Sometime during my middle school career, my mother came home with candles to put in my ear. I wish I could remember my reaction to this, but it blends in with all of the other things that I once thought were weird and now I embrace. When I first used to tell people that I had…
What Have You Stepped on Today?
(A POEM OF SORTS) Someone’s Aim was sure to be off in the bathrooms you used at work and at the train station today, AND we believe in the 5 second rule at home. The puddles that have sat for a few hours collecting oil (which isn’t organic by the way), saw the likes of…
Full Circle
(Why I Go Organic!) When you’re ten, anything you do that’s different from your peers can, at times, seem so catastrophically embarrassing that you would do anything to change it in order to fit in. At that age, my mortification stemmed from the fact that my mom wouldn’t let me buy the school lunch. She…
American Cheese, A Disgrace to Our Country's Namesake?
I decided to let the cheese tell it’s own story! I could have included photos of more types of cheese, but I think you get the point. Real cheeses have only 4 or 5 ingredients. Why buy processed cheese for your family when we are surrounded by real cheese? Granted, I am not going to…
A Love Affair with Olive Oil and a Flirtation with Virgin Coconut Oil: The New Addition Paired with An Old Love (AND why I Never Cook with Corn or Vegetable Oils)
I am in love with olive oil. I will spare you my personification of it, but I will tell you that for years it has been the ONLY oil I have used for any type of cooking, including baking. Throughout the years I have found other uses for it as well. It makes a great…
The Age Old Battle: The Bugs Versus Us (How and Why to Safely Protect Your Kids From those Darn Mosquitoes)
The New York Times did a piece last week on mosquitoes, and as one of their suggestions for bug repellent, the author recommended products with DEET. Knowing that DEET has actually been linked to causing damage to brain cells, I was surprised. “The insect-repelling chemical DEET actually functions in the same way as deadly nerve gases and dangerous…
Think Summer, Think Fresh Corn – And Think About This Before Buying It
What’s a BBQ without corn? For a lot of people there is no such thing! Unfortunately, much of the corn being produced in the United States isn’t the same corn we grew up with. It used to come natural, straight from the earth to our mouths. Now there is more involved than that. Corn, along…
The Ice Cream Truck – Why My Kids Only Know it as the Music Truck (Yes I Enjoy Ice Cream, Just Not Pops that Contain a petroleum based substance)
The Music Truck. How long can I keep this one up? I’ll have to confess to my oldest by next summer I guess. I love ice cream and I certainly won’t deprive my children of this special treat here and there, but they will be getting the good old food dye free, non-antibiotic kind. I…
Scary Facts versus Scare Tactics being used by Big Pharma and State Health Departments
While watching television a few nights ago, I saw the latest ad from the NYS Health Department – aiming to instill fear through tugging at heartstrings; the ad basically tells parents that if they don’t vaccinate their children, one may die from a life threatening disease. I thought that since the ‘anti vacciners’ cannot get their message…
Pass the Peas Please – the spoonful on the right that is! Why I Make Most of My Own Baby Food
I like to know exactly what goes into my children’s bodies, which you have probably figured out by now from reading some of my other posts. I think this picture shows the reason why I make Lila’s food better than I can explain why I do it! These are peas. The spoonful on the left…