Category — Be Green

I know I’m late updating my Carnival around the blogosphere from last week. In the past 2 weeks I was features in a few Carnivals. Here are the rundown.

1) Stop the Ride presents Carnival of Money Stories: Check out the ABC’s of Money carnival. After all, you will leave with 25 new ideas about money.

2) Student Scrooge presents Festival of Frugality: This is a great edition for Festival of Frugality #136 – Summer school Edition. A really great round up with over 60 posts of great tips and story about how to live frugally from Philosophy, Environment, Geography (Travel) to Extra Credit. And don’t forget to check out the Honor Roll.

3) Can I Get Rich on a Salary presents Money Hacks Carnival: The 23rd Edition of Money Hacks Carnival features great round up

4) Georgia On My Mind presents Georgia Carnival: Check out posts about Georgia or from Georgia bloggers. It’s nice to read my neighbor bloggers.

5) Credit Card Low Down presents Carnival of Money, Growth and Happiness: The Carnival of Money, Growth and Happiness Edition #52 is up. Make sure to check it out. There are 26 great posts out there.

6) Tip Diva presents Carnival of Tips: The edition has over 30 great tips ranging from Finance, Home, Relationship, Travel and Technology.

7) Quiverfull Family presents Carnival of Family Life: See what’s going on in the family life around the blogosphere.

8) Not The Jet Set presents Green It! Carnival: This is the first time I have joined this carnival. I’m honored to be part of this great Carnival. I consider myself not-yet-green mom but trying to be as green as possible. It’s such a great roundup that I enjoy reading other posts and learn a few more tips along the way.

I have started buying more organic food for several months now. I know.. I am one of those people who like to follow the trend especially if it’s a good trend. So here are food that I have replaced with Organic items.

1. Milk – This was my first priority when we started out. Since the kids drink a lot of milk.

2. Egg – I originally went with Cage Free eggs but then my more-informed friend told me that it wasn’t that much different between Cage Free and non-Cage Free since the definition of Cage Free means chicken get certain hours of cage free. So I decided to go all the way Organic instead of paying premium for Cage Free.

3. Strawberries – Miss J loves strawberries! And it’s one of the top Dirty Dozen list of fruits and vegetables.

4. Grapes – I admitted sometimes it’s hard to find organic grapes. But whenever I found one, I grap it.

5. Apples – Apples are great for lunch box. And again it’s one of the Dirty Dozen.

6. Salad – I bought Organic salad from BJ. A large box for $4.79 isn’t bad. The price is very comparable to normal salad bag from Publix.

7. Pancake – I made pancake in a big batch from organic flour. It’s actually cheaper than buying frozen pancake from Eggo.

8. Pasta sauce – I scored a good buy from Big Lots for Organic Pasta Sauces. It is a good quick and easy dinner for us.

9. Blueberries – I bought a big frozen blueberries from Costco and used it for pancake. Sometimes Mr. Z just munched on it like a snack..

10. Frozen Green beans – Costco has such a great selection of organic food and one of my favorite is frozen green bean. I swear it tastes better than conventional one.

11. Strawberries Jam – Ok.. I admitted I bought this on a whim at Whole Food Market but I think it’s a good buy. Since strawberry is on the list, I figured the jam will be too. Plus we don’t use it a lot so one bottle last us for a while.

12. Chicken Broth – The price for conventional chicken broth vs organic one is very comparable. I think it’s worth the investment.

13. Diced Tomato – With great coupons and sale, I stocked up on Muir Glen Organic Diced Tomato. We used that in a lot of our recipes so it’s a really good buy. After all, I paid less than buying conventional diced tomato.