There’s no way to know it all, especially when it comes to clean living. So whenever I run across easy (practical) tips for making our clean choices easy, I just have to share!
Why these tips are important to us:
We buy a lot of fruits and veggies.
We hate chemicals/toxins.
You do too, right? So enjoy your bananas longer, your peppers sweeter and your ants going away – naturally.
Take your bananas apart when you get home. They won’t ripen as fast.
Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter for eating, 4 bumps are better for cooking.
Put cayenne pepper in your garden to keep squirrels and rabbits away.
Get rid of ants with cornmeal, they take it home, but can’t digest it and therefore go to insect heaven.
Do you have a tip that works for you in the kitchen/home that might help us out? Share! Share! Share!
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We just got home from the launch of the public library’s summer reading program. On the upside, both girls are signed up for the program and I even signed up for the adult program. FUN!
On the downside, most of the prizes are food based and I’ll have to come up with something to substitute with for my kids. Will it make them upset? I thought so, but then I was pleasantly surprised today at the event.
As we walked up to the event, they had a jumpy slide, blue cotton candy, popcorn, McDonald’s orange drink and McDonald’s Hamburgers.
Julianne and Johanna announced right away that they didn’t want cotton candy or popcorn. Then came the burgers. Burgers used to be a treat about once a month, but they haven’t had one in at least 6 months. They looked with big eyes, but didn’t ask.
I walked over got one and gave them each a piece. Julianne ate hers, but informed me she didn’t like it. She ate it because she felt bad throwing it away. Johanna took one bite and gave it back to me. I took one bite. ICK!!!!
Our taste buds in our family have finally evolved that most of the bad stuff is not a treat anymore! This is definitely a mission accomplished. I will no longer fear substituting my children’s food in public…they now prefer the good stuff!!!!
P.S. What do I keep in the car on the go to assure we don’t have to go through the drive thru? Raw food bars, Cinch Snack Bars, Fruit, Water, and a jar filled with nuts/cereals that I refill often for fun snacking!
Our family is mostly “mainstream”. We watch tv, we vacation in Disney, we work hard, our children go to public school…but the one thing that is different is our choices for food, health and home care. We don’t go shopping in the mainstream aisles of the grocery store, we don’t give over the counter drugs, and we don’t try out the latest scrubbing product from clorox.
This may not seem like a big deal, but to our family it really is a different lifestyle that can make us standout sometimes.
Our kids are constantly asking if they can eat certain things when we are at a party or pot-luck situation. We feel the need to compromise some of our actions when we are out so the kids aren’t too different from the rest of the children turning their mouths blue.
This weekend I had a meeting with our Shaklee team. The dads met at the house and the moms/kids met at the park. It was so relaxing to prepare for this meeting! I didn’t even have to go shopping. We used the fruit and veggies I had on hand. Whipped up a quick organic muffin mix. Grabbed some organic help granola bars and even brought the treat of Annie’s Organic Bunnies (gummy treats).
I talked with the other moms and we are going to plan one of these outings once a month. (Only dads will be with us.) We will be gathering in pot-luck style and bringing snacks to share that do not have dyes, HFCS, preservatives or any of that yucky stuff that throws our system “off”. How relaxing it will be to get together and tell my kids yes, yes, yes when they want to snack with their friends.
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