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Mommy Mix
I just wanted to share with you the recipe I use for trail mix. I especially like to snack on this trail mix while pregnant and in the postpartum period, when the body desperately needs to replinish...
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Real Food for Mom and Baby
I have just finished up reading a great new book, Real Food for Mother and Baby by Nina Planck. This book explains the benefits of feeding our children a traditonal, whole-foods diet from the time of...
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Super-Simple Handmade Hand Soaps
This is my third contribution to "A Handmade Christmas" over at Abbi's blog, Proverbs 31 Living http://www.proverbs31living.blogspot.com/. Today I am sharing a very simple scented handsoap recipe....
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Nourishing Menu Plan for Baby
After recently posting on the importance of a whole-foods diet for babies and children, I thought I would share with you a typical week in my 10-month-old son Henry's diet. There is certainly a LOT of...
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Welcome, Ryan Clayton Vega!
Hi everyone! Just wanted to share the good news with you all--Ryan Clayton Vega was born Sunday, November 22 at 4:50 am, weighing in at 6 lbs. and 10 oz. He's doing well, as is our family as we settle...
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Family Update--December
Hi, everyone! I promise I will get back to regular blog posting soon--enjoying my babymoon for a few more weeks, especially with the holidays approaching!All is going so well for the Vega family right...
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Happy New Years!
Here's wishing a Happy New Year to all my readers and their families! Hope 2010 is filled with even more blessings than 2009! I will begin with a (very) slow return to blogging, and you will notice...
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A Nourishing, Cold-Weather Meal
Everyone craves comfort food in the winter season--it's warm, filling and of course, comforting! One of our family's favorite comfort food meals is pot roast. Now, before I began to study more about...
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Birthday Boys!
This month saw to milestones for the Vega family, one being Henry's first birthday, and the other being that Ryan turned 2 months old! I can't believe how fast my little ones are growing!
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Preparing Nourishing Food During Seasons of Busyness
These last 2 months have been quite an eye-opening experience for our family! Having two babies so close in age (Henry is 12 months, Ryan 2 months) has definitely been a lesson in time...
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Super-Simple Salad Dressings
One thing I strongly encourage my family to eat is salad. I love salad, and as luck would have it, my two oldest boys do too! My hubby not so much, although he will occasionally eat an Italian-style...
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Healthier "Hamburger Helper"
This post is my contribution to the recipe carnival that Katie at Kitchen Stewardship http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/ is hosting today. The theme is making a one-dish hamburger helper-style meal...
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Goals for 2010
In the midst of all the business here in the Vega home, I have completed a list of goals for our family to accomplish this year. I have been using some very helpful organizational tools from listplanit...
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Naturally Treating Three Childhood Ailments--Cradle Cap, Thrush and Teething
Wow, what an experience it has been to have two children so close in age! Recently, this has presented a new set of challenges, as Henry has decided to cut about 7 teeth at once, including 2 molars...
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Crockpot Refried Beans
Our family loves refried beans. Frugal and nourishing, refried beans can be used in a variety of dishes. Some of our favorites include in bean and rice tacos, beef and bean or just plain bean burritos,...
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Yummy Valentine's Day Treats!
This year, the children and I are making special treats for Daddy for Valentine's Day! Our plans are to surprise him with a breakfast of crepes covered in whipped cream and strawberries, bacon and...
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Simple Beef Paprikash with Spaetzle
Beef Paprikash is a simple recipe I came up with to use up lefover roast. I really enjoyed eating the traditional Chicken Paprikash in a Hungarian restraunt in Florida several years ago, but was...
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Our New Juicer! (plus some recipes!)
Ever since our family has been making a change to eating a more traditional/whole foods diet, one of the biggest items on my kitchen gadget wishlist has been a juicer. We had all but given up on...
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Weekend Reading--Link Love!
Well, I've never posted a link love post before, but I have way to much work to procuce a regular post today, so I thought I'd share these great articles I've enjoyed over the week. Happy reading!What...
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Simple, Nourishing Breakfast--Baked Oatmeal and Coconut Smoothie
Our family really enjoys oatmeal! Both tasty and nutritious (especially when served up with some raw cream, butter, real maple syrup and a dash of cinnamon!), oatmeal is a wonderfully frugal yet...
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