This post on Greek yogurt benefits is part of a blog series on the yummy goodness of Greek yogurt. The list of Greek yogurt benefits is impressive. This tangy dairy treat has quickly grown popular in the United States, as it has around the world, because it can boast advantages over regular yogurt (often alternatively…
Nowadays, everybody talks about “going green,” but what does going green really mean? I associate the term, going green with anything that helps the environment by decreasing one’s ecological footprint such as being more energy efficient, using fewer chemicals, reducing waste, and recycling, all of which can wind up saving you money and help to…
Have you started thinking about Christmas card photo ideas? Yes, It’s only July, but it’s never too early to start thinking about your Christmas cards. This year we’re thinking about sending out photo Christmas cards. We sent out photo cards a few years ago, but because we decided to do it so late in the…
As a long-time lover of books and literature, my home has been moving towards something resembling a library, or perhaps a used book store for quite some time. Everywhere I look, my beloved books cover shelves, desk tops, counters, tables and really any unoccupied surface upon which they can be stacked. Further, what would be…
This post is part of a blog series on the yummy goodness of Greek yogurt. If you have seen Greek yogurt in your local supermarket, listed on a menu or in a cookbook, you may be wondering just what is Greek yogurt. It is a type of yogurt made from fermented milk. It is very…
Over the course of the next couple of week, I’m going to be writing a series of posts about Greek Yogurt. Why Greek yogurt? Well a few years ago, I bumped into a co-worker of mine in the company pantry. She was eating a container of yogurt that looked nothing like the yogurts I had…
This past weekend, we decided to take a little trip to Hershey, Pennsylvania. We wanted to get away, and didn’t want to travel too far from NJ, so we settled on Hershey because it was only few hours away, and we had never really visited the town before. We decided not to visit the Hershey Amusement Park…
Last week, Z.E.N and I went to check out a new playground called Kidstreet, located in Bridgewater, NJ. I had heard great things about this playground, and although it is approximately a 15-20 minutes away, I can happily say it was well worth the drive. Kidstreet is a one-acre community-planned and built playground located behind…
The Little Green Books Series is a great line of books that focus on education children about the benefits of being green. These books are published by Little Simon, a division of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing. It is the first eco-friendly line of children’s novelty and storybooks, aimed at parents and children looking to…
I Can Save the Ocean: The Little Green Monster Cleans up the Beach was written by Alison Inches and illustrated by Viviana Garofoli. This book is part of the “Little Green Books” series, which is a new eco-friendly series from Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division. Like in the Book, I Can Save the Earth,…
