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Gathering Close While Maintaining Distance

Posted by Crystal Herrington · November 16, 2020

Gathering Close While Maintaining Distance2020 has forced a wedge in the normality of physical closeness and togetherness that defines human nature. Covid-19 has led to a degree of disconnectedness that is now weighing heavy on us all. Many of you reading this likely personally know somebody who has been infected with COVID. Some of you, like me, may even have had the unfortunate experience of knowing somebody who has lost their life to this infection....

Salad Girl Fall

Posted by Pam powell · October 12, 2020

Salad Girl FALL Fall harvest season is almost wrapped up. We’ve picked apples, fall raspberries, dug up our potatoes, and got our pumpkins for carving. Whew! Fall is always a busy time of year for gardeners, but this year the ride into autumn feels extra bumpy– in all the ways. My elementary school kids are in the “hybrid version” of school this year. Whichever version of school your kids are in, they are likely home...

Why Eat Organic?

Posted by Pam powell · July 23, 2020

Hi again Salad Girl Family - It's Crystal Herrington, Salad Girl's Nutrition Health Coach. As a health coach and nurse, I often get asked what the big deal is with buying organic foods instead of conventional products. I buy organic food as much as possible. If you know me at all, you know I dive deep into the research to make sure when I buy something that touts benefits, I’m not wasting my time (and...

Love Local MN with Mostly Made

Posted by Pam powell · May 17, 2020

Keeping the family meals creative while also homeschooling and trying to work from home can be really challenging. Our friend, Jillian McGary, started a Minnesota company that has the perfect solution. She mostly makes a meal for you. Here we made a Tortilla Pie with her Mostly Made Enchilada filling. This delicious filling includes chicken, zucchini, green chili peppers, tomatoes, quinoa, and black beans. Mostly Made also offers Lasagna and Shepherds Pie fillings located in your grocer’s freezer Kowalski's...

May is all about Women

Posted by Pam powell · May 13, 2020

Hey Salad Girl Family! May is an exciting month for women. The month kicked off with National Nurses Week, transitioned into Women’s Health Week, and the icing on the cake, of course, was Mother’s Day right in between. There are so many reasons to recognize the importance of Women's Health – this week and every week. Women’s health is the health of the world. We bear the weight (literally and figuratively) of carrying the...

Welcome our new Nutrition Health Coach!

Posted by Pam powell · April 17, 2020

Hey Salad Girl family! My name is Crystal Herrington, and I'm Salad Girl's new Nutrition Health Coach. I'm here to help give you practical nutrition advice and showcase how Salad Girl has fresh, healthy, and healing organic ingredients that are a...