Southwestern Pot Pie
A hint of autumn sweetness, the heartiness of beans with the sophistication of garbanzos, a little salsa heat…and then cornbread! The flavors in Southwestern Pot…
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Paraben-Free Lotion: MadeOn Hard Lotion Bar {REVIEW}
Although I get horribly cracked hands in the winter, I might not the very best person to test lotions. I always forget to apply them…
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Agave and Stevia: All Natural, Unsafe, or Unhealthy?
During this Reduce the Refined Sugars week, it’s worth taking a look at some of the newer-on-the-market “natural” sugars. There are many bloggers who have…
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Monday Mission: Use Less Refined Sugar
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to find at least one way to cut down on refined sugar this week because of the…
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What Was It Like to Go Gluten Free for a Week?
Sometimes I make hasty decisions. When I decided to go gluten free for Holy Week, I just did it. It wasn’t until I was writing…
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Triclosan FDA Update on Antibacterial Products
You knew I couldn’t keep quiet about this. Just three weeks ago, I was telling you to get the triclosan out of handsoap, and from…
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Mary and Martha Moment: How to Keep up on Daily Prayer
Lent is over. The joy of the Resurrection is here! With that joy, for me, came sugar, gluten, unsoaked grains, a bloated feeling and a…
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How to Soak and Dehydrate Oats
If you want to make granola bars or oatmeal cookies using the soaking process to reduce phytates, you have to soak and dehydrate oats. It…
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Are Stainless Steel Food Storage Containers Worth the Premium Price? (Life Without Plastic Review)
Fifteen dollars for a bowl with a lid strikes me as expensive. I’m a frugal (cheap!) girl, and I had a hard enough time going…
Phytic Acid in Rice Reduced 96% with Accelerated Fermentation
Please catch up on all the soaking grains research for the scoop on phytates, phytic acid, phytase and more! I’ve been looking for another “real…
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Germinated Brown Rice: Has the U.N. Finally Heard “Nourishing Traditions” Wisdom?
In Nourishing Traditions, Sally Fallon and Mary Enig claim that brown rice is low in phytates and therefore does not need a very long soak…
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Monday Mission: Learn About Celiac Disease and Gluten Intolerance
I continue to run into people, both online and in real life, who have celiac disease or cannot handle gluten, including an elderly neighbor who…
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Meatless Chickpea Wraps Recipe
A meatless meal that doesn’t feel like a sacrifice, this simple, nourishing wrap includes chickpeas (garbanzo beans), carrots, cumin and more. As an added bonus…
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Ditch the Antibacterial Soap!
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to rid your home of the chemical triclosan and just use regular old soap to avoid the…
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Mary and Martha Moment: On Sacrifice and Suffering
Why sacrifice? Why suffer on purpose? During the season of Lent, Catholics and many others choose to accept suffering, even bring it on themselves through…
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Guest Post: Kitchen Efficiency (Do I Need This? Oh, Yes I Do!)
This is a Guest Post from Priya Q of Recipes from an Indian Kitchen. Most of us when we enter kitchen feel like an “Artist…
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Hearty Lentil Stew Recipe
For the past few years, I’ve made this simple, yet nourishing dish for Ash Wednesday, then frozen the rest for Good Friday’s meal. With cheese…
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Honey Whole Wheat Sourdough Bread Recipe
Patience. Patience is key when baking sourdough bread. You have to wait for your starter to mature. You have to wait for the dough to…
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All About Whole Grains, the Difference Between Phytates & Phytic Acid, & What Is the Role of Phytase in Soaking Grains?
What is a whole grain, anyway? What are phytates and phytic acid? Why should you soak whole grains? Read on to learn. The Food Pyramid…
Sourdough Recipes Galore: Variations on Sourdough Muffins
Sarah Wood has made my life so much easier this week! Her recipes have been fabulous, and now I even have a few new things…
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