This post has been a long time coming! Natural mineral makeup was a bit of a final frontier for me when it comes to personal/body care products. For whatever reason, I avoided taking the leap. I've written about ditching coconut oil for moisturizing my face (and what I use … [Read more...] about My Experience With Natural Mineral Makeup
Archives for October 2015
How We Use Chore Charts to Teach Our Kids Responsibility
Post by contributor Molly Madonna If you’re anything like me, you’ve noticed that the older the kids get, the faster the house gets messy and cluttered, too. There are more people, contributing more stuff and a host of different habits in the same amount of space. Unless you … [Read more...] about How We Use Chore Charts to Teach Our Kids Responsibility
7 Simple Habits to Keep Germs Away
Post by contributor Jessica Young of Simply Healthy Home Phew! Can you believe we are headed into the winter season already? It feels like we just started fall but time seems to be flying by way too fast. We are in the trenches of school work right now, trying to get it all … [Read more...] about 7 Simple Habits to Keep Germs Away
Easy Homemade Marinara Sauce
This easy homemade marinara sauce is the perfect burst of flavour with just the right ingredients. Post by contributor Virginia This marinara sauce is the brainchild of two proclivities of mine: my obsession with real food and my addiction to DIY projects. At some point I realized … [Read more...] about Easy Homemade Marinara Sauce
Adventures in Sourdough Bread: A Bread-Lover’s Journey to Healthier Bread
Post by contributor Faith Watson I quit buying store-bought bread around Christmas of last year, and it had nothing to do with going gluten-free. In fact, my family of four has continued to eat bread nearly every day since then, homemade sourdough bread to be precise. Do I run a … [Read more...] about Adventures in Sourdough Bread: A Bread-Lover’s Journey to Healthier Bread
Why We Gave Up Our Microwave
Post by Contributor Christie Warren of Fruitful Fellowship We moved to our "new" (my childhood) home one year ago, and with the move we gave up having a microwave. We also gave up our sanity (hello, moving with a 3 year old, 2 year old and 4 month old.) We had used a built-in one … [Read more...] about Why We Gave Up Our Microwave
Forget What You Know About Breastfeeding Positions. Try This Instead.
Guest post by Andrea Vandiver “Am I doing it right?” That’s the first thing I said when my son began to nurse half an hour after he was born. I thought I was a professional. I thought I had prepared. I read The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding like three times. I knew how important it … [Read more...] about Forget What You Know About Breastfeeding Positions. Try This Instead.
Easy Gluten-Free Apple Crisp (With a Secret Ingredient)
When I was young, I had a friend who used to say, “An apple without cheese is like a kiss without a squeeze.” She would eat a slice of cheddar cheese with her apple pie, and I thought it was bizarre. A decade or two later, I decided to see what all the fuss was about, and I … [Read more...] about Easy Gluten-Free Apple Crisp (With a Secret Ingredient)