http://icouldsewdothat.com Spend less, live more. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:19:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/827?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chikn-qorn-chowder http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/827#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:16:27 +0000 admin http://icouldsewdothat.com/?p=827 As you may know from reading my blog I generally try to stay physically fit. I enjoy running and weight lifting and eating a healthy plant-based diet. I get plenty of nutrients from my food because my workouts are pretty moderate. My husband on the other hand has been doing P90x. With a workout this [...]

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]]> http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/693/feed 0 http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/647?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bad-cupcake http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/647#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:52:47 +0000 admin http://icouldsewdothat.com/?p=647 I like to fancy myself a pretty healthy person. I try to eat well (as close to vegan as I can muster), I exercise (not as often as I should, but I do), I gave up smoking and I meditate. I am currently following the Mahayana Buddhist path which encourages a healthy lifestyle and finding [...]

]]> http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/647/feed 0 http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/606?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=better-oats-better-breakfast http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/606#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:34:27 +0000 admin http://icouldsewdothat.com/?p=606 I love to eat. I do not, however, like the calories in a bagel, the sugar in cereal or taking the time to cook my own breakfast unless it involves the microwave. I love oatmeal packets, but there is so much sugar that over time I stopped using them. I started buying quick cooking oats and [...]

]]> http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/606/feed 0 http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/589?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=diy-natural-all-purpose-cleaner-recipe http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/589#comments Fri, 04 Mar 2011 19:13:24 +0000 admin http://icouldsewdothat.com/?p=589 This weekend is spring cleaning time again around my house.  As you may have read in previous posts I try to use inexpensive, effective and natural cleaners wherever possible. I swear by vinegar for cleaning counter tops, stainless steel and cutting boards, but when it comes to all purpose cleaners for bathrooms, floors, etc. I [...]

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]]> http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/577/feed 1 http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/555?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-buch-is-in-the-bottle http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/555#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:07:05 +0000 admin http://icouldsewdothat.com/?p=555 Good news! As a follow-up to my previous post “The ‘Buch is On!” I can say that it appears to have been a successful experiment. I finally had a thin, white, filmy pancake looking SCOBY grow on top of my tea brew. It looked like kombucha, it smelled like kombucha, so I called it done. I [...]

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