Becoming Green

Book Review: Flying Apron’s Gluten-Free and Vegan Baking Book

Stephanie — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:59:20 +0000

My mom has been on the look out for cookbooks for our family, that meet both Jake’s requirements of being allergy free, and my requirement of being gluten free. I can’t remember where she heard of this little book, but it is written by Jennifer Katzinger who has a bakery in Seattle called Flying Apron [...]

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Allergy Free Sunbutter and Other Snack Ideas For Kids with Food Allergies

Stephanie — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:29:32 +0000

I have been struggling this week, trying to think of new ideas for food to feed Jacob. As you may remember Jacob has food allergies; many many food allergies and it is making it tough for me to feed him as he is getting pickier. To be precise, he is allergic to milk, eggs, peanuts, [...]

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Old Farmer’s Almanac and Planning Our Garden

Stephanie — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:00:49 +0000

I came across the Old Farmer’s Almanac website a couple of days ago and discovered that they have a lot of handy information for gardening. This isn’t too surprising, that a farmer’s almanac would have useful information for… farming. But, what did surprise me is they have a lot of free information on [...]

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Happy Friday!

Stephanie — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:34:31 +0000

A little video of Jacob being silly, to provide some Friday cheer!

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Lowering My Electric Bill

Stephanie — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:15:46 +0000

We just paid our last electric bill and it was much higher than it has been on average. We usually pay around $100 a month in electricity and this month it was $155. So, I’ve decided we need to do something to try to get this back under control. It has been cold here, and [...]

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