Stock, Broth, Bones and Scraps (and some not-recipes)

I haven't wanted to write this post simply because of the faddish nature of the subject of 'bone broth' / 'meat stock' / whatever. (Incidentally, my kids have dubbed it 'chicken noodle soup without the chicken or the noodles,' so add that to the list.) But today I discovered yet another sad societal turn of…

Spring Tonics

Imagine you live at some point in the past in which you didn't have electricity, refrigeration, or grocery stores as we know them today. When fresh foods were the things you picked out of your own growing plot or found in the wild around you. Right about now (depending on where you live) you'd probably…

Forage Friday: Chickweed

As we settle into the new year, it may seem that there is nothing left to forage out in our bleak, brown, wintery landscapes. But there is a wonderful little plant out there who will remain vigilant to see you through the cold months. You may need to peek under fallen leaves or even push back…

Get some dirt in your diet

This is a disclaimer ⇒⇒⇒  I am not a doctor. I am not a scientist. I am not a licensed anything. I am simply sharing my thoughts, my story, and my journey with you. Nothing in the natural world lives in absolute isolation. There is no such thing as sterile, in any form, in nature. So why…

Women’s health…birth control in my past

I have a decision to make. It's a decision that most women have to make. It's a decision I've made many times before, without actually knowing what I was deciding. It's a decision about birth control. Most women (I have no idea the statistics on this one, but I'm assuming that it is most), at…

My old-school uterus

I have learned so much about women's health, my health, in the last few years. There are so many questions I never asked. There are so many things I didn't even know I didn't know. There are so my thoughts I never had. And no one ever bothered to tell me. A few years back,…

Sulfite sensitivity, my journey and what I found

This is a disclaimer ⇒⇒⇒  I am not a doctor. I am not a scientist. I am not recommending anything. I am simply sharing my thoughts, my story, and my journey with you. In 2012 I was diagnosed with some food allergies, Alpha-gal disease, and sulfite sensitivity. In the beginning, I simply cut out everything. Total…

The illness epidemic

Everyone is sick. Everyone feels like crap. Everyone has a disorder or syndrome or disease. Really, take a minute and try to think of someone you know that has not told you of some health-related complaint or stress they are going through. If you can come up with someone, ask yourself why...is it because they…

Food for health

I heard a quote credited to Hippocrates recently that has stuck with me. In my searching online, it is worded differently in citation, and even credited to other people. But that doesn’t take away from what has stuck with me. “It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to…

Allergies, great and small

  This is a disclaimer ⇒⇒⇒  I am not a doctor. I am not a scientist. I am not recommending anything. I am simply sharing my thoughts, my story, and my journey with you. An allergic reaction is what happens when something your body comes in contact with is perceived as a bad thing, poison, or…