Monday Morning Mix-Up 4/25/11
April 25, 2011 · 9 comments
Hello readers, I hope you all had a wonderful Easter! Did you use any of the great ideas from everyone last week for healthier Easter goodies? Did you paint your eggs with any natural dyes? I was hoping no one I knew would see me buying the nasty bleached factory-farmed eggs from the grocery store, and then we used regular dyes, but of course we won’t be eating them.
Rami Nagel was sweet enough to give me a copy of his book, Cure Tooth Decay: Heal and Prevent Cavities with Nutrition, at the Wise Traditions conference last fall, but do you think I’ve had time to pick it up yet? Nope. I’ve only skimmed through it, but I quickly realized it was too jam-packed with info to only be skimmed, so I plan to get back to it soon and then let you know what I think. In the meantime, check out Elizabeth’s great book review! Here’s an excerpt: “Before hearing about this book I never even considered the idea that tooth decay could be reversed. I was so swamped by cultural bias that I assumed cavities could only be prevented by brushing, flossing, and staying away from sweets. And if that didn’t work (as it often doesn’t) then it was time to drill those poor teeth to oblivion. But according to Rami, this system of dental care fails at every level.”
Have you read this post from a while back about what a dingbat I am? That time I killed my kefir grains, but I also tell you there about some of my other doozies. That reminds me, I haven’t posted a Friday food flop recently. Not that I haven’t had some flops, because those never end. As I write this it’s Saturday night and I set my oven on fire earlier today. Something dripped over last week and I forgot to clean it. So my Easter dinner rolls that I was baking might have a bit of a campfire taste to them…
Thank you Jenetta for sending me this article, “Girls hit puberty earlier than ever, and doctors aren’t sure why”, from USA Today. My friend, Anne, shared her similar story in this guest interview, where she talks about how she put the brakes on her own daughter’s early puberty. (Have you also seen Anne’s post called, “Eating real food shouldn’t cost an arm and a leg”?)
Anyone need this post today for your kids (or yourself)? Counteracting the effects of junk food.
Do you want a peek at the life of a Real Food blogger and homeschooling Mom? Shannon’s post is a beautiful look inside her very full life. (Maybe I’ll do a post like that someday. But my pictures won’t be as pretty…)
I received this in an email last week from Jeffrey Smith: “It’s been a year since we started watching BP’s oil spew into the Gulf day after day. Although that’s been plugged and cleanup is underway, a more insidious form of pollution continues without containment, with much longer term consequences. You might think I’m talking about Fukushima’s nuclear catastrophe. Actually, the pollution I’m referring to about can outlast even thousands of years of active nuclear waste.
Watch this two-minute video Cap the Gene Spill, directed by Alex Bogusky, to find out how genes from genetically modified crops self-propagate and permanently alter the gene pool—for all future generations.”
CAP THE GENE SPILL from NO GMO on Vimeo.
I’ll see you here later this week for Real Food Wednesday! (Did you know that participating is a great way to get more traffic to your blog OR to learn more about Real Food and get some great new recipes, too?!)
Hello readers, I hope you all had a wonderful Easter! Did you use any of the great ideas from everyone last week for healthier Easter goodies? Did you paint your eggs with any natural dyes? I was hoping no one I knew would see me buying the nasty bleached factory-farmed eggs from the grocery store, and then we used regular dyes, but of course we won’t be eating them.
Rami Nagel was sweet enough to give me a copy of his book, Cure Tooth Decay: Heal and Prevent Cavities with Nutrition, at the Wise Traditions conference last fall, but do you think I’ve had time to pick it up yet? Nope. I’ve only skimmed through it, but I quickly realized it was too jam-packed with info to only be skimmed, so I plan to get back to it soon and then let you know what I think. In the meantime, check out Elizabeth’s great book review! Here’s an excerpt: “Before hearing about this book I never even considered the idea that tooth decay could be reversed. I was so swamped by cultural bias that I assumed cavities could only be prevented by brushing, flossing, and staying away from sweets. And if that didn’t work (as it often doesn’t) then it was time to drill those poor teeth to oblivion. But according to Rami, this system of dental care fails at every level.”
I’ll see you here later this week for Real Food Wednesday! (Did you know that participating is a great way to get more traffic to your blog OR to learn more about Real Food and get some great new recipes, too?!)
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Cracking up over the unnaturally dyed eggs . . . I hope you at least used some 99 cent eggs from the grocery store that you shouldn’t really be eating anyway?
LOL, I felt the same buying the white grocery store eggs. We used the PAAS kits – as you say, we didn’t eat them. My son did crack one open though and he was amazed at the difference in the color of the yolks. B/c I also had hard boiled our farm fresh eggs to make deviled eggs, so he could see the difference instantly. I didn’t even point it out to him; he discovered it himself. *ICK*
Now I”m going to check out those posts on early puberty – a subject which interests me a great deal, with 2 daughters ages 5 and 8.
we dyed eggs with food this year for the first time. it was fun, but a much longer process. plan on 2-3 hours for the activity, most of it leaving the eggs to soak in the dye water. it was fun, and we will repeat the activity next year. we did use grocery store eggs and we did eat them. i figure once a year eating grocery store eggs isn’t the end of the world. hubby grew up eating the dyed eggs so putting a stop to that tradition might get me into marital trouble
. i hope to get a post up eventually about it, but it may be 11 months 2 weeks and 3 days before that happens…
We dyed our chickens eggs using natural dyes we mixed up from the pantry ie blueberries for blue, paprika for red. Our chickens lay several shades of brown eggs but while the colors weren’t as intense as white eggs with a dye kit they still came out well. And it’s fun to mix up the dye too.
Why would you buy grocery store eggs? Does that support the sort of agriculture we believe in? Please support traditional heroes-get your health from the farm not the pharmacy and live the right to bare farms!
I understand why she bought store eggs…. I can’t find any white farm eggs! And I did not want to dip my beautiful (and expensive) farm eggs into unnatural dye! I did not eat mine either, they were just for fun and just once a year. Maybe my pretty white leghorns will actually be laying white eggs by next Easter (I thought for sure we would have some this year
but not yet) and then we can get/make some natural dye! 
We love coloring eggs on Holy Saturday every year! I hope your kids still had fun. By the way, I read Shannon’s post and she is really such a talented photographer. I kept a journal of what I do on a daily basis a few months back and it made me smile to read hers. It is so beautiful to see her young family starting out in such a peaceful an healthy way.
Kelly, do you mind if I comment with a link back to my day? If so, just delete it. Thanks!
http://dyno-mom.blogspot.com/2011/01/rhythm-and-blues.html
How To Dye Red Eggs with Onion Skins for Greek Easter
http://greekfood.about.com/od/greekcookingtips/ht/redeggs.htm
I had a good laugh about your oven and almost catching on fire! So glad to know I’m not the only one who does dumb things like that! I don’t comment very often, but I do appreciate your blog and all the work you put into it. Thanks for helping us get healthy and educated! Blessings!