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How Suppressing Symptoms Causes Chronic Disease (and what to do instead)

by chelsea | Feb 27, 2023 | Alternative Ways to Heal, Featured, Health and Wellness, Homeopathy

If you are saying to yourself, "What? Suppressing symptoms causes chronic disease?" Yes, I am sorry to tell you. It will. It may happen next year or not even for 1o years, but suppressing symptoms causes chronic disease. There is a very clear connection. Since most of...

Stop a Cold Before it Starts with Homeopathy!

by chelsea | Oct 18, 2022 | Alternative Ways to Heal, Featured, Health and Wellness, Homeopathy

The sickness season is here again! Not to worry though. If you catch a cold or flu at the onset (the first 12-24 hours), you can stop it in its tracks! This will be a short post because the solution is so simple! If you don't know what homeopathy is, check out my...

Homeopathy: How to Make a Preserved Wet Dose

by chelsea | Oct 11, 2022 | Alternative Ways to Heal, Featured, Homeopathy

What is a wet dose? A wet dose is made when you dissolve homeopathy pellets in water. To preserve the wet dose indefinitely, however, you must add alcohol. Making a wet dose is even easier than making a tincture! It will take only a couple of minutes. If you don't...

Homeopathy: A Better Treatment for Acne

by chelsea | Oct 6, 2022 | Featured, Healthy Beauty, Homeopathy

Are you struggling with acne? Whether this has been a struggle since you entered puberty or is a new and unwelcome occurrence in adulthood, it can be extremely frustrating to say the least. Clear. glowing skin is what everyone wants, right?! The typical solutions for...

Hair Loss Homeopathy Protocol

by chelsea | Sep 26, 2022 | Alternative Ways to Heal, Featured, Healthy Beauty, Homeopathy

So many people are suffering from hair loss right now. If you are searching for a natural way to stop the hair from falling out and get the hair to grow back, read on! Regardless of the cause, there is a Banerji Protocol for hair loss. This is a highly successful...

Homeopathy: A Better Treatment for Acne

by chelsea | Oct 6, 2022 | Featured, Healthy Beauty, Homeopathy

Hair Loss Homeopathy Protocol

by chelsea | Sep 26, 2022 | Alternative Ways to Heal, Featured, Healthy Beauty, Homeopathy

Homeopathic Rosacea Toner with Rose Water

by chelsea | Apr 9, 2022 | Featured, Health and Wellness, Healthy Beauty, Homeopathy

Make a simple toner at home to soothe and calm rosacea with rose water and homeopathy. If you are new to homeopathy and would like to know what it is and how it works, check out my post, "Homeopathy: What it is and How it Changed my Life." What remedies are in...

DIY Flower Oils for Healing Salves and Creams

by chelsea | Apr 11, 2018 | Healthy Beauty

Spring is finally in the air. Just around the corner, flowers will be popping up in my garden. One of my favorite uses for flowers like calendula, chamomile, and rose, is to make flower oils. Flower oils are a way to add amazing healing properties to the oils you use...

Homemade Gentle Eye Makeup Remover Pads

by chelsea | Feb 25, 2018 | Featured, Healthy Beauty

Eye makeup remover has been a tough one for me. My eyes are very sensitive! Actually, I think most people have sensitive eyes. My struggle has been to find an eye makeup remover that isn't too oily, but also isn't too soapy and drying. Over the years, I have purchased...

Sourdough Skillet Cornbread

This delicious sourdough skillet cornbread is so easy to make and it goes great with a hearty soup, stew, or chili, or your favorite summer barbecue dish! I like to top it with cultured honey butter. If you don't have a sourdough starter yet, see my post on obtaining...

Sourdough Starter: Obtaining, Maintaining, and Enjoying

Why Sourdough? Using a sourdough starter allows you to bake without using commercial yeast. Most commercial yeasts are genetically modified. If that isn't enough to make you want to avoid them, many people unknowingly react to commercial yeasts. (Bioreal has a...

