Fighting Boredom with Healthy Food + Creative Living
I have a neighbor who planted mostly pollinator friendly plants in her front yard, and it’s a joy to walk by her house. There’s always an assortment of happy butterflies and bees floating about and besides being very pretty, it just makes me happy!
This pesto quinoa bowl fires on all of my happy cylinders. Quinoa is a protein rich grain that plumps up and absorbs the delicious decadent pesto sauce. Top with your favorite in season vegetables and you have a winning combo. All pesto dishes need a little…
Life speeds up in the Fall when the kids go back to school, so I love the Silk® Almondmilk Shelf-Stable products because I can have them on hand when I simply don’t have time to run to the store. (more…)
It’s time to seek out personal care products that nourish not just our bodies—but also our planet. Luckily, more and more personal care companies are committing to producing cleaner, safer cosmetics that support health and sustainability.
In the spirit of the summer pepper season, I decided to bring a little heat to basic chunky corn fritters with fresh jalapeno. If you like a lot of spice, simply leave more jalapeno seeds in this recipe.
Summer means a bounty of fresh peppers and corn on the cob. This is a quick salad to make, but will need time to chill. Using fresh summer shishito peppers, this salad will have a kick – or will it? They say 1 out of 10 shishito peppers are spicy HOT, so you never know what you’re going to get! Sweet red peppers and sweet corn help offset the spiciness and the lime juice as a fresh zing.
1. Heat oil on medium heat in pan.
2. Drop Shishito peppers into pan. Sautee and stir until peppers blister. Add salt.
3. Add red peppers and corn. You only want to sweat the corn and red peppers, so only leave on for 2-3 minutes max.
4. Remove from heat and put in a glass bowl. Cool in refrigerator.
5. Squeeze fresh lime juice and sprinkle with maldon salt to taste before serving.
Make a refreshing drink at your next party with this icy citrus berry combo. For an adult twist, spike these slushies with a shot of tequila, vodka or rum. Directions In a blender, combine grapefruit juice, orange juice, soda water and agave; blend for a…
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #NatureMadeProbiotics #CollectiveBias I recently went on a road trip to beautiful Oregon with my family and between the long hours of driving, hiking and dining out, my body started…
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #GreenSchoolFund #TomsofMaineSmile #CollectiveBias
The dog days of summer are slowly slipping by, but I’m THAT Mom who likes to get organized before the back to school shopping rush starts. More planning equals less stress! In addition to the regular clothing and school supply shopping, my teen daughter and I also like to make ‘Freshen Up’ kits using natural products to include in her backpack. As an active teen in afterschool sports and community volunteering, it’s not unusual for my daughter to be gone from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM on any given day. Having body care products ready to go and easily accessible is essential for my busy teen. (more…)
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #RediscoverLaMorena #VivaLaMorena #CollectiveBias As a native San Diegan, I grew up eating Mexican food and as an adult, I’m obsessed with trying new flavors from South of the…
Beet Sabji is a delicious vegetarian recipe that is healthy, colorful and a crowd pleaser. The Indian spice combos of tumeric, ginger and cumin really jazz up the vegetables. Excellent dish to prepare in advance and serve at a lunch or dinner party.
Years ago, my family and I went to an eco-resort in Quintana Roo, Mexico. I was about to jump into the crystal clear lagoon until I saw signs everywhere that said, “No Sunscreen”. Signs also advocated that we shower before entering the ecopreserve’s water areas with tropical fish swimming around. I think this was the first time in my life that I had been told that sunscreen was a problem to marine life. I’ve been to Tahiti, Great Barrier Reef, Caribbean, etc. and not ONCE did it occur to me that sunscreen was a problem. It made sense, so I complied and then really began to think about all of the times I lathered up and jumped into the ocean. Yikes, what have I done?
After doing a little research on AlertDiver.com, I found that besides washing off swimmers’ skin and into the water, sunscreen can get into the sea by other means. Many sunscreen ingredients are readily absorbed through the skin. Oxybenzone, one of the most common ultraviolet-blocking chemicals in sunscreen, for example, can be detected in urine within 30 minutes of application. When you flush the toilet or wash off sunscreen in the shower, chemicals from the lotion enter the sewer. For towns near coral reefs and without sophisticated sewage treatment and management systems, this pollution is rather inevitable.*
Oxybenzone is toxic to more than just corals. It’s toxic to algae, sea urchins, fish and mammals. It inhibits embryonic development in sea urchins. It can result in gender shifts in fish, in which male fish take on female attributes, while females have reduced egg production and embryo hatchings. *
Ack! Ok, so this oxybenzone crap is horrific to our reefs and ecosystem, so what on earth is it doing to US?
Other than wearing full body clothing coverage, what’s a girl to do?
Parabens, Pthalates, Triclosan, Microbeads (plastic)
ALL good also uses testing verification by a third party laboratory! Many companies say they are organic and safe, but are they really?
Reference: Craig Downs, PhD. – Alert Diver
I met the wonderful people behind this campaign at Expo West 2017 In Los Angeles. This post has been compensated either in the form of payment or product, or a combination of both.
