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Warm Spinach Salad- Great for Winter Lunches!

Posted 11-21-2008 at 07:25 PM by kristen.c
Updated 12-21-2008 at 02:47 AM by kristen.c

If you're anything like me, winter is a time of feeling sluggish and tired with little energy to do much else. I'm a soup and salad kind of person, but I find myself shying away from salads in the colder months because they leave me feeling unsatisfied and still hungry, which leads to unhealthy snacking later in the day.

One of my favorite winter salads is a spinach and tomato salad. It's served warm, so it warms your belly when you eat it and leaves you feeling full. Since spinach...

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MOM Shopping Trip: Feeding the Freezer

Posted 11-12-2008 at 07:52 PM by kristen.c
Updated 11-21-2008 at 07:28 PM by kristen.c

Thanks to trades, trains, and RAOKs, I have a pretty thick stack of $1/1 Cascadian Farm coupons that expire on 11/15 and so I've been trying to stock up on their products when I can. One of the local natural foods markets (My Organic Market, for those who live in Maryland) has the 10 ounce Cascadian Farm frozen vegetables on sale for $1.79, so only 79 cents after the coupon. Normally these go for $1.99-$2.99 in my area. This is a store I shop at regularly, and they also had good prices this month...

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DC Green Festival

Posted 11-09-2008 at 08:58 PM by kristen.c
Updated 11-21-2008 at 07:36 PM by kristen.c

Yesterday DH and I went to the Washington DC Green Festival. We lucked out on tickets as one of the local natural markets that I shop at regularly is a sponsor, and they just happened to have a coupon at the checkout for a buy one get one free admission. Parking in DC can sometimes be tricky, and there is a Metro station right at the convention center where the festival was being held so it was a given that we'd take the Metro to the convention, and because we had our Metro passes we got an even...

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Choosing Organic: My Story

Posted 11-08-2008 at 12:45 AM by kristen.c
Updated 11-21-2008 at 07:37 PM by kristen.c

I started buying organic foods while I was in college. I was a vegetarian at the time and because our school's dining hall was very vegetarian friendly, I was introduced to a lot of new foods that I couldn't find in the regular grocery stores. I think the first organic product I ever bought was at an upstate New York Wegman's, and I can pretty much guarantee you I paid full price for it. A few years later, living in Albuquerque, New Mexico I was introduced to the store Wild Oats. It was similar...

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Vital Stats

Posted 11-08-2008 at 12:41 AM by kristen.c
Updated 11-21-2008 at 07:37 PM by kristen.c

Name: Kristen (I also answer to KC or Kiki, and on occasion "hey you")

Age: 28

Home State: Maryland (greater Baltimore area)

Occupation: Freelance Writer

Marital Status: Married in July of 2005 to Michael

Pets: One dog, 5-year-old Australian Cattle Dog/Corgi Mix named Tucker (frequently pictured in my avatar and discussed ad nauseam on the board)

Little Known Factoids: I’ve never eaten a black olive that didn’t get stuck...

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