Buckwheat Sourdough Pumpkin Bread (Gluten-free)

This Buckwheat Sourdough Pumpkin Bread is delicious, gluten-free, and nutritious. It takes only 10 minutes to prepare (as long as you have your easy-to-make buckwheat sourdough starter ready and active.) It has a light airy texture straight out of the oven, but will...

Buckwheat Sourdough Pancakes and Waffles (gluten-free, grain-free)

This buckwheat sourdough pancakes and waffles recipe is the closest to the "real deal" gluten-free, grain-free pancake/waffle recipe that I have ever tasted! I love to use Acadian Buckwheat by Bouchard Family Farms. It has a much lighter texture than other...

Buckwheat Sourdough Crepes

These Buckwheat Sourdough Crepes are a breakfast staple in our house! Despite what you may think, crepes are just as easy to make as pancakes. These crepes are gluten-free, loaded with healthy fats and protein. A much better way to start your day than the toxic cereal...

How to Make and Maintain a Buckwheat Sourdough Starter (Gluten-free)

This Buckwheat Sourdough starter is a gluten-free sourdough starter that tastes just as great as its wheat-containing brethren! Using a buckwheat sourdough starter gives you a nutritious as well as tasty way to make gluten-free breads, pancakes, crepes, cornbread,...

Fluffy Sourdough Pancakes/Waffles

These sourdough waffles/pancakes have been a favorite in our house for the past few years. They mix up almost as fast as one of those pancake mixes in a box do, taste way better, and are so much better for you! They have healthy fats from the butter and egg yolks, as...

Buckwheat Sourdough Ebelskivers (aka Pancake Balls)

Ebelskivers harken back to my Norwegian roots. They are not a passed-down family recipe, however. I had to discover them on my own. I created this Buckwheat Sourdough recipe is for all those who are gluten-free or want an alternative to wheat. Making them sourdough...

Buckwheat Sourdough Sugar Cookies (Gluten-free, Additive-free)

If you are looking for a gluten-free version of a cutout cookie that is a dead ringer for the wheat version yet has no questionable fillers or additives, this recipe for Buckwheat Sourdough Sugar Cookies is for you! ***Recipe updated 11/25/19***** I reformulated the...

Fermented Jicama sticks with Grapefruit: Feed your Microbiome with Deliciousness

by chelsea | March 18, 2017 | Featured, Ferments, Recipes, Spring Fermented vegetables, Summer Fermented vegetables | 18 Comments

Let me tell you about my kids favorite ferment--Fermented Jicama Sticks with Grapefruit. First and foremost they are delicious! Second, jicama itself is packed with prebiotics. Prebiotics feed the good bacteria in your gut. They are just as important, if not more,...

Fermented Radishes

by chelsea | April 14, 2017 | Featured, Ferments, Recipes, Spring Fermented vegetables, Summer Fermented vegetables | 3 Comments

Fermented Radishes are a tasty way to get your probiotics! Enjoy them in a salad, on a crudités plate, or solo as a snack. They have a delightful peppery pickle-like flavor. Radishes are packed with nutritional benefits as well. They live up to the "food as medicine"...

Three Easy Ways to Add Fermented Foods to Your Daily Diet

by chelsea | April 28, 2017 | Fall Fermented Vegetables, Ferments, Microbiome, Nutrition, Recipes, Spring Fermented vegetables | 0 Comments

You have probably heard that fermented foods like kraut (sauerkraut) are full of probiotics and that probiotics feed the good bacteria in your gut or microbiome. Now the question is how to get them into your daily routine so that they become a habit. You are much...

Tiger Nut Milk (AKA Horchata de Chufa)

by chelsea | May 6, 2017 | Beverages, Featured, Recipes | 10 Comments

Horchata de Chufa (Tiger Nut Milk) If you are looking to add more resistant starch to your diet, here is a refreshing beverage. Horchata de chufa is made from Tiger Nuts instead of rice. This Spanish version is simple to make, nutritious, and loaded with resistant...

