Celebrating a Non-Toxic Easter: Candy, Candy-Alternatives, Egg Dyeing & More
Easter is another day on which I get to have all other mothers think I’m the meanest person alive. (Easter, along with (in no particular order) Halloween, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Thanksgiving, St. Patrick’s Day, Flag Day, Tuesdays and every other freakin’ day people want to give my kids crap.) (Sorry about that outburst.) I certainly do believe Easter is a day worthy of celebration. But does that require a chocolate hollow bunny or fluorescent-colored Peeps? Does it?!
I think the answer is no. There are many things you can do to make the day special without harming your child – or the earth! Following are some cleaner and greener ideas for a non-toxic Easter. Read the rest of this entry »
Non-Toxic Home Care:
Learning Labeling
Since manufacturers are not required to disclose all of their ingredients for cleaning and home-maintenance products (and, unless you’re a chemist, you probably wouldn’t recognize any of them anyway), you usually can’t get the whole story from a product’s label. But there are some clues to help you in making better choices. Read the rest of this entry »
Non-Toxic Home Care:
Make These Changes Now!
You will find this post to be very similar to this one in the Non-Toxic Personal Care series. These topics are closely related, especially as we come up with healthier solutions. (Spoiler alert: Stock up on baking soda and vinegar for both! 
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Even before we delve into all of the specifics, here are general rules you can adopt that will reduce the amount of toxins to which you are exposed, right away. Most of these should seem familiar.
Stupid Things That I Do
Hm, Stupid Things That I Do: I could easily turn this into a very long series. But for now, just this one post. Really, though, sometimes I amaze myself. I do STUPID things!
So, even as I’m working on the Non-Toxic Personal Care and Non-Toxic Home Care series, I decided to do a little teeth-whitening. Yes, you read that right. As I’m doing all sorts of extreme things to go ‘chemical-free,’ I decided to essentially BLEACH my teeth. Vanity is a funny thing… Read the rest of this entry »
Weekend Roundup
No posts this week… I’ve been stretched a little too thin. Look for good stuff next week to make up. (Now if that’s not throwing my hat over the fence, I don’t know what is!)
In the meantime, check this out: Read the rest of this entry »
Non-Toxic Personal Care:
Make these changes Now!
Before we get into the tedious work of going through personal care products one by one, there are some general rules you can adopt that will reduce the amount of toxins to which you are exposed.
Immediately.
Sound good? Read the rest of this entry »
Two New Series!
I’m very excited to announce that a couple of series that have been on the schedule for a while will be starting early. I’ve been fielding so many questions about these issues, that I figure it’s time to start sharing some research and ideas. I still want to focus on some of the basics of Real Food (and share great recipes), so I’ll be ‘peppering’ these posts among others in the upcoming months. Without further ado (dun-da-da-dun!), the upcoming series are: Read the rest of this entry »
Caring for Stainless Steel & Cast Iron
OK, so now you’ve chosen safe cookware, and cooked it in. It’s time to learn how to safely clean it. Do you want the short story or the long story?
(I’m clearly never very good at the short story option, but I’ll try to include both here. The Short Story will get you there, while the Long Story is if you want to go the extra mile, or have maintenance issues.)
Short Story: Stainless Steel
Stainless steel cookware is very easy to clean, particularly if you’ve cooked in it properly. Read the rest of this entry »
Choosing Safe Cookware
I LOVE my new cookware. Really love it. Like, yes, I want to marry it.
But it was a long road of research before I decided on a new set. Below I’ll share the results with you, especially as this is the season when good, expensive cookware is often as much as 70% off! Read the rest of this entry »
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