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Food spending should equate to anywhere between 10-18% of your total income according to “experts”. Staying in this range and eating high quality, whole foods takes a bit of work but it is possible when you use competitively priced food sources like Thrive Market. Let me show what we buy from Thrive...
Probiotic kefir is a yogurt-like ferment that was consumed thousands of years ago in the Caucasus Mountain region. The people of this area were said to be robust and have lengthy lifespans despite the harsh conditions in that region. Â Was it possible that this was due, at least in part, to their con...
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This episode is all about raw dairy and our inability to understand why raw dairy is not approved for Whole30 while processed nut milk gets the seal of approval. We hope that by the end of the episode you will have a better ...
This is our staple homemade gummy snacks using gelatin. I have tried many and there are many that turn out...some of the time. This one almost always turns out perfectly and is primarily adapted from Mommypotamus. It is all about the ratios.
3 TB gelatin (Red label Great Lakes gelatin, Vital Protei...
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In this episode, we are talking about the "wonder weeks" and beyond. Those moments when good kids go “bad”. And, of course, we do not literally mean “bad” at all, but simply those times when your little one goes...
In the last weeks of October and the first weeks of September, more than half of all the bloggers I follow post a mini course, ebook or other type of publication beyond a simple blog on the topic of **surviving overwhelm**. This so obviously coincides with Back to School Season, and yes it is a seas...
Yes, Einkorn flour does contain gluten, but did you know that it is very different than the modern wheat's gluten? While it contains the same amount of gluten as modern wheat, the gluten forming proteins do not behave in the same manner as hybridized wheat and there are entire groups of y-gliadins, ...
Peppermint essential oil has an incredible range of uses so we love keeping it on hand. It can alleviate a headache when applied to the temples and it can lessen nausea when inhaled. However, the high levels of menthol found in the oil make it one to be used with caution.
Peppermint Essential Oil T...
These days there are many replacement options for both regular soda and the toxic "sugar free" sodas. One "healthy" response has been a corn syrup alternative that is also controversial, agave nectar, and another is stevia. While both of these might be slight improvements, they are still not great...
If you are like us, you have every intention of reading a few dozen books on natural home remedies like homeopathy, herbs and essential oils but never actually get the chance to finish those books! Oftentimes we have a stash of "the best" remedies for the most common childhood ailments but when face...
By now, you have likely heard about all the beneficial bacteria and yeast found in home fermented water kefir and maybe even beet kvass. What you probably haven't heard, is how to use that sweet little fizzy drink to mask all the other, less palatable, healthy liquids that you want your children to ...
