Tag: nutritious
Christmas Kale
I apologize for the quality (or lack thereof) of the photo…only had my phone with me, and I wanted to share this quick easy awesome recipe BEFORE next week’s holiday festivities in case you are looking for a great side for Christmas or got “stuck” making the greens. I tested this with 103 random people, [...]
Seeing Purple: Purple Potatoes and TV with a Mission
One of my favorite books as a child (and still is today) is Harold and the Purple Crayon. For those of you who are not familiar, it’s the story by Crockett Johnson of little Harold who uses his purple crayon to draw his adventures – it’s a lovely story about imagination, creativity, and making possibilities [...]
Carbon Foodprint: To Meat or Not to Meat
I love my vegetarian friends. But I love my meat too. This is definitely a dilemma for me. I love animals. I love dogs. I think pigs are really smart animals. I care about the environment. I recycle. I reuse bags. I pay extra for the recycled business cards. Am I a hypocrite? For those [...]
YoBaby Love
Baby food stories: we know you have them. Funny ones, weird ones, happy ones. We want to hear them! When ZomppaB wrote about her decades-long search for the perfect yogurt, little did she know that so many others shared the same plight…and the same love for YoBaby! Check out the story here. Her love for [...]
Art of Food Justice
I came across an interesting collaborative of artists working on different social movements: Just Seeds. They just came out with a series of posters on urban gardens, healthy cooking for youth, and urban food deserts. Check them out: Food concerns more than nutrients; it concerns social and economic justice; it is empowerment, it is a [...]
“Mama-se, Mama-Sa, Mama-Coo-Sa”
I vowed never to be the parent who responds with a “Because I said!” I am happy to report that I am not that parent. Instead, I calmly, yet firmly (yea right) respond with “Because Mama Says!” Immediately, I have flashbacks of jerry curls, leggings, Tab and the “Mama-se (say), mama-sa, mama-coo-sa” line from Michael [...]
