Am I the only one who feels like every time I turn around I learn about some new threat to my health from a product I’ve felt safe with for years? Right now I feel this way about sunscreen. I already knew that the massive campaign to wear sunscreen has been so successful that many […]
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All-natural body lotion: a whip from Amber Bath
I’ve mentioned before how I try to avoid putting petroleum products on my body, so I’m always on the lookout for great natural body products. Yesterday, I found something spectacular at the farmer’s market: Elizabeth White’s Amber Bath Lavender Lush whipped body lotion. This stuff is heavenly. Seriously. After only two applications it has healed […]
Rainbow Chard Sauteed with Mushrooms
One of my goals with my garden this year is to use the gardening experience to get my kids excited about eating green leafy vegetables. They helped me select the seedlings, prepare the soil, and set the plants. They’ve helped me with the watering and have been excited to check the progress of growth. So […]
Summer Salads
One of my favorite meals is what Elaine on Seinfeld called the “big salad”. The foundation is lettuce, this time picked fresh from my lettuce garden, and then I add a bunch of yummy stuff to it to make it exciting. Yesterday’s salad started with three kinds of lettuce from my garden (romaine, red leaf, […]
Plant based digestive enzymes for health and weight loss
My mother just came back from spending a month in Tuscany and the first thing she said to me was, “You’ve shrunk!” She had a point. I recently bought a size two skirt and in my incredulity my reaction was to tell the sales lady that I’d have to start frequenting that store as their […]
