Category: Tips

Holiday Ideas ~ My Favorite Kitchen Tools

I have always had a deep love for kitchen time and everything that goes along with it. Even washing dishes! Standing next to my mom or aunt dipping my hands into hot, sudsy water in my grandma’s kitchen (she of course didn’t have an… Continue Reading “Holiday Ideas ~ My Favorite Kitchen Tools”

Holiday Ideas ~ My Top 10 Favorite Cookbooks

At one point before we moved across the country, I had close to 100 cookbooks. I loved each and every one, but needed to downsize so I didn’t have 15 boxes of books that had to be hauled to the other side of the… Continue Reading “Holiday Ideas ~ My Top 10 Favorite Cookbooks”

Help For Arthritic Hands

Over the last few years during the holidays I’ve been making body care gifts for friends and family. Last year I made a sleep potion with several types of essential oils. My mom has very arthritic knuckles and her hands are often in pain.… Continue Reading “Help For Arthritic Hands”

Glorious Pie & A Thanksgiving Feast

My crust must be buttery, flaky, without weird texture or sour taste, and must be able to be used for both sweet and savory dishes. I’ve tried many recipe variations and this one meets all of my requirements and gets rave reviews every single… Continue Reading “Glorious Pie & A Thanksgiving Feast”

Healthy Frozen Yogurt Dog Treats

If you’ve been following my blog for a while you already know how important it is to get and keep our gut microbiomes healthy. Aside from soul and spirit, your gut is the epicenter of your body. If it’s unhealthy (candida, leaky gut, stress,… Continue Reading “Healthy Frozen Yogurt Dog Treats”

Activated Seed & Nut Trail Mix

One of the many benefits of paying attention to the food you put into your body is of course, better health.Ā One of the downsides to doing a lot of research and reading about health, food allergies, and disease is that all of that information… Continue Reading “Activated Seed & Nut Trail Mix”

Homemade Toner & Fabulous Face Cream

I’m in body care product making mode. This seems to be a great time of year to do it and typically when I run out of all my favorites. Yesterday I made gluten free, dairy free, non-toxic, fantastic for you Facial Toner. Love it.… Continue Reading “Homemade Toner & Fabulous Face Cream”

An Attempt At Coconut Milk Yogurt

Last week I found this yogurt maker on Amazon for $24.99. There’s all kinds of ways to make your own yogurt at home, you don’t necessarily have to have a yogurt maker. You can use your oven light or a cooler with a heating… Continue Reading “An Attempt At Coconut Milk Yogurt”

The Battle With Inflammation

Not all inflammation is a bad thing. The inflammation response is meant to heal and protect our bodies from invaders like bacteria, viruses, cancer, etc. However, when you have food allergies your inflammation mechanism sees the allergen foods you’re eating as invaders of your… Continue Reading “The Battle With Inflammation”

How To Be Happy Without Gluten & Dairy

It’sĀ ALL about attitude and courage. We need to be the positive voice in a sea of negative thoughts running through our own heads. (Photo – peppersandrogersgroup.com) We’re stressed because we feel terrible all the time and then we’re happy because we’ve figured out why… Continue Reading “How To Be Happy Without Gluten & Dairy”