Is Your Breakfast Helping Or Hurting You? (Plus My Superfood-Filled Breakfast Smoothie Recipe)

by chelsea | February 12, 2018 | Beverages, Breakfast, Health and Wellness, Nutrition, Recipes | 9 Comments

I always believed that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Now I know that this is only true in certain instances. The popular belief that I subscribed to was that eating breakfast gets your metabolism started for the day. In his article "Does Skipping...

Mojito Natural Soda: A Refreshing Way to Get Probiotics!

by chelsea | July 10, 2018 | Beverages, Featured, Fermented Beverages, Ferments, Recipes | 8 Comments

This Mojito Natural Soda is a refreshing blend of mint and lime, as you may have already guessed. There is no alcohol in it, but if you add rum, you have a tasty mojito-like drink with probiotics and no sugar! See my post on How to Brew Water Kefir (plus the benefits...

Fermented Jicama sticks with Grapefruit: Feed your Microbiome with Deliciousness

by chelsea | March 18, 2017 | Featured, Ferments, Recipes, Spring Fermented vegetables, Summer Fermented vegetables | 18 Comments

Blueberry-Raspberry Shrub (aka drinking vinegar)

by chelsea | April 4, 2018 | Beverages, Featured, Fermented Beverages, Ferments, Recipes | 5 Comments

I'm sure you have seen all the posts about the 101 uses for raw apple cider vinegar (ACV). Maybe those articles have even convinced you to try adding ACV to your routine. After a few mornings of choking down some vinegar and water before your breakfast, maybe you gave...

Watermelon-Mint Shrub: Improve your digestion with this tasty drink!

by chelsea | August 7, 2018 | Beverages, Featured, Fermented Beverages, Ferments, Recipes | 5 Comments

This watermelon-mint shrub is so refreshing and good for your body!! There are so many benefits to consuming raw apple cider vinegar, but if you have tried having a tablespoon of raw ACV in some water in the morning or before meals to encourage good digestion, balance...

Water Kefir: How To Brew

by chelsea | February 23, 2017 | Beverages, Featured, Fermented Beverages, Ferments, Recipes | 9 Comments

Water kefir is a light-tasting nutritious fermented beverage. My kids love it! They drink this instead of juice or soda, both of which are loaded with sugar. (As I am sure you know.) It is very simple to brew. You can make it into either a juice as in my Lemonade...

Lemon Balm: Calms Anxiety, Encourages Restful Sleep, Fights Viruses and More!

by chelsea | June 23, 2017 | Beverages, Featured, Garden, Health and Wellness, Herbal Apothecary | 12 Comments

Meet the lovely lemon balm! This relative to mint is so easy to grow; you can basically put it in the ground and forget about it. If you don't have garden space, you can easily grow it in a container. This amazing herb is a miracle worker for us humans and a favorite...

Lemonade Water Kefir: A Delicious Fermented Beverage

by chelsea | February 23, 2017 | Beverages, Featured, Fermented Beverages, Ferments, Recipes | 0 Comments

Lemonade Water Kefir is one of my kids' favorites! It's a delicious lemonade made with water kefir that is filled with nutrients. Go here for a tutorial on brewing water kefir if you don't know how. This lemonade Water Kefir contains: Probiotics (beneficial bacteria)...

Kraut Juice: A Probiotic-filled Beverage.

by chelsea | July 8, 2016 | Beverages, Fall Fermented Vegetables, Featured, Fermented Beverages, Ferments, Herbal Apothecary, Nutrition, Recipes, Traditional Food Basics | 10 Comments

What is Kraut juice? Kraut juice is probably the cheapest and most probiotic-packed beverage that you can make for yourself at home. It only takes a few minutes, and it is a great way to get started making fermented foods. We drink this regularly at our house and we...

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