Easy DIY Natural Food Coloring
Food coloring is a fun way to color homemade frosting on cakes and decorate cookies, but it’s not healthy. That doesn’t mean your food can’t…
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Monday Mission: Avoid Artificial Food Dyes and Colorings
Food Coloring is added to our food and beverages to give it a more vibrant color and make it more visually appealing. In the U.S.…
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Juice makes you pee your pants (and other reasons not to drink it)
Juice is fruit, so it’s healthy, right? Not really. First, let me make clear that I’m talking about the juice you find in bottles or…
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The Dangers of Artificial Sweeteners — Are They Safe for Kids?
In food, marketers would like you to believe it’s the same system. Chemists create a new “food” in a lab, advertisers promote it, and once…
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Spicy Cheesy Chicken Dip Recipe
They told me to bring it again. When my husband’s extended family gets together for holidays, everyone brings food and we eat until we can’t…
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Homemade Natural Carpet Cleaner for Steam Vacuums
What’s the best natural carpet cleaner? Learn from my mistakes with homemade carpet cleaner when you clean your carpets naturally. I have a few things…
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A Water Filter That Could Get White Off Rice
Wondering how well a Berkey water filter works? Our family reviewed a new Berkey filter starting in 2011, and we still love it in !…
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Monday Mission: Ferment Something
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to start a new fermented food this week. Fermented foods add probiotics to your diet, assist digestion of…
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How Diet Affects Kids’ Behavior: An Interview with Kelly Dorfman
Have you been convinced yet that what you feed your child has a significant impact on their health? My notes from a talk by Kelly…
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Could Food be the Root Cause of Your Child’s Illness?
It seems crazy to me that so many people, medical professionals and normal folks alike, still believe that what we eat has little to do…
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My House is Covered in Frogs!
And my problem? I can’t decide which one to eat first. The mud room organization? Unpacking the boxes in the corner of the living room?…
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Monday Mission: Sharpen Your Knives
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to sharpen or steel your knives. I have a recent renewed appreciation for sharp knives. If you’ve…
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Beating the Common Cold Naturally & Top 5 Herbs for Cold and Flu Season
Do you believe it is possible to get through the whole cold and flu season without getting a cold at all? Here are some tips…
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It’s Here! 30 Healthy Desserts Recipes in “Smart Sweets”
You’re a smart cookie. You know sugar isn’t good for you. You know you could probably stand to skip dessert, but you’d rather indulge that…
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Savory Greek Sausage Stuffed Autumn Squash
I was thinking about a sausage-stuffed squash recipe for a few weeks. Twitter wouldn’t cough one up for me, and I never got around to…
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Are Hand Sanitizers Safe or Superbug Creators?
Hand sanitizer is becoming more prevalent in our society. I’ve shared the best natural hand sanitizers. Now, let’s explore the safety and effectiveness of hand…
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Will Oil Pulling Fix my Sensitive Teeth…or is it Just a Hoax?
A few thoughts ran simultaneously through my head the first time I read about oil pulling: What a crackpot idea Um, gross! This is not…
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How to Naturally Get that Halloween Face Paint Off – with No Tears!
When your little clowns, pirates, witches and kitty cats are tuckered out and ready to hit the sack next Monday, how will you get their…
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How to Make Homemade Natural Baby Wipes
Will I be called a hypocrite for teaching you how to make disposable baby wipes using bleached paper towel? Last week a reader used the…
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Healthy Homemade Baked Apple Crisp Recipe {With A FREE Download!}
Apples may reign supreme in the fall, but this baked apple crisp is a winner any time of year. Simple, real food ingredients make this…
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