Archive for July, 2007

The Truth about Tofutti

Being that I try to stay away from dairy based products as much as possible I found that I missed cream based pastas the most! How could I get a delicious cream base without milk? Well I went searching on Vegan-food and found my answer. A beautiful cream pasta dish with spinach. […]

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Helpful Organic Websites

Searching for the right organic site can be a challenge. With so many to choose from it’s hard to separate or know which are good and which are great!
Here are a couple of my favorites so far, the list will grow so keep an eye on my Blogroll. Enjoy!

Organic Passion - Not only […]

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2 Million Plastic Bottles used Every 5 Minutes in the U.S.

If you think about current news topics what comes to mind? Could it be Britney Spears or Lindsay Lohan? One story you might not hear about is the 426,000 cell phones that are retired each day.
How about the 114 million brown paper supermarket bags used every hour in the U.S.? I can honestly say […]

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Discover the 5 Cleaning Products You’re Already Eating

Last month I was helping a friend clean house and probably used every disinfectant and bleach product known to man. I specifically remember the stainless steel cleaner, that when sprayed, singed every nose hair within a 20 mile radius. After using about three different products I noticed a red itchy rash […]

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A new TWIST on the Sponge

There’s nothing I love more than finding a nifty new household item that is stripped from it’s everyday earth- harming chemically-treated ways. We’re all used to seeing the common cleaning sponge in our grocery stores, all pretty maids lined up in a row with their bright colors and labels touting their antimicrobial properties. […]

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The Toxic 12: Which fruits to eat, which to avoid

Every week when traveling to the market I have to choose between organic (expensive) or non-organic (less expensive, more harmful) fruits and veggies. I always seem to be 50/50. I usually pick depending on price but that was before I started doing some research on the amount of pesticides used in farming and […]

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Avalon Organics, Friend or Foe?

Confusion in a nutshell!!! OK, so I’m getting ready to write my post on Avalon Organics Awapuhi Mango Shampoo/Conditioner and I’m making sure their statement plays nice with their ingredient list…not so much folks. Organic Consumers will take you to a little placed called “liar liar pants of fire”.
I found this contradiction on […]

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Tom’s of Maine Natural Deodorant

Sweat vs. Stank, the everlasting problem with natural deodorants and unnatural deodorant/antiperspirants. I remember back in the day when sweating was the biggest embarrassment on the face of my high school existence! If I could have zapped all the sweat glands to remain “sweat free” I would have done it.
Amazingly I think I’ve […]

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Olivella Skin Care: Olive Oil Soap and Moisturizer

When my fellow co-worker introduced the idea of using olive oil as a moisturizer I thought she must be joking….olive oil? I took into consideration her Greek heritage and decided those Greeks knew how to use their natural resources.
The more I researched the more excited I became. I’m not sure about everyone else […]

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