Blogs the ‘General’ Category
Friday, August 27th, 2010
Lately, in an effort to save money by buying fewer pre-made breakfast products like cereal, english muffins, and sliced bread, I have been baking every week. Seriously, I have baked some type of healthy breakfast item at least once per week for the last five weeks. You may recall the ...
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
A lovely few warm days here in San Francisco. So refreshing after a chilly, foggy summer. The 85-degree weather has me craving lemonade, so I've been making my own light, slightly gingery version. It's super simple, sugar-free, and so hydrating:
1/2 liter of pure water
1 8-oz cup of ginger tea, strongly ...
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Thursday, August 19th, 2010
Yet another reason to eat organic food.
And if you can't purchase certified organic, then be sure to wash your produce with all-natural castile soap (like Dr. Bronner's) and water. At the end of the article, it states the the FDA advises against washing produce with soap, as it could ...
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Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
I have posted essays by Michael Pollan, champion of food reform, before. Here is another, in which he discusses the state of the Food Movement: "The Food Movement, Rising."
His argument: we can't continue to ignore food as an integral part of economic and environmental sustainability, nor as the cause ...
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Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
Iowa Businesses Face New Rules on Breastfeeding, from MSNBC...
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Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
I don't usually post about dairy recipes. I don't usually make dairy-related recipes. But today when I came across ecoMILF's post about homemade ricotta and how easy it is to make, I had to give it a try. See, several weeks back, Hubs and I had a lovely tea at ...
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Monday, August 2nd, 2010
I had already planned to go grocery shopping this morning, but after my snapping from the Midwife this morning, I decided to high-tail it to Rainbow Grocery, in the Mission District in San Francisco. It's a worker-owned co-op grocery. It smells just like the co-op in Iowa City (Do all ...
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Monday, August 2nd, 2010
This morning Hubs and I had our first official appointment with the lovely Midwife we have hired. It was a fun visit, and baby I are doing great. Lovely Midwife is a very smart and experienced lady who shares my firm belief that the food we eat determines how healthy ...
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Saturday, July 31st, 2010
The other day I realized it: I really really really miss marshmallows. I miss s'mores. I don't think this is a pregnancy-related thing; I think this is a result of long-term marshmallow deprivation.
I don't eat marshmallows because they are made from gelatin, which is made from boiling down animal parts ...
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
I have made two brilliantly delicious suppers in a row over here. Monday night I splurged on a Celebration Roast, and cooked it in the oven pot-roast style with mushroom gravy and baby carrots, over short-grain brown rice, with a side of sauteed green beans. To make the mushroom gravy, ...
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