Resources
Here is a decent list of companies/site that I frequent in my quest to live a healthier, greener, and more nourishing life. This definitely is not a concrete list and I will add resources as I come across (or remember) them!
(also – if you have any that you think I’d like to know about, send them my way!)
Recipes/Cooking Sites:
AllRecipes – A great searchable site for all kinds of recipes. Includes ratings from those who have tried certain recipes which is helpful to know which ones to try. My most used recipe site, and I just modify to adjust for our nutritional standards.
RecipeZaar – Another searchable site for recipes.
Tammy’s Recipes – A blog run by a stay at home mom of 3. She posts some great, easy, recipes.
The Nourishing Gourmet – Lots of Real/ Whole foods recipes!
Sue Gregg – This site includes nutritious and nourishing recipes.
Real Asian Made Simple – Has a great listing of some easy to make Asian foods.
The Pioneer Woman – Seriously, this woman can cook! I personally love her mac and cheese.
Rachel Ray – I love to browse her recipes and I usually alter tham a bit to make them a bit more nourishing or based around our dietary needs.
Beauty/Hygiene Products:
Skin Deep – An awesome database by the Environmental Working Group to search cosmetic products for chemicals, etc. Gives a listing of the most and least toxic products.
Flora Botanicals – They sell handmade body whips and scrubs along with products for mom and baby. (my review here)
Real/Whole/Nourishing Foods:
Weston A. Price - “The Foundation is dedicated to restoring nutrient-dense foods to the human diet through education, research and activism. It supports a number of movements that contribute to this objective including accurate nutrition instruction, organic and biodynamic farming, pasture-feeding of livestock, community-supported farms, honest and informative labeling, prepared parenting and nurturing therapies. Specific goals include establishment of universal access to clean, certified raw milk and a ban on the use of soy formula for infants.” Basically a grest resource for all things pertaining to nourishing foods!!
Real Milk – A great site on the hows and whys of drinking raw milk. They also have a search feature to find a local source for raw milk.
Moutain Rose Herbs – A great resource for herbs, spices, oils, and things pertaining to natural body care. I’ve ordered from them and loved everything I got!
Cultures For Health – A site that sells, Yogurt and Sourdough starters as well as kefir grains.
Finding Local Resources:
Local Harvest – A great site to find farmers markets and CSA’s near you.
Real Milk – A great site on the hows and whys of drinking raw milk. They also have a search feature to find a local source for raw milk.
Eat Wild – A great site all about healthy meats with a search feature to find your own local source.
Azure Standard – I’ve never ordered from them, but know a lot of folks who do. They sell bulk and natural foods.
Green Living:
Neela Bags – Stylish reusable bags. (my review here)
Green Lemonaide – offers “green toolkits”. (my review here)
Tappening – Offers BPA free water bottles. (my review here)
Pregnancy and Breastfeeding:
Kellymom – A great resource for all things concerning breastfeeding!
The Bradley method – This method focuses on husband coached childbirth and was a great natural childbirth resource for me!
The Best Birth – a nice DVD to watch to get yourself ready for birth. This seemed to help my husband really know what was going on ‘down there’ since we chose not to take actual classes. (my review here)
The Christian Childbirth Handbook – A wonderful book about natural childbirth from a Christian perspective. The website also has some wonderful information on it as well.
Giving Birth Naturally – A site all about natural childbirth. Even has online childbirth classes.
Babywearing:
The Kylie Wrap – *Handmade* wrap style carrier using jersey knit fabric. (my review here)
Wrap and Wear – Another wrap style carrier using crinkle cotton fabric. (my review here)
Ring Sling – *Handmade* ring slings by Kangaroobabe. (my review here) She also sells tutu’s and baby leggings.
Mei Tai - *Handmade* Mei Tai from Jellie Babies. (my review here)
Ergo – A soft structured carrier. (my review here)
The Peanut Shell – A pouch type sling. (my review here)
Cloth Diapering:
Cotton Babies – a great resource for learning about and buying cloth diapers. I’ve ordered a few things from them and never had any customer service or shipping issues. Everything was as stated on the website.
Nicki’s Diapers – another great place to buy diapers and supplies. I’ve also ordered from this site with no problems!
Wooden Toys:
Ogunquit Wooden Toy – Super cute *handmade* baby rattles and toys for kids.
Play Child Toys – A great source for Melissa and Doug, Wooden Thomas the Train, PlayMobile, pretend play toys, Uncle Goose blocks, and they even have a made in the USA section.
Free Stuff:
LaBump – A great place to search out free maternity and baby clothes. Not yet available in every area though.
Paperback Swap – A great site in which you list books you have that you no longer read and can then pick out another book from someone else that they want to pass along.
DVD Swap – Same premise as the Paperback Swap but with DVD’s.
SwagBucks – A search engine that rewards you for using it with “points”. These points can then be turned into online gift certificates to all sorts of online stores. I’ve earned $15.00 in Amazon.com cards in about 6 weeks!
Freecycle – A website with locally based groups where you can both offer free items or look for them yourself.
