Contact

Want to get in touch with the Happy Healthy Mama?

You can always leave a question in the comment section of my posts, but if you’d prefer, you can also email me at:

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17 Responses to Contact

  1. Kendra says:
    November 3, 2010 at 10:48 am

    Hi Maryea,
    I was forwarded your blog from a friend and LOVE it! I held a teleclass last night on the dangers of sugar and how to permanently change your relationship with the white stuff–my friend was on the call and subscribes to your blog, so she forwarded me your post about sugar! Just a quick note of thanks for writing about nutrition and feeding your family healthy food (and how we don’t need to resort to convenience foods with kids…just a little planning).
    I’m a holistic health coach and have my own blog–I’m fairly new to the blogging world, but wanted to reach out to my like minded momma’s out there! (my blog is http://getwellwithkendra.wordpress.com).
    Warmest regards,
    Kendra

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    • Maryea says:
      November 4, 2010 at 7:02 am

      Hi Kendra! Thank you for the positive feedback. This has been a journey for me and I’m still learning as I go. I’m going to go and check out your blog now-I always appreciate new resources to help me with my mission. :-)

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  2. Lydia says:
    December 31, 2010 at 9:34 pm

    Hello!

    This is Sarah, Lydia’s sister. She told me about your blog and I asked her to see if you had heard about 2 books I have been living by for a little over 2 years now. The books are Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon and Real Food, Why I eat what I eat by Nina Planck. Both books were a God send since I had come to a point in my life that I was frustrated by overload of nutritional advice. After reading Nina’s book I was inspired to think simple, and not be bogged down by fads… I thought I would just share these two books :-) Hugs

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    • Maryea says:
      January 2, 2011 at 7:28 am

      Hi Sarah! Thank you for the book recommendations. I’m very familiar with Sally Fallon and Nourishing Traditions. Although I think she puts a little bit too much emphasis on animal products (along with the Weston Price Foundation), I think NT has a lot of valuable information and good recipes. I haven’t seen Real Food; I will have to check that one out. Thank you!

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  4. Sarah Smart says:
    January 18, 2011 at 11:20 am

    Real Food by Nina Planck is a cross between the movie Food, Inc. (http://www.foodincmovie.com/), any of Michael Pollan’s books (http://michaelpollan.com/books/) and Sally Fallon. I think Nina is a middle ground. It is a nice fast read if you are interested in the quality of your food, and a simple non-processed food approach. Just gone done making sprouted grain pancakes! Yummy!

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  6. Alicia says:
    April 1, 2011 at 9:00 pm

    A friend just showed me your site last week and so far I have already tried three of your recipes and am in love! My husband and 2 year old daughter agree! I am lovin’ your blog! Keep it up! :)

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  7. Christina Gonzalez says:
    April 9, 2011 at 11:04 am

    Hi there! I love your blog and I want to follow it (through email preferably) but when I click the follow link it either takes me to a page with all the site coding or just an empty page! I will check back in a week or so… I hope it works then!!
    Thanks for the great blog!

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  8. Rosanna says:
    April 26, 2011 at 11:19 am

    Hi!

    I found your link on Babycenter (babywise) ages ago and I check it out once in awhile. I’m on the slow (it seems) path to incorporating healthier food into my family’s diet. Right now, my biggest problem is that we (myself included) all have huge sweet tooth’s and love desserts. Presently, we manage this by doing “treat’s fast” week’s for the entire family. The biggest reason for this, is that I know zero about any sweetner’s besides regular sugar and honey. I do use honey some but I find that I it doesn’t work for everything, nor does it give the flavour I’m looking for. Do you have any information on some of the sweetner’s you use in your recipes that I could read? (like a link) Also where do you buy your sweetner’s? Thanks in advance…

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    • Maryea says:
      April 26, 2011 at 8:39 pm

      Hi Rosanna! I think the sweet fast is a great idea! We may need to incorporate that around here. Even with natural sweeteners, moderation is best. The sweeteners I use most often are sucanat (which stands for SUgar CAne NATural), xyilitol, honey, and agave nectar. Less frequently I use stevia. I buy them at my local grocery store–it is a lot like Whole Foods. If you don’t have a Whole Foods or similar option, I would say that a well-stocked grocery store will have most of them in a natural or organic section, or try your local health food store. I can give you the low down on each one and then I will go and look for some good links for you:
      sucanat: This is sugar in its least processed form. It retains more nutrients than refined white sugar so it does have some nutritional benefits, but it is still sugar and I try to use it only in small amounts. It subs 1:1 for sugar in recipes and works especially well when substituted for brown sugar.
      xyilitol: This is a natural, plant-based “sugar alcohol”. It is my favorite because it has an extremely low glycemic index (GI) and works as a great replacement for white sugar–it looks and acts just like it. The downsides are that some people have trouble digesting it (we’ve had no issues at all) and it is expensive (about $7/lb). I substitute 1:1 for sugar.
      agave nectar: A liquid sweetener from the agave plant. Has a lower GI than sugar, honey, or sucanat, but not as low as xyilitol. Doesn’t alter the flavor of baked goods like honey would, but you have to adjust recipes if you want to replace sugar since it is a liquid sweetener, which can be tricky. It is sweeter than sugar so you need less of it.
      stevia–natural plant sweetener. It is 300 times sweeter than sugar so you need much less. I can only use this in small amounts as I think in large amounts it has a weird taste. I have only tried the powder form, there is also a liquid form.

      I will see if I can find some links for you and will send them your way! Good luck on your journey to healthier eating. :-)

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  9. Julia Stratman says:
    January 10, 2012 at 8:50 am

    Thanks for all of your great recipes. I’ve been trying the roasted chickpea recipes and my oven goes crazy when I cook at 400 for over 10 minutes. I’ve tried twice and I get a burnt mess. Any suggestions? Would the chickpeas still roast if I put the oven at 350 and cook them for an hour? I’m going to have to buy a new pan :) Hope you’re getting some sleep with your sweet bundle of joy.
    Julia

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    • Maryea says:
      January 13, 2012 at 7:36 pm

      Yes, I would try them at 350 and just keep checking them until they are crispy but not burnt. Sorry about your two failed attempts. :-(

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