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I'm a mom with a 2 year old boy. My articles are inspired by my interests that continue to grow. Thank you for taking the time to read my profile, I hope you find some articles to enjoy below.

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I never really have been a big fan of eating soup in the summertime unless I am sick with a cold. However I couldn't pass up a recent sale of some canned soups and I didn't want to wait until I was sick to eat them.
I was pretty unfamiliar with tortilla soup. As far as I could remember I had not tried it myself and mainly had heard of it because of the film by the same title as the recipe.
I have been eating a lot of canned soups and I am trying to get all organic soups and that is why I decided to try some Amy's Organic Soups Chunk Tomato Bisque.
I don't normally buy chopped up and pre-washed vegetables but the other day I saw a bag of Taylor Organic Vegetable Medley. It was a ready-to-eat bag of organic carrots, organic broccoli and organic cauliflower.
Holistic medicine tends to be more expensive because it is not massed produced because it is not yet the norm for medicine. However there are still lots of ways that you can save money on the holistic medicine that you buy.
Each time I walk by the cooking oil section of the baking aisle I never cease to be amazed at all of the wonderful different kinds of oils that there are. Trying out different cooking oils, I have learned a thing or two about them.
I have always had an appreciation for natural remedies, naturals methods of disinfecting and cleaning, and all around have an appreciation of lemon essential oil.
The other day I saw that a friend of mine had a cereal from the company. I sampled Natural Directions Organic Toasted Oats Cereal and thought that I would look into seeing all that the Natural Directions company had to offer.
For a long time I have not been buying any sugar. I have decided to find natural sweeteners to use in its place in the various recipes that I make that call for sugar and a lot of them are liquid sweeteners.
I have taken a liking to some non-liquid natural sweeteners. One of the reasons I choose natural sweeteners over just plain old sugar if for my health. You have several different options when it comes to non-liquid natural sweeteners.
After deciding that I would get my son some macaroni and cheese I hesitated whether or not he would enjoy white cheddar. I looked over the ingredients, curious to see how it differed for the other traditional macaroni and cheese.
I am happy to say that for a long time I ate what was healthiest for breakfast. Recently we turned to instant oatmeal. With the mornings becoming more and more chilly it seemed like a good idea.
Recently I have decided to get yogurt more often. I figure that it has some really nice nutrition to offer and if I am choosy about the type of and brand that I get I can find some really good kind, what I found was Stonyfield Farm YoKids Organic Raspberry Yogurt.
Up until recently we weren't getting yogurt. I've been trying hard to get as much organic foods as I can afford and yogurt just wasn't making the list. However since my toddler son started to eat more dairy I thought that it might be fun to get some for him to try.
After looking closer at both the frozen food section and the canned goods section I noticed that there was a selection of organic vegetables. I thought that I would see what some of the vegetables were like. One such vegetable that I did this with was green beans.
The other day I decided to get some sliced cheese. I decided to try out Marbled Jack Cheese from Joseph Farms. I thought that the taste of marbled jack cheese was good and I thought that I would enjoy it, here is what I thought about it.
It wasn't that long ago that I found myself getting a can of WestBrae Natural Vegetarian Organic Kidney Beans.
It has been some time since I ate some spaghetti-o's. Thus I added a can of Organic Bernie O's from Annie's to our cart.
It seems as though it wasn't that long ago that I could just wear my son, have him in a baby carrier, while I grocery shopped. Now a days though at two years old he doesn't use the baby carrier anymore and instead sits in the front of the shopping cart.
I can remember as a little kid thinking that clothes shopping was rather boring so I wouldn't blame my son if he thought the same. That is why I have prepared a plan to get through a shopping trip of looking for clothes and keeping my toddler happy.
The other day I decided to get some macaroni and cheese for my son to have for his lunch. What I found was Annie's Shells and Real Aged Cheddar Macaroni and Cheese. I thought that this sounded perfect and was happy to try out a box.
I recently started making black bean veggie burgers. They are very easy and quick to make and because they do not require rice like my other veggie burger recipe it doesn't take over an hour to make them.
