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Am I over-reacting, or has the Internet recently been filled with articles describing children as being, and I quote, “assholes”? I wanted to find out, so I did a search for “children (and its synonyms) are assholes” on one single website targeted to moms. It’s widely read, with over 1,000,000 followers on Facebook, and a […]
A few days ago, a friend of mine shared a link to the Bernie Sanders ice cream flavor Ben & Jerry’s would make if they were to sell it. According to Ben Cohen, “Bernie’s Yearning” would be “a plain mint ice cream beneath a solid layer of chocolate on top.” Strangely reminiscent of my Saint […]
Sometimes, I’m nostalgic for the convenient “pour in a bowl & top with milk” cereal. After all, it’s so easy even a child could do it, and it doesn’t wake up the whole house the way a blender does. But even if I wanted to, I can’t have commercial cereal. The sugar drives me batty, […]
Today, I have the great pleasure of sharing a recipe from a fellow blogger, Lara Flanagan of My Notes from New England. Here’s more about Lara: “I write and create for My Notes from New England. My Notes from New England was inspired by challenges I have faced since embarking on a complete lifestyle change, […]
Bowls are great, because you can often cook everything in one pot, and you don’t need side dishes since they’re usually a complete meal. In this Greek inspired dish, you get protein and fiber from the beans and quinoa, minerals and greens from the spinach, and the delicious salty taste of feta. And best of […]
I lack the words to describe how deliciously creamy and wonderful this ice cream is! I served it to dinner guests and they couldn’t get over its rich chocolaty flavor. It’s one of my favorite recipes from my Chocolate ebook, and one that is sure to win over the chocoholics in your life.
My Nourished Village friends and I often joke that, had we known how many hours there are in a day prior to having kids, we’d now have a million dollar business. We definitely plan on working more once our kids are all in school. But, there are other things we want to add to our […]
We can read all the books out there about raising babies, but reality and theory don’t always match. Many facts out there are true. Newborns will wake up at night. By day 6, there will be about 6 wet diapers a day. But, there are also many things no one tells new moms to expect, […]
This is a quick summary of many things you can do to make your life easier. It will give you an idea of how much easier your life can get with a little planning! There are of course obvious time saving tips, like buying prewashed salad greens and spinach. And then there are these. 1) […]
The other day, I was at the library when my eye caught a book — on the cover, it said “Forewords by Alice Waters and Michael Pollan.” Well, then! The book, Twelve Recipes by Cal Peternell, can’t be bad, right? Totally right. What an amazing book. This is a quote from the chapter on beans: […]