• Recipe: Petite Vanilla Scones

    I love picking up a petite vanilla scone at Starbucks as the occasional treat, and decided to play with creating a slightly healthier version, not to mention cheaper! I’m really happy with how it turned out.   Check out the Petite Vanilla Scones recipe, posted as part of the WonderMill Grain Mill Wagon Challenge and made with freshly milled flour! Also shared at Tasty Tuesday!

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  • Recipe: Chocolate Chip Cookie Perfection

    There is a special place in my heart for chocolate chip cookies.  Especially ones that don’t contain too much sugar and therefore don’t send my blood sugar levels into outer space. My awesome kid helpers and I used freshly ground wheat berries for our flour for this recipe, ground to perfection by our new WonderMill!  Hop on over to the Grain Mill Wagon blog to get the recipe! Also shared at Tasty Tuesday!

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  • How To Make Your Own Vanilla Extract

    When you do a lot of baking (or making water kefir!), you tend to go through a LOT of vanilla.  That can get expensive very quickly, and it’s easy to make your own.  Procurring the ingredients will take you the most time – setting up your vanilla takes only a minute! What You Need 1 bottle of vodka (750ml) 10 organic vanilla beans I had never purchased vodka before, and felt a little silly wandering around in the liquor section of the grocery store, staring at vodka bottles.  (It didn’t help that I was pregnant and obviously showing!  Maybe this lady needs an intervention… doesn’t she know that alcohol and…

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  • Review & Giveaway!!! Sambazon Organic Supergreens & Acai

    I recently had the opportunity to sample a few bottles of Sambazon, and we are fans!    While the price tag ($2.99/bottle at Whole Foods) doesn’t make them appealing for everyday drinking, they’re a perfect grab-and-go for a healthy drink from the grocery store or for a burst of energy during a juice fast. The Acai and Supergreens were definitely our favorites, out of the 3 we tried.  I’m not a huge fan of drinking greens (shh, don’t tell), but the Sambazon greens were tasty!   It contains some of the most high-powered greens like kale, spirulina, and chlorella. While the Sambazon organic Protein drink tasted fine, it contains a…

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  • Review: Freshfoods Cook-n-Blend Baby Food Maker

    I should have made more!  After our trial run with the Freshfoods Cook-n-Blend Baby Food Maker by NUK, we love it!  My kids devoured it, almost before I grabbed a picture! I tried to make a lot of S’s baby food from scratch, using organic ingredients, but it was a CHORE using my old blender. It took a lot of steps since I had to cook it all till it was soft enough, fill the blender, empty the blender since I’d filled it too much and it wouldn’t puree, mash all the food down while trying not to spread it all over the kitchen, fill it again, and repeat almost…

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  • Organic & Natural Printable Coupon Round-Up (3/29/13)

    Welcome to the organic & natural printable coupon round-up at Renaissance Mama!! I’ve done my best to make this THE most comprehensive organic & natural printable coupon list on the web.   If I’ve missed any that you find, feel free to leave a note and link in the comments! New! Beverages Gevalia – $1/1 Coffee Seattle’s Best – $1.50/1 Coffee 12oz bags So Delicious – 55¢/1 Starbucks – $1/1 Via Ready Brew Frozen Newman’s Own Organics –  $1/1 Complete Skillet Meal or $1/1 Frozen Pizza Gluten-Free Life Choice Protein Bars– $1/1 5-count box (gluten-free options) Glutino – $1.10/1 Glutino Product Zatarain’s – 50¢/2 Zatarain’s Breading or Rolls So Delicious – 55¢/1 So Delicious Delallo Coupon – $1/1 Delallo Gluten Free Pasta (Use zip 43035…

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  • Organic & Natural Printable Coupon Round-Up (3/22/13)

    Welcome to the organic & natural printable coupon round-up at Renaissance Mama!! I’ve done my best to make this THE most comprehensive organic & natural printable coupon list on the web.   If I’ve missed any that you find, feel free to leave a note and link in the comments! New! Beverages Gevalia – $1/1 Coffee Seattle’s Best – $1.50/1 Coffee 12oz bags Silk – $1/1 (must sign up to print coupon) So Delicious – 55¢/1 Starbucks – $1/1 Via Ready Brew Dairy/Yogurt Heritage Organic (IE) (FF) – $1/1 Heritage Organic Milk Horizon (IE) (FF) – $1/2 Horizon Milk Half Gallons Stonyfield – Possible FREE Stonyfield YoBaby or YoToddler Yogurt 4 pk. (when you enter sweepstakes on Facebook) Yoplait – 30¢/1 Simplait Yoplait (IE)…

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  • Two Natural Ways To Prevent Pre-Term Labor

    I think I learn something new almost every day. 🙂 I had pre-term labor with my daughter, and I am really, really, really hoping to avoid with baby #3 (currently at 23 weeks!!)   I’ve learned two completely natural ways to help prevent pre-term labor lately (beyond the usual “drink lots of water and take a warm bath”) and so wanted to share. Red Raspberry Leaves The first involves a supplement called Red Raspberry Leaves.  You can drink the tea or take a capsule.  I chose the capsule route since I’m not a huge fan of tea (except for my chai, of course, and the tea my S. African friend…

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  • Organic & Natural Printable Coupon Round-Up (3/8/13)

    Welcome to the organic & natural printable coupon round-up at Renaissance Mama!! I’ve done my best to make this THE most comprehensive organic & natural printable coupon list on the web.   If I’ve missed any that you find, feel free to leave a note and link in the comments! New! Beverages Gevalia – $1/1 Coffee or $1/2 Single Serve Cups Naked Juice Coupon – $1/1 Naked Juice 15.2 oz. Bottle Oregon – $1/1 Chai or Cafe Seattle’s Best – $1.50/1 Coffee 12oz bags Silk – $1 Iced Latte So Delicious – 55¢/1 Starbucks – $1/1 Via Ready Brew Uncle Matt’s  – 75¢/1 Organic Juice (59 oz) Breakfast Immaculate Baking – $1/2 Refrigerated Dough Products Coupon Kashi – $1/1 Berry Fruitfuls Cereal Dairy/Yogurt Dannon –…

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