10 Delicious Vegan Slow Cook Dishes

A slow cooker can be a busy parent’s best friend — especially on busy school nights when you want to serve your family a hot meal, but have no prep time whatsoever. Slow cookers are capable of doing a lot more than just slow-cooking meat. There are delicious vegan meals you can make in your Crockpot or slow-cooker as well. The best part is, you can toss in all of the ingredients, set the timer and forget it, at least until dinner time. And after long school and work days, dishing up a home cooked, vegan meal that is ready and waiting is the perfect way to savor the evening without having to rush around trying to throw a last-minute meal together. Jump over to Inhabitots for ten delicious, vegan slow-cooker dishes (including desserts!) to add to your family’s menu. These dishes are perfect for fall and will warm up your family on all of those cool autumn nights.

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Green Child Magazine: Fall Edition: Recycled Halloween Ghosts

Are you enjoying October? Eben and I decorated the house a few days ago – it was fun to see all of the recycled decorations we have made over the year. One of my favorite’s were these flying recycled ghosts – they were featured in the fall issue of Green Child Magazine. I am always so impressed with Green Child Magazine – have you checked out the fall issue? It is jam packed with fantastic information, projects, ideas and inspiration – I am really enjoying it and so happy to be a part of it. Grab your copy here.

14th Anniversary

Today is our wedding anniversary. 14 amazing years. The mister has to work today, we plan to sneak away for lunch tomorrow to celebrate. Being married to your best friend is the most wonderful thing. Yay for 14!

Halloween Planning

It’s here! October – my favorite month of all. Eben made me promise that we could get all of the Halloween decorations out of storage tonight. I can’t wait to sip a hot pumpkin latte, listen to A Nightmare before Christmas and decorate with my favorite person. Perfection.

How are you spending the first day of October?

10 Ways to Give New Life to Old Cloth Diapers

You’ve done a great thing by using cloth diapers on your little one, saving the environment from a mountain of trash that takes over 500 years to biodegrade! However, now that she is potty trained, you have that large stack of cloth diapers just gathering dust in your closet. There are many clever ways to reuse cloth diapers, some that you may never have even considered. Start by laundering and sterilizing the cloth diapers, then jump over to Inhabitots for my 10 favorite ways to give new life to those old cloth diapers.