Green living and environmental stewardship in a fallen world – how can Christians be good stewards of this great gift from God, the earth? From natural, safe cleaning and personal products to ideas on how to reduce waste and your impact on the environment, Kitchen Stewardship has it all.
Here at Kitchen Stewardship®, we mostly focus on what we do in our own homes to make wise use of food and other resources. Katie also has great tips for improving what kids eat at school, easy party food and other guest situations, and eating while traveling. But what about in our places of worship? […]
Greening Your Church: 9 Stewardship Strategies that Won’t Break the Budget Read More »
Apple season is here! If you can buy in bulk, you’ll want to make lots of healthy recipes PLUS preserve apples for later – read on for instructions for freezing, canning, and dehydrating apples in multiple ways plus our best real food apple recipes! If an apple a day keeps the doctor away, how many
20 Easy Ways to Eat, Preserve and Freeze Apples – with No Sugar! Read More »
As parents, we want to do what’s best for our kids. It’s important to find safe sunscreens for infants under 6 months. Here are the best organic and natural sunscreens for babies. Because of all my work finding the best natural sunscreens for you guys, I get asked a LOT about safe sunscreens for babies
You CAN Put Sunscreen on Babies Safely – Best Choices Here! Read More »
Looking for the best natural face moisturizer with spf? Here are the best organic and toxic chemical free moisturizers with spf because we all want a moisturizing sunscreen for our faces that won’t hurt us! “Why are you putting that on your face?” the 2-year-old asks as I apply a little cover-up to a blemish
Best All-Day NATURAL Facial Moisturizing Sunscreens with SPF Read More »
Crazy but true – our family really has tested and reviewed over 120 natural mineral sunscreens over the last 10 years, and we know the…
Natural Sunscreen Review 2026: The Best Natural Zinc Oxide Sunscreen (Better than EWG!) Read More »
Nobody wants to be a bug’s dinner while they’re trying to enjoy a beautiful summer day. But the landscape is changing – society is becoming more informed about the potential hazards of what we put ON our bodies, and the hazards of those biting bugs seem to be increasing. An informed mom needs to know
Insect Spray Safety: Ingredients to Avoid and Why Read More »
Looking for an all natural bug spray? I’ve tested and reviewed all the non-toxic bug sprays and all natural bug repellents so you can purchase…
While you’re enjoying summertime with your kids and a reprieve from backpacks and school paperwork, there’s still a lot to keep track of: use safe mineral sunscreen, don’t let them have too much white sugar, gather natural strategies to stop their bug bites from itching, and feed them vegetables. Today I want to challenge you
For years I understood that using aluminum in my cooking and personal products was going to increase my risk of Alzheimer’s Disease. I avoided it almost religiously with some exceptions and even made homemade deodorant even though I’m not normally a DIY personal products kind of girl. I have to tell you – I was
Why I STILL Don’t Use Aluminum Foil (even though it probably doesn’t cause Alzheimer’s) Read More »
Ever started cleaning a shelf quickly and ended up pulling everything out of the closet, and 5 days later you’ve spent $250 on organizers and your closet is better than new? That’s kind of what happens to me a lot with posts, like my crazy natural mineral sunscreen review that I started back in 2010
Did you read the news about the “world scientists’ warning to humanity” a few weeks ago? It came out fairly close to American Thanksgiving as everyone was making pumpkin pie and perusing blogger’s gift guides, so it probably wasn’t at the forefront of conversation, but (in some ways) it deserves to be. Here’s the summary:
Earth friendly gifts are always in style no matter your family and holiday traditions! Check out these green Christmas gifts to spoil those you love most. If the world is having trouble because we are using too many resources, it’s always a good idea to buy less and give less! But often we still want
One Christmas when I was in college, my mom gave me a sturdy canvas tote bag with a picture of the Earth and the words “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.” Great! I would reduce garbage by reusing this bag whenever I walked from campus to the grocery store! I returned to my dorm in the new year,
It just doesn’t stop this summer! First, Consumer Reports says that mineral sunscreens just aren’t effective after testing 13 of them. I totally disagree with them and elucidate my points rather, ahem, pointedly, right HERE. Now, a reader sent me this article about the dangers of the sunscreen ingredient avobenzone reacting with chlorine in swimming
Your UVA Protection Probably Isn’t Working (Especially in the Pool) Read More »
Looking for a natural wasp killer that won’t hurt you in the process? I’ve got your solution for how to get rid of wasps! Long pants and a hoodie sweatshirt on a 95-degree day? You bet, if you’re trying to get rid of wasps (just remember not to nab the bees!). I hope you didn’t
Natural Wasp Spray: We Got Rid of our Wasps, No Raid Required! Read More »
Planning a menu for camping can be tricky – especially if you want healthy camping food. Have no fear! I’m here for you with healthy, easy foods for camping. Now that we’ve gone camping every summer since our second child was 2 months old, we feel like we’re old pros. We have the same whole
Perfect Healthy Camping Meal Plan (& a Heart-Warming Story) Read More »
Want to learn how to make dehydrated greens for smoothies and more? It’s easy to make a dehydrated greens powder when you dehydrate spinach, Swiss chard, beet greens, and kale! “Mom, is this a stick in my soup?” I admit that we eat some weird food around here, but I really wasn’t serving a soup
DIY Greens Powder and the Easiest Way to Preserve Your Greens Read More »
Composting can feel overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be. It is an easy way to save money while helping reduce waste in landfills. Recently, I explained how to set up compost bins in your yard to turn your biodegradable garbage into natural fertilizer for your garden. The next step is to get used to
Does sunscreen cause cancer? Like almost any topic in the field of health and wellness, it seems there is a tangled web of research and opinions when it comes to cancer, sun exposure and sunscreen ingredients. Should we wear SPF 50 sunscreen for our walk from the house to the mailbox, or should we shun
Sun, Sunscreen, Skin Cancer, and Safety: How Much Do You Need? Read More »
If you’re trying to lead a greener life, you’ve probably heard that you ought to be setting aside your biodegradable garbage and composting it to create natural fertilizer for your garden. If an indoor worm garden isn’t for you, composting outdoors is a great option. Composters are sold at home-improvement stores and in gardening catalogs,
