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Quick lunches to fix with whole ingredients

Raw Carrot, Beet and Walnut Salad

Veggies can be fun! Springtime, Summer and Fall are great seasons to find more and more fresh, local produce that might not have been around during the winter season. Most communities have carrots and beets available year round. We have many food allergies in our family, so our mealtimes are often a buffet of choices […]

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Chemical Free Body care products

Reducing Your Chemical Exposure In Personal & Home Care Products

This year I’ve been trying to minimize many things in our home. I still have a long way to go with clothes, papers and stuff. One place I’ve made a lot of progress, though,  is in personal & home care items and minimizing the chemicals in our household. It’s been fun, too making new recipes […]

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Frankincense Essential Oil

Frankincense is the oldest recorded essential oil, dating back to ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics listing 877 prescriptions and recipes for Frankincense alone. There are many species of Frankincense, my favorite comes from the species Boswelia Carterii.  Boswelia Sacra species is another therapeutic species. They are  both steam distilled from the resin of the Boswelia tree.  Frankincense […]

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