Category Archives: Healthy Eating

Oct11

Natural and organic chocolate Halloween candy

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Natural and organic chocolate Halloween candy
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One of our food blogger's choices for responsibly made treats for your trick-or-treaters this Halloween that won’t break your budget.
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One of our food blogger's choices for responsibly made treats for your trick-or-treaters this Halloween that won’t break your budget.

Either I’m missing something or the natural and organic Halloween chocolate candy choices haven’t changed since I started writing about the choices three years ago. If this list looks similar to my past lists, it’s because it is.

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Oct4

Fair Trade Finder app crowd-sources product locations

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Fair Trade Finder app crowd-sources product locations
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Fair Trade USA has just released an app that allows users to upload the location of fair trade products that they find for sale. No smartphone? No problem. Use the Facebook page.
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Fair Trade USA has just released an app that allows users to upload the location of fair trade products that they find for sale. No smartphone? No problem. Use the Facebook page.

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Sep8

Ben & Jerry’s ‘Schweddy Balls’ ice cream is no joke

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Ben & Jerry’s ‘Schweddy Balls’ ice cream is no joke
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The ice cream company names its newest flavor after Alec Baldwin's classic 'Saturday Night Live' character Pete Schweddy. Yes, they're really going there.
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The ice cream company names its newest flavor after Alec Baldwin's classic 'Saturday Night Live' character Pete Schweddy. Yes, they're really going there.
I rarely watch “Saturday Night Live” anymore, but I love to watch the yearly holiday special that features classic skits from throughout the years. One skit that never fails to crack up everyone in my family is the famous “Schweddy Balls” sketch.
 

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Aug12

Organic chocolate bars at a great price

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Organic chocolate bars at a great price
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Stock up on Endangered Species chocolate — just 49 cents for full-size candy bars.
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Stock up on Endangered Species chocolate — just 49 cents for full-size candy bars.
Mmm. Chocolate.This deal is a little too good not to pass along to all of you. From now until October 21, 2011, Endangered Species is offering their 1.4-oz Organic Smooth Chocolate bar at the really great price of 49 cents. That’s a full size organic candy bar for 49 cents. I can think of many reasons to stock up.

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Aug11

Blissmobox: A monthly box of greener goodness

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Blissmobox: A monthly box of greener goodness
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The Blissmobox is a monthly subscription that delivers a cornucopia of organic and Fair Trade goodies right to your door.
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The Blissmobox is a monthly subscription that delivers a cornucopia of organic and Fair Trade goodies right to your door.
A couple of weeks ago I received a box full of greener goodies in the mail. The people at Blissmo sent me their Blissmobox, a monthly "stuff in a box" club that focuses on eco-friendly products. Members of Blissmobox pay $22 a month to get a box full of things like all-natural energy bars, Fair Trade sugar, and organic teas.
 

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Jul26

Taste the Wei of Chocolate

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Taste the Wei of Chocolate
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MNN's lifestyle blogger taste tests organic vegan chocolates infused with flower essences that are said to lift moods and spirits.
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MNN's lifestyle blogger taste tests organic vegan chocolates infused with flower essences that are said to lift moods and spirits.
Flower power's getting redefined. A pretty green company called Lotus Wei has launched a collection of flower essences — described as "energetic infusions of flowers" that have the power to lift moods and brighten spirits. Can what is basically scentless water in which organic flowers once soaked really change how you feel?

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Jul15

A high-tech protest against Hershey

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A high-tech protest against Hershey
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At the height of S’mores season, protesters are leaving cards with QR codes near Hershey’s chocolate products in stores to alert shoppers of the problems with the company’s cocoa sourcing problems
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At the height of S’mores season, protesters are leaving cards with QR codes near Hershey’s chocolate products in stores to alert shoppers of the problems with the company’s cocoa sourcing problems
It seems that one of the first things I see when I walk in almost any grocery store this summer is a special display with all the ingredients you need for S’mores. Hershey Chocolate Bars, Jet-Puffed Marshmallows, and graham crackers are displayed together to tempt shoppers to throw them in their shopping cart.
 

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Jul1

Tropical cocktails made healthy

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Tropical cocktails made healthy
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Zhena's Gypsy Tea is out with a new line of organic and fair trade green teas -- in enticing flavors like Coconut Rum and Berry Bellini.
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Zhena's Gypsy Tea is out with a new line of organic and fair trade green teas -- in enticing flavors like Coconut Rum and Berry Bellini.
Did you know yesterday was National Mai Tai Day? I honestly can't remember the last time I had a Mai Tai -- or any other frou frou cocktail. Sometime in my twenties, I decided those sugary, high-calorie drinks just weren't worth the calories -- or hangovers.
 

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Jun18

When chocolate met maca

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When chocolate met maca
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MNN's lifestyle blogger loves the sweet and crunchy taste of Chocolate Maca Chunk — a raw, organic, vegan and fair trade chocolate bar handcrafted by Lulu's Chocolate.
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MNN's lifestyle blogger loves the sweet and crunchy taste of Chocolate Maca Chunk — a raw, organic, vegan and fair trade chocolate bar handcrafted by Lulu's Chocolate.
Some love maca for its alleged libido-boosting effects. I just love the stuff because it's sweet and yummy — especially when combined with chocolate. My favorite way to eat maca? Biting into the Chocolate Maca Chunk bar from Lulu's Chocolate.

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May5

Stamp Out Hunger while drinking fair trade coffee

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Stamp Out Hunger while drinking fair trade coffee
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May 14, 2011, is Stamp Out Hunger Day and World Fair Trade Day. It's one of those occasions when you can do some good for other people while you're still in your PJ's.
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May 14, 2011, is Stamp Out Hunger Day and World Fair Trade Day. It's one of those occasions when you can do some good for other people while you're still in your PJ's.
You won’t even need to get out of your pajamas on May 14 to help others. While you sit at the table sipping some fair trade coffee and perhaps eating some coffee cake made with fair trade sugar, your postal carrier will collect the bag of food that you’ve left to be donated to your local food bank. Sweet, right?
 

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