It’s very rare these days to find a morning when we have no plans. This past Sunday was one of those mornings when we were all home with nothing to do. We decided it would be the perfect time for our much anticipated eggsperiment. What’s an eggsperiment? We have been part of a CSA for…
Healthy Food Choice
4 Best Cooking Oils
I’ve always found the cooking oil aisle at the market to be one of the most impressive and overwhelming aisles to walk down. The shelves are lined with every imaginable variety of oil – peanut, olive, canola, vegetable and coconut –and each type has a few different brands and sizes. When cooking with any oil…
4 Ways to Cook Broccoli So Your Kids Will Eat It
Broccoli is one of those veggies that’s either hit or miss with most kids (some adults too). Just mentioning broccoli can make the cutest child crinkle up their nose and say “ewww”. My kids are in the “we like broccoli” camp. No crinkled noses. Steamed is their prep of choice, which gets a wee bit…
Groovy Green Facts and Finds
Did you know? Saltwater (and a lot of it) is sometimes added to meat and poultry products labeled “natural” A while back I wrote about the misleading labels on hot dogs. There’s more to be concerned about when it comes to the labeling of processed meats and poultry. According to the Center for Science in…
Top 6 Green Apps
There’s no surprise Apple and Android devices were big sellers this holiday season. Apple sold over 7 million iPads during the holidays and that’s not including iPhone’s or iPods. If you were one of the many who took the technology plunge on Black Friday or any time during the holiday season, there are hundreds of…
Groovy Green Friday Follow Up
Whew! This week flew by and this Friday brings lots of Groovy Green things to share. Yoga If I haven’t already convinced you that yoga is the bomb-a recent study shows yoga could help ease sleep problems and could be used as an alternative to hormone replacement therapy for menopause. There’s really nothing to lose…
6 Ways to Prevent Colds and Flu During the Holidays
During the holidays we spend a lot of time in close contact with others-there’s lots of kissing, hugging and shaking hands. All of this intimate contact means one thing-I am destined to catch a cold or the flu. Year after year this has been the case. As the holiday season ramps up I’m typically caught…