Recently I started making black bean veggie burgers on a weekly basis and the last time that I made them I decided that we would indulge and get some hamburger buns in honor of the new kind of veggie burgers.
For me and my son breakfast time has been a routine for us that rarely changes. For a very long time every morning I would have a bowl of granola and some fruit and my toddler son would have a waffle and some fruit. Recently though we both have been having instant oatmeal.
Changing the simplest of things and adding the smallest of details can really make the big picture very nice.
Among the cans that I got there were two that were lentil soups, one of which being Health Valley Organic Lentil Soup. I was so pleased to have found it that I was eager to try it out.
For a while now I have been using lentils more and more in my cooking. Wanting to stray away from frozen processed vegetarian foods and soy I was finding that lentils were becoming an excellent solution.
With tax rebates for using solar power more and more people are thinking of and planning on turning to solar power to heat their water. There are several options that you have to fit the needs of your house hold.
One thing that I found to be difficult and challenging at first was the request that we memorize certain lines from a Shakespeare play. By the time it was time to recite what I was to memorize I had learned a few tricks that didn't make it so hard.
In all of the things that a gardener can choose to grow one popular choice is growing vine crops. Growing vine crops doesn't have to be hard and if you live an area where they do well you can get yourself a nice crop.
I got a can of Westbrae Natural Organic Whole Kernel Golden Corn. I was very, very pleased with the Westbrae company and I wanted to see how their canned vegetables tasted.
I use to get spinach a lot. I made stir-fry several times a week and when ever I did spinach played a big part in it. Once or twice a week I would make scrabbled eggs and I would add spinach to the eggs as well.
For some time now I have happily been getting some canned vegetables. I was looking forward to comparing the taste as well as looking forward to already having pre-cooked and thawed organic peas on hand.
One way that I have found that I am making my normally bland dishes better is by using onions. Just the other day I found a bag of Walla Walla River Organic Yellow Onions for around three dollars. Here is what I thought about these onions.
A while ago I tried some frozen edamame at my mom's. I figured it could be nice to try them again and picked up a bag of Shelled Edamame from Sunrich Naturals.
I don't normally like to make my own iced tea super sweet. However I like to try everything once and I thought that it might be interesting to see how the sweetened ready to drink iced tea tasted.
I was seeing more and more organic vegetables in cans so I thought I would try some out. One of the cans that I found that I decided to get was Libby's Organic Whole Kernel Sweet Corn.
When it comes to dinner and lunch I really try and include a lot of vegetables. I haven't really figured out a great way to incorporate too many vegetables during breakfast but I feel pretty good about how often they make an appearance in our diet.
Despite it being summertime and the days being rather warm I have been having soup for my lunches. I hate to admit it but one of the reasons that I have been having soups is because they are very easy to heat up.
I never considered myself a fan of split pea soup but to be completely honest with myself I hardly remembered what it tasted like, let alone know whether or not I liked it or disliked it the last time that I had it.
We don't normally buy macaroni and cheese, in fact we have not been buying cheese too often either, however I started thinking about how it might be a fun and different for my toddler son who recently just started eating more dairy.
It wasn't that long ago that I first saw a commercial for Orbit gum, well I guess if I really think about it, it was a couple years ago. Despite being a fan of chewing gum up until recently I had never tried any of the company's gum.
Feeling a bit adventurous I decided to try out a pre-washed salad that sounded very, very healthy. It was full of tons of different lettuces and herbs and sounded as though its healthy taste was going to be very, very strong.
Making oven fries is something that I was quite fond of doing this the Winter. I had more free time to delegate to making meals, which meant I could spend more time making foods like oven fries and it wasn't a bad thing heating up the apartment because the oven was on.
It has been a long time since I have bough juice. We tend to eat a lot of fruit in this house and more importantly organic fruit and organic juice is usually too expensive for us to justify getting it.
I recently decided to try out two different kinds of chili. They were from the same brand and were the same price except one of them was the spicy version and the other was mild.
