Category: Whole Food Search for: What to do when your kids go into the “real world” In 2008, after being married for 20 years, I found myself a newly single parent. I was on my own trying to achieve a high-raw diet for my four… Grains and legumes made easy I think sometimes we don’t make brown rice, split peas, lentils, or other wonderful whole-grain or legume dishes, only because we get home from work and don’t want to wait… Birthday ideas… Email from a reader: My son is turning two in just a couple weeks. We have moved to the whole foods lifestyle as a family now. I have no… should you cut skin off fruits and vegetables? My sons Kincade and Tennyson hate peaches because of their fuzzy skin. I tell them they’re crazy, because inside the fuzzy skin is one of the most fabulous foods on… raw food diet versus alkaline diet I was having this conversation on Facebook today with a reader, and since I’m sure not all of you are my facebook friends or check in there regularly, I thought… So you’re trying to get kids to eat right! You’re raising kids (or maybe helping with your grandkids)? You and me both, my friend! I’m raising four—two boys and two girls. They all have different personalities, interests, and temperaments…. School Snacks From Email: With school starting soon I am feeling lost on what I can buy for treats to take and share with my children’s school classes. Our state requires… Raw Foods and “Funny” Stomachs Dear Robin, I have a few health related questions I wanted to ask you regarding starting a raw food diet. I consider myself a beginner raw fooder, I have taught… Birthday parties with whole foods! Dear GreenSmoothieGirl: What do you do for birthdays? So it’s my kids’ birthdays (yes, all of them–within three weeks of each other–go ahead and make your jokes about me and… It’s a Long and Winding Road to Good Nutrition! In my first newsletters, I told you a little about the rocky path to health that my family and I traversed. It’s not very often clear and linear, that path,… raw food diet: why not raw meat? Talking more about the raw food diet here.Most raw foodists don’t eat animal protein (supermodel Carol Alt is an exception).See my book review here of The China Study https://greensmoothiegirl.com/reviews.html or… raw food diet: isn’t steaming good? and, my kids come back sick Update: Yep.All four of my kids puked their guts up at their dad’s family reunion.Just like always.Poor little guys. (Well, one of them is 6’2″, not that little, huh?)Back to…