Celebrate Green Blog

by Amy Love One of the most treasured and simple celebrations of summer is the sweet treat of ice cream. Many of us have fond memories of delicious frozen concoctions that offered sweet relief from summer heat Most commercially made ice creams contain unsavory ingredients, like additives, stabilizers, artificial flavors and colors and even components [...]

by Lynn I’d had in mind to stage a no-waste carnival with and for our grandkids this summer, but didn’t get motivated to do it until we were one day away from our son leaving on a three week adventure with his two children. By the time I’d decided to turn a family farewell dinner [...]

by Lynn and Corey Mid-summer and you may already have grilled up a storm. Unfortunately, that smoky flavor we crave comes at a price when using traditional charcoal. First of all, burning wood and charcoal briquets contributes to unhealthy air quality and smog, which have both short- and long- term health and environmental impacts. Cutting [...]

By Alicia Bravo When I was growing up, my mom loved to look in the paper for free activities for us to do.  My daughter is almost a year old, a wonderful age to really start exposing her to fun and beautiful places. We are so lucky to live in Encinitas, CA.  We have one [...]

By Alicia Bravo When you have a child, the smallest moments seem so much larger then they did before your child was born. I was on a walk the other day with my 11-month-old daughter and we spotted a group of caterpillars out for a little stroll.  We were so excited to see their little [...]

Last summer, I threw this dish together one night and it was a  hit. What I didn’t know was that the ingredients are basically what are used to make a dish called Eggplant Napoleon. This summer, I’ve been seeing various recipes for Eggplant Napoleon all over the place. I think my version is a little [...]

I am still on my slow cooker in the summer kick. If you remember a few weeks ago, I shared with you a recipe for Slow Cooker French Dip that my family loves. The slow cooker is on right now making something for tonight’s dinner, but that’s not what I’m going to tell you about [...]

I read on Eating Well yesterday, that in 1997 there were 94 million acres of corn grown in the U.S. Less than 1 percent of that corn was sweet corn – the kind we eat. The rest, presumably was grown to be turned into things like animal feed, ethanol, and high fructose corn syrup. It [...]

With summer fast approaching (at least that’s what we hear–we live in Seattle where summer is always “on the way”), we’re excited to offer $50 off on the awesome Sun Oven. We fell in love with this oven last July 4th and couldn’t wait to get it in our OpenSky Shop. By the way, if [...]

Anyone who knows me knows that I am prone to eureka moments. One day recently my granddaughters jumped out of the car and ran to the enormous poppies by the front stoop that had opened up since their last visit. The little one stuck her nose in to smell and came up with purple pollen [...]

Summertime, summertime, sum- sum- summertime. I’ve been humming that tune a lot lately even though, here in Seattle, we continue to experience deafening downpours and the temperature has barely limped into the 60′s. But hope springs eternal and when summer does hit (hopefully before September 1), I intend  to be ready. Most importantly, I will [...]

Certified organic lavender farm in Sequim, WA is an ideal location for weddings, family vacations and romantic getaways.

Corey and her mom-friends celebrate the end of summer with a simple, low-cost camp out that has launched a new, family tradition.

Celebrate green with edible flowers