A few years ago I had not even heard of coconut flour so the idea of baking with it was totally foreign to me. Now it is a staple in my kitchen and I have become very comfortable with this flour. But it is still not a flour I feel comfortable to substitute in recipes that call for more traditional … [Read more...]
Intermittent Fasting: Is It Worth It?
Have you ever fasted on purpose? Is it something that works for you or do you find it really difficult to do? Fasting used to be a regular part of my life as a single woman in my 20's as a spiritual discipline. I found it difficult, but manageable. Then I got married and had babies and stopped the practice … [Read more...]
Five Fabulous Benefits of Canning Your Own Food
(This post contains affiliate links from which I will benefit if you purchase through them.) Have you ever thought of doing your own canning? Does it seem like too much work with little return? I have been canning some of my own food for the past 15 years. I grew up helping my mother but I didn’t start my … [Read more...]
Anxiety and Gut Health
This post contains affiliate links from which I will benefit if you purchase through them. Anxiety is a complicated and difficult thing to live with. 1 in 5 individuals in the USA live with this sometimes crippling disease. Most of what is done for treatment of anxiety gets at the symptoms and not the … [Read more...]
The Ayurvedic Diet and Cookbook Review
Like many of you I have heard of the Ayurvedic diet and Ayurvedic medicine for some time but really had very little idea of what is was. So when I had the opportunity to review the book The Essential Ayurvedic Cookbook I jumped at the chance to learn more. This cookbook by Lois A Leonhardi contains several … [Read more...]
Help! I am Gluten-Free
Help! I am gluten free So what do you do when you find out you have to remove gluten from your diet or from your child's diet? Where do you start? How do you get over the feeling of being totally overwhelmed? This was exactly how I felt 4 years ago when my oldest daughter decided she had an intolerance to … [Read more...]