Yogurt Brands. Ranking the Best and Worst
How to determine the best yogurt brands available in your area and if they are probiotically equivalent to making yogurt yourself at home. When I …
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Alternative Sweeteners During Pregnancy + Breastfeeding
The FDA approved the sweetener sucralose under the brand name Splenda as a general purpose food additive in 1999. The initial peer-reviewed research …
Magnesium Flakes vs Epsom Salts
Magnesium flakes are a popular tool for helping to improve one’s nutritional status of this critical mineral. The question is, does it work? Not …
Homemade Barbecue Sauce (no sugar or MSG)
Barbecue sauce made at home with 7 whole food ingredients that add savory-sweet flavor with a bit of spiciness to all your favorite grilled or …
Decadent Butterscotch Latte
Once you’ve learned how to make real butterscotch (a must since all the commercial stuff is fake), it’s a hop, skip and a jump to make a …
Fruit Sweetened Butterscotch Sauce
If you love butterscotch as I do, perhaps you have wondered if it can be made without brown sugar. For a long time, I didn’t think it was …
Cream of Vegetable Soup (dairy-free)
Have any of you tried the coconut chicken soup from Nourishing Traditions Cookbook? It’s quite spicy, isn’t it? When my children were …
Basic Grassfed Beef Stew Recipe
Beef stew is certainly one of the most popular comfort foods within American and Irish cuisine. When you take the time to carefully source ingredients …
The Five Healthiest and Best Substitutes for Butter
A small but still sizable percentage of people today are unable to eat butter. Typically, the reasons are due to a dairy allergy or restrictive food …
Homemade Dog Food (healthy, budget-friendly)
Dog food ads often give us a very warm, fuzzy, comforting feeling. They lead us to believe that by feeding our furry best friends a specific brand, …
Whole Earth Sweetener Review
With the flood of alternative sweeteners on the market in recent years, you would think at least a few of them would be healthy. For example, more …
7 Most Effective Natural Antifungals (and how to use them)
Overview of the most powerful natural antifungals and how to use internally and externally to resolve common, non-serious fungal and yeast infections. …