Caprese Salad: Simple, Classic, Delightful...and Fresh from the Garden!

The garden bounty continues and this week the featured delights are tomatoes and basil...which means it's time for homemade Caprese Salad.

Simple, easy, classic and utterly delicious. Chop some tomatoes and fresh mozzerella, slice some basil, and drizzle with extra virgin olive oil, a dash of vinegar (I'm into white balsamic right now), sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. #amazing!

The Best Sunscreens for Safer Fun in the Sun

So it's Fourth of July weekend. It's summer. It's gorgeous. It's sunny. It's basically a stampede for the beach, the park, the fairway...anywhere outside! But as I reach for the sunscreen, it's easy to get overwhelmed by the millions of options. Mineral or non-mineral? Cream or spray-on? UVA vs UVB rays? What SPF? What are the best and safest brands? Ahhh! It's almost enough to make a girl stay indoors. But then my friend Leigh sent me the Environment Working Group's list of the best sunscreens, their ratings, and why. Best of all, you can search for your current brand and see how it stacks up. Sweet!

http://www.ewg.org/2010sunscreen/