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Beating the Common Cold Naturally {GUEST POST}

January 4th, 2012 · 33 Comments · Natural Health

This is a guest post from Janet at Nutribuff. A note from Katie: I’ve received interesting feedback in the few hours since publishing this post. The author’s eating philosophy is not exactly what I usually adhere to, but I thought she made some simple, important points about sugar, sleep, and foods everyone has access to [...]

Monday Mission: Stock Your Natural Remedies Medicine Cabinet

September 12th, 2011 · 70 Comments · Monday Missions, Natural Health

Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to get ready for sick season by stocking a few ingredients for fighting infection. Impact Ratings: ? Level of Commitment: Making Strides Last spring I came home from a doctor’s appointment with my child carrying two bags: one with a super-strength prescription antibiotics from the pharmacy, and [...]

Garlic to make the sick bugs go away

October 28th, 2010 · 23 Comments · Natural Health

We’ve been talking natural remedies this week, and you may want to revisit the Monday Mission HERE to read the good ideas for fighting the sick bugs that readers shared in the comments section. One thing that always stops all my progress with fighting germs naturally is the massive amount of ingredients I don’t have [...]

Whole Foods for the Holidays: Real Food Appetizers

October 25th, 2010 · 13 Comments · Recipes

Welcome to my humble abode! Please take no notice of the dust on the shelves, the hand-me-down furniture and the fact that you can barely walk around the kitchen table without bumping something…it’s all about the food, you know! Even that may not always look so fantastic, but I put a lot of effort into [...]

How do You Get Your Garlic Fix?

June 29th, 2010 · 33 Comments · Recipes

One of my many favorite produce items to “Buy local” is garlic. I even planted some in the garden last fall, and it came up like clockwork in the spring (anyone know how to tell when to harvest it?). Fresh garlic, straight from the soil, is so pungent and healing in its bite. I was [...]

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Tags: garlic·Go Local! Challenge

Kids’ Ear Infections: A Home Remedy?

January 18th, 2010 · 60 Comments · Do It Yourself

I didn’t think I’d ever fit this neatly into the “nuts” or “off the grid” category. I’ve always been a rebel, but never like this. My 4-year-old son woke up Friday morning around 5 a.m. with pain, that by 7:00 he could articulate as being in his ear after coming to our room three times. [...]

How to Purchase, Store and Cook with Onions and Garlic

May 23rd, 2009 · 6 Comments · Do It Yourself, Science of Nutrition, Super Foods

Onions and Garlic are probably the two Super Foods that are easiest to find recipes for. Just in case you always used dried or powdered, I wanted to make sure you could use the real thing. Here’s a quick lesson. You’re in the Grocery Store And… How to Select Onions: Crisp, dry outer skins are [...]

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Tags: garlic·onions·Super Foods·tips