health Archive

  • We’re brunch addicts.  I have to be careful with brunch, because it really amounts to a big ol’ carb fest.  One of the ways I make sure that brunch is...

    15-minute Vegan French Toast

    We’re brunch addicts.  I have to be careful with brunch, because it really amounts to a big ol’ carb fest.  One of the ways I make sure that brunch is...

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  • Do you use cookbooks? I sometimes find it challenging to incorporate recipes from books into our kitchen because of unusual ingredients, specialty kitchen gadgets, or inconvenient prep times. I may...

    Feeding the Whole Family

    Do you use cookbooks? I sometimes find it challenging to incorporate recipes from books into our kitchen because of unusual ingredients, specialty kitchen gadgets, or inconvenient prep times. I may...

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  • Over the past couple of days, the interwebs have been all atwitter about the promotion of this breastfeeding doll: The doll simulates suckling at a woman’s breast when it is...

    The Breastfeeding Doll is Coming for Your Daughter

    Over the past couple of days, the interwebs have been all atwitter about the promotion of this breastfeeding doll: The doll simulates suckling at a woman’s breast when it is...

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  •     I just found out about the Natural Parenting Blog Party hosted by the Peaceful Housewife and wrote my Q&A to join the mix. This is great timing because...

    Natural Parenting Blog Party

        I just found out about the Natural Parenting Blog Party hosted by the Peaceful Housewife and wrote my Q&A to join the mix. This is great timing because...

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  • This post comes to you from my bedroom – where I’ve locked myself away from my husband and child. This is one of those “me-time-by-any-means-necessary” moments. As they bang on...

    One of those days

    This post comes to you from my bedroom – where I’ve locked myself away from my husband and child. This is one of those “me-time-by-any-means-necessary” moments. As they bang on...

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  • While I’m introducing SJ to solid foods, it’s like I’m learning flavors all over again myself. He keeps amazing with immediate enthusiasm for certain flavors over other.  Like, he seemed...

    Avocado + Greens Puree

    While I’m introducing SJ to solid foods, it’s like I’m learning flavors all over again myself. He keeps amazing with immediate enthusiasm for certain flavors over other.  Like, he seemed...

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  • Iceberg and romaine lettuce salads can feel so pointless. You end up drowning it in salad dressing for flavor and still being hungry after 25 minutes. While I prefer the...

    Sass Up Your Salad Life: Thalassic Classic Chickpea Salad

    Iceberg and romaine lettuce salads can feel so pointless. You end up drowning it in salad dressing for flavor and still being hungry after 25 minutes. While I prefer the...

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  • What’s a granola mom to do when baby has a 104 fever? It’s amazing how fear can derail your thinking. With friends and family who are nurses, acupuncturists, naturopaths, doctors,...

    Post-fever Lessons

    What’s a granola mom to do when baby has a 104 fever? It’s amazing how fear can derail your thinking. With friends and family who are nurses, acupuncturists, naturopaths, doctors,...

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  • I could talk about and promote breastfeeding all day. The low rate of breastfeeding among African American mothers saddens me, especially because (I believe) it’s the result of marketing, misperceptions,...

    How Formula Won Minds with 4 Brown Babies

    I could talk about and promote breastfeeding all day. The low rate of breastfeeding among African American mothers saddens me, especially because (I believe) it’s the result of marketing, misperceptions,...

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  • Stranger/Family person/Co-worker/Anybody: What are you having? Yeye: (somewhat tongue-in-cheek) A baby. Anybody: I know it’s a baby, smart-ass. You know what I meant. Is it a boy or girl? Yeye:...

    Let’s Talk: Circumcision

    Stranger/Family person/Co-worker/Anybody: What are you having? Yeye: (somewhat tongue-in-cheek) A baby. Anybody: I know it’s a baby, smart-ass. You know what I meant. Is it a boy or girl? Yeye:...

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