By Dena Fritz There is nothing more traditional than baking your own holiday’s cookies. There is certain nostalgia to mixing the dough, decorating, baking and sliding them onto a cooling rack. Oh and the house smells so good! Baking your own cookies also is an eco-thing to do. You are eliminating [...]
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Go Green With Your Beer, Drink Draught.
By Dena Fritz I don’t know if you are like me, every once in a while, I enjoy a cold glass of beer. It is a pet peeve of mine that the cans and bottles are disposable and not refundable. I seem to remember when I was a kid, you could turn your soda [...][...]
CellarThief
By Dena Fritz Wine into Water CellarThief offers a unique proposition. For every bottle of wine sold, a 100 days of water is furnished to those who need it. Unclean drinking water leads to disease, bacteria and even death. Ninety percent are children 5 years and younger. CellarThief is trying[...]
Thanksgiving Turkey, order a fresh bird.
By Dena Fritz Cooking on Thanksgiving is a challenge, making sure everything comes out of the oven at the right time; everything is hot and not overdone. You are an eco-friendly person and want to do your part during this time but still have traditions that you like to uphold. A great idea for the [[...]
Halloween Pumpkin Carving? Try Painting instead.
By Dena Fritz There is nothing like carving a fresh pumpkin for Halloween. Scooping out the insides and sculpting a scary face to haunt your neighborhood trick or treaters. But if you would like to recycle your pumpkin and make delicious pie or pumpkin soup, paint your pumpkin and use it later for a[...]
Plastics and Bisphenol A
By Dena Fritz We produce more than 15oo lbs. of trash a year. Much of our trash is plastic. A chemical called Bisphenol A which is found in plastic is leaching into water sources and is getting into animals. Bizarre developmental problems in animals sparked a national effort to find the cause. Bi[...]
Herb Gardening Indoors
By Dena Fritz If you haven’t started, it’s about thyme. Herb gardening is a nice way to bring your summer garden indoors for the winter and is a healthful delicious way to enhance your cooking. It is easy and inexpensive. You can grow so many different herbs inside; all you need is some plas[...]
Make Your Own Vanilla Extract
By Dena Fritz I found this recipe on Simply Recipes to make homemade Vanilla Extract. Just in time for the holidays! Commercial vanilla extract usually has simple syrup (sugar water) added to the extract to give it a sweet aftertaste. You can do this if you want, but if you are using the vanilla for[...]
Bake Your Own Bread for the Holidays
By Dena Fritz The holidays are approaching and you must prepare early if you are hosting friends and family. You wonder how you can put a green spin on the way you put it all together. Well, nothing is more eco friendly than preparing your own foods with no preservatives and taking pride in the go[...]
Harvest Your Garden, Put Food up for Winter Bounty
By Dena Fritz If you were one of the industrious and planted a garden (or just a few tomato plants) you may want to entertain the idea of preserving your summer vegetables for a winter bounty. Putting up fresh produce for the winter is age-old, but becoming more and more popular. The economy plays a[...]