Broth, once something that I used to be intimidated to try, has become a staple in our home. (Here’s a simple homemade broth tutorial I recently wrote if you’re interested in learning how to make it easily at home.) After the process of making broth, there is only really one minor drawback as far…
Remedies & Detox
How to Make Bone Broth
I’ll just go ahead and say it. Bone broth used to scare me. Sounds silly, I know, but I had been reading Nourishing Traditions, my favorite cookbook, for a long time before I was brave enough to start incorporating it into our family kitchen. Why? I don’t know. I guess bone broth intimidated me. I…
9 Healthy Coffee Alternatives
Coffee. Hey, let me make one thing clear: I adore coffee. I’m a coffee adorer. I don’t think there’s another beverage our country has quite an obsession with like coffee. (Don’t judge my sentence structure, because I am probably in need of coffee right now.) However… Sometimes people don’t react well to coffee. Or sometimes…
Diastasis Recti Surgery Update: 2 years later
Hello dear readers and friends, It’s hard for me to believe that it’s been over two years since I went through diastasis recti surgery. Due to the number of requests I receive about how I’m doing these days, diastasis-wise, I feel it’s time to update. I’ll answer some of the more frequent questions I get,…
GAPS Diet Resources
Hello there! Embarking on the GAPS Diet? Or thinking about it? I know how you’re feeling right now. I found it helped to collect as much information as I could, before I started as well as during the diet. Here are some resources for you – in fact, it’s everything I’ve written about the GAPS…
Morning Detox Drink Roundup
So I love coffee. Really, I do – I promise. But I’ve found something lately that has kind of taken up the spot of Favorite Morning Drink. It tastes nothing like coffee! It is warm, but not quite in the same way. But after drinking this morning detox drink for the last few months, I…
Homemade Apple Cider Vinegar
Trips to the apple orchard to pick fresh apples in the fall are a favorite family memory, leaving us with pounds and pounds of amazing, delicious apples. There are so many things you can do with apples! One of the best things you can do, in my opinion, is make your own raw apple cider…
Week 15 on the GAPS Intro Diet
A funny thing happens when you become a parent. Among other quirks that develop, you suddenly start referring to your children’s age in months. “My child? She’s 24 months.” Never mind that two years ago you would have called that “two years old”. That’s how I’m staring to feel about these GAPS updates. Week 15…
What’s it Like on the GAPS Intro Diet?
If you’ve been following our family’s story, then you’ve definitely heard of the GAPS diet – more specifically, the GAPS Intro diet. The GAPS diet is a healing, grain-free, low-sugar, no-complex-starch diet that has been known to reverse many health problems such as allergies (food or seasonal), asthma, autism, IBS, ADD/ADHD, depression, schizophrenia, and many…
Week 10 on the GAPS Intro Diet
Again, I wasn’t even going to update this week, but I realized, in retrospect it was a pretty big week on the GAPS intro diet. I’ll try to update quickly for those that are interested in our healing travels. (Travails?) Last week, we left off with: my oldest son eating a drop of raw egg…
