Sample Meal Plans

Week One Meal Plan

A recent commenter brought to my attention that I have not yet published any sample meal plans. I have been meaning to get this up for a while, so here they finally are. For my family, breakfast is always vegetable and meat omelets and occasionally almond pancakes with fresh strawberries. Lunch is some variation of [...]

Guide to the Health Benefits of Herbs and Spices

health medicinal benefits of herbs and spices

Sorry to have been MIA for so long! It has been a rather crazy week! I now present to you a post I have been working on for a while… enjoy! Most of us have herbs and spices in our kitchen cabinet somewhere and they often get haphazardly added to recipes and culinary creations. Interestingly, [...]

Guide to Feeding Healthy Kids- How To Get Your Kids to Ask for Spinach!

vegetables for weight loss

I figured that a Guide to Feeding Healthy Kids would be a logical follow up to my recent Guide to Feeding Healthy Babies. This is one of the areas I get the most questions about in Nutritional Consulting, and a hotly debated issue among moms. Is dairy the culprit? Sugar? Too much fat? Soda? etc…Grab [...]

How to Make Natural Homemade Laundry Detergent

Natural Homemade Laundry Detergent

Making your own  laundry soap is one of the easiest parts of a transition to natural living. It is also a great way to save money on laundry detergent and is incredibly easy to do. Why switch to natural laundry soap you ask? Conventional laundry detergent is loaded with chemicals like sulfates, fragrances, phenols and [...]

How to MakeAlmond Milk

Organic Almond Milk

With all the problems with conventional dairy (another post for another day), a healthy, alkalizing, inexpensive alternative is almond milk. Almond milk is a low glycemic alternative to rice milk, and doesn’t cause problems with hormone levels like soy milk does. It can be used in place of regular milk in recipes and baking. It [...]

Natural Cleaning Recipes

A few easy and inexpensive natural cleaning recipes to use around the house: Tile Grout Cleaner- Mix 1 part water and 3 parts baking soda mixed into a paste. Apply to grout and let sit, scrub with toothbrush, remove with sponge. Cookware- Use sea salt or course salt mixed with a little lemon juice and [...]

Cleaning Naturally with Common Household Products

natural-cleaning

One topic I have become increasingly interested in in recent months is natural cleaning products. Since I switched to natural cleaning, I have found a lot of great recipes, tricks and shortcuts that have not only taken the chemicals out of my daily life, but made our house cleaner, fresher, and faster to clean! The [...]