Last month a reporter for a local Chicago newspaper interviewed me about my green-living ways. As excited as I am to have been a source, I think the tips included at the end are very beneficial for everyone — whether you live in a city apartment, suburban house or rural farmstead. We all need to […]

Since my first daughter was born we’ve been a cloth diapering family. While we were initially interested in cloth diapers for environmental reasons, the more we learned about disposables the more scared we were of them. With the knowledge we acquired we could not use disposables in good conscience. Here are a few reasons for […]

My strawberry jam recipe was featured on a great website called BudgetSmartGirl.com. I feel so honored! http://budgetsmartgirl.com/2009/08/13/preserving-summer-produce%E2%80%A6without-canning/ Just in case you find yourself drawn to the amazing deals on strawberries right now, here’s my recipe: 6 oz organic strawberries 3/4 cup sugar juice from 1/2 lemon Mash strawberries with a potato masher in a saucepan. […]

While grocery shopping yesterday I scored a five pound bag of fresh organic carrots for $1.49 at Stanley’s, my favorite neighborhood produce market. I knew they would make for a delicious batch of homemade carrot soup, so I happily scooped up a bag. I am always on the look out for last minute inspiration while […]

My new friend and fellow Chicago blogger Sarah has an awesome site www.personalfaves.com. She is also a new mom so I find a lot of her recommendations to be especially relevant and often quite fun! Ranging from good recipes to fun shops to baby gear, her reviews are always spot-on and full of personality. She […]

I would like to strongly endorse this month’s issue of Body + Soul magazine. There is a feature with 25 new recipes to try, and all of them look so amazing and easy and healthy. I’ve made three so far this week and all have turned out delicious. Many of the recipes are vegetarian and […]

I went to lunch last week with my mom and her friends. I forgot to pack Evie’s baby food, but since she is 13 months old its fine to give her small bites of big people food. So, I ordered her a grilled cheese. It was her first one and she LOVED it. However, I […]

I love summer. Especially the food that accompanies this time of the year! I found this recipe in the Williams Sonoma catalog, and any time a recipe has in-season, local ingredients I tend to get pretty excited. I found the corn at our neighborhood farmer’s market, and everything else was waiting in my pantry. Easy […]

Found this great list at www.thegoodhuman.com. I think Americans are so weird sometimes. We’ll complain for days about $3.00 gas, but spending just as much for a bottle of water shipped in from Fiji makes sense?! Every year we throw away 38 billion water bottles — in excess of $1 billion worth of plastic. Seriously, […]

Anyone reading this blog knows that I am very anti-plastic. I am constantly looking for ways to cut our reliance and usage on this modern convenience. It seems like everyday I stumble across some new bit of information confirming my suspicions. In a column in July 15’s New York Times, author Nicholas Kristof took on […]