Motherhood Moments

JANUARY 17, 2023

Drink more water. Not iced tea, or soda or sports drinks. Avoid these by drinking water. Beth advises that we ask ourselves if we have an appetite or we are eating just because something is there? As a test, drink a big glass of water. Eat quality calories. pick your foods wisely. Balance your meals.

Nutrition 100

Nutrition Food and Drink Cooking Eating Out 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

It works best when the foods are as close to nature as possible. The best place to prepare your food is your own kitchen, so you have more control over what goes into your meals. The best place to prepare your food is your own kitchen, so you have more control over what goes into your meals.

Making 186

Making Food and Drink Meals Activism 186

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

We are bombarded with images of luscious looking food. It seems that every commercial or ad or billboard shows us wonderful looking food – and it is always available quickly and easily. Families don’t/can’t take time to cook at home from scratch. We didn’t use a lot of prepared snack foods.

Food and Drink 167

Food and Drink Parenting Kids and Family Eating Out 167

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

We shopped at garage sales, turned down the heat, combined errands to use less gas, didn’t buy a lot of prepared food, cooked at home and the like. Peggy: We made our first pot with fresh coffee grounds, finished drinking that pot and perked another pot using the same grounds with new water. Peggy: Oh yes!

Thrifty 213

Thrifty Garage Spendthrift Fair-Trade 213