PRODUCT: New Water Bottle Options

3M’s Filtrete Water Station filters tap waterinto four bottles at once. Photo courtesy3M.   Drinking bottled water may seem like a healthy habit, but consider this: Four out of five water bottles end up in landfills. That adds up to more than 2 million tons of water bottles in landfills every year. According to All-Recycling-Facts.com,…
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COOKING VIDEO: Pea Soup With Ham Recipe

  What do do with those Easter ham leftovers: make a fresh, spring pea soup with diced ham. Peas are in season, and soup never tastes better than when made with fresh peas. Fresh pea soup (you can substitute frozen green peas) tastes brighter and more luscious than split pea soup. Just watch this video…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make A Change For Earth Day

Kermit the Frog said that it isn’t easy being green. But in one sense, at least, he’s wrong. It’s easy to be green (or greener) by making some simple lifestyle changes. Today is Earth Day, so our tip is to make the Earth a healthier place by making one change from this list: Eat fewer…
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The History Of Jelly Beans For National Jelly Bean Day

[1] Jelly beans are mostly sugar. No wonder they are so popular! (photo by River Soma | © THE NIBBLE). [2] Today, jelly beans are associated with kids’ Easter candy. But they’re fun year-round; and were President Ronald Regan’s favorite candy (photo © Williams Sonoma). [3] Jelly beans became associated with Easter because of their…
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