Articles tagged “Green Christmas”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Create a Cookbook Library: The Classic Italian Cookbook by Marcella Hazen By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 13 2007 Published in 1976 by Ballantine Books, The Classic Italian Cookbook by Marcella Hazen isn't a new cookbook, nor is it a flashy photo-laden one. The recipes are straightforward and mostly easy to make, although there are a few tricky things that take a bit of practice.All of the ingredients are standard items that you... + READ MORE

Make a Gift Basket for Someone You Love By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 12 2007 My husband has a great philosophy of life. Your loved one gets tasty treats, you aren't adding any stuff to their home, and you didn't use any wrapping paper that gets instantly thrown away. + READ MORE

Bake Some Dough Christmas Tree Decorations By Kelly Rossiter IN Home & Garden Dec 12 2007 Image credit:http://flickr.com/photos/snowdeal/313564813/When my children were small, our house was Kid Central. So even though it's a hectic time of year, carve out a bit of time to make some dough ornaments with your kids.Baked Dough for Christmas Ornaments FlourSaltVegetable oilWaterAcrylic paint 1. + READ MORE

Make some Caramel-Corn Clusters for Christmas Gifts By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 11 2007 Last year, my daughter decided that she was going to make Christmas gifts for her friends. Caramel Corn Clusters 2 tablespoons vegetable oil1/3 cup popcorn kernels1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter11/2 cups packed light brown sugar1/2 cup light corn syrup3/4 teaspoon salt1/2 teaspoon baking soda1 cup salted peanuts (5... + READ MORE

Deck Out a Greener Christmas Tree By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Dec 7 2007 This Christmas, instead of getting a El Fake-o tree most likely made from noxious PVC (and shipped from China), or a questionably harvested, pesticide-ridden cut tree that could haul in glad tidings of chlorpyriforus (a suspected neurotoxin, ho ho ho) and other chemicals into your living room, consider a living... + READ MORE

Make Your Own Recipe Book By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 7 2007 Now that Jasmin has taught us how to make our own notebooks, I have just the thing to fill it with. Choose recipes that your family always loved, things that you have made many times.I also included recipes from both my mother and mother-in-law that the children enjoyed. + READ MORE

Recycle Used Magazines, Catalogs into Holiday Ornaments By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Dec 6 2007 If you have hyperactive cats (or children) who like to dash your Christmas ornaments to the ground with one well-aimed swipe, these unbreakable paper ornaments may be just what you need to gussy up the Ol' Tannenbaum. + READ MORE

Give Some Family History for Christmas By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 6 2007 I have cupboards filled with wedding presents and things that we have acquired over the course of our lives together, and I'm sure many of you do, as well.I'm talking about things that are a part of your family life, and things you know they would love.When my first child, was born my mother gave me the family cookie... + READ MORE

Cull Unused Holiday Decorations By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Dec 5 2007 Repeat after us: "If you don't set it out, weed it out." Last year, we realized that if it's not worth setting out, it's not worth storing either, so it got pitched or donated. + READ MORE

It's Hanukkah! Make Some Potato Latkes By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 5 2007 My husband is Jewish and grew up eating potato latkes every Hanukkah. I am Protestant and grew up eating mashed potatoes every Christmas. Shortly after we were married, he suggested that I get his Great Aunt Sara's latke recipe. + READ MORE

Build an Electronic LED Hanukkiyah By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Dec 3 2007 Christmas trees used to have real candles, but moved to electric lights and now LED lights for obvious reasons. They are traditionally lit in a sequence; one as the lighter candle (the higher shamash) which is used to light the other eight, one of the first night, two on the second etc, totalling 44 candles over the... + READ MORE

Give Granny What She'd Really Like for the Holidays By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 3 2007 If you have any elderly relative on your Christmas or Hanukkah list, you know how hard it is to choose something for them. Soup Au PistouMakes 6 servings 1 tbsp olive oil2 onions or leeks, chopped1/2 tsp dried thyme and pepper2 each carrots and celery stalks, chopped6 cups vegetable or chicken stock2 cups chopped fresh + READ MORE

Stay Healthy This Christmas By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Nov 30 2007 It is a sad truth that retailers begin pushing their Christmas wares in Canada the day after Halloween.For many people office parties, office lunches, Hanukkah parties, family Christmas parties, friends' Christmas parties, as well as Christmas day and New Year's Eve are just an endless string of eating too many bad... + READ MORE

Simplify the Holidays: Inexpensive, Creative and Eco-friendly Gift Ideas By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Nov 19 2007 We're probably not the only ones who think that holiday consumerism has gone off its rails.Our favorites are waste- and clutter-free: Gifts of time, such as a gift certificate for a home-cooked meal or a day of babysitting; donations to a favorite cause or non-profit; and a good ol' cookie swap. + READ MORE

Power Your TV, Cell Phone, or Laptop by Pedaling By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Tech & Transport Aug 27 2007 One of the first-prize winners of our TreeHugger/Popular Science/Instructables Go Green contest, this gadgetry wizard shows you how to rig up your bicycle to create a human-powered generator. Here's the cost breakdown of the entire setup, illustrated below the fold: Alternator = 9 (new); 5 (used at junkyard)Bike... + READ MORE