Women have between 350 and 500 periods in a lifetime. Time to do some math! If your monthly period is five days long, each year you spend 60 days menstruating. You spend 1 ½ or more years out of every ten years of your life bleeding. If you bleed from the time you are...
I try to eat right, move my body and take time to relax. Every once in a while though, I just want a treat! If I am going to eat a treat: It has to be worth it, no half way sugar fixes of something I don’t really like that much. If I am going to have a treat, I save...
Do you love oranges? Once they come into season, we enjoy their delicious, juicy flavor almost daily. But what do you do with the peels? Most people throw away this part of their orange eating experience because they just aren’t aware of how beneficial the orange...
I see people pulling their dandelion, cursing it, kicking it and spraying chemicals all around it. What people don’t know is that this jagged-edged green weed that causes them so much trouble is a powerhouse herb with many health benefits. Here’s why you want to...
You are going to love this recipe! It is easy to put together and is so versatile in its uses. I mix up a quart of this at a time and it doesn’t last long! We keep a small bowl of Sesame Chive Sprinkle on the kitchen table and sprinkle it on savory breakfast dishes,...
When you shuck your corn for the next summer evening meal, save the silk! You can brew up a tea with the fresh silk or dry it for later use. Besides being tasty, there are many corn silk tea benefits, especially for a UTI or urinary tract infection. Corn silk makes a...
This is such a simple home remedy! Happy Tummy Honey takes very little time to make. It preserves well and tastes delicious. It is the perfect remedy to have on hand for whenever you have an upset stomach or feel like you just haven’t digested a meal that well. Happy...
People often limit their pesto indulgence to basil season. Well, there is more to pesto than basil. This unique arugula pesto recipe is perfect when you have an abundance of arugula or around the first frost when basil is scarce. Pesto is a highly medicinal food,...
Are you looking for an herbal tea to beat those dreaded winter colds and flu? When people around you start getting sick, drink this cold and flu tea. You can drink up to 3 cups a day for several days. When people around you start getting sick, drink this cold and flu...
I love this rosemary pesto recipe because rosemary is an herb that you can get fresh all year long. I harvest fresh rosemary from my large rosemary hedge every week of the entire year. Benefits of Rosemary Think of your rosemary pesto as something that actually...