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natural sports drink
Neon colored sports drinks are a staple on most sports fields.
Although replacing electrolytes during rigorous exercise is important, commercially produced sports drinks are not the way to do it. These drinks are loaded with sugars, food...
echinacea and elderberry
It's cold and flu season so that means my inbox is flooded with emails asking what natural remedies our family uses to help support and strengthen our immune systems this time of year.
First and foremost, we work on strengthening our immune...
Vegetable Broth Recipe
I've been making my own vegetable broth for years.
Making my own vegetable broth is super easy and saves so much money. A good box of organic vegetable broth can cost as much as $4 per box but costs pennies to make your own. I love to teach...
pink eye treatment
My children belong to a local youth theater group and have spent the last few weeks with all 80+ cast members in very close quarters.
As it always goes, things will get shared….good and bad. So, this last week we have welcomed pink...
tomatoes galore
We love everything about summer in this house including the overabundance of fresh organic tomatoes!
This time of year we find ourselves with more tomatoes than we know what to do with. If you also find yourself with an overabundance because...
teacher appreciation week
Teacher Appreciation Week is coming up May 4th-8th.
We love our teachers who do so much for our kids so let’s try and help them stay healthy with this awesome idea. A school in AZ had all of the kids bring in fruit. Then they set up a...
Smoothie Bags
Here is a helpful tip that our family uses all the time. I always take a few minutes on Sunday to do some prep work for the week in order to help us stay on the healthy track when things get crazy on weekdays, as they always do. This is one...
the ultimate wellness recipe
As we start to round the corner into the New Year I know that getting healthy will be on a lot of people’s minds. I also know that there is so much information out there that it can feel a bit overwhelming at times. There are so many...
sore throat sage gargle
Did you know that most sore throats are due to viral infections, such as the common cold?
And because of this do not require an antibiotic. When the virus invades the mucosal lining of the nose and throat, the tissue becomes swollen and...
elderberry syrup
Well, it’s that time of year again…cold & flu season!
We do many things in our family to strengthen our immune systems to help fight viruses that we come in contact with. One of the many things we do is take elderberry syrup....
