Healthy HomeReading Time: 4 minutes Image by kril Not sure about the flu shot? Fight back with food instead! Welcome back to 5 Flu-Fighting Foods–a 5-week series that will arm you with recipes to stay healthy this season! I’m excited to be joining the following 5 amazing bloggers in hosting this series: Nikki @Christian Mommy BloggerMindy @The Purposed HeartAnne @Quick and Easy, […]
Archives for November 2011
Healthy YouChristmas Books I Recommend
Reading Time: 4 minutes Last year, we had Little Girl’s Christmas storybooks scattered all over the house. Then, while we were delivering treats to neighbors on Christmas day, I saw that the lady down the street had all of her grandchildren’s holiday books organized in a neat little basket under her tree. What a novel idea! (Well, it was […]
A Natural Holiday: Homemade Peppermint Foaming Hand Soap
Reading Time: 3 minutes Welcome back to A Natural Holiday Carnival! Three weeks ago, we looked at decorating with nativities from around the world, two weeks ago we checked out a cheesy green bean casserole and a natural holiday meal plan and last week I posted a recipe for some yummy pumpkin spice (and allergen-free!) donut holes as a party food treat! Today we are ending […]
11 Ways to Celebrate Christ this Christmas
Reading Time: 4 minutes As followers of Jesus, keeping Christ as the center of my family’s Christmas celebrations is key. Now, I don’t think it’s necessarily wrong to decorate with snowmen, buy presents, throw parties, eat lots of (good!) food or even play Santa Claus (although my family doesn’t). But if we do all those things and forget Christ, what does that […]
Allergen-Free Pumpkin Spice Donut Holes
Reading Time: 4 minutes This post has a recipe for delicious pumpkin spice donut holes and includes an allergen-free variation (gluten, egg, and dairy free). Welcome back to A Natural Holiday Carnival! Two weeks ago, we looked at decorating with nativities from around the world, and last week we checked out a cheesy green bean casserole and a natural […]
PPD, Thyroid Disease, or something else?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Image by trublueboy I just went in for a cough. To the doctor that is…on Friday. I.don’t.ever.go.to.the.doctor.But the cough was lingering. And there was a tight feeling in my throat. And, besides all that, I was keeping my family up at night listening to my hacking.So I went. And the doctor found something I would have never imagined. […]
Healthy Family“My” Little Preemies (in remembrance of World Preemie Day)
Reading Time: < 1 minute Check out my new niece. Isn’t she a doll?! Did you know a few days ago was World Preemie Day? Well, I didn’t either–until my sis told me. She gave birth to 2 of the most precious preemies ever just over a month ago. L and L–a boy and a girl–were born at 32 weeks. […]
Homemade Baby Food
Reading Time: 4 minutes Welcome back to First Year Friday–and the 3rd installment of the Starting Solids series. Today, I’m delighted to have a guest post about homemade baby food from my friend Lexie, of Lexie: Naturals! Guest Post by Lexie of Lexie: Naturals If you are anything like me, you often try to cut costs here and there. […]
A Christ-Centered Christmas: Keeping Gift-Giving Simple
Reading Time: 4 minutes Welcome to a Christ-Centered Christmas!! As we all know, it’s getting increasingly more difficult to enjoy and celebrate a truly Christ-Centered Christmas with each passing year. Commercialism, Materialism, and Consumerism reign supreme and if you’re like me, it is easy to get blinded by the bling. That is why some friends and I have decided to host […]
The Flu-Fighting Power of Garlic & A Recipe for Better than Red Lobster Garlic Cheese Biscuits
Reading Time: 4 minutes Garlic is a great flu fighter! These garlic cheese biscuits are full of it. (And even better than Red Lobster’s!) Make a batch today! Not sure about the flu shot? Fight back with food instead! Welcome back to 5 Flu-Fighting Foods–a 5-week series that will arm you with recipes to stay healthy this season! I’m excited […]
Cheesy Green Bean Casserole and 5 Great Real Food Holiday Recipes
Reading Time: 4 minutes It’s hard to believe that Thanksgiving 2011 is less than 2 weeks away! I’ll be honest. My family is most likely going out to eat for Thanksgiving this year! I don’t know if we’ve ever done that, but things have been hectic since my sister just had twins, and my parents are helping to take […]
31 things about me (on my 31st birthday!)
Reading Time: 4 minutes Since today is my 31st birthday, I thought it would be fun to list 31 random facts about me, to help my readers get to know me better! I got this idea from Nikki at Christian Mommy Blogger, who did the same thing a few months ago. 1. I love Jesus! 2. My whole […]
The Best Foods to Feed Baby
Reading Time: 5 minutes Welcome back to First Year Friday! Two weeks ago, we started a new series on Starting Solids with a post on when to start. Today we will take a look at different approaches to starting solid foods. If there’s anything I’ve learned in nearly 3 1/2 years of parenting, it’s that everyone has an opinion […]
Blueberry-Banana Green Tea Smoothie
Reading Time: 3 minutes This post gives a delicious recipe for a blueberry-banana green tea smoothie that contains lots of wonderful antioxidants. This week’s healthy homemaker recipe is for a blueberry-banana green tea smoothie!! I’ll be honest. I occasionally drink green tea, but this was the first time I actually tried to make anything with it! Image by lekyu This traditional […]
Decorating with Nativities from Around the World
Reading Time: 3 minutes This is just a Willow Tree set we got here in the U.S.–but we love it! It’s hard to believe that Thanksgiving is almost here, and Christmas is truly right around the corner. For the next few weeks, I will be joining the amazing bloggers from the Modern Alternative Mama team for a Natural Holiday […]
