Archives for Recent Blog Articles

Hering’s Law of Healing Pt. 2 of 4

This is a four part series of articles on Hering’s Law of Healing.  Understanding this simple concept will help you to understand your own body and health and can reduce a lot of frustration in the healing process. In my last post  (Hering’s Law of Healing Pt. 1 of 4)  I introduced you to Dr. [...]

Hering’s Law of Healing Pt. 1 of 4

This is a four part series of articles on Hering’s Law of Healing.  Understanding this simple concept will help you to understand your own body and health and can reduce a lot of frustration in the healing process. Constantine Hering, MD was known as “The Father of American Homeopathy”.  Homeopathy is a natural medicine system [...]

Happy Mother’s Day!

Happy Mother’s Day to all of you perfectly peachy parental people of the feminine variety!  I celebrate you all! I am thankful for my mother.  Remember the book/play/movie “Steel Magnolias”?  She’s one of those southern sisters that seem fragile and smell nice but are as solid as steel and can hang on in a hurricane. [...]

Making Cultured Vegetables Video

Today we share a step-by-step video of the process of culturing vegetables.  If you think cultured vegetables are just fancified city slickers of the produce world you may need to read the info below and then come back to the video ;  )     Many people are familiar with cultured foods but often don’t [...]

A Little Health Food Humor

This vintage music video takes a humorous look at the secret lives of health food heroes… or are they? My “better half” never ceases to amaze me; Dwayne came walking in the other day with that barely perceptible hint of a smirk on his face and held his iPhone up for me to see. He [...]

2 Easy Eggplant Casserole GF

This is a gluten-free, naturally low-carb eggplant casserole recipe I recently created.  As the old saying goes, “necessity is the mother of  invention” and that’s sort of how this recipe came about; I’m a mother and it was necessary that we eat so I invented this casserole.  Sort of.  Actually, we got an eggstra large [...]

Chia Gel Egg Replacement or Thickener (Vegan)

If you are following a Vegan diet (either long-term or temporarily for a cleanse or detox) or are just out of eggs you can make a quick and easy (and healthy!) replacement for your recipe. First of all you will need to have Chia Seeds.  Yes, the little bitty seeds that grow “hair” on a [...]

Almond Flour Banana Bread/Muffins (GF/SF)

My picture here shows lovely freckled bananas that the rest of the fruit world would call “past their prime” but, in fact, they are perfect for making some sweet banana bread or muffins!  In my upper 40′s I appreciate that concept much more than I used to! If you see bananas on sale at your [...]

Tour of a CSA

Join us for a video tour of our local CSA at Gamble Creek Farms.  While you’re watching enjoy the tranquil and picturesque scenes of the wildlife at the farm on Gamble Creek; old Florida nature at it’s best! CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture.  I think participating in a nearby CSA is the next best thing [...]

Real Life Behind the Woodshed

Hey y’all!  Let me just say up front that this post has absolutely nothing to do with natural health and everything to do with real life.  You may wonder what the picture of our wood pile out back has to do with any of this…well, it’s where I feel like I’ve been lately; the proverbial [...]