Healthy Sorghum Popcorn
Ever heard of Sorghum? Me either until a couple of months ago. Turns out the Sorghum grain is not only lectin-free, gluten free and keto-friendly but it’s packed with antioxidants. These deliver health benefits that can help lower your risk of cancer, diabetes, heart disease and some neurological diseases. And you can pop sorghum in…
Read MoreLectin-free Protein Bars do Exist
First you read about lectins and their danger to your health, then you start to question everything, including your go-to protein bars and shakes. While homemade is always best, it’s not always practical. Luckily, there is a company out there who “gets it” – offering quality, clean ingredients in a product that tastes amazing. Marigold…
Read MoreDiscover Essential Oils, Then Solve Anything
ESSENTIAL OILS ROCK!! (and yes, I’m shouting). I’m sure this isn’t coming as a surprise to some advanced “oilers” but for me, a basic oil rookie, I can’t say this enough. Essential oils are literally natures cure for everything and anything. I want to buy them all! But starting out can be confusing, as can…
Read MoreDIY Essential Oil Hand Soap
The “dirty” ingredients in most store-bought soaps is enough to make your skin crawl, literally. And there is a cheap and simple DIY solution to purge the toxic from your house. I calculated the cost to using the recipe below: 50 cents per oil, 49 cents for the castile soap and 54 cents for the…
Read MoreGluten free Granola Recipe
If you’re like me, I still need a little ‘crunch’ in my life. And while oats have their place in a healthy lifestyle they, too, can be full of pesticides, carcinogens and lectins. I find mixing it up is best and so off I went on a quest for a simple and tasty gluten-free granola…
Read MoreHealth Hack #8: Clean Your Keurig!
Two-ingredient Applesauce
Prep Time: 20 minutes Cook Time: 6-8 hours Yields: 6+ cups of applesauce Ingredients 6-8 medium-sized apples Organic, peeled, de-seeded and chopped into chunks Best types: green, crimsom crisps, honeycrisp 4 TBSP Cinnamon Instructions Add apple chunks and cinnamon into slow cooker (or instapot on slow-cooker mode). Stir so cinnamon coats most pieces.…
Read MoreAlmond Butter Granola Bars
Prep Time: 5 minutes Total Time: 10 minutes Ingredients 1 cup pecans ½ cup bare almond butter ¼ c. almond or pecan flour ¼ c. coconut flour ¼ cup coconut flakes 8 dates* 2 tbsp. almond milk 1 tbsp. cacao nibs or dairy-free dark chocolate chips *>85% 1 tbsp. hemp seeds 1 Tbsp. coconut…
Read More10 minute Instapot Spaghetti Squash
Prep Time: 2 minutes Cook Time: 10-12 minutes Ingredients Organic Spaghetti Squash Water Instructions Cut the spaghetti squash in half, crosswise. (see image) Add 1 cup of water and metal steamer rack into the Instant Pot. Place spaghetti squash cut side down on steamer rack. Close the lid and set to Manual High…
Read MoreHealth Hack #7: Eat a Seasonal Variety
Back to basic human nature, we were designed to eat with the seasons. Bulk up on fruit in the summer, store fat and survive the more sparse giving season of winter. Repeat. But somehow we’ve gone off course, thanks to mass farming and our “must-have-now” society, and we have all things accessible at all times.…
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