Category: Pinchin’ Pennies

Homemade Baby Food for the Fall – Exploit Your Oven
[ 1 ] October 12, 2009

Homemade Baby Food for the Fall – Exploit Your Oven

One of the reasons we love to advocate homemade baby food is due to its natural goodness, both for baby and for the environment.   When making baby food, it’s easy to exploit your oven and stove top and thus, use minimal energy.  This post will focus on exploiting your oven in the Fall. Make oodles [...]

How to Make Organic Homemade Baby Food
[ 0 ] September 1, 2008

How to Make Organic Homemade Baby Food

We continue to receive a lot of email asking us how to make organic homemade baby food. There seems to be a certain mystique that continues to surround organic cooking. The recent organic trend has seen a lot of media hype that leads you to believe you must do something special to make organic foods [...]

Organic Find of the Week
[ 0 ] May 18, 2008

Organic Find of the Week

I’ve been trying to post my <cheap> Organic food finds when I have gone grocery shopping.   Just this Saturday I found Organic Avocados for a pretty smooth price. Yep, Organic avocados were selling for $3.79 for 4 avocados. Conventional avocados were selling for $3.69 for 4 avocados. While there was no bargain here, the cost [...]

Homemade Baby Food – Go Green Live Rich
[ 0 ] April 3, 2008

Homemade Baby Food – Go Green Live Rich

 I am pleased to have received an advanced copy of the new book Go Green Live Rich by David Bach.  You may have heard of David Bach, the financial guru who teaches people how to gain wealth and stay wealthy.  His new book will be released on 08 April 2008 and I recommend it. You [...]

The Cost of Raising a Baby Born in 2007
[ 1 ] March 25, 2008

The Cost of Raising a Baby Born in 2007

Here’s some food for thought for all those parents of babies born in 2007 in the U.S.  – it won’t be cheaper for 2008 babies either: WASHINGTON (Reuters Life!) – Middle-income families can expect to spend $204,060 on feeding, housing and schooling a child born in 2007 until his or her 18th birthday, the U.S. government reported [...]

7th Generation Household Products
[ 0 ] February 27, 2008

7th Generation Household Products

Drugstore.com is offering 30% off 7th Generation products – what a bargain!  7th Generation offers a huge line of natural and non-toxic household products.  The dishwashing soap, laundry detergent and the baby wipes are nice.  Many parents we know love the chlorine-free diapers too.   Check out the sale!  Get up to 30% off Seventh Generation [...]

Homemade Baby Cream Recipe
[ 0 ] February 8, 2008

Homemade Baby Cream Recipe

I thought I’d share a wonderful cream for baby.  If you have the time (yeah, I know – me too most days!) someday, whip this one up!  It’s natural, soothing, smells nice and you know it’s safe!  Visit our Homemade Baby Care Recipes for more “recipes” for natural baby care. Calendula Baby Cream 2 cups calendula flower 1 cup [...]

Cream of Rice Baby Food Recipes
[ 0 ] February 4, 2008

Cream of Rice Baby Food Recipes

Browsing the cereal aisle yesterday, I rediscovered Cream of Rice.  My little ones have always had an affinity for Cream of Wheat cereal (the cooking kind not the instant) and I thought they might enjoy the Cream of Rice cereal too.  I picked up the box and what stood out was the phrase “Perfect for [...]

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