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Posted: June 28, 2022 ...by Manda
DIY Sunscreen Recipe ½ cup olive oil ¼ cup coconut oil ¼ cup beeswax 2 tablespoons shea butter 2 tablespoons zinc oxide (high quality) Optional: a few drops of non-citrus, baby friendly essential oil Directions: In a double boiler (or a jar in a pan of water over low heat) melt the oils, beeswax, and...Read More »Read More
Posted: March 11, 2022 ...by Manda
How to help your family ease through seasonal time change with natural sleep remedies I hate the time change, especially in the spring where it feels like that “lost” hour is never retrieved. For years, I spent the spring in Guatemala where the time does not change and it was much easier to just...Read More »Read More
Posted: November 10, 2020 ...by Manda
How to Celebrate Advent Simply, no matter what your faith This is not really a “How To” in any sort of prescriptive way. I like the simplicity of that title. Advent is defined as the four Sundays that lead up to Christmas. Yet, in my family, where we celebrate Hannukah, Christmas, and the big event...Read More »Read More
Posted: December 4, 2019 ...by Manda
I love reading. My children love reading. Much of our family culture is modeled around reading. I read for work and for pleasure everyday and most days I also read to my children for at least an hour. Thanks to the advent of audiobooks, I also listen to hours of audiobooks. Indeed, my children are...Read More »Read More
Posted: February 13, 2019 ...by Manda
What a parent should know about ensuring a vegetarian baby is healthy I was a vegetarian, and for some years a vegan (strict vegetarian), during my early adult life. I chose this path for a mixture of health, environmental, and ethical reasons. But I do not recommend this for the preconception, pregnancy, and postpartum years....Read More »Read More
How to Find Healthy & Safe Seafood & Fish: Without Antibiotics, Mercury, GM Feed, or Cloned Genetics
Posted: March 13, 2018 ...by Manda
Demystifying Eating Fish: How to find baby and mama (and earth)-safe seafood When I lived in the Midwest, I didn’t think much about fish and seafood. The fish that came out of Lake Erie weren’t particularly appetizing. Now, that I live on the coast, fish and seafood are a regular (and tasty) part of my...Read More »Read More
Posted: March 12, 2018 ...by Manda
Not all food labels are created equal. Understanding which ones are what they pretend to be is an important step in getting value from a family’s food dollars. It’s worth it to spend more for food that is free of pesticides, artificial growth hormones, and genetically-modified contents. It’s not so nice to spend money on...Read More »Read More
Posted: February 14, 2017 ...by Manda
It’s gross: we add some of the most researched toxins to our personal lubricants including known irritants, cancer-causers, and even an ingredient in anti-freeze. None of these ingredients help the health of a woman and some can significantly harm fertility or make a woman more susceptible to sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). In particular watch...Read More »Read More
Posted: November 5, 2016 ...by Manda
DIY Green Clean Your Oven (& Wood-burning stove window): Life Hack Oven cleaners can be extremely toxic and the self-cleaning feature on most ovens is so toxic that they kill many birds and sicken many humans every year. What’s the alternative? Read more about the difference between cleaning and sanitizing. In this case, you just...Read More »Read More
Posted: November 3, 2016 ...by Manda
Everything you need to get a great, green, healthy clean with simple ingredients & recipes You can tackle nearly every cleaning need in the house with four basic ingredients: baking soda, white vinegar, salt, and either borax or your favourite oxygen-based (non chlorine) cleaner for the really tough stuff. I also recommend a gentle soap...Read More »Read More
Posted: September 27, 2016 ...by Manda
How to use baking soda for healing infections and staving off disease One of the cheapest and easiest ways to oxygenate your body is with baking soda. (I adapted this recipe from the Healthy, Wild, and Free blog and I’ve been using it for awhile.) ½ tsp of baking soda (I recommend diminishing to 1/4...Read More »Read More
Posted: July 24, 2016 ...by Laura
Like fresh nut milk, once you make your own you will never go back! Ingredients 3 cups freshly roasted unsalted nuts (such as almonds, hazelnuts, peanuts or even sunflower seeds for the nut averse) Directions Place nuts on baking sheet, toast for 10 mins on middle rack in a 300 F oven, wiggle them around...Read More »Read More
Posted: July 18, 2016 ...by Claire Douglass
Low Sodium Roast Pork Marinade (2 pound(ish) Pork Loin) {From the Green Mama notebook: I recommend organic, fairly traded, non-irradiated spices. I get most of my spices from The Gathering Place: a small, family-run, organic company.} 1 Cup Bragg’s Apple Cider Vinegar 0 mg 1Tsp Dulce Flakes 15 mg 1 Tbsp Cumin 10 mg 1...Read More »Read More
Posted: July 8, 2016 ...by Laura
Ingredients 2 lbs organic vegetables diced and sliced (I like using carrots and radishes for their beauty and flavour. But you can use daikon, cucumbers, beets, cauliflower, kale, celery etc.) Flavour enhancers like garlic, pickling spice, or spicy peppers to your taste. A 2% brine (roughly 1 heaping Tbsp of non-iodized unrefined salt for every...Read More »Read More
Posted: July 2, 2016 ...by Laura
Ingredients 1 cup whole raw nuts or seeds (I love almonds) 4 cups filtered water (plus more water for soaking) pinch of sea salt 1/4 tsp of cinnamon 1 tbsp of vanilla extract Directions soak nuts overnight for 6-12 hours drain and rinse nuts blend with water and flavours for at least a minute...Read More »Read More
Posted: May 25, 2016 ...by Claire Douglass
Learn more about why you might want this easy, healthy recipe as a DIY alternative for the much-used and loved Sazon. This recipe is for one meal, but it can be made in large batches, to store. It actually tastes best a few days after being made. Mix, or grind together 1 TBSP each of coriander, cumin, annato or achiote, garlic...Read More »Read More
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