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Make Your Summer Cooler with Cheery Cherry Popsicles!

July 3, 2019 By Jacqueline 2 Comments

Photo credit: Bethany Joy S.

There’s nothing quite like the taste of a fresh, naturally sweet cherry right off the tree – so why not turn them into a frozen cherry treat for the super hot summer days to come?!! To me, cherries bring back all the best memories of summer into one bite.

Fresh-from-the-freezer treats are the name of the game this summer. This cherry popsicle will keep your sweet tooth at bay (without the processed sugar) and cool you down the entire season. Your family can stay on the healthy side without skimping on flavor.

So you don’t have sweet cherry trees? The next best thing I know is to find a reliable organic source like Azure Standard….

Italian Olive Oil Scam: See the Olive Oil Brands That Failed the Tests

June 7, 2019 By Jacqueline 33 Comments

Italian Olive Oil Scam See the Olive Oil Brands That Failed the Test. a year of joint work by Eurispes, Coldiretti, and the Observatory on Crime in Agriculture and on the Agri-Food System

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As concerned food consumers, we need to stay vigilant about the edible products we buy. Take honey for instance: did you know that most brands, including those labeled as pure honey, are diluted with high-fructose corn syrup?

And sadly now we are finding that extra-virgin olive oil is another common grocery item that has deceptive labeling. (For children with corn allergies who may not know it, this is very problematic)….

Astaxanthin: My Internal Sunscreen & Antiaging Support

May 31, 2019 By Jacqueline 15 Comments

Image by Jill Wellington from Pixabay

Astaxanthin is a super-powerful antioxidant with broad-spectrum, system-wide health benefits. It acts on at least five different inflammation pathways. …

Instant Pot Beans & Rice: 2 Recipes (Ready Together) in 10 Minutes!

May 20, 2019 By Jacqueline 2 Comments

Served with fresh tomatoes, salsa, onions or cheese – whatever your favorite toppings are – my beans and rice meal is a super simple 2-step recipe. The beans and rice are separate dishes done in one Instant Pot, back-to-back and ready at the same time.

It’s foolproof and takes right at 10 minutes hands-on time start to finish.

It’s economical, clean-up is a breeze, and the kitchen stays cool, so we make this a lot!…

Morels: Mushrooms Fun To Hunt, Amazing To Eat with Power To Heal

May 8, 2019 By Jacqueline 7 Comments

My husband called me from the woods to say he was reliving his childhood! He unexpectedly found over 5 pounds of gorgeous morels right at the edge of our woods! So, guess what we had for dinner?

Morel mushrooms are an amazing, rare delicacy and highly sought after. One of the reasons they’re so prized is because morels cannot be farmed like other mushrooms we purchase at the grocery store. These are handpicked in their natural habitat….

Sweet Violet Infused Vinegar: Wild, Beautiful, Healthy

April 25, 2019 By Jacqueline Leave a Comment

Long before the arrival of the earliest spring flowers, I’ve been daydreaming of some charming little DIY project to do outdoors as soon as the weather warms enough and the April heavy showers come to an end. Don’t you ever just need to get outside and drink in the exhilaration? It smells so good and the air feels clean and alive.

It’s the season of flowers, and sweet violets are plentiful in lightly-shaded backyards, hedgerows and along hiking trails throughout North America.

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