New Way to Be Earth Conscious and Health Conscious

I've been a health nut since I was at least five years old, and that's NOT an exaggeration. Seriously, I remember when my kindergarden teacher asked me about my favorite food, and I responded without hesitation, "tofu!" What a freak of a kid! haha. Anyway, through the years, I've expanded my health palette beyond that of tofu (which really doesn't have much taste on its own) and have most recently found a great deal of satisfaction in fruit / protein combos like berries and yogurt. Maybe that's due to the whole frozen yogurt trend that's erupted and taken over all of Southern California or maybe it's because yogurt and frozen berries are super tasty, high in vitamins, very easy to eat on the go and fairly inexpensive (I always choose generic brands or go to Trader Joe's) which is perfect since I'm broke and busy.

Anyway, I found this awesome recipe on kitchenstewardship.com (new website I've recently learned a lot from) for making your own yogurt that apparently saves you tons of money while eliminating artificial sweeteners, preservatives and icky junk like that.

http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2009/04/13/monday-mission-homemad...

I'm gonna try the recipe this weekend, and if all goes well, then I'm totally taking it a step further and making my own smoothies, flavored yogurts and frozen yogurts. Maybe I'll even try baking with it! If all is not so well, then at least I'll always have my trusted naked juice fruit smoothies by my side.

oh, I just remembered another article I read while getting lost on the net... naked juice invented a brand new type of plastic bottle that can be 100% recycled into new plastic bottles that can get 100% recycled and so on and so on. I don't remember all the details, but they're the first nationally distributed brand to transition to this new bottle, which they call a reNEWabottle. My sister sent me a message on Facebook with information on the plastic and this cool campaign where every time someone sends a reNEWabottle message on Facebook, naked juice donates money to Keep America Beautiful.

Hope you all benefit from my blog (it's actually the first one I've every posted!!!)