Welcome back! If you haven’t already, please drop me a note at calie at broccolicupcake dot com. You can also subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Itchy eyes, runny noses, eczema, coughing and wheezing – this is the time of year when it really starts to kick in for many of us – including [...]

The last 10 days have been a serious challenge for me, mainly because I dislocated my tailbone, which is as painful as it sounds.  Being in constant pain means I’m a little edgy (ok, I’m a lot edgy), which makes getting through the day with the kids a challenge.  Just sitting down is extremely painful [...]

Today’s Tennessee Mornings segment was on a topic I wrote about at the beginning of the summer – houseplants.  If you’re looking for more inforamtion about their air purifying abilities, tips on which plants make the best natural air filters or how to keep them alive just click one of the links.  You can also find [...]

We are officially half way through the farm share/farmer’s market season and I’m surprised that I’ve taken this long to talk about it!  Yes, it’s true that the farmer’s market is  a great resource for anyone interested in healthy eating, but it’s also much more than that.  I first went to the farmer’s market long before [...]

Our oldest, who recently started calling himself Nature Boy, was due for his 5 year check-up.  Our 2 year old, who we affectionately call Bam-Bam, was also due for a  vaccine since we are on a delayed schedule.  I decided to go ahead and schedule them both at the same time and just get it [...]

I haven’t mentioned it here until now, but I’m participating in the SITS Girls ProBlogger Challenge.  Today’s task was to spend time analyzing a top blog in my niche, which  I guess is health and wellness or healthy living.  I cover a lot of topics under this umbrella from cleaning and beauty products to food news [...]

Sounds good, doesn’t it?  That was breakfast this morning and when I tweeted about it I had several requests for the recipes so here they are. Oatmeal, Applesauce, Blueberry Muffins Preheat oven to 375 and line muffin pan with papers liners.  Mix dry ingredients in a large bowl including as follows. 1 1/4   cups organic stoneground whole [...]

I’m only half way through Real Food by Nina Planck, but I couldn’t wait any longer to talk about it because I want everyone to read it.  It’s like a juicy novel that I just can’t put down except the love affair in this book is with food – real, traditional food.  If I had [...]

I never listened to any of the talk about milk and dairy until our youngest was about 4 months old and struggling with severe reflux and mucus.  The pediatrician suggested I remove all dairy from my diet.  When I did, I found my health and weight improved dramatically.  My allergies cleared up and I lost [...]