Simple, Healthy, Tasty blog

I have been visiting this blog regularly and have tried a few of her recipes and ideas. They have all been great. Her philosophy on food seems to match mine pretty well. Basically we stay away from all the food additives which means anything prepackaged except for a few things at the health food store, we stay away from meat and dairy and refined sugars also. I serve green almond smoothies for breakfast a lot, and we eat a lot of fruit and a lot of dark green leafy salads in addition to the regular vegan type meals like oatmeal for breakfast, rice dishes, Mexican rice and beans, hummus,Italian, potatoes etc. This blog is full of great practical recipes for a family which I have very much appreciated-- plus they're good!!!

We especially like the honey peanut butter popcorn, the sunflower seed sour cream, the ginger snaps, snickerdoodles and the inspiration to remind me of the many yummy Mexican type meals there are as well as pizza and cinnamon rolls and such. I go there often for inspiratiion on what to make for dinner!! I even added a button and a link on my sidebar.

www.simplehealthytasty.blogspot.com

Protect your children against pornography

This is a great article and reminder on the fact that we must educate our children against the seemingly unending evil in the world of today. I read it last night and talked to my kids about it today and then we listened to the Safety Kids #3 by Janeen Brady about protecting our minds. The Safety Kids do an excellent job of explaining the dangers without scaring the kids or telling them more than they need to know.

So anyway, here's the blog post from Diane Hopkins on her blog

Preparations for the Earthquake in Chile

I found this article to be very inspirational. It is about the preparations that were made a couple weeks before the earthquake hit after the mission president and his wife received a prompting that they should be ready for one. It is a great reminder to me to live in such a way that I will listen and heed the promptings of the Holy Ghost in my own life. How exciting for the mission in Chile as more people are open to listening to the gospel. Very interesting to read what it was like to experience the earthquake. Enjoy:

http://www.ldsmag.com/churchupdate/100303chile.html#_begart