As a parent, you learn early on that sleep cycle doesn't work as logical with babies and kids, as it does in adults. The biggest advice for early risers is to put them in bed earlier. Also the less day-sleep they get, the less they sleep at night. It goes pretty much the same for the morning routine. I have been waking my son up as late as … [Read more...]
Simple tip to make your morning routine to school a breeze
Preparing the garden for fall and winter
Our vegetable garden was like a jungle for quite a while. Especially after our one month away from home, everything grew out branches and leaves without much of a fruit (i.e. veggies). We wanted to get the dried plants out of the way. I pulled out all bean, corn, broccoli etc. There is still some kale. My husband pulled out the tomatoes and … [Read more...]
Gluten-free diet: Living gluten-free
Gluten-free diet is not as hard as people think it is. Gluten is a kind of protein found in three main grains. These grains are: Wheat Barley Rye Therefore, you don't eat breads, pasta, noodles, cracked wheat know as bulgur, couscous, cake, pies, cookies, bagels, flatbreads made with these three grains. You don’t consume things that … [Read more...]
Hashimoto’s Disease and Gluten Sensitivity
After being diagnosed with Hashimoto after delivering my second baby, starting with the very rapid weight gain, no matter how hard I tried, my inability to lose weight had started to infuriate me. I was also working an 8-hour desk job which wasn't helping. At the beginning of summer of 2010, I decided I needed to make a change and do something … [Read more...]
Hashimoto Diagnosis after my second child’s birth
My son is a spring baby. I gained reasonable and timely weight during my pregnancy. I exercised, I walked. Despite the fact that I walked more than I ever did, my son came 9 days later than my due date. After his birth, we kept walking by the lake everyday with my son. When he was 1 years old, I attended the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. I was back … [Read more...]
Russian Mammoth Sunflowers and Carrots
I had two new residents in my vegetable garden this year. The first one was something I seeded, expecting something else, much smaller in size. The second one, we got from our neighbors because they didn't have the space to plant everything they grew for their science project. This is the flowers of one of the "seven" Russian "Mammoth" … [Read more...]
Book review: Omnivore’s Dilemma
This week’s book is not a children’s book. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals is a non-fiction book about nutrition and health, which I highly recommend everyone, who wants to figure out how to eat healthy in the age of industrialization, to read. Definition of Omnivore in the dictionary is “an animal or person that eats … [Read more...]
How to Make Baked Kale Chips
I have been reading the kale chips, the queen of the healthy snacks craze on many blogs. I had planted kale in my vegetable garden this year and oven-baked kale chips one of the recipes I tried with my kale harvest. First, I washed the leaves thoroughly and cut the stems off. I also cut the rather thicker midribs off. Then I dried them well, … [Read more...]
Why I love family vacation
After 7 days of teachers union strike, public schools started 2012-2013 school year today. The extended summer break came to an end. Before the summer break, among most of the parents around me and on the blogs that I read, the main consensus about vacation was “a vacation is not a vacation when it's with kids”. I seem to be the one of the few … [Read more...]
How to quickly defrost frozen meat without microwave
I've listed what kind of foods and dishes that I prepare and freeze in case of emergencies in my "The foods and dishes that every practical mama keep in their freezer" post. I freeze a lot of meat patties, meat balls, poultry and fish for last minute lunch/dinner prep. When you freeze meat, any kind, the safest and healthiest way to unfreeze or … [Read more...]
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