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Olli Lolli Organic Hoodie Keeps Allergy Medication Close to Your Child

March 14, 2012 0

If you have a child who has a life threatening allergy, you know how important it is to keep their life-saving medication close by. Olli Lolli has created organic hoodies that are specially designed with the Olli Pocket, a built-in pocket that holds your child’s emergency epinephrine auto-injector, asthma inhaler or insulin injector, keeping it close by for when they need it. The pocket also has a tag where you can write all of our child’s emergency contact information. The hoodie comes in green or purple and sizes x-small, small, medium and large.

I love the idea of empowering children while promoting allergy awareness at the same time!

P.S. While Eben doesn’t have an allergy that requires him to carry medication – he is allergic to penicillin, so I completely understand the importance of allergy awareness. 

Does your child have a life-threatening allergy?
Would your child benefit from an Olli Lolli hoodie?

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5 Healthy Shamrock and Rainbow Meals for St. Patrick’s Day

March 13, 2012 0

St. Patrick’s Day is right around the corner and it’s a holiday that is all about shamrocks, rainbows, leprechauns and fun! Since it’s a fun holiday to celebrate with your kiddos, start the day off by setting a leprechaun trap and then plan shamrock green snacks and meals for the rest of the day. Your little lucky charms will look forward to devouring these yummy organic green themed meals, jump over to Inhabitots to see my 5 favorites for a very happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Do you have a special St. Patrick’s meal planned for your kiddos?

photo via Inhabitots

Physical Geography Project: Interior Slice of the Earth from Eco-Friendly Clay

March 13, 2012 1

Eben has been working on a 3-D project for Physical Geography – his project: create an interior slice of the earth showing its layers. He sketched a drawing of what he wanted his project to look like and that he planned to make it out of clay.

This worked perfectly for me – I had gifted him with a large stack of Plastilina modeling clay from Stubby Pencil Studio last Hanukkah, so the only other supplies he needed were a piece of paper from the recycling bin and a handful of wooden toothpicks. I love to watch him create things with his hands!

 Would you like to see the finished project?

When your child has school projects, do you use eco-friendly art supplies and materials from your recycling bin?

Have a Lovely Weekend + A Few Green Things

March 9, 2012 0

Hello, Friends! The weekend is here! Are you excited? We are having friends over for dinner tonight – Mr. Sweet Greens has a delicious Italian dinner planned. I can’t wait! The mister hurt his foot earlier this week, so the rest of our weekend plans will depend on how he is feeling. I have high hopes that we will get some sailing time in. While I get ready for our dinner party, here are a few green things I thought you might enjoy:

– Do you think those babies belong to Mrs. Turtle? I hope so!
– For the Mister: Baby Otters too adorable for words.
– What do you think of a living table?
– What do you think of edible food packaging?
– I love winter crop circles – do you?
– Super-duper cute and eco Easter bunnies!
– I love Glacier National Park – check out these fantastic photos. 

Have a wonderful weekend, I will see you back here on Monday.

xo,
Sweet Greens

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How to Make Local Trap-Caught Shrimp Tacos + Organic Sour Cream Sauce

March 9, 2012 0

When Mr. Sweet Greens makes meals that contain seafood, he always uses local, trap-caught seafood – in our case from Florida. Last night he decided to make shrimp tacos – complete with a homemade organic sour cream sauce and pico de gallo. It is one of my favorite seafood dishes – they are delicious. Are you in the mood for shrimp tacos? Read on to learn the easy recipe – just in time for the weekend. And if you are in the mood, you could make a batch of organic margaritas to go with them!

What you will need:

For the Shrimp:

  • Local, trap-caught shrimp
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon organic chili powder
  • 1 teaspoon organic cumin

For the Sour Cream Sauce:

  • organic sour cream
  • 1 tablespoon cumin
  • juice from 1/2 organic lime
  • salt + pepper to taste

For the Pico de Gallo:

  • 2 organic de-seeded tomatoes (chopped)
  • 1/8 cup organic onion (chopped)
  • 1/2 de-seeded organic jalapeno
  • 1/3 cup organic cilantro
  • juice of 1 whole organic lime
  • salt + pepper to taste

For the Tacos:

  • organic corn tortillas
  • organic Monterey Jack cheese
  • organic cabbage (chopped)
  • organic lime wedges

Step 1: Sprinkle the shrimp with the salt, chili powder and cumin. Then, saute the shrimp in olive oil.
Step 2: Warm the corn tortillas in a warm pan.
Step 3: Add shrimp, cabbage, cheese, pico de gallo and sour cream to each tortilla – top with the juice from a lime wedge or two.

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