Amish Butter: Legit or Big Food Scam?
How to tell the difference between real and fake rolls of Amish butter and how each compares with supermarket butter. It used to be that glitzy …
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Traditional Congee Recipe (Easiest Homemade Thai Soup!)
Google the words “Thai soup” and you’ll find thousands of recipes for different types of red and green coconut curries and thousands more of versions …
Benefits of Buckwheat for Food and Garden
The myriad of benefits and uses of gluten-free buckwheat for food, home, and garden, and how to traditionally prepare for optimal nutrition. Buckwheat …
Cassava Syrup: Is Fructose-Free a Better Choice?
The popularity of cassava starch and flour as a grain-free, low allergy foodstuff has exploded in recent years. Food manufacturers responded with the …
Traditional Pumpkin Soup Recipe
In the United States, pumpkin is most often used in sweet desserts, muffins, and bread. Around the world, however, it is a popular vegetable for …
Fascia Blaster: When It Helps, When It Harms!
Pros and cons of using a fascia blaster and when it has benefits for fitness-related scenarios or dangers for cosmetic use such as reduction in the …
Supplementing with Colostrum
The benefits and possible drawbacks of fresh and powdered colostrum supplementation as Mother Nature’s most primal and potent superfood with an …
Colloidal Silver and Raw Milk Don’t Mix
Why use of colloidal silver to extend the life of raw milk freshness is a short sighted practice that has the potential to harm health. I read an …
How to Roast Goose, Render the Fat and Make Goose Stock
Goose is a wonderful option to run-of-the-mill chicken for a celebratory dinner. The taste and texture is somewhere between turkey and duck. Since our …
Avocado Oil: Does This Modern Fat Qualify as Healthy?
When it comes to cooking oils, “new” and “modern” are usually synonymous with “avoid”. Canola oil, soy oil, corn …
Jaggery: Traditional Sweetener of India
The processing and common uses of palm and cane jaggery, a traditional sweetener used for millennia that is completely unrefined and loaded with …
Sarah’s 11 Favorite Things – 2017
For those of you who remember the TV show Oprah, you might recall that she had a very popular end of year episode that showcased her favorite stuff …