel like my friends can make awesome gourmet meals when I’m making tacos from a box or shake and bake chicken or something.  And I wonder how other working moms have the time to spend 2-3 hours on food prep, cooking, dinner and clean up when I barely have time to sleep.  Read more...

A Whole Foods Review: Vegan Style

Jan 16, 2013 by Michelle

In my little house of 3 both my husband and daughter eat meat while I’m vegan (I don’t eat animal products in any form, just my personal choice).

I will admit to being a newbie vegan as it’s only been about 3 months since I removed dairy (I was already a vegetarian). But it’s been a wonderful and interesting experience figuring out what to eat and I can honestly say that the saying “whatever you can eat I can eat vegan” is pretty darn true!

I’m super excited to review several vegan products you can find at your local Whole Foods. Everything below was provided by Whole Foods Glastonbury.

I’m going to start off with the things I absolutely LOVED:

1. Hail Merry products  Read more...

Stay tuned…

Dec 8, 2011 by Dena

Hello Natural Mommies!

Whipped up my first batch of homemade deodorant tonight… So look out for a review in the coming weeks about how it works.

Also, next week’s column will feature my recipe for facial cleansing and moisturizing WITHOUT chemical products AND it will save you a lot of money!

See you soon!

Cleaner Living: I banished my shampoo

Nov 22, 2011 by Dena

Welcome to the first Cleaner Living Column!

Most people who want to reduce their chemical use, may start with something innocuous like kitchen cleaner, something that no one will really see or care about if it goes wrong or doesn’t work.

NOT ME!

I picked my hair!

For background, I currently have shoulder length, auburn/brown hair.   I have colored my hair since my best friend and I smuggled some Sun-In into my moms bathroom when we were 17, so i really can’t remember my true natural color.  It is somewhat wavy/curly when I don’t blow dry it, and has a fair amount of natural body.  I have never really had any shampoo brand loyalty, having to switch quite often when my hair became “immune” to one kind or another.   I get it trimmed about every 8 weeks unless I get the urge to cut it all off.  Read more...

Sugarless Halloween Treats

Oct 12, 2011 by Dena

Halloween is so full of candy and sweets that when I bring in a treat for the class Halloween party, I would like it to be a little bit healthy knowing the surgarfest that is about to come.  Here are a few treats I have brought into the classroom to rave reviews from the kids, and emphatic thanks yous from teachers for not contributing to the inevitable sugar high.

English Muffin Creatures

Cream Cheese goes a long way with these!!!!

 What you Need:

Package of English muffins

Whipped Cream Cheese (on 16oz tub made these 12 and then some)

Accessories (for the Mummies I used grapes for the eyes and half a raspberry for the mouth, for  Frankenstein I use two raisins for the eyes, and the pumpkins are raisins for the eyes and mouth  and a cucumber peel for the stem)  Read more...