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Is Sucralose Hiding in Your Hot Chocolate? + Recipe!
Hot chocolate is one of my favorite wintry treats. Not that it’s very wintry here in Texas – we’ve had t-shirt weather days lately! Nonetheless, I love hot chocolate and Christmas provides the perfect opportunity for indulgence. We’re staying with a family who has a Keurig, and I was excited about the possibilities. Insert a cup, push a button, and a hot drink appears, ready to go! My sweet hubby made a Walmart run for hot chocolate K-cups for his pregnant wife, (because the baby needed hot chocolate, you know <G>) I cooked up a cup, and it tasted good overall, but I kept tasting this strange aftertaste.…
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Back From Brazil!
Hello! It’s been rather quiet around here for the last few months. We spent an amazing and challenging 10 weeks in Brazil and just returned home a few days ago! We were privileged to spend time with a couple of different Amazonian Indian tribes and hold a month of training for leaders in a smaller town. We also had a few days off to play in a Brazilian river (that did not have anacondas, crocodiles, or piranhas), and to feed some small monkeys! I thought you might enjoy a few pictures from our adventures! We’re happy to be back and I’m looking forward to having time to…
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High-Yield Gardening Strategy
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Whitney Farms. All opinions are 100% mine. Have you started your garden this year? I wish I could say the beautiful garden pictured above was in my backyard, but there’s no way. My poor garden is currently bare – things are crazy right now because we’re getting ready to move, so planting hasn’t been on the priority list. BUT, I would love to have a high-yield garden like the one above. This picture is from Organic Gardening. They’re serious when they say high-yield too – they harvested nearly 1/2 a ton of produce from a 15×20 plot. Keys to…
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Kashi Making Progress On Eliminating GMO’s
I am excited to report that Kashi is making progress on eliminating GMO’s from their products. Seven of their products are now verified non-GMO by the Non-GMO Project: Autumn Wheat Cinnamon Harvest Island Vanilla Strawberry Fields 7 Whole Grain Flakes 7 Whole Grain Puffs 7 Whole Grain Pilaf Kashi has had some backlash lately for claiming to be healthy, yet including GMO’s in their foods, so this is a GREAT step! Several of their products are also certified organic: Autumn Wheat, Cinnamon Harvest, Island Vanilla, and Strawberry Fields. You can read more on Kashi’s website. You can also find some nice deals on Kashi on Amazon right now! 35%…
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Memorizing a Deck of Cards? Super Foods That Make it Possible!
Did you catch the Dr. Oz show where the guest, Dave Farrow, memorized a deck of cards? He’s featured in the Guiness Book of World Records for memorizing 59 DECKS of cards. That’s mind-boggling! He attributes his success to the food that he eats! I’m encouraged that he eats simple foods that would be easy to incorporate into our diets. His #1 food is Beets. Beets have been shown to lower blood pressure and increase the flow to the brain. Beets can be delicious to juice along with an apple and a couple of carrots. You could also chop up beets finely, toss them with coconut oil and…
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Yogurt Success! {Cultures for Health Review and Giveaway!!}
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Try This SuperDrink!
In some ways, I feel like I’ve been holding out on you. I’ve written about a variety of topics since the inception of this blog, yet I’ve neglected writing on one topic that is very near and dear to my heart. Mostly because I wanted to do the topic justice, since it’s one I’m especially passionate about. Ready? Let’s talk about raw milk. Yes, you can laugh. That was a lot of build up to talk about… milk. Your first thought about raw milk may have been the same as mine when I first learned about it. “Isn’t drinking raw milk dangerous? There was a reason pasteurization was invented…” You’re…
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Choosing Your Butter Wisely
Butter has gotten a bad rap in recent years. I used to cringe when my toddler would want to eat butter all by itself. Recently, I caught myself happily handing it over to my littlest “butter-demander”. Why? I look at butter in a whole new light. Butter can be good for you! It’s a source of fat-soluble vitamins like A, D, E and K and it contains important trace minerals like magnesium, zinc, chromium, selenium and iodine. What about the fat? Fat, despite what we’ve been taught through the years, is actually very necessary for our bodies. Good fats are essential to developing a healthy brain. You want to eat…
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GMO’s in Food Affect Your Genes
The term GMO is tossed around a lot these days, especially in the healthy food world. What is a GMO and why are more and more people saying we need to avoid them? GMO’s are genetically modified organisms and they are made by combining DNA (genes) from different organisms. I think this technology is fascinating and has lots of exciting applications, particularly in medicine, but in our food is NOT one of them! At a molecular level, our body absorbs the GMO’s that we eat in our food. These GMO’s can do all sorts of things inside our bodies that we have almost no knowledge about. For…
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Blessed are the Beekeepers Review & Giveaway!
I’m really excited to introduce you to Blessed [are the] Beekeepers! Blessed [are the] Beekeepers is a locally owned beekeeping business in Mobile, AL. Owner Mark Renn maintains multiple bee hives at community gardens in the West Mobile area. They offer a variety of products from honey and beeswax lip balm to dried spice mixes, jams and pickled items (such as jalapenos, banana peppers and pickles). Mark sent me some lip balms and soaps to try out and I love them! The lip balm is really moisturizing and smells good. I love that it’s made with all-natural ingredients and by a small business owner. His prices are fantastic too –…
