March 2009

Healthy Cooking Oils / What’s Wrong With Canola? Info from Nina Planck

March 13, 2009

The information below on healthy cooking oils came in an email newsletter from Nina Planck. You’ll read about the smoking points and flavor differences after tests were done on canola oil, olive oil, coconut oil, & butter/ghee. Be sure to comment below to tell us what cooking oils you prefer and for which foods! But [...]

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Healthy Meals for Kids – Complete Index

March 11, 2009

Do you need ideas for more healthy meals for kids/babies? There are lots of ideas below. And if you’re a Mom, unless you’ve been given an extra spectacular gift from God, you’re kids are probably like mine and occasionally complain about the healthy food you feed them. Or if they are teens, then they probably [...]

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Wish Your Kids Would Stop Complaining? Getting Your Kids to Eat Healthy Foods (Random Reader Question)

March 11, 2009

Martha asks: I was wondering how old your kids were when you started to change the way you cooked/ate, and how they felt about the change? Some changes have been easy for us, but others leave my oldest one or two complaining. My response: Our oldest is 16 and when we started eating healthier meals [...]

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Monday Morning Mix-Up 3/9/09

March 9, 2009

It always seems like I have a mixed-up hodge-podge of posts and updates for you on Mondays…I hope you don’t mind. Find out at this recipe post why I might owe you, my readers, an apology! Hint: I had a very honest friend over this weekend… Real Food Wednesday Reminder! This week Ann Marie hosts [...]

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Homemade Biscuits Recipe / Using Up Leftovers…and again…Ala King

March 9, 2009

The title may be misleading. I don’t have any general tips for using up leftovers, although I’d love to hear yours in the comments. Today I just have an example of what I pulled off last week, along with a recipe for homemade biscuits made with sprouted whole wheat flour. (Note: in the pic above [...]

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Margarine, then and now…

March 9, 2009

My friend, Jeanne, loaned me her old nutrition textbook to look over. She knew I would find some very interesting tid-bits in there. What especially caught her eye was the definition of Margarine back then… First read the present day, more “PC” (politically correct) definition from Wikipedia: Margarine, as a generic term, can indicate any [...]

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Mercola is really on my nerves…

March 9, 2009

Before I tell you why Mercola is bugging me, first let me say that a lot of my growth in the area of health and nutrition was thanks to him. He stretched my thinking and got my brain waves cooking so that I just had to track down the truth on various topics. I never [...]

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New Nina Planck Book – Advanced Copy Giveaway of “Real Food for Mother and Baby”!

March 6, 2009

THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED AS OF FRIDAY, MARCH 13TH, 2009 AT 11:59 p.m. – come back Monday to find out who our three winners are! Nina Planck is so cool. Not only did she send me an advanced copy of her new book, due out sometime in April, but she also sent me THREE copies [...]

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Information on Overcoming Infertility Along with My Own Story

March 6, 2009

Have you seen my friend, Kristen’s, course on overcoming infertility, and how to grow healthy babies? Check out her Beautiful Babies course! When trying to conceive, instead of infertility drugs and insemination, try eating more butter and eggs! – I also share in this post about my own struggles with infertility & miscarriage. In this [...]

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Infertility and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) – Excerpt from Nina Planck’s New Book

March 6, 2009

I recently spoke with a friend who told me her doctor gave her a PCOS or Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome diagnosis, so this excerpt caught my eye. I hope it is helpful to someone out there who longs for a positive pregnancy test… (I know how that feels.) The following is another excerpt from Nina Planck [...]

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