7th Gen Blog

As a culinary nutritionist, personal chef and professional recipe developer, I am constantly cleaning the kitchen. And while I have used baking soda and hydrogen peroxide to naturally clean, it is so much easier to use the natural cleaners from Seventh Generation to scrub the counters and clean the dishes. And these plant-based cleaners are easier to find than you think -- no need to make a special trip to a health food store as they can be found in most grocery stores.
 

A little of this, a little of that, not quite enough for a full serving -- but what a waste to just toss it. Recent studies show that about 40 percent of the food we buy is thrown away -- wasting time energy and resources. Organizations like the Food Recovery Network are working to reduce food waste and fight hunger by recovering surplus perishable food and donating it to people in need.

For most of the 20th century, through the 1970s, iceberg was the most popular variety of lettuce in the United States accounted for 95% of the lettuce grown in this country.  Romaine became popular in the U.S. thanks to the increasing taste for the Caesar salad. More than 16,000 acres of romaine was being grown by the mid-90s, and today this figure stands at more than 80,000.
 

Women have been carrying on a conversation with themselves and with other women for the past several decades: Can we have it all - the career, the spouse, the children in a way that leaves us completely enriched and satisfied? Not many of us are able to answer with a resounding, "Yes!"