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Fun Organic Baking – Homemade Soft Pretzels

January 21, 2012

Even kitchen-reluctant kids, like my son, will come help with this surprisingly simple organic cooking project (I promise). Homemade soft pretzels are way better than bought. For one thing, nothing tastes as yummy as your very own homemade pretzel. Secondly, soft pretzels can be healthier at home. You can increase the wheat flour content, add [...]

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Homemade Organic Cran-Strawberry Roll-Ups

September 20, 2011

Kids love fruit roll-ups and fruit snacks, yup, even mine. However, do you know what’s in fruit roll-ups? Betty Crocker Strawberry Fruit Roll-ups contain the following: Pears From Concentrate, Corn Syrup, Dried Corn Syrup, Sugar, Partially Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, Acetylated Mono and Diglycerides, Pectin, Malic Acid, Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid), Natural [...]

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Easy homemade organic maple syrup recipe

August 25, 2011

Right now, we have a small bottle of organic maple syrup that’s been sitting in our fridge for a year now. We just don’t eat much syrup. However, back when I lived with my son’s dad, he did like syrup. Since organic can be expensive, I tried to find a decent homemade alternative – one [...]

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Reusable Bamboo Sticks for Stainless Steel Popsicle Molds

August 8, 2011

A long while back I wrote about a cool set of stainless steel non-toxic popsicle molds. I loved the look of this set, but was concerned about the fact that it came with non-reusable sticks. It may seem like a little issue, but in the long run, a bazillion sticks in the landfill doesn’t sound [...]

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Homemade Organic Watermelon Ice Pops

June 5, 2011

Just a quick ice pop recipe today – wonderful watermelon ice pops. With the weather being so nice, you most likely have a watermelon or two around. Your first through may be, why on earth would I waste a perfectly good watermelon to make ice pops? I’m with you. It’s hard to beat plain old, [...]

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Homemade Ice Pops Made With Leftover Organic Veggies

May 22, 2011

I know, leftover veggies don’t sound like they’d make the best ice pops, but organic veggies can make for some yummy organic ice pops. Depending on the veggie that is. I recently had a slew of leftover veggies and with no salad or homemade soup plans in my very near future, I decided to use [...]

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Homemade Organic Ice Pops 101

May 20, 2011

Ice pops are one of the most searched for terms here at Growing a Green Family.  I can only assume that this means that Growing a Green Family readers are extra super smart. Ice pops aren’t only delicious and a great way to cool off when it’s hot, but homemade popsicles are also very eco-friendly, [...]

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Book Review: Ice Pop Joy

April 28, 2011

Review summary: A beautiful book that will draw you and your family into the wonderful, and often healthy, world of ice pops. Title: Ice Pop Joy by Anni Daulter; published by Sellers Publishing Inc. (March 11, 2011) Cost: Retails at $18.95, but only about $13 on Amazon. From the publisher: “Let’s face it, all kids [...]

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Pure Sunshine Organic Ice Pops from Ice Pop Joy

April 21, 2011

Before I post my entire review of the new book, Ice Pop Joy, I thought I’d post at least one recipe from the book. There are all sorts of delectable looking ice pop flavors in Ice Pop Joy, such as lavender flower power, watermelon pops and even a creamy looking granola ice pop. I didn’t [...]

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Organic Cooking Know-How – 18 Green & Healthy Cookbook Ideas

July 11, 2010

Coming up soon I’ll be posting a big ol’ guide about how to save money on organic food. Not wanting that post to get overly bloated, I decided to post some cookbook ideas ahead of time. Having a few great cookbooks around will really help you not only cook organic and healthier meals and treats [...]

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