I don't normally crave chili in the summer time but for some reason it sounded really good when I saw it on sale. I don't know if it was the price that made it so appealing or the fact that I thought that it would be a nice change from soup for lunch.
Despite having a rather tight budget lately when it comes to grocery shopping I was able to try a few different fun, organic and good foods. Among the new food items that I had tried were some frozen burritos.
Lately I have been looking at what the frozen food section has at my grocery store. Therefore I found myself placing an Amy's Organic Cheddar Cheese Burrito into my shopping cart as I headed off to finish up my shopping for that grocery store trip.
I was happy to have found a non-dairy burrito because I was curious if you could make a really good tasting burrito that didn't contain any cheese. Out of all of the burritos that I got this was the last one that I tried because I was most curious about it and its taste.
I was picky about the soups that I got though and tried to pick only organic ones and ones that were from companies that I had tried items from before. One the of the soups that I had got was Health Valley Organic Vegetable Soup.
I thought it might be fun to get some macaroni and cheese. So the next time that I was in the grocery store I started to pay attention to the different kinds of macaroni and cheese boxes that were available.
I have been planning on making the switch from organic brown rice to organic wild rice but I am finding that the transition has been somewhat difficult do to my grocery budget.
Something that I thought was very interesting about the Frozen Organic Mixed Vegetables from Naturally Preferred was that they had peas, carrots and corn, like your common mixed vegetables bags do, as well as green beans.
I have recently started to get more and more frozen vegetables. The amount that I have on hand is still the same except now I am making a point to select different ones to keep things interesting.
We have actually so far found all of frozen breakfast foods from one company, De Wafelbakkers. We already have tried several of their frozen pancakes and frozen waffles. Most recently we tried De Wafelbakkers All Natural Whole Grain Pancakes.
I decided to try out a can of Westbrae Natural Vegetarian Organic Pinto Beans. I was finding it very nice to have some organic black beans already cooked and ready to go so I figured that it wouldn't hurt having some organic pinto beans that were cooked on hand as well.
I couldn't help myself I just had to get them because they were the very first organic ice cream cones that I had seen before. These ice cream cones were from the Let's Do Organic company.
For a long time the only frozen vegetables that I got was a bag of organic mixed vegetables and a bag of organic broccoli. This ended when I changed grocery stores and had more of a selection to choose from.
Lately I have been really interested in trying out different and interesting foods. As a result I got a can of Health Valley Organic Potato Leek Soup. I was far from familiar with the taste or even look of leeks so I just had to try out the soup.
I have not been getting jelly for a very long time. I happen to look at the ingredients of what ever one it was that I had at the time and was appalled to find that jelly is essentially corn syrup, sugar, food coloring and some artificial flavors.
I recently decided to take the easy route to salad making and try out a few different pre-washed salads. This is not something that I have done in a long time but I was really craving a good quality salad that had a variety of lettuces in it.
The 3 R's are reduce, reuse and recycle and I believe that in that order they are listed in matter of importance. I just can not be happier that people are talking about recycling more these days but I'm disappointed that the other two R's are not becoming as popular.
I've been thinking more about reducing and reusing materials that are used when I am grocery shopping. It seems that the more I think about the more I realize that so much of the paper and plastic that is getting used while grocery shopping can be reduced and be reused.
I think that it is very important to reduce the use of items as well as reuse items over and over again. One aspect that I have both reduced the use of items and reused items is with my grocery shopping.
At the moment I am not regularly getting organic bread. I wish that I could say that I am, but the organic breads are not always on sale and sometimes even the cheapest are as much as three dollars.
I recently decided to get a six ounce container of blueberries that were organic just for fun. The blueberries were Organic Blueberries from Rainier Fruit and they were only two dollars and fifty cents.
I seem to try out high fiber cereals. I think that a high fiber cereal comes with the territory of a healthy organic one. I really don't mind though, as long as the cereal is nutritious, made with good ingredients and taste good that it all that I am concerned about.
A while back I decided to get some celery for a snack for everyone to have at my son's second birthday party. Other than that I really hadn't paid much attention to getting celery, even though I really liked it, up until recently.
