What’s for Breakfast? Scrambled Eggs

One of my goals after my month of Plastic Awareness was to eat less packaged cereal.  And lately, cold cereal with milk just hasn’t been filling us up enough anyway.  Anyone with kids also knows that breakfast for dinner is always a good idea, and a pretty painless way to have a Meatless Monday too!  So this month each Wednesday I’m featuring a favorite breakfast recipe.   

These eggs are delish.

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Pregnancy, Pain, and Prenatal Exercise DVDs

If ever there was a good time to get serious about regularly exercising, it's pregnancy! Exercise during pregnancy decreases your chances of preeclampsia, builds endurance for labor and delivery, and allows for a quicker postpartum recovery. In addition, exercise also helps regulate your blood sugar levels and can be as effective as medication in treating gestational diabetes. For me, exercise was an important way to cope with the discomfort and pain of pregnancy at a time when I wanted to avoid taking pain relief medications. 

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Green Phone Booth: The Best Time to Try Cloth Diapers

This week at The Green Phone Booth: The Best Time to Try Cloth. Read all about why I consider the first few months of your baby's life the ideal time to give cloth diapers a try.

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What’s for Breakfast? German Pancakes

One of my goals after my month of Plastic Awareness was to eat less packaged cereal.  And lately, cold cereal with milk just hasn’t been filling us up enough anyway.  Anyone with kids also knows that breakfast for dinner is always a good idea, and a pretty painless way to have a Meatless Monday too!   So this month each Wednesday I’m featuring a favorite breakfast recipe.      

This recipe dates all the way back to my very first recipe book.  It’s an oldy, but a goody.  You may know it as a Puffed Oven Pancake.

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How Often Does Your Baby Poop Up Her Back?

My 5-day-old baby wearing a Kissaluvs fitted diaper.

When my first child was an infant, he had "pooplosions" almost every time he pooped. I'm going to estimate 90% of the time he pooped the poop went up his back and ended up all over his onesie. The reasons are simple: disposable diapers have a slick luge-like surface and very weak elastic around the back; infant poop is pretty runny; and infants tend to poop with a fair amount of force.

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One Down

I've already completed one of my five climate change resolutions!

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What’s for Breakfast? French Toast

Making french toast with my Le Creuset cast iron pan
and Lodge Logic griddle.

One of my goals after my month of Plastic Awareness was to eat less packaged cereal.  And lately, cold cereal with milk just hasn’t been filling us up enough anyway.  It seems like everyone is hungry 15 minutes after eating it.  Also, cooking first thing in the morning is a great way to heat up a cold house (we keep our thermostat around 60 at night). So this month each Wednesday I’m featuring a favorite breakfast recipe.

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Non-toxic Tooth Care

I’ve known for a while to avoid amalgam (metal) fillings because of possible mercury exposure, but recently while flipping through Smart Mama’s Green Guide I found out that the white fillings may be a source of BPA.  Great.  Bottom line: for these reasons and more, I would like to avoid cavities and fillings.  Here is what tooth care looks like at my house.

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Green Phone Booth: Bread Storage

First it was plastic bags. Then a plastic CD container. Then a few weeks ago I had a flash of insight about a plastic-free-ish way to store my homemade bread. Read about it today at the Green Phone Booth:  Plastic-Lite Bread Storage Hack.

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I Like My New Water Filter

I used to have a pitcher water filter. First a Brita, then a PUR. Recently, we finally switched to a faucet filter, and I much prefer it.

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