http://healthyparenting.net/blog Raising Happy Healthy Children...Naturally! Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:35:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here's my lentil soup recipe..its tried/true..we have made if OFTEN for years (after taking a number of years getting the recipe down pat).  :)  It makes a lot so have your containers ready for freezing. Or do like we do sometimes and eat nothing but lentil soup for lunch/dinner for ... http://healthyparenting.net/blog/2008/10/13/laurens-lentil-soup/ It has NOT been almost 2 months since I posted last!  Has it?  Has anyone else noticed that time has started to speed up at an increasingly alarming rate?  Or is this just life?  I thought since I have so little time lately, that I'd start a recipe category and ... http://healthyparenting.net/blog/2008/10/13/two-months/ Lately, life has been a whirlwind.  I keep making mental notes to log in and share something that happened in our lives and then the days get away from me.  So I plan to spend a day updating the blog on what's been goign on.  Things like our summer guests ... http://healthyparenting.net/blog/2008/08/26/where-am-i/ crack me up.  How many times has your child come to you with a serious face and a mispronounced word or saying? Keeping a straight face isn't always easy. We've grinned and beared it through "appletite", "marriage-go-round", "teethpicks" and "boyly" but the best so far happened just the other day.  My ... http://healthyparenting.net/blog/2008/05/29/mispronounced-words/ Please pass this on to ALL your friends and family in NJ!  There is currently a bill in the works to ban bisphenol A.  The more folks that know about this, the better for NJ.  Maybe we can do this state by state?  :) http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/642/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=23858 http://healthyparenting.net/blog/2008/04/28/njites-have-a-chance-to-ban-bisphenol-a/ An old friend to this gal, Dr. Bronner's is pushing change in the coolest way.  This company that produces liquid soaps that I've used since I was 15, has brought about a lawsuit in conjunction with the OCA (Organc Consumer Association) against a list of so called "natural" companies using ... http://healthyparenting.net/blog/2008/04/28/organic-label-lawsuit/ I listened to a very informative interesting show on NPR yesterday. We all know the hazards of some fish.  Most of us have probably printed out the little charts telling us which fish is high in mercury, etc.  But this Fresh Air segment provides some very informative information about fish ... http://healthyparenting.net/blog/2008/04/22/223/ GO CANADA!!! This was shared last Friday by a commenter on my blog. http://www.cbc. ca/canada/story/2008/04/18/bisphenol-a.html For the whole story on this toxic chemical that babies are exposed to daily, check out the Bisphenol A category. http://healthyparenting.net/blog/2008/04/20/bisphenol-a-ban-in-canada/ How very cool! Costco has teamed up with Greensight Technologies to offer an electronic recycling program. You can actually get a rebate for turning in your old electronics, depending upon its condition. What an amazing idea! Get an estimate at the link for your computer, printer, fax, ... http://healthyparenting.net/blog/2008/04/19/electronic-recycling/ I've been buying from online shops for awhile now and am constantly checking for new places. I was using (and recommended here previously) A1Nutrition for awhile and was happy with them but they've since gone WAYYY downhill with me having to cancel my last order AFTER they took my money and then 2 weeks ... http://healthyparenting.net/blog/2008/04/19/buying-natural-personal-care-and-vitamins/ http://healthyparenting.net/blog/2008/03/26/wordless-wednesday-2/ A fabulous article that is a must read for anyone who shops at Walmart or knows someone who shops at Walmart. How Walmart is Remaking our World by Jim Hightower Top 10 Wal-Mart Worst Actions From Walmartwatch.com A judge fined Wal-Mart $18 million because the company provided incomplete and false evidence in a ... http://healthyparenting.net/blog/2008/03/24/walmart-is-it-really-worth-the-savings/ This is yet another reason why we don't step foot in Walmart. Remember this company profits over 2 billion dollars per quarter. Over 60% of its workers have no health insurance (or get it in other ways). And now taking money away from poor families that need ... http://healthyparenting.net/blog/2008/03/24/another-reason-not-to-shop-at-walmart/ Each year at Easter, we hide the Easter Baskets..or ahem, the Easter Bunny does. He also does something that my mother did for me when I was a kid. She leaves clues. The kids come downstairs on Easter and find one clue on the table for each ... http://healthyparenting.net/blog/2008/03/21/the-basket-hunt/ We dyed some Easter eggs this morning and I wanted to share the results. The above purple is from blueberries. I didn't follow to the T any instructions. I put about 2 cups of frozen blueberries into a pot and covered with water and about 2 tablespoons of ... http://healthyparenting.net/blog/2008/03/21/easter-eggs/