Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to learn the names of some of the most common and dangerous preservatives and be on the watch for them in the foods you eat. Chances are if you’re reading this blog, you don’t have a ton of products in your home with ingredients labels at all. […]
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to try a natural remedy with ginger. Since you already have fresh ginger on hand for The Ginger Challenge Series (and now always will forevermore because of the super ginger storage tip!), you might as well have some natural remedy recipes to boost immunities, soothe sore throats
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Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to try a homemade drink with fresh ginger. It’s part of the Ginger Challenge Series for February, and I think it’s the one I personally had the most fun with. Last week we talked about using fresh ginger in recipes, like my slow cooker ginger beef, and
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to increase your kitchen efficiency…and tell others your magic tricks too! This is the last of the “top 3 tips” for the four pillars of Kitchen Stewardship®: You can’t deny that cooking real food takes longer than convenience food – it’s called “convenience” for good reason! But
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Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to reflect on what you do to save the earth – and pinpoint the top 3 eco-friendly habits you have. Two weeks ago, we shared our top 3 frugal tips to help save others’ pocketbooks, and this week, we’re going to help save the earth. Just like
Today’s Monday Mission is a bit of a flip on its head – rather than giving you a new task to complete or attempt in the kitchen, I’m asking you to branch out to help your own friends/community. I’m kind of excited about this mission, so bear with me as I explain what I’m thinking.
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Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to use the whole thing this week. Whether you are eating turkey, ham, or ground beef, you’re likely going to consume something from an animal that is a part of a whole. Where are the other parts? Are they being utilized or wasted? It’s a shame that
Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to resist the temptation to compromise on food because you’re rushing around or otherwise away from home when you’re hungry. It’s the “real food on the go” challenge. When you’re going from dance class to soccer practice or apple picking to a family reunion, it can
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Knowing what food is healthy is not something kids just know. You have to teach your kids how to eat. Start when they are young with simple rules to start a life of better health. Your mission, if you choose to accept, has nothing to do with holding a fork and spoon properly. I want
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to choose a fun way to serve food this week. Whether you serve a silly meal of pancakes, followed by pancakes, with a side of pancakes and pancakes for dessert, make faces out of butter on a vegetable soup, or just put fruit on skewers with a
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to learn how to brush your teeth like an adult. I’m rating this one as “baby steps” because you don’t have to buy anything new or find more time in your already-packed day to complete the mission, but it’s far from simple. That phrase about “can’t teach
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Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to buy a new plant with the goal of improving your indoor air quality. I’m all about the simple things. Green plants add ambiance to a room, make people feel happier and more peaceful, and, if you choose the right ones, they’re not too time consuming to
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to keep the green in spring cleaning. Sometimes it seems like the natural life can be a real drain on the finances. Organic food costs two to four times as much as conventional, natural health endeavors are never covered by insurance, and wooden toys are pricier than
This is a {guest post} series from Tiffany of Don’t Waste the Crumbs. Please tell me I’m not the only one who has been in this position. A friend mentions in casual conversation that she’s cut back her daily intake of soda to only one per day. Your eyes light up at the soda reference,
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to organize your spices. When we moved last December, unpacking forced me to start from scratch with spice organization. It was refreshing. You probably have nothing forcing you to do it right… except a Monday Mission. You know you have to do these, right? Totally required. So
We already researched which are the best probiotics, but here’s how to stick to your probiotic health habit! Probiotics help support the billions of good bacteria living in and helping to run your body, collectively called your “flora.” In our chemically altered, too-clean world, we need to support our own flora by consuming real probiotics
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to give a gift of whole foods to a food pantry or collection the next opportunity you get. There are people in need everywhere, and food pantries don’t always have healthy food! This mission was inspired by a conversation on Facebook a few weeks back when I
Part of weaning ourselves down on sugar and training our sweet tooth to expect (and enjoy!) less sweetness includes appreciating the natural sweetness of things like fruit. Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to serve a dessert without a sweetener this week. So offer a bowl of sliced pineapple as a dessert, or
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to sharpen or steel your knives. I have a recent renewed appreciation for sharp knives. If you’ve been following along, you know that for the past five months, I’ve been living with my in-laws while waiting for The House to come along (and we’ve just moved in,
A lot of people plan dinners and understand the importance of doing so, but lunches and breakfasts are often spur of the moment or just something simple like toast or cereal (both of which have downfalls in the traditional foods realm, unless you’ve made your own homemade versions). Your mission, if you choose to accept,
