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If there's one thing I suspected and confirmed while participating in the Meatless Supper Club, it's that there are no gourmets in our family. We like simple food. Spice is welcome, but only with the adult members of the family....

We are delighted to welcome My Pumpkin Doodle as one of our newest sponsors! My Pumpkin Doodle is all about "offering quality organic & earth friendly products at affordable prices, so that going green can be easier on your family...

Since the kids went back to school in September, it seems like the list of projects I have to do hasn't gotten any smaller. I tell myself every year that I'll get so much done once I have more time,...

I've recently gotten hooked on the personal finance blog Get Rich Slowly, and while I was reading founder J.D.'s interview with his 'millionaire' next-door neighbor, this tip jumped out at me: “Learn to figure your own power bill and know...

The best antidote to a blustery autumn weekend is getting cozy with a warm drink, a comfy chair and good book. Thus, I've just finished reading Micaela Preston's book Practically Green. Micaela also writes the popular blog Mindful Momma, and...

Week 7 already? Holy. What I'm offering up today is sort of an all-around useful recipe that received a very mediocre reaction from the kids, but a big thumbs up from me and my man. I made this cheesy white...

We're happy to welcome Little Green Star as one of our newest sponsors! Little Green Star is all about "inspiring kids to learn about the world around us and to develop their own ideas on ways to care for the...

I get it: the goal of buying in bulk is to reduce the amount of packaging. But then, I find myself at the store time and time again, grabbing a new bulk bag more often that I'd like to confess....

For the past two years my husband and I have had an agreement with my mom and my brother and sister-in-law to not buy each other gifts and instead donate money to a non-profit. This year my dad has hopped...

Thank you to everyone who took the EnviroMom Reader Survey. We were so pleased by how many of you participated and the candid feedback you provided. Now we'll get busy crunching numbers, counting beans and doing other weird things with...

I was peacefully eating my breakfast and reading the morning paper while the kids were playing in the living room. Peace was interrupted by the crash of glass breaking. A standing lamp had hit the floor, and not one, but...

I wanted to try something really different this week, so I fixed African Sweet Potato Peanut Stew. A friend photocopied this from a 2006 Good Housekeeping magazine, and it's a slow cooker recipe, which I love. My friend noted that...

Okay, virus. You win! We surrender to your almighty powers. Now please return us to our regularly scheduled programming so that my kids can go back to school and my husband back to work. All this germ-infested togetherness does not...

This is version 8.0.1 of the natural deodorant chronicles. It's so hard not to sweat the small stuff!! My mom was just visiting, and since she hails from Hawaii and feels a chill when the temp dips below 70, we...

I had the pleasure of talking with Todd and Laura Mansfield of Parenting Unplugged Radio yesterday. Parenting Unplugged is an internet radio program that airs daily at 11am Pacific, and lo and behold these folks are Portland-based just like us....