In my excitement and sense of achievement, I share with one of my off spring "I JUST made homemade cough syrup!" "Hmmm, what's in it?" she asked in typical teenager fashion. Hmph, no zucchini I thought, as I recall when I use to make chocolate loaf and hide grated zucchini in it. Their all on … Continue reading Natural Cough Remedy
As I consumed, notice how I say consumed rather than enjoy; consumed because really, it was a mass produced cookie. A cookie that went against what I prefer to feed my body. There were probably more mechanical “hands” than human that “touched” the “making” of these cookies. Remember when you were a kid and offered … Continue reading A Crumby Cookie
And so, the battle of the celery between myself and my one daughter continues. About 3/4 of the way through the winter, THE WINTER of 2014, #deepfreeze2014, my daughter suggests to me that we are going to get cheaper celery. With using 4-6 stalks a day in our juice she decided that paying $3.49 a … Continue reading The Battle of The Celery
As a seasoned fruit picker AND canner, I can appreciate the love through the gift of time that goes into home preserves. I grew up where, although we didn't grow everything, we did pick just about every fruit that could be found in our freezer over the long winters. Living in the fruit belt of … Continue reading Sugar free REALLY easy Strawberry (Rhubarb) Jam
One of the best things for me in being a part of TMS (The Mustard Seed) team is seeing many of you in the store and chatting about, of course, food. I am personally working my way around and up to and trying everything in the store (talk about fun). Let's face it, word of … Continue reading Crazyhorse For Crazy Healthy
Dr Libby Weaver is a Holistic Nutrition Specialist. If you've read some of my other posts on liver health you'll know how much I love her energy, her stance on women's health and the simplistic manner in which she makes these all sometimes too overwhelming topics easy, understandable and manageable. Hop on over to facebook … Continue reading Not Just for Easter HEALTHY Chocolate
Growing season has been long done. Gone is my family’s daily consumption of kale. In our community garden bed we grew a variety of kale that was what I like to call "kid friendly". It’s closer to a lettuce and doesn’t bare the toughness as some kales can. In getting kids to eat kale simply … Continue reading Kale and Kids
"They're not health food," said Jayne Hurley, senior nutritionist with U.S.-based Center for Science in the Public Interest. "They're basically cookies masquerading as health food." Yep......couldn't agree with you more Ms Hurley. Just in case you skimmed over the complete article, here are the comparisons: Indeed, one 46-gram package of peanut butter Nature Valley … Continue reading This Granola Bar IS Better Than A Cookie
Just ahead of the ripening of pumpkins that signal the end of the harvest season, there are apples...... This weekend we ventured out to pick us some apples. Of course we could have just as easily stopped by a local grocery store and grabbed us a bag. Buuuuut I'm all about the experience. Myers apple … Continue reading An Apple A Day
Yes, ANOTHER smoothie idea. And in celebrating the first day of October....a pumpkin pie smoothie! Having spent some time at a farm picking apples on Sunday, a fresh pumpkin was awaiting the steamer. Then yesterday a recipe for Pumpkin Pie Smoothie was handed to me. In reading it I thought "welllll, I just needed … Continue reading Pumpkin Pie Smoothie
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