Topics: empowerment,vision boards,words,zen
While I enjoy browsing blogs here and there, I only regularly read a few. One of the ones that always grabs my attention is Christine Kane’s (and not just because I so frequently agree with her). She’s insightful and entertaining, and I always learn something about myself (which is really hard to do on the [...]
Topics: cheese,cookbook,dairy,food,photographs,vegan,vegan recipe,vegetarian
My husband used to really like Chicken Cordon Bleu before we decided to be a vegan family. I recently saw Silk cream at the store and thought to try and make a vegan version of this old favorite. Upon first bite, Greg stopped and muttered, “Wow, this is good.” Second and third bites and all [...]
Topics: Barnard,McDougall,PCRM,curing diseases,empowerment,environmentalism,food,lowfat,vegan,vegetarian
Development of the HHS’s and the USDA’s new Dietary Guidelines for Americans is underway for a release of 2010. These guidelines are reissued every 5 years. Since many of us health conscious people are disappointed in the 2005 (current) guidelines, we should be thrilled that they are allowing comments from the public at large (as [...]
Topics: Arizona,environmentalism,green living,housing,money,movies,photographs,projectors,review,television
Our current house was brand new when we purchased it nearly three years ago. With the house came cheap metal blinds and valances (which I actually really love the colors of, so we’ve left them on almost all the windows). Since the windows were technically covered, we haven’t spent a lot of time talking about [...]
Topics: Arizona,PCRM,Tucson,dairy,environmentalism,food,lowfat,photographs,vegan,vegetarian
Lovin’ Spoonfuls is our favorite restaurant in Tucson, Arizona. It’s currently the only pure vegetarian (vegan) restaurant in the greater Tucson area — you’d have to go all the way to Phoenix for another all vegan restaurant. While my family has become really good at navigating “regular” restaurants as well as vegetarian restaurants (which are [...]
Topics: Webkinz,games,pets,photographs
I went to log in to Webkinz yesterday and received the surprising message that Webkinz World was full! There have been rumors for a while that they were going to block people from logging in once there were a certain number of users on, but I haven’t had it happen to me before. Once I [...]
Topics: Tucson,cheese,cookbook,dairy,food,homeschooling,lowfat,mindful parenting,party,photographs,vegan,vegan recipe,vegetarian
Here’s a quick and easy vegan artichoke dip I recently made: VEGAN ARTICHOKE DIP: 2 bags frozen artichokes ~1/2 cup vegan mayonaisse (Vegenaise and Nasoya are my favorites) 1 package Vegan Gourmet mozzarella cheese ~1/4 cup vegan parmesan (lots of versions – they are all good) Thaw artichokes. Mix all ingredients (I didn’t measure, so [...]
Topics: Arizona,Unschooling,cactus,empowerment,games,how to,photographs,vegan
We have an approximately 70 foot zipline in our yard that we’ve been playing with a lot lately. To make it even more fun, we’ve recently added a ramp at the far end and a step at the beginning plus platforms at both ends, handles to climb up onto the first platform, and a fishing [...]
Topics: Unschooling,Webkinz,environmentalism,games,green living,pets,photographs,review
Yep, it’s cute. We love the new virtual only Webkinz Tinkerpup. So far, it has only been for sale on special days like their weekend events and their Wednesday events at their Webkinz E-Store. I’ve really enjoyed the virtual only pets. I don’t (usually) play with the stuffed animal versions of the Webkinz pets, so [...]
Topics: Unschooling,education,empowerment,environmentalism,food,green living,homeschooling,relationships,vegetarian
Should elementary school children be sent home with over an hour’s worth of homework every night? Should that work count for something? Is an elementary school child’s opinion worthy of respect? Is “green”ness an issue we are forcing schooled children to think is not real and worthy? Are school administrators and teachers being hypocritical? These [...]