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Thanksgiving Maple Yams Recipe

November 7, 2018 | BY Suzanne Weaver-Goss

By Suzanne ("Nana")Thanksgiving is one of my favorites holidays.What better way to spend a day than cooking and eating with loved ones?Full disclosure: I always buy one bottle of expensive French champagne, which makes the day all the more enjoyable!For many years, our Thanksgiving meals did not include turkey. My vegetarian phase during the ‘80s and ‘90s inspired us to create

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Filed Under: Recipes & Healthy Eating, Healthy Holidays Tagged With: yams, Thanksgiving

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How to Build a (Sort of) Healthy Gingerbread House

December 7, 2017 | BY Maia James

A new employee of mine, Casey, recently made the crazy decision to volunteer to make a gingerbread house with my kids. So on Friday evening, Casey came over, along with a couple of our other friends, a couple bottles of red wine, and big plans of making a healthy and delicious gingerbread house.The video below shows the highlights of the experience, which lasted all of one evening and then the

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Filed Under: Posts, Recipes & Healthy Eating, Healthy Holidays Tagged With: dessert

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Sick of Resolutions – Try This Instead

January 31, 2017 | BY Suzanne Weaver-Goss

Every New Year, I write a post about resolutions for a healthier New Year. But this year, my friend and favorite yoga teacher, Amber, has inspired a different approach. Amber wrote this article for Yoga International. Amber says, “To me, a resolution feels like another “should” in a life full of shoulds — a demand for more effort in a world already requiring so much fortitude.”Does that sound

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Filed Under: Home Improvement & Yard Work, Posts, Healthy Holidays, Grandparenting Tagged With: Resolutions, family time

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Old-Fashioned Gingerbread Cookies

December 20, 2015 | BY Suzanne Weaver-Goss

If you're like me, you haven't finished your Christmas baking yet! It's not too late to make some delicious and healthful gingerbread men with your kids or grandkids. Below is my own recipe, which I adapted from one in Real Simple.  Good Stuff: Blackstrap Molasses Organic, unsulphured, blackstrap molasses is the healthiest molasses, which is why I use it in this recipe! Blackstrap is much more

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Filed Under: Posts, Recipes & Healthy Eating, Healthy Holidays Tagged With: sprouted flour, dessert, cookies

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Suzanne’s 5 Tips for Reducing Holiday Stress

December 1, 2015 | BY Suzanne Weaver-Goss

No matter how much we prepare for the holiday season, there is always some added stress. We often have many more commitments and responsibilities, and we are interacting more with family and friends. These commitments and responsibilities can be energizing or depleting, so there can be both good stress and bad stress. The trick is recognizing when stress is bad for us?If you are experiencing

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Filed Under: Posts, Healthy Holidays Tagged With: stress

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2015 Nontoxic Holiday Gift Guide

November 28, 2015 | BY Maia James

If you're looking to give only Good Stuff this holiday season, here are some of our favorite gift ideas for everyone on your list. For Toddlers & Kids Natural Paint Kit Non-toxic, environmentally-friendly, and compostable. The best part? It's made with fruits and veggies and the paints smell delicious!  Real Rubby Ducky No phthalates here! This rubber ducky doubles as a

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Filed Under: Non-Toxic Toys, Clothes & Gear, Safe Product Guides, Posts, Healthy Holidays, Products We Love Tagged With: gifts

Wolfie turns 2!

Wolfie Turns 2: Good Stuff Strawberry Ice Cream Recipe

July 5, 2015 | BY Maia James

If you’ve been following this blog for a few years, you’ve heard about a lot of birthdays for my boys, and have been given recipes for several healthy cakes! (Here’s one made with sprouted flour and a cream cheese lemon icing and here is a Paleo coconut carrot cake).Last week, Wolfie turned two while my husband was in Stockholm for work, and after being a single mom all week, my motivation to

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Filed Under: Posts, Recipes & Healthy Eating, Healthy Holidays Tagged With: dessert, birthdays

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Holiday Baking with Kids & Natural Sweeteners

December 12, 2013 | BY Suzanne Weaver-Goss

By Suzanne, AKA "Nana"Each family has their own unique (and quirky!) traditions when it comes to the holidays. In our family, the kitchen is where we join together and indulge in some fun (and healthy) activities, with all generations present.Maia and I have always loved baking together. So, when she and her boys were visiting for the lead-up to Thanksgiving, we made 4 pies: apple,

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Filed Under: Posts, Recipes & Healthy Eating, Healthy Holidays, Grandparenting Tagged With: dessert, sugar

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Natural Holiday Essentials

December 9, 2013 | BY Maia James

Are you feeling the predictable, cliched, but still very real stress that comes this time of year? Stay sane with these simple products for all holiday occasions and everyone on your list. Need a hostess gift? Might we suggest:All Natural Spa Kit Moso Natural Air Purifiers Farmaesthetics Handmade Organic Bath & Beauty BarsGoing skiing, sledding, skating, or surfing (lucky

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Filed Under: Posts, Healthy Holidays Tagged With: gifts

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Don’t Forget About Watercress!

March 19, 2012 | BY Suzanne Weaver-Goss

By Suzanne ("Nana")Here in the Northeast, the mild winter has flowed right into an early spring! While discussing with my husband how we might want to celebrate Saint Patrick’s day, we wondered if there was a connection between the green theme of St. Patrick’s day and the coming of spring. As the Druids would say…DUH! In Search of Watercress A friend recently alerted us to a remote but

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Filed Under: Posts, Recipes & Healthy Eating, Healthy Holidays Tagged With: Spring, greens

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