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Seven Healthy Comfort Foods

We’ve all been there; it’s been a whole week and we’ve been great about sticking to our diets. Then we get stressed out, maybe over work, or the kids, or an issue with a friend, and we turn to our comfort foods. Sure, we probably feel a bit better, but in the long [...]

Ways to Teach Your Children Compassion

Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines compassion as: “sympathetic consciousness of others’ distress together with a desire to alleviate it.” Compassion, then, is more than just an emotion; it denotes action. It is an important concept to teach your child – children can be notoriously cruel to one another, and a lack of compassion can lead to violence. [...]

How to Make the School Trip More Eco-Friendly

Traveling to and from school can be resource-consuming, but it doesn’t have to be. There are ways to make the trip to and from school more eco-friendly. Here are some suggestions.

1. The Walking School Bus

It’s not exactly the Flintstones, but it does use your feet. A Walking School Bus is basically a group of adult-supervised [...]

How to Make Fun New Year’s Eve Noisemakers

New Year’s Eve is just around the corner, why not start the year off right with homemade fun New Year ’s Eve noisemakers. They’re environmentally friendly because you’ll be repurposing things you likely already have around the home, they’re cost effective and they’re festive. Here are a few noisemaker ideas you can make at home. Shaker Noise [...]

Sweet Seeds

Seeds have all kind of good fats, fiber, vitamins, and health benefits. So why not include more of these little nutritional gems in your diet? A great place to start is with tasty snacks and sweet desserts. Here are some ideas and recipes for using seeds.

1. Popcorn and Seeds

Here is a great snack for [...]

Coconut Oil – Health Properties Explained

Coconut oil has long been touted as a natural health remedy as well as a healthy addition to any diet. In recent history, we have been trained that unsaturated fats are good for us and saturated fats are bad, but many people who follow a natural diet don’t believe this is true. While [...]

Prevent and Treat Stretch Marks Naturally

One of the unhappy realities of pregnancy is the stretch marks that often accompany it. In fact, any rapid weight gain can cause stretch marks, as can changes in body shape (puberty, rapid accumulation of muscle mass, etc.).

Stretch marks can occur just about anywhere on the body that skin-stretching takes place, but the stomach, [...]

Natural Remedies for Sanitizing Your Kitchen Surfaces

Food-borne illnesses often begin in the kitchen. Bacteria that tend to live in kitchens include staphylococcus (which causes boils, pnuemonia, and surgical wound infections), salmonella (which causes severe diarrhea), shigella dysenteriae (which causes severe diarrhea), and e-coli (which causes bloody diarrhea). These germs tend to proliferate on sponges and cutting boards, but they can be [...]

How to Make a Delicious New Year’s Punch

New Year’s Eve is right around the corner and with it comes the celebration of the passing of a year and the promise of a new one. It’s a time of reflection and celebration. And it’s a time for food, fun and festive drinks. Enjoy one or all of these Delicious New Year’s Punch recipes. Champagne [...]

Early Springtime Observations

Getting back in touch with nature is an enjoyable, healthy activity for children and adults. Children are usually fascinated by nature, and enjoy being outside. Adults often find observing nature to be a healing and peaceful activity. With spring right around the corner, now is a good time to teach your children some of the [...]