It's so important to get your family outside. There are many health benefits to spending time outdoors, including both mental and physical benefits. There have been periods of time in history that we as humans were terrified of breathing air and seeing the sun. Many people still feel that way today. What has been revealed is that being outdoors is actually very important, not only for your children but for you. It's been common knowledge that children in particular need to be outdoors for proper cognitive functioning. But did you know that the same results hold true for adults? It seems obvious that it would hold ...Read More
Homeschooling A Homeschool Spanish Curriculum That Really Works: Excelerate Spanish
Need to find a Spanish curriculum that works for you and your family? Learn more about excelerate spanish, which is a wonderful language teaching program for homeschoolers and anyone else interested in learning on their own. I knew when I had children that they would need to learn at least one other language. For me Excelerate Spanish is the only way to go. The way the world is changing, it may be best for them to be fluent in a multitude of languages. While there are no firm statistics available to distinguish where Americans lie on how multilingual we are compared to the rest of the world, the fact remains that we ...Read More
Gluten-Free, Grain-Free Fudge Chocolate Brownies
Gluten Free and Grain Free Brownies! Who doesn't like brownies? Well, I guess there are some people, but most people love them. Our family especially loves fudge style chocolate brownies. These grain-free fudge chocolate brownies are dairy free, sugar free and amazing! Gluten Free and Grain Free? You Can Do This! (and enjoy it too) It was a real disappointment to my family when we had to go gluten free and then we later went grain free. What? How were we supposed to make anything good with out grains? Now we all know how invalid that idea is. However, when one first makes big lifestyle and dietary changes it ...Read More
Foods 25 Days of Grain Free Christmas Cookies Cookies: Magic Cookie Bars (sugar-free, dairy-free)
Grain-free Magic Cookie Bars that are sugar-free and dairy-free too? You bet! This is one of my all time favorite family treats-- you know, the ones that really invite you down memory lane? That is what Magic Cookie Bars are to me. Making these with my mother are some of my fondest and earliest memories. Eating most of the pan, that's a memory of mine too! Dad, Brother and I all fighting to lick the last crumbs out of the pan, yep, we did that. We loved those cherished magic cookie bars treats and I was so sad when I thought I could never have them again. I mean, how can you make these dairy free and ...Read More
25 Days of Grain Free Christmas Cookies: Snickerdoodles
Snickerdoodles just happen to be my husbands favorite cookies. But getting him to like something that is dairy-free, grain-free, and sugar-free is another story. In reality, he does love most of what I make, but thus far, the snickerdoodles have not passed muster, at least not until these bad boys came around. When working on this series I tried with sugar and with out, with dairy and without, other grain-free flours, like Quinoa flour. Not one was good. In fact, one was so awful, I gagged and threw every last one of the cookies away. My children tried to like them but just couldn't do it. How sweet they are. Those ...Read More
25 Days of Grain-Free Christmas Cookies: Pumpkin Spice Cookies
I love this time of year. Apples, pumpkins, sweets, apple cider, bon-fires and warm cocoa. One of my favorite cookies is pumpkin spice cookies. One thing I don't love is the over abundance of sugary sweets. But not all things sweet have to be killer to your waist line, your adrenals, your blood sugar, or your thyroid. This time of year poses a challenge to those of us who love sweets and treats but want to stay healthy. I have had to either do without, cheat on myself with bad sweets and feel guilty, or figure out how to make this all work. I picked the last option this year. If you haven't noticed by now, I ...Read More
Pumpkin Spice Dairy Free Cheesecake
I know you are all asking the question.... What the heck is in this "cheesecake" then? And does it taste good? The answer to the second question is, Yes! This Pumpkin Spice Dairy Free Cheesecake tastes very good. It is incredibly decadent, rich, simply superb. The answer to the first question is explained below. You know what else? It is Gluten Free, Grain Free, Egg Free and Sugar Free too. Even better than all of this, it's a No Bake "Cheesecake"! I like things that come easy. Looking for gluten-free recipes and resources? This Everything Gluten Free page is a library of everything gluten free we’ve worked ...Read More
{DIY} Immune Boosting Herbal Tea
This time of year can be a little unnerving for us mothers as we have many activities where our children are coming and going and possibly being brought low with colds and flu's. My DIY~ Immune Boosting Herbal Tea is a great weapon in your arsenal to help ward off any possible immune system antagonists. Sure you still need to eat healthy, stress less and get good sleep each night, but this well help boost that sluggish immune system, or even mellow out an overactive one! How can this same tea do both things? Well, let me tell you. Key Ingredients: Immune Boosting Herbs Astragalus (Astragalus membranaceus): The ...Read More
