Cream of mushroom soup in a can was once a staple in my kitchen for, like, ever. But that was before I was motivated to cook healthy, organic, whole, healing foods like my grandmother did back in the day before Velveeta, canned soup, or Bisquick was invented. What’s so wrong with canned soup, you ask? Well, just take a gander at the ingredients list! Vegetable oil made from corn (probably GMO) and…
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My Homemade Dishwasher Detergent Experiment.
In my efforts to make my home 1. more frugal and 2. less toxic, I decided that I needed to try making my own dishwasher detergent. WHY? Because store-bought dishwasher detergent contains phosphates, chlorine, and petroleum-based products a whole bunch of junk that has been proven to wreck your liver and cause cancer. In fact, cancer-guru Hulda Clark says that if someone in your household has cancer, you shouldn’t wash…
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Blooming Where We’re Planted.
This is our first attempt at gardening, and it’s a total THRILL. I mean it. There is something so exciting and miraculous about planting a seed in the ground and watching it turn into….. THIS! Well…. this particular plant started out as a teeny tiny plant, but it has quadrupled in size sixteen times and LOOK AT ALL THOSE TOMATOES!! GAH! My kids eat cherry tomatoes like grapes, and they…
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{Nourishing Traditions} How to Make a Kombucha Mushroom.
When I first heard of kombucha and began reading more about it, I kept seeing the word ‘mushroom,’ and to be honest… it GROSSED. ME. OUT. I pictured this hot bubbling fermented fungus brew, and wondered what sort of freak hippies drank this stuff? But then the more I read, the light bulb came on and I realized it wasn’t an actual FUNGUS mushroom; that was the silly name somebody…
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Five Things I {Try To} NEVER Feed My Kids.
Please don’t call me a hypocrite if you ever see me and my kids out at McDonald’s happily chowing down on man-made, processed, genetically modified, deep fried MSG, ok? In this crazy, chaotic world in which we live, sometimes… we eat junk food. And it’s just gonna happen. I’m just sayin’, is all, that my goal is to feed my kids zero of this crap. I’m a long way from…
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The Garlic Miracle and How to Make GOOT.
Garlic is, without a doubt, one of God’s greatest miracle foods. Garlic is cheap and grows easily; it’s anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-viral, and anti-parasitic. Garlic has been proven to lower cholesterol, strengthen the immune system, relieve coughs, asthma, and colds. The list of healing properties of garlic goes on and on! Check out these articles I’ve linked to when you get a minute. Go ahead; I’ll wait. An Herb Lesson on Garlic by…
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Growing Healthy Kids.
Annie’s MRI appointment last week went SO very well that I left with a profound feeling of exhilaration and hope. And also…a renewed sense of inspiration to take better care of the bodies God gave us. When Annie was first diagnosed, I was ON A MISSION to feed my children ONLY the most nutrient-packed, God-made food that would boost their little immune systems and keep my little darlings healthy, happy,…
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Bee Healthy.
Many of us are on a quest for better health, but have no idea where to start! There’s scads of information online, and it quickly becomes overwhelming trying to sift through which website contains truth, which one is out make a buck by selling you useless products, and which one is written by a bunch of weirdo quacks. In light of that, I wanted to share with you a link…
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While We Wait.
As you may know from this previous post and this one, we have decided to wait and watch Annie’s tumor, rather than scheduling surgery immediately. But we’re not exactly sittin’ here, happily watching soap operas and eating bon-bons, oblivious that there is a tumor growing in our baby’s head. Just because we’re waiting….doesn’t mean we’re doing nothing. So I wanted to fill you in on a little of what’s happening…
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How’s Annie Feeling?
Grumpy. Grouchy. Whiny. Crying. Sullen. Sleepy. Did I mention grumpy? I’m not sure why. Is it the diet? The supplements? The lack of sugar? The fact that her new diet and new supplements are making her need more sleep? Or maybe just because she’s three? You’d have to know this child to know how this behavior is totally, completely opposite of our ‘normal’ Annie. She is usually the happiest, laughing-est,…
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Annie’s Diet, Part Two: Juicing.
I’d always heard rumors of people whose cancer was cured by drinking carrot juice. And like everything else good-for-you, I’ve done it haphazardly….let’s face it, there are several steps involved in making fresh carrot juice. And then there’s that infernal juicer to clean…. But I’ve read a few things lately that have renewed my dedication to juicing, even if I have to get up 30 minutes earlier to do it….its…
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Annie’s Diet, Part One: Nourishing Traditions.
Tuesday I took Annie to see Dr. Roy Morgan, who is a fabulous Chiroprator in Jacksonville. Only he’s not *JUST* a Chiropractor….he is also a nutritionist, very knowledgeable about natural healing, and a believer in using the food and supplements that God has made to keep the body running as God designed it. Furthermore he’s the father of seven kids, so I could truly sense that he was a man…
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