Healthy (and Tasty!) Fruit Pizza Recipe
With a name like “fruit pizza,” you’d think you were making a healthy dessert that might actually have some nourishment for your kids. But…Every recipe I’ve…
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Salt Preserved Fresh Herbs: Simple Ingredients, Endless Possibilities
Summer is here, which means the gardens are coming to life…and it’s time to start harvesting and preserving produce! Yes, I know it seems early, but…
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Using Compost to Nourish Your Garden
This post is from Becca Stallings of The Earthling’s Handbook, with photographs by Nicholas Efran (age 12) and Dan Efran. After setting up your thrifty…
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Earthpaste’s Dry Little Cousin…Earthpowder {Review}
When you have to write, “Clean toothpaste off walls…and cupboards,” on your to-do list, you know you have kids. Our toothpaste has always surprised people…
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Naturally Easing Constipation in Toddlers
Constipation in toddlers is a common issue, but many parents struggle with how to help their little ones feel better. Here’s a collection of suggestions…
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Natural Alternatives to Beat Constipation
Let’s just start off on the right foot here: I’m not a doctor or health professional, and I won’t be able to treat, cure or…
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DIY Greens Powder and the Easiest Way to Preserve Your Greens
Want to learn how to make dehydrated greens for smoothies and more? It’s easy to make a dehydrated greens powder when you dehydrate spinach, Swiss…
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Want Backyard Chickens? Here Are 3 Things You Need to Know First!
I never knew I would fall in love with chickens. Look at them. You’ve got to admit they are a little freaky. They’re twitchy, spastic…
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3 Reasons You Should Never Touch Spray Sunscreen
Aerosolized and spray sunscreens will never be found in my house. Read on to find out why I will not use spray sunscreen, not even…
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Work Composting Into Your Kitchen Routine!
Composting can feel overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be. It is an easy way to save money while helping reduce waste in landfills. Recently,…
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Gluten Free Instant Pot Mac and Cheese Recipe
If you’re gluten free and love mac n cheese, this Instant Pot recipe is for you! Sometimes I wish there was an easy button for…
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Peach Cobbler Smoothie Recipe for Picky Eaters
There are a few parts of parenting that should be easy…and yet they are not. Like potty training, getting kids to sleep and feeding. All…
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Sun, Sunscreen, Skin Cancer, and Safety: How Much Do You Need?
Does sunscreen cause cancer? Like almost any topic in the field of health and wellness, it seems there is a tangled web of research and…
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Easy Steps to Composting Affordably
If you’re trying to lead a greener life, you’ve probably heard that you ought to be setting aside your biodegradable garbage and composting it to…
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Eat the Orange, Skip the Juice
Ever heard of an orange juice tree? Dug up a potato, only to find it skinless? Seen a picture of people harvesting white rice? In…
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Totally Normal Foods That Help Digestion, Maintain Gut Health and Reduce Food Cravings
Nobody wants to think about heartburn, stomach pain or bloating after eating but #lifehappens and when it does, we want to get better fast and…
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How to Take (Hide) a Powdered Probiotic
It’s been almost five years for our family taking one whole foods probiotic supplement, ever since I finally beat back my candida overgrowth after about six…
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How to Rebuild Your Child’s Gut After Antibiotics
For centuries, we’ve had relationships with other organisms to keep us healthy – it used to be external beasts like leeches, now we’re learning that it’s…
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Vitamin D: Why Your Levels Didn’t Go Up After Supplementing
Take your pick: pill, drops, or rays? What’s the best way to get adequate Vitamin D? Could that sunshine (gasp) be healthy for you?? The…
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Asian Ingredients and Cooking Techniques to Spice Up Your Everyday Meals
Chinese restaurants have been popular for decades, and in this century Indian, Japanese, and Thai restaurants are found even in many small middle-American towns. We…
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