Cara Yara's Posts - Exploring Holistic Alternatives2024-03-29T00:01:55ZCara Yarahttps://xploringholisticalternatives.ning.com/profile/CaraYarahttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1540035963?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://xploringholisticalternatives.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=387x09tgf3mo9&xn_auth=noKale in english muffins, yay!tag:xploringholisticalternatives.ning.com,2008-10-06:2327957:BlogPost:27192008-10-06T02:00:30.000ZCara Yarahttps://xploringholisticalternatives.ning.com/profile/CaraYara
Today, Jake was making bread and asked me if I wanted him to add any extra grains or healthy stuff. I suggested flaxseed meal, so that went in. Then amazingly he suggested adding pureed kale! This is coming from the same man who looked at his plate with disdain the first time I served kale last year. So he whipped up a cup of pureed kale and added it to the dough. Tonight he used some of the dough to make english muffins. I'm curious to the kids' reactions when they are served english muffins…
Today, Jake was making bread and asked me if I wanted him to add any extra grains or healthy stuff. I suggested flaxseed meal, so that went in. Then amazingly he suggested adding pureed kale! This is coming from the same man who looked at his plate with disdain the first time I served kale last year. So he whipped up a cup of pureed kale and added it to the dough. Tonight he used some of the dough to make english muffins. I'm curious to the kids' reactions when they are served english muffins with brown and green flecks in them! One more step towards better health.Recycling is bad?tag:xploringholisticalternatives.ning.com,2008-09-18:2327957:BlogPost:1532008-09-18T20:58:38.000ZCara Yarahttps://xploringholisticalternatives.ning.com/profile/CaraYara
My 6 year old told me the other day that "recycling isn't good for the environment". That comment was pretty much blasphemy in our household since we are avid recyclers. I asked her what she meant. She elaborated by saying, " well, in order to recycle you need to use a lot of <i>water</i> to clean the stuff and then trucks have to use <i>gas</i> to take the stuff to be recycled, and then you use <i>electricity</i> to run the machines that recycle the stuff". I agreed with her. She went on "but…
My 6 year old told me the other day that "recycling isn't good for the environment". That comment was pretty much blasphemy in our household since we are avid recyclers. I asked her what she meant. She elaborated by saying, " well, in order to recycle you need to use a lot of <i>water</i> to clean the stuff and then trucks have to use <i>gas</i> to take the stuff to be recycled, and then you use <i>electricity</i> to run the machines that recycle the stuff". I agreed with her. She went on "but if we RE-USE the stuff we only have to use water to clean it, that's way better than recycling!" I was very impressed with her understanding of energy conservation and the amount of thought she put into coming up with her theory. I guess she does listen to me!