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Gathering Close While Maintaining Distance
Gathering Close While Maintaining Distance2020 has forced a wedge in the normality of physical closeness and togetherness that defines human nature. Covid-19 has led to a degree of disconnectedness that is now weighing heavy on us all. Many of you reading this likely personally know somebody who has been infected with COVID. Some of you, like me, may even have had the unfortunate experience of knowing somebody who has lost their life to this infection....
Salad Girl Fall
Salad Girl FALL Fall harvest season is almost wrapped up. We’ve picked apples, fall raspberries, dug up our potatoes, and got our pumpkins for carving. Whew! Fall is always a busy time of year for gardeners, but this year the ride into autumn feels extra bumpy– in all the ways. My elementary school kids are in the “hybrid version” of school this year. Whichever version of school your kids are in, they are likely home...
Why Eat Organic?
Hi again Salad Girl Family - It's Crystal Herrington, Salad Girl's Nutrition Health Coach. As a health coach and nurse, I often get asked what the big deal is with buying organic foods instead of conventional products. I buy organic food as much as possible. If you know me at all, you know I dive deep into the research to make sure when I buy something that touts benefits, I’m not wasting my time (and...
Love Local MN with Mostly Made
Keeping the family meals creative while also homeschooling and trying to work from home can be really challenging. Our friend, Jillian McGary, started a Minnesota company that has the perfect solution. She mostly makes a meal for you. Here we made a Tortilla Pie with her Mostly Made Enchilada filling. This delicious filling includes chicken, zucchini, green chili peppers, tomatoes, quinoa, and black beans. Mostly Made also offers Lasagna and Shepherds Pie fillings located in your grocer’s freezer Kowalski's...
May is all about Women
Hey Salad Girl Family! May is an exciting month for women. The month kicked off with National Nurses Week, transitioned into Women’s Health Week, and the icing on the cake, of course, was Mother’s Day right in between. There are so many reasons to recognize the importance of Women's Health – this week and every week. Women’s health is the health of the world. We bear the weight (literally and figuratively) of carrying the...