February 2011
17 posts
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Cloth vs. Disposable.... Calling all MOMS!
I am having a crisis! I am sitting at the computer almost tearing out my hair trying to figure out if I am going to be a cloth diaper mother or a disposable diaper mother. Now before you go saying “But you live a “green” lifestyle so how can you think of using disposables?” let me tell you, disposable diapers are the enemy of the state. I believe this whole heartedly! ...
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Superfood Recipes: Quinoa, Herb and Pomegranate...
I have no idea why lately all I think of is food! Of course I mean organic, natural, simple and wholesome food, but nevertheless, I find myself in the kitchen cooking altering recipes, combining different flavours and different superfoods together to create fabulous, wondrous dishes (and a few not so wondrous). Since we have delved into superfoods the last few days, I thought I would show you a...
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Free Range Chicken Leek Pie
Chicken and Leek Pie
INGREDIENTS:
2 tbsp vegetable oil or butter (I use grass fed ghee)*.
1 onion, finely chopped
2 medium leeks, washed, trimmed and thickly sliced (Organic if you can get them.)**
4 skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite-size pieces
1 garlic clove, crushed
150ml white wine***
150ml chicken stock****
142ml carton double cream*****
Sprigs fresh tarragon, leaves picked and...
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Superfoods that Don't Cost a Fortune
Most people think that buying whole foods by the way of fruits, vegetables and grains have to cost more than prepackaged foods. Luckily, I am here to show you that is a myth. There are some nutrient dense superfoods that don’t cost a fortune and are powerhouses for improving health and vitality. Let’s take a look at a few.
1. Kale A little over a dollar for a bundle it is the most...
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Frais Hand Sanitizer Review and Giveaway
If you are at all like me, and if you are a mom, I bet you are, then you carry those little bottles of hand santizers around in your handbags and they are in constant use. The problem with most of these bottles of santizers is they contain triclosan, a pesticide that actually weakens the immune system. That defeats the whole point of slathering them on ourselves and our families. I recently...
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Improve Health, Have Fun, Eat Dessert
I have decide today I am NOT going to preach on what to cut out or down on in your life. Maybe only today, but for today I am going to talk about 10 fun things you can do to dramatically improve your health, and a few of these things you don’t even have to worry about if they are wrapped in plastic! Shall we begin?
Eat Dessert! Dark chocolate is one of the best desserts you can eat. It...
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Baby Steps to Balance
Do you ever notic that the list of DON’Ts gets longer and longer every day. Even on The Organic Blonde, I bombard you with information that says that many items that you have around your house, using them to clean, to beautify, to eat, will harm you if you aren’t careful. I give you carefully worded posts that are meant to jar you into understanding that we live in a toxic world and...
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Safer, Non Toxic Household Cleaners
Windex for glass, Mr. Muscle for the kitchen, another one for bathroom, SoftScrub for bathtubs, another one for limescale, Renuzit as an air freshener, Pine Sol for floors…. At the average of $6 per bottle,that is already $42 out of pocket. Economically that can take a bite out of our budgets; budgets that seem ever shrinking these days. Economics aside, the chemicals in these cleaners could...
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Safer, Non Toxic Household Cleaners
Windex for glass, Mr. Muscle for the kitchen, another one for bathroom, SoftScrub for bathtubs, another one for limescale, Renuzit as an air freshener, Pine Sol for floors…. At the average of $6 per bottle,that is already $42 out of pocket. Economically that can take a bite out of our budgets; budgets that seem ever shrinking these days. Economics aside, the chemicals in these cleaners...
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For Glowing Skin Try the Oil Cleansing Method
Oil?? Did she say oil? On my face? The answer is a resounding YES! If you want healthy and glowing skin, try the oil cleansing method instead of your normal soap or cleansing gel. I was a die hard cleansing gel fan until my facialist introduced me to the wonders of cleansing oil. I didn’t jump on the bandwagon easily though. I gave it a two week test thinking that as soon as the trial was...
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Valentine's Week Giveaway
The Organic Blonde is overjoyed to announce it’s first giveaway just in time for Valentine’s Day! Two lucky winners will be chosen at random.
One winner will receive an MV Organic Travel Kit valued at $100.
This sturdy organic cotton bag contains all the MV Organic products you need to keep your skin feeling and looking great when you travel. It contains: Gentle Cream Cleanser...
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Is Your Pet Organic?
You want me to eat what??? If your pet could talk, he might actually ask this question. You might be reaching for the organic apples in the supermarket but do you know what’s in your pet food? Now before you go saying that a dog or a cat will eat anything so it doesn’t really matter, let me tell you, dogs will eat when they are really hungry, it is true. Cats are a little pickier...
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Are Antibacterial Products Really Healthy?
Did you wash your hands? How many of you carry a bottle of hand santizer around in your car or handbag? In my area, those little bottles of Dettol (for those of you in the States I suppose Purell would be the alternative) are hawked on the street and at check out points in supermarkets. Antibacterial soap is snapped up in supermarkets in quantities that leave the brands not containing...
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Lighting a Candle
The act of lighting a candle seems like one of the most innocuous acts we do around the house. We light them for ambience, to scent a room, maybe even for meditation and prayer. But did you know the candles you are lighting might be releasing harmful toxins into the air? Soy candles are now, happily, en vogue. They are also healthier for your family not to mention your pocket.
Soy candles...
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Bioidentical Progesterone. A Woman's Best Friend.
When I turned 30 (I am talking about a minute ago and holding) I noticed that something was different and not entirely “right” with my body. I gained a bit of weight, didn’t sleep as well, tolerated alcohol less, and overall felt “fuzzy”. It was also also the time I moved to the Gulf and my life was, yet again, supplanted with entirely new stressors, change in diet,...
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Tossing and Turning? How to Get to Sleep.
C.S. Lewis said “Many things—such as loving, going to sleep, or behaving unaffectedly—are done worst when we try hardest to do them.”. Lately everyone I know seems to be trying their hardest to sleep! While most will reach for the Excedrin PM or maybe even Ambien, and I definitely have made my share of midnight runs to the pharmacy,and I have spent many nights tossing and turning. But...
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Hello World! The Organic Blonde is finally here!!!
As they say in Wordpress, my constant companion for the last three days, HELLO WORLD!!! This blog is the result of several years of dabbling and the last three years of some pretty serious research, a LOT of hemming and hawing as to what I wanted to do with all the research, a lot of bantering back and forth with myself about what to do with all the research and whether starting a blog would be...
