-Written by Suzanne, resident Grandma and Certified Holistic Health CoachI didn’t think that by September we would still be dealing with Covid-19 and be somewhat quarantined, but here we are. Because of my age (69) and my husband’s age (66), we have been mostly only leaving home to take our daily walks.There's so much we can't control right now, but I have been focusing on keeping my
Recipes & Healthy Eating
8 More Things Keeping Me Sane
How are you all holding up? Here in New York, it's starting to seem like this really is never going to end, and I'm feeling a sense of loss over the summer that we'd planned.Here are 8 things that are helping me stay semi-sane:Home improvement projects. Since we are rarely leaving the apartment these days, I've been inspired to improve the inside! I splurged on these organic sheets, have
Turmeric Golden Milk Latte Recipe
I don't eat a lot of meat, but I am always trying to cut my dairy consumption. When it comes to my on-again-off-again relationship with coffee, I mostly fail at skipping the dairy. When my friend ordered me a Tumeric Golden Milk Latte at a local coffee shop recently, I couldn't believe that the mug of creamy deliciousness was vegan!I set out to perfect the perfect recipe at home, and what
A Simple Cleanse to Reset After the Holidays
Happy New Year! If you're feeling a little sluggish and weighed down from the festive season, I'm right there with you! But I don't believe that you need to go drastic after indulging during the holidays. A simple cleanse is enough to reset your body and get back to normal.As always, I'm more interested in what you can add IN to your diet rather than what you might want to eliminate. Here are
Healthy Thanksgiving Ideas
It seems like the minute Halloween ended, the Christmas season began, with the stores in my neighborhood decked out with trees and stockings in their windows, and my inbox full of gift guides!The 2019 Gimme the Good Stuff gift guide is in the works, but first can we talk about the other holiday? The one in November that we all celebrate?Here are some of the ways you can make this year's
Healthy Cereal Guide
1. Ezekiel 4:9 / 2. Butterfly Bakery of Vermont / 3. Cascadian Farms Purely O's / 4. Arrowhead Mills / 5. Barbara's Brown Rice CrispsOverall Best Healthy CerealFood for Life Ezekiel 4:9 Sprouted Grain Crunchy Cereal packs the most nutritional bang per spoonful. (Read more about this brand under Good Stuff below.)As a child of the 50’s, I ate cold cereal for
Baby Food Pouches
1. Beech-Nut organic varieties / 2. Happy Baby / 3. Sprout / 4. Plum Organics / 5. Ella’s Kitchen / 6. Once Upon a Farm / 7. Peter Rabbit Organics / 8. Serenity Kids / 9. White Leaf ProvisionsSoon after Felix turned one, he finally started enjoying foods other than breast milk.Unfortunately, by this point I was pretty burned out from preparing and then throwing away homemade pureed
Easy Cleanse for Busy Moms
If you follow me on Instagram, you've probably gotten sick of my stories about my Sakara meals. (Sakara is a plant-based, organic meal-delivery service). They are so delicious and obviously very healthful, that I find myself wanting to snap a picture of every one.I've done a bunch of different versions of Sakara: four-week programs, three-day programs, a ten-day DIY program, and,
The Problem with Organic Frozen Waffles (and an Easy Sprouted Waffle Recipe)
Children seem to move through “food kicks." They'll eat a particular food for a while and then a week later they suddenly stop liking it. Or sometimes they’ll hone in on a particular food and will eat only that.My grandsons Felix and Theo both go through stages where they want only waffles for breakfast, and their parents try to find the healthiest frozen organic waffles on hand for busy
The Healthiest Organic Wine We’ve Found
My mom and I are into wine, whereas my dad and husband are the beer guys. And because we research everything we are into, we of course wanted to find the healthiest organic wine to justify our habit!(During my mom’s research for the healthiest wine, she came across info about a company in California that scours the globe for the very best organic wine--more on them below.) What’s Wrong with
