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Preparing healthy breakfasts for my family may be the hardest part of sticking to my meal plan and eating a nutritious diet. Nutritionists recommend that you eat something within 30 minutes of waking up. For my kids, this isn’t a problem. For me and my husband, it is. You’ve heard the TV jingle, “The best […]

Seeing how St. Patrick’s Day is this month, I thought it appropriate to share a bit about my new favorite green herb, usnea (Usnea spp.), with you today.  Now, I won’t be talking much about what usnea is, how to identify it, or how to harvest it. If you’d like to get an exclusive video […]

Cold and flu season always seems to drag on and on, doesn’t it? Depending on where you live, this season of increased sickness can begin around mid-November and last all the way to March and sometimes even April. Yes. Cold and flu season can last between 5-6 months. I know. It’s a bummer. We’ve been […]

Valentine’s Day is a day for showing and telling those you love just how much they mean to you. When it comes to teaching my kids to do this each year, we show our love by making fun Valentine’s Day goodie bags for all their cousins and close friends. Inside we put lots of fun […]

Do you have a recipe binder… or a drawer… or box? You know, a place where you keep all of your recipes together? Do you ever go through it? I mean, really go through it and make the recipes you have? Or throw some away? Probably not. Am I right? I know I don’t. I […]

Welcome, mama! Won’t you join me for some afternoon tea? Today we’re having gluten-free Rosemary Butter Cookies and Remembrance Tea. And yes, of course, I’ll share the recipes with you!  While we’re munching on cookies and sipping our tea, I’d love to tell you how this little tea time tradition developed in our family.