Why we take cod liver oil The alarm goes off, the sleepy children are woken up by mama, they crawl out of bed. Sleepiness moves into routine…beds are made, young bodies get dressed, hair is combed, lunches put in backpacks… Amidst the morning flurry, a bottle of amber liquid comes out of the fridge. This […]
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The Traditional Foods Movement has been an impressive agent of change in thousands of people’s lives. No longer do we need to be helpless in the hands of industry, ignorant of what our ancestors ate, and buying what Big Ag considers “food”. We can stop being the only species on the planet that does not
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These are the BEST EATING times of the year! After our weekly CSA pickup, my fridge and counter-tops overflow with summer bounty. Our favorite raw veggies, and berries from nearby bushes, can at last begin to satisfy the “roving pack-man munchers” in my home. As summer wrapped up we had multiple rounds of company. What
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If I want the micro-people squealing and jumping in my house, I just tell them I’m making our blueberry cream cheese dessert (GAPS and Grain Free). This is a standard birthday request by my “summer born” son.
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CSA season is in full swing here in Vermont. The past two years I have had too much on my plate for a garden of my own, so the next better option is a farm share with a wonderful, organic vegetable farm that is 10 minutes away. The three main reasons I decided on this
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Summer is my absolute favorite season of the year. There. I’ve said it. Lighter clothes, heavenly flower scents, river swimming, sunshine, green Green Mountains, open windows, fireflies, camping, neighborhood walking in flip-flops, a break from school demands… It’s also a good time to be more flexible in your schedule so that you can take on
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We’re going camping this weekend! We’re joining a bunch of our very good friends at a nearby lake campground. Amidst the biking, hiking, swimming, boating, sunbathing, campfire yacking…there will be food. Since we are in a full season of life, I’m aiming to keep it simple, while still having some fun GAPS & grain-free foods.
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When our family of six first undertook the Intro part of the GAPS Protocol, learning new food preparation took a lion’s share of time. Being the forward thinking, future mother-in-law that I am, I employed my oldest son as much as possible in food prep (speaking of which, he is making lemon poppy-seed muffins as
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A guest post on Health, Home, Happy The GAPS™ Diet includes some of the healthiest and most nourishing foods. But what if you eat all this amazing food and you have difficulty DIGESTING your GAPS foods? As a nutritional therapist, a large part of my training centered on the six foundational pillars of health: Diet,
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Guest post on The Healthy Home Economist May the (probiotic) force be with you. Today I want to talk about a “force” that is so important to our bodies that we need to ingest it before we even take our first sip of mama’s milk. What is this force? Beneficial microbes, i.e. probiotics. Bacterial cells
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