My two year old son and I don't drink a lot of juice and nearly never buy it. In fact I rarely have juice even when offered it at other people's homes and as for my son, he has never even tried juice.
It has been a good while since I bought yogurt. When I was pregnant with my son, over two years ago, I bought and ate it for the nutrition that came with it but I never really have been a big fan of the taste or texture of yogurt.
Seeing how I use to regularly chew Trident gum I thought it might be a nice treat. The particular flavor was one that I had yet to try, it was Wild Blueberry Twist. Here is what I thought of the gum.
I found some organic raisins and decided to get a bag. The particular bag that I got was Earthbound Farm Organic Thompson Seedless Raisins. Here is what I thought about them.
I decided to get some frozen vegetables to make things a little bit easier. Plus there was a sale on organic frozen vegetables and I knew that I could save myself some money getting frozen organic green peas.
For a while now we have tried out some wonderful frozen breakfast food items from the brand De Wafelbakkers. I am not an avid fan of frozen foods but I have to admit that it has been nice having them on hand.
Normally I don't approach getting groceries by getting what is ever cheapest but in the case of spaghetti sauce I have been. For a while I was happily trying out different organic tomato and pasta sauces.
I don't normally get short grain rice but I did the other day thinking that it might be a nice and happily picked up a bag of Organic Short Grain Brown Rice by Lundberg Family Farms. Here is what I thought of this rice.
I have to be honest and say that I don't often use conditioner. This started when I was a teenager and was washing my hair every other day. I found that when I used conditioner my hair looked like it needed to be washed everyday.
This morning I made my son some frozen pancakes. The pancakes were a De Wafelbakkers All Natural Buckwheat Berry Flaxseed Pancake and here is what I thought about it.
Very recently I tried some new vegetarian frozen food products. This included Boca Bruschetta Tomato Basil Parmesan Meatless Burger, Boca in a Bun Chik'n & Swiss Sandwich and Morningstar Farms Ginger & Teriyaki Veggie Cakes.
I chose to get their lightly salted package that was made from organic brown rice, here is what I thought about it.
The reason that I do not get Kirkland Organic Creamy Peanut Butter myself has nothing to do with the quality or taste of the peanut butter but rather because of where it is sold.
I decided to try a box of Organic Honey Fiber Multigrain Cereal by Naturally Preferred. Here is what I thought about it.
I got a case of Hansen's Natural Junior Juice Organic 100% Apple Juice. Here is what I thought about it.
One of the bags of frozen french fries that I got was Cascadian Farm Crinkle Cut Organic French Fries. Here is what I thought of them.
A while back I found some awesome back to back sales that allowed me to try a lot of different cereal types and brands of cereals. One of the brands that I found, although if I remember correctly it was not on sale, was Peace Cereal.
While over at my friend's house when I tried some honey. The honey was Aunt Sue's Raw-Wild Natural Honey and here is what I thought about it.
I was amazed to see that the Organic Strawberries from California Giant were only two dollars and forty-eight cents for a pound. I didn't think that I would be seeing this kind of price again so I decided to get them.
Craving something other than bananas I decided to indulge and get some organic blueberries, more specifically Organic Blueberries from Rainier Fruit. Here is what I thought of them.
I already keep a can of Amy's Vegetarian Organic Refried Beans on hand and recently I added a can of Westbrae Vegetarian Organic Black Beans to my cupboard. Here is what I thought of the organic black beans.
I don't normally like to promote the use of frozen foods but I have to say that they do have a certain amount of convenience to them. That is why I decided to make my own frozen bean and cheese burritos.
While visiting my mom she clued me in on some very simple and filling meals that you could make for very cheap. I was impressed with one particular meal that my brother had thought of that only involved a can of refried beans, grated cheese and package of six tortillas.
There was only one option that the store had for organic broccoli and that was for Earthbound Farm Organic Broccoli. Here is what I thought about it.
I happily picked up a bag of Organic Green Onions by Earthbound Farm to use in my cooking, here is what I thought of them.
