For all the love I have of tomatoes, I really can't stand a traditional gazpacho soup, or any tomato soup for that matter. It is just too... tomato-y! Gazpacho is so healthy, though, with all of those fresh, raw veggies.

Well, I found a gazpacho recipe that will satisfy even the pickiest gazpacho eaters, as long as they like avocado. Mothering's Avocado Gazpacho recipe is the perfect answer for my gazpacho issues: it is basically traditional gazpacho, with avocado instead of tomato.

And the beauty of this cold soup is that you toss all the ingredients into a blender, press a button, and you're done. I have to think that with the healthy fats in avocados that this recipe adds a new layer of nutrition, too.

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Cakes, cookies, ice cream, and popsicles. These sugary treats seem to be ingrained in every child's diet, especially the cold treats during the summer.

We all know that refined sugar is bad for us, so what is a mom to do? Is it really possible to keep refined sugar out of your child's diet?

This article from Mothering Magazine is written by a mom, Sarah Kamrath, whose five-year-old son has never had refined sugar. Never. I cannot tell you the respect I have for this mom, because 'never' is not easy. I can pretty safely say we don't have refined sugar in our house, but we do occasionally let our son eat refined sugar outside of our home. Birthday cake, the lollipop from the barber shop, and ice cream at a party have all been eaten by our near-sugarless son.

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