October 10th, 2011
In our continuing quest to try new fruits and veggies we picked up a gorgeous orange fruit that we had no clue as to what it was…even the produce guy was confused because he told us it was a persimmons but I’m pretty sure it isn’t. We spent some time on Google trying to find it but didn’t have any luck. So we decided to just cut it open and give it a try! It was hard and almost crunchy to cut through!
We were really surprised to see the inside!!!!!
It looked a bit like the Kiwano fruit we tried last week so we ate them the same way! We grabbed some with our fingertips and enjoyed the flesh around the seeds. It tasted AMAZING…very fruity like a mix of citrus with sweet strawberry!!! It was messy and a lot of work but it was so worth it!
If you know what this fruit is leave a comment and let us know what we ate 
Happy Healthy Eating
Kia
Kia Robertson is a mom and the creator of the Today I Ate A Rainbow kit; a tool that helps parents establish healthy habits by setting the goal of eating a rainbow of fruits and vegetables every day. Kia is passionate about creating tools that help parents raise healthy kids!
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October 10th, 2011
by Corey
Welcome to Day #10 of our
Today’s question: Did you attend or host a costume swap over the weekend? If so, how was it?
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Today is day #10 of our month-long, trick-or-treating party for parents!
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Gift certificate for $15 at EcoMom.com. (Can be used at the Green Halloween® marketplace or anywhere on EcoMom.com). Winner pays shipping.
One set of three (3) Preserve Jr. Toothbrushes. Value $10. Continental US only.
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October 9th, 2011
by Corey
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In December 2008, we (Celebrate Green!) published a 50% coupon sheet featuring sustainably sourced products, with the hope that if people were going to buy gifts for the holidays, that they would buy green. This was before the explosion of sites like Living Social, but we had a sneaking suspicion that 50% off just might be discount enough to entice people to purchase items that they might not otherwise have considered. The coupon sheet was a smashing success, and so we’ve published a new one each year.
We’ve also decided to publish a similar sheet in time for this year’s Halloween season! After all, Americans spend nearly $7 billion on Halloween, and most of that is on products that are unhealthy for people and planet. Shouldn’t we make it easy and affordable for people to green the holiday?
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October 9th, 2011
by Corey
Welcome to Day #9 of our
Today’s question: Does the Halloween Fairy or Sugar Sprite come to your home on Halloween night? What are your techniques for keeping the fun, but losing the junk?
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Today’s prize package is worth $55!
From Green Party Goods, a box of 144 biodegradable, soy-ink straws (your choice of color) and a package of sustainably sourced Stripe Napkins. Value: $21. Ships to continental US only.
Gift certificate for (lead-free, mineral-based) Face Paints Set from Terrafirma Cosmetics. Value $24.99. Winner pays shipping.
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October 8th, 2011
Every year we go to our local grocery store or jaunt our kids to the pumpkin patch to choose the perfect pumpkin to carve with the kiddies. I will not use anything else but my Carlson Knives set, just to be striaght from the start. This time were coming up with some virtually untouched pumpkins and their gourd cousins for some no-carve decorations! It’s easy, simple, and so much fun to do! So get in tune with your creative side, have your kids handy, and get ready to create a masterpiece! No fuss, no mess!
Veggie Head Pumpkins:
Use veggies already stocked in your fridge to create this fun work of art!
- Materials
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- Pumpkin
- Assortment of produce
- Instructions
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- Let kids plan out funny or creepy faces while parents take care of any necessary cutting.
- Attach the facial features like radish eyes, apple ears, and green onion hair with toothpicks. Use a small hammer to tap the picks through larger, thicker pieces too difficult to push through by hand.
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Cut out facial parts and color to create a Mr. Pumpkin design!
- Materials
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- Permanent marker
- Adhesive-backed felt
- Scissors
- Cereal-box cardboard
- Flat thumbtacks
- Toothpick
- Instructions
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To make the mix-and-match parts, use a permanent marker to draw eyes, noses, mouths, and other facial features onto adhesive-backed felt. Cut out the shapes, then use them as templates to cut matching shapes from cereal-box cardboard.
Press flat thumbtacks through the cardboard pieces, then stick on the matching pieces of adhesive felt.
For ears that stick out, omit the tack and sandwich half a toothpick between the felt and cardboard.
Ghost Disguised as a Pumpkin:
"2 in 1 Ghost Pumpkin Disguise using silly paints!"
- Materials
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- White pumpkin
- Orange, black and yellow acrylic paints
- Instructions
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- Paint an orange “face” on the front of the pumpkin. If white pumpkins aren’t available, fake it by painting a regular pumpkin white first, leaving only the face area orange.
- Paint black and yellow features.
- Finish off by adding a big toothy grin. Boo!
Painted Pumpkins:
Let your kids become the next Picasso with this fun, no boundaries pumpkin painting project!
- Materials
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- Pumpkins
- Tempera paint and brushes
- Yogurt containers
- Instructions
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- Cover a table with newspaper (tape it down with masking tape so it stays covered).
- Set out liquid tempera paints, paintbrushes and plastic yogurt containers filled with water for rinsing the brushes.
- Let the kids paint goofy or creepy faces on the pumpkins.
Wicked Witchy Pumpkin:
Paint your pumpkin green and cast an artsy spell on it for a spooky surprise!
- Materials
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- Pumpkin
- Green spray paint
- Tempera paint and brushes
- Carving knife
- Marbles
- Glue
- Small nails
- Black wig
- Cape
- Witch hat
- Instructions
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- Begin by coating the pumpkin with green spray paint.
- Add facial features with tempera paint.
- Next, carve out eye sockets and lodge the marbles inside to form her beady eyes. Break off the top stem and reattach it to the pumpkin with glue for the witch’s nose.
- To finish, fix the black wig in place with small nails and add the cape and hat. My…pretty!
Stay tuned for next week’s post on fun pumpkin carving ideas!
Check out blogger Laurali Star on The Damsel in the Attic!
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October 10th, 2011 at 2:55 pm
That is so alien looking!
I would definitely try it
October 10th, 2011 at 3:24 pm
hesperidium? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesperidium
October 11th, 2011 at 2:23 pm
Yum!! What you had was a golden passion fruit or Hawaiian yellow lilikoi fruit! I remember these from my honeymoon, saw it in many dishes and in the farmers markets.
http://rosewest.hubpages.com/hub/Hawaiian-Passion-Fruit-or-Lilikoi
October 11th, 2011 at 2:29 pm
looks just like this . . .
[img]http://www.vafaf.com/images/00-Lilikoi_01.jpg[/img]
October 11th, 2011 at 7:37 pm
Is it a Passion Fruit? Mo
October 12th, 2011 at 1:04 pm
Hi Lori…looks like you are right!!!! That is exactly what we had…Monica you were right too! I’ve only seen the reddish passion fruit I didn’t know it came in this golden version!
Yay…the mystery has been solved!
Alivia you should definitely try these they taste amazing!!!!
Thanks for all the comments
October 14th, 2011 at 2:52 pm
Definitely passion fruit. We had these growing everywhere when I was growing up in the Virgin Islands. The seeds DO look alien, but they taste great! Have you ever had freshly-made passion fruit juice (not the store-bought stuff). It’s great!