I don't normally get cabbage, but that all changed very recently when I added a head of Organic Green Cabbage from Our World Organics to my shopping cart.
Making a word search that has a code in it is very easy and can give your child that extra motivation to figure out the word search, because they will want to know what the remaining letters in the word search say.
My son received for his birthday the Little People Stack 'N Crash Work Site. Here is what we thought of the toy.
It is important to keep the cage of your budgie or budgies clean. There are some key things that you should do when you clean your parakeet's cage.
I am a little bit embarrassed to say that until recently I didn't own a glass two-cup measuring cup. As a result one of my birthday presents was an Anchor Hocking Company Two-Cup Glass Measuring Cup, here is what I thought about it.
Here are the steps that I would take to get a toothbrush clean.
There is nothing worse than getting a stain on one of your favorites shirts, especially if the shirt is white. There are some easy steps that you can follow to get a mustard stain out of your white shirt.
Everyday life often require some form of multitasking while you are driving but there are ways that you can do other small tasks while driving that still allow you to drive safely.
There are some very easy things that you can do to make sure that you and your toddler have a pleasant car ride.
Both dusk and dawn can be particularly tricky times of the day to drive in. So if your driving routine requires you to be driving into the sun when it sets or rises or both you can keep some things in mind to make that daily driving routine safer and more pleasant.
It can be intimidating driving at night because things are not as clearly seen as they are in day. Here are some very important this things to do and keep in mind while on the road at night.
This was the first time that I had tried Garlic and Herb Chunky Spaghetti Sauce by Del Monte as far as I could remember. Here is what I thought about.
Del Monte spaghetti sauce that comes in a can only cost ninety two cents. They offer several brands and I have begun to try some of them out. Here is what I thought of their Garlic and Onion Spaghetti Sauce.
Here is one example of a easy toddler craft that you and your toddler or preschooler can do with some glue, construction paper and a cereal box. The craft is a cereal box piano.
You will find toys that are designed for infants, some of which are made so that a baby can play with them the moment they take an interest to reach for, grab or hold onto the toy
The last time that my son had a cold I knew it was the worse that he had yet to have. I felt confident getting him some Vick's Vapor Rub. I had a friend pick it up for me while me and my son stayed at home. The product that my friend brought back was Vick's Baby Rub.
I scanned the different flosses available and noticed some Tom's of Maine Spearmint Antiplaque Flat Floss. Here is what I thought about their floss.
It is likely that your toddler has already discovered that the kitchen is full of fun and unique instruments for them to make music with. If you have a little drummer on your hand then your little one will love making this fun and easy toddler craft.
While visiting a friend I was offered a bowl of cereal. The cereal was Post Selects Banana Nut Crunch Cereal. Here is what I thought of the banana cereal after tasting it.
For a while now I have been using a very peculiar shampoo. The shampoo was 84% Pure Aloe Vera Hair Soothing Shampoo by Jason and I thought that it was interesting that you could make a shampoo that was nearly all aloe vera.
I would recommend for anyone to try them out for their good nutrition and excellent price. They are even better if you can find them on sale like I did.
If I was going to get my son some cookies, I would definitely keep these in mind. I would recommend for anyone to try out the Snackimals Snickerdoodle Cookies.
During a week visit at my mom's I decided to get some easy vegetarian foods to cook to save time and make things easier for her. One of things that I decided to get was a box of veggie cakes from the company Morningstar Farms.
Most recently we got some A+ Cinnamon All Natural Whole Grain Spelt Sweet Potato Pancakes. Read on to see what we thought of them.
Here is what I thought of the Soy Dream Butter Pecan Non-Dairy Frozen Dessert.
Seeing how I had never tried this particular meatless burger I had hopes that it would be a nice change. Read on to see what I thought of it.
I got some Pre-Washed Organic Mixed Baby Greens by Earthbound Farm. Read on to see what I thought of these baby greens.
I have not been getting Boca vegetarian products for a long time, but the other day I noticed the Boca in a Bun Chik'n & Swiss Sandwich. Read on to see what I thought about it.