31 Healthy Hints for the Holidaze: Re-thinking Gift Giving
We are blessed with so many gifts as Americans, as people born in modern times who needs this year’s “hottest, must have gadget, scarf, etc”? It’s time to get off this hamster wheel of consumerism and start thinking outside of the box this holiday season.
Continue reading »A Green Halloween Costume Swap
Come to the Chappaqua Train Station on Saturday October 2nd and 9th for a Halloween Costume Swap!
Continue reading »Recipe: Black Bean Burritos
Tweet This year, my eldest daughter is cooking her own meals at college. No more school food for her! She and I have made a deal. I’ll send her recipes if she’ll do some fancy food styling and take some photos. Between the two of us, we should have a pretty decent cookbook within a [...]
Continue reading »Go Green! Reduce, Reuse and Recycle for Halloween
Here’s a great idea that you can use to save money, build community and have some fun as you kick off the Halloween season.
Continue reading »Eating Weeds
Today for lunch at Ballibay we had weeds in our soup. No joke!
Continue reading »Weed Walk
Tweet I spent some time this morning pulling up weeds in my lawn and my flower beds. Weeds never cease to amaze and inspire me. I can learn loads from their persistence and resilience. Even better than that, I can supplement my lunch! My lawn hasn’t been sprayed with anything for the past 12 years, [...]
Continue reading »Water Week Day #5 Saving $ in Government.
Tweet OK, so if your town and county is like mine, they are hurting for money right now. So here’s a way that municipalities can save money and create better health for their employees at the same time. It’s time to think outside the bottle. You may have attended town meetings or county events in [...]
Continue reading »Recipe: Cabbage Soup
Tweet photo credit: mike warren My twice a month winter CSA share from Bialas Farms contains lots of onions, root vegetables, hearty greens like dinosaur kale and a head of cabbage. Not feeling inspired to make stuffed cabbage or cole slaw, the heads of cabbages have started to collect in the bottom drawer of my [...]
Continue reading »What’s Cheap Oil Got To Do With It?
Tweet I’m not talking about the kind of cheap oil that goes into Girl Scout Cookies and other forms of industrialized junk food. Its the oil that comes out of the ground that I’m thinking about! Created tens of thousands of years ago from prehistoric animals, not cottonseeds or soybeans. After spending the day meeting [...]
Continue reading »Planning Ahead for a Busy Day with Veggie Lasagna
Tweet My family loves this lasagna, its easy to make and delicious to eat. There is no need to cook the noodles beforehand! Moisture from spinach and other ingredients does it for you. This is a great recipe to prepare ahead and freeze. When you’ve got one of those crazy busy days, pop it into [...]
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