Posts by Peas and Hoppiness
Green Up Box
Green Up Box Green Up Box is a quarterly subscription box designed to help you reduce plastic all over your house. I signed up a couple of months ago and have so far received two boxes: the first was a “market” themed box and contained mesh produce bags, organic cotton bulk bags, a collapsible silicone…
Read MorePepper Picking Guide: What Type of Pepper Is This?
Which type of pepper is right for the recipe you want to make? Learn about 9 varieties of peppers found at the Miller Farms vegetable stand. If you’re a regular at the Miller Farms vegetable stand, you’ve seen the incredible piles of peppers on the tables. It’s like a treasure hunt to dig through to…
Read MoreFall Seasonal Vegetable Spotlight: Beets
Beets are a delicious fall and winter seasonal vegetable! Learn about beets’ nutritional content, and how to best choose, store, and cook this root vegetable. Now that summer has ended, it’s time to turn to fall and winter seasonal vegetables. One of my personal favorite options are beets. Both the roots and greens of beets…
Read MoreReduce Food Waste by Using Your Vegetable Scraps
Don’t toss your vegetable scraps! Save them to make delicious homemade vegetable broth or rich compost. Learn which veggie scraps to save and how to use them. As we enter into the holiday season, you might find yourself cooking more than usual. This means you also might find yourself with more food waste – and…
Read MoreWhat’s a Meal Guide?
If standard, pre-made meal plans haven’t worked for you, I have good news! You might simply need something different to help you come up with a plan for dinner. Introducing: our flexible, easy-to-customize Meal Guides. Is your busy family constantly asking you, “What’s for dinner?” There is a solution to this, but it might not…
Read MoreHealth and Wellness Resources
Find nutrition, exercise, mental health, and alternative medicine resources to help you meet your goals in the new year. Happy New Year! And happy self-improvement season. At least, that’s what the new year often feels like. If you’re setting a goal for the new year, one of the best things you can do to help…
Read MoreSeasonal Vegetable Spotlight: Onions (Fall, Winter, Year-Round)
Pin this post for later! Onions are a nutritious winter and fall seasonal vegetable. Learn about varieties of onions, how to prepare them, and why onions make you cry. Although you might think of onions as a component of a meal rather than a side dish, this year-round vegetable offers a lot of nutrition and…
Read MoreThe Division of Responsibility: Foundations for Preventing and Reversing Picky Eating
The “Division of Responsibility” will help your picky eater try new foods in a safe, low-pressure environment. Here’s what to do – and what NOT to do – for picky eaters. Picky eating is a frustrating and challenging experience for everyone involved. It’s a biologically normal phase that happens between one to five years of…
Read MoreFlexitarian Meal Planning: A Beginner’s Guide
Written by guest author, Sarah Harper, MS, RD Curious about the Flexitarian Diet? Learn about this semi-vegetarian approach and get tips on how to set yourself up for success! The Flexitarian Diet’s premise is simple: eat more plants. Dawn Jackson Blatner, RDN CSSD, introduced this Semi-Vegetarian diet in her 2010 book, “The Flexitarian Diet”. She…
Read MoreFood Exposures Can Help your Picky Eater Eat More Foods
Picky eating is a normal phase for kids that they can overcome with lots of low-pressure food exposures. Learn exactly what that looks like. It is VERY normal for kids ages 2-5 years to go through a “picky” phase. They used to eat everything! And now? They only want mac and cheese and chicken nuggets.…
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