It’s been a long time. A really really long time! A lot has happened in between and we are now in beautiful Nelson, British Columbia. We have a vegetable garden – yay! More later. For now – a quick post on a granola recipe. I picked up a dehydrator from a local thrift store –…
We have been eating a lot – and I mean a lot of fruits and vegetables lately. We would probably be using even more if we had an extra fridge and chest freezer (more berry supplies-mmmm!). With two green smoothies a day between Steve and myself, vegetable juices, fruit and vegetables for Elise (some raw…
After a very long time, we have finally started adding some vegetable juices back into our daily routine. It sure feels good! We started off with two carrot based ones. I would recommend that if you are new to juicing or haven’t done it for a while you start with something that has some sweetness…
Okay – so this one sounds kind of odd but it is really quite good! Last year we would sometimes get lots of radish leaves with teeny tiny radishes on the ends of them after thinning in the community garden we belong to. We would nibble on the radishes and then I would wonder what…
As I type I am still flipping over how delicious my morning smoothie was and thinking I am probably on a Raw Cacao caffeine high right now! I try not to use the stuff too much these days as I think I am a little super sensitive to the caffeine. I can’t drink coffee at…
We are