Where Should You Buy a Bouquet? Truths About the US Floral Industry
It is no secret that the floral bouquets reign queen as a top gift for women in the United States. According to AboutFlowers.com, the floral industry generated 34.5 billion in sales in 2012. Seventy-one percent of blooms are imported. Before sending a bouquet to someone in your life, it’s important to take a closer look at where flowers originate, how they are processed and shipped, and what is done to these glorious buds before becoming the coveted arrangements meant to bedeck a loved one’s abode. As with many U.S. industries, the floral industry has moved outside of American...
Read MoreF*ck the Fancy. Healthful is Simple.
Why do American families feel the need to make every meal SPECIAL? I know, I know, one could argue that there is nothing “special” about the fare that, I assume, most families are eating, speaking from a gourmet-sense: meals from bags, frozen pizzas, canned soups, homestyle recipes. However, judging from the fact that the emergence of meal-planning sites seems to be on the rise, judging by commercials on television (like the Healthy Choice ads) touting “elevated” ingredients and describing potstickers as a “culinary enigma,” and based upon the popularity of...
Read MoreGetting Out of the Holiday Haze: a Safe Detox
The winter holidays are officially over in my mind, but I thought an after-holiday post might be timely with the arrival of January 6th. When I was growing up, we didn’t take down our Christmas decorations until the celebration of The Three Kings, or The Epiphany, which occurs on that date. Since “epiphany” holds two meanings, what better time to launch a sudden revelation about health? I’ve been feeling weighed down lately, not only by the emotional crash that generally accompanies the passing of the holidays, but with the unbalanced state my body seems to be in...
Read More12 Days of Christmas
On the 23rd of December, Healthful Mama showed to me: Twelve Rolls a’Bakin’ Eleven Dinners for Makin’ Ten Safe Products–Thrilling! Nine Kids Soup–Filling! Eight Cures for Cheese-Dipping Seven Teas for Sipping Six Simple Meals from Nothing Five….Milllllon Hits….! (Okay, not really, but a popular post.) Four Weeks Unprocessed Three Ingredient Snack Two Vaccine Posts and One Tried and True Healthful Way to Eat! Happy...
Read MoreThis Cookie Dough Needs More Cheez Balls
I will preface this post with an admission: there is a lot of non-healthful talk going on here. You have been warned. I’ve been a bit silent lately, taking in the holiday season, but also contemplating how to discuss a season of indulgence on a blog dedicated to just the opposite. Granted, the holiday season doesn’t have to be about OVER-indulgence, but I do think a bit of gratuitous eating, drinking, and gifting can be a welcome release at the end of a calendar year, especially when one spends most days focused on limiting, budgeting, evaluating, and critiquing every aspect of...
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