Fighting Boredom with Healthy Food + Creative Living
Infuse your summer smoothies with spinach! it’s pretty, and a way to sneak in extra nutrients such as potassium, iron and calcium into your kid’s smoohies! The pineapple, banana and maple syrup gives this super smoothie a tropical twist.
With Cuba recently opening up to American visitors, my husband and I have been wanting to plan a romantic getaway, yet custom trip information has been hard to come by. A cruise to Cuba was an option, but one-size-fits-all ‘shuttled in’ tourism is not the…
Dermatologists, retailers, and consumer groups are increasingly recommending mineral sunscreen products for their high performance and safer ingredient profile. But there’s one major mineral misstep: using plant-based ingredients that are not FDA approved to get higher SPF values. Yeah, that’s bad. And it’s happening more and more often, according to the Environmental Working Group, an organization that provides research and education about the environment. That means that something good can actually be bad if we don’t pay enough attention or ask the right questions. (more…)
As we roll into summer, my family starts to put BBQs and swim parties on our calendar, which means we’re about to have a lot of people over! I’ve always been very sensitive to smells, yet hate using chemical-laden masking agents to hide them. I…
We were invited to attend a birthday dinner last night and of course, I offered to bring a side dish. At about 1 pm, I started to realize I wasn’t going to get any more hours in my day and I had better start thinking…
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I spend a lot of time on my computer and as a result, I often get lower back pain. One of my besties recommended that I try out pilates as it’s the perfect exercise to strengthen core muscles and minimize future back pain. She was also nice enough to organize a weekly backyard pilates class for Moms in our neighborhood! As we schedule the class right after school drop off, it’s a fun time for us all to get together and do something great for our bodies. (more…)
When I was very young, I would give my Dad beer for Father’s Day. My Mom would buy the generic cans with the blue stripe around it and I would then decorate it with bows and pictures of cats.
My husband went to pick up some fresh fish from Catalina Offshore Products here in San Diego and came home with a bag of seaweed. “So, we’re having seaweed for dinner?” I asked pointedly.
Despite my best efforts to eat a balanced, vegetable based diet, even I need a little extra boost. I love green super-food powders because they are easy to take, extremely nutrient rich and cost-effective. (more…)
I hijacked my own Mother’s Day this year. I love sleeping in and having breakfast in bed and all, but traipsing around a farm on a Sunday morning sounded so much more fun! Forcing my sleepy family to get up, get dressed and get on…
Have scientists finally discovered the secret to the Mediterranean diet’s health-promoting powers? Maybe. (Spoiler alert: It’s the not the red wine. Alas.) It’s the olive oil. Olive oil may lower the risk of heart disease at least in part because it helps maintain healthy blood…
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National Chardonnay Day is May 25th, 2017, so what better way to celebrate than with my Besties? Most Moms like me have friends from two primary sources – friends we have had since childhood, and friends we met when we had our own children. The best part about celebrating with friends old and new, is it gives us all time to share stories, laugh and learn from each other. In the spirit of fostering these relationships, I want to have a party that simply celebrates ‘us’ and where we’re going on our friendship journey. (more…)
