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Earth To Body Valentine's Day Contest: ‘Perfect Pair, Past or Present’
We came up with this idea for a Valentine's Day contest quite a few months ago after writing 'Love Story’ .
We want to know: Who are YOUR favorite famous ‘lovers’? You can go way back in... read more
This following scene takes place at StarMac FastaFood sometime In the future.
Woman orders her lunch at counter.
“A StarMac Stack O'Burger with Pounda Cheese, Basket O' Fries and a small King O' DietSoda please!” she asks.
“Comin’ right up!" pipes the... read more
There are many ways to DE STRESS. Christmas is over and New Years is upon us. Now is the time to think about giving a gift to yourself.
Here are the ‘8 fun Green Ways to Manage Stress’ put into one scenario. You need clutter, chocolate, a fondu pot, earth, sprouts,... read more
I believe microwave ovens are dangerous. I tossed mine.
You CAN live without your microwave. Close your eyes. Transport yourself back in time where microwaves DID NOT exist. Maybe you went camping and actually cooked over an open fire? Maybe a thunderstorm caused a power outage and you had to... read more
A good friend of mine recently linked this article about food dyes on Facebook and it was so interesting that I wanted to talk about it's content here too.
I feel really good about the food my kids and I eat. And why not. Our fridge contains more fruits and veggies than anything else. They... read more
I recently caught Dr. Mercola (on Dr. OZ) talking about the miracle food, astaxanthin ( asta-ZAN-thin), Luckily, I ws able to salvage the last bottle from our local health food store. There was a ‘run on astaxanthin’, the young store clerk... read more
This was our first and most successful visit to the Filberg Festival. (Comox, Vancouver Island) Thank you Vancouver Islanders. We loved our booth in the woods and who could not love you?
At this fabulous festival I heard a ‘first account’ tamanu story. Since the oil itself is fairly new... read more
Growing and drying garlic is an art. The growing part takes a little bit of patience (and love) but how it is dried, I think that that's where its deliciousness lies. Flavor, intensity, clove size and shelf life vary from variety to variety and it has become another seasonal pleasure of mine... read more
One thing that I love to revel in, getting those CSA baskets every week, is eating in season. The year started off with greens: kale, chard, spinach, mesclun, lettuces. Though green is most definitely the dominating color in the spring, there is the exception of those spring turnips, some lovely... read more
Most of us eat at least 3 times a day (more, if you're me, and many many many more if you are my 2 and a half year-old toddlers), so I would say with great certainty that food is probably the one thing that affects us the most. It is our fuel, what keeps us going, or maybe keeps us... read more
