I love beets. One of my favorite ways to enjoy beets is to pickle them. Pickled beets are delicious in salads or just on their own as a healthy snack. If you haven’t started adding beets to your diet, you… Continue Reading
You have been fooled if you were ever led to believe that watermelon is nothing but water (with no nutritional value). This common myth (like a lot of nutritional misconceptions) has probably turned a lot of people away from this… Continue Reading
I’ve gone a little bit crazy recently for coconut water kefir. Since discovering my intolerance for dairy (it contains casein, the main protein in dairy products. It acts in a similar way to gluten), I’ve stopped consuming anything dairy. Fortunately,… Continue Reading
In our age of western medicine, the society has turned away from the natural health remedies that were greatly used by our ancestors. We often rely more on the modern chemically produced pills than all natural traditional medicine. Honey… Continue Reading
If you haven’t heard of teff, don’t feel bad. I hadn’t heard of it myself until recently. I came across an article stating that teff is the new gluten free super grain. Being gluten free, and mostly paleo, this claim… Continue Reading
Imagine being disliked and ignored just because your family has a bad rep? Well, it happened to hemp. Hemp is a variety of the Cannabis sativa (marijuana) plant, but it’s not marijuana and unlike marijuana it does not have large amounts of THC… Continue Reading
Most of us are faced with a burning desire to stamp out morning drowsiness with a cup of coffee. If you love coffee, you don’t just like it, you love it and need it. I am definitely one of these… Continue Reading
Cacao – the small evergreen tree grown in South America can be considered the sweetest tree in the world since its fruit creates the most desirable delicatessen in the world. The word “cacao” was invented by the Aztecs who were… Continue Reading
Despite their name, pine nuts are not really nuts. They are the edible seeds of pine trees. Pine nuts are actually hidden inside the pine cone, which can be extracted with a heating method. It takes quite a lot of… Continue Reading
The deep orange, tomato shaped fruit with a waxy texture, persimmon, has been a favorite of mine sine I can remember. As a child, there was nothing more exciting than biting into this delicious fruit. Unfortunately, many people are… Continue Reading