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Sustainable Bamboo Coffee Filters

I’m always looking for ways to lessen my footprint on the earth, and one way I’ve found is to switch from paper coffee filters to more sustainable bamboo coffee filters or to a reusable mesh filter. Bamboo is a fast-growing plant that quickly re-grows after being cut down, the bane for many gardeners in tropical [...]

Why You Should Always Buy Organic Zucchini

Because most conventionally-grown zucchini and yellow squash are GMOs, genetically modified to be virus resistant. You’ll be safest to always buy organic zucchini. ©2013 Effortless Eating. All Rights Reserved.. No related posts.

Soothing Throat Coat Tea for Sore Throats

With all the highs and lows we’re seeing in our weather this month, perhaps its no surprise to see lots of kids with coughs and scratchy throats. In my experience, nothing soothes a scratchy, irritated throat like a nice cup of Throat Coat tea from Traditional Medicinals. The Just for Kids line by Traditional Medicinals [...]

Whole Foods To Require GMO Labeling

It warms my heart when I see big corporations stepping up to do the right thing. Whole Foods Market just announced that every GMO product in their stores will need to be labeled by 2014. Hooray! This is a step in the right direction and hopefully it will start off a domino effect that will [...]

Genetically modified foods and your health

In a recent cooking class, a student raised his hand and asked: “What is so bad about genetically modified foods?” Everywhere I go I hear variations on this question, and in some ways, it has become one of my missions to open our eyes about the dangers of GMOs. Why are GMOs so bad? Let’s [...]

Antibiotic Exposure in Infancy Linked to Food Allergies

A new study shows that children who were given antibiotics in babyhood are almost twice as likely to grow into kids with food allergies. The authors, from South Carolina College of Pharmacy in Columbia, theorize that the early disruption of normal flora and fauna in the digestive tract by antibiotics lead to a loss of [...]

Glorious One-Pot Meals Cooking Class at Nature’s Table Cooking School

Last night I taught a cooking class on Glorious One-Pot Meals at Nature’s Table Cooking School. It was my first time teaching at this adorable cooking school tucked behind a King Soopers in Littleton, Colorado. The photos and captions are courtesy of Chef Penni Royston, owner of the school. Thanks for bringing me in, Penni! [...]

Hiding Aspartame in Milk Products

Just when you  thought you were doing a good job in choosing natural products and avoiding adding chemicals to your body, along comes the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) and the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) to petition the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to allow them to add Aspartame and other “non-nutritive sweeteners” [...]

10 Things You Can Do with Pasta

Moving to Italy in 1989 was life-changing for me in so many ways, but one of the biggest revelations I had was that pasta came in different shapes and sizes and could be combined with things other than tomato sauce. Who knew? Growing up, my mom made spaghetti once a week and lasagna once a [...]

Chasing Ice: Documenting climate change.

Earlier this week, my son and I attended an IMAX screening of the documentary “Chasing  Ice” at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science followed by a Q&A session with James Balog, the acclaimed National Geographic photographer and the man behind the Extreme Ice Survey (EIS). The EIS uses time-lapse photography to document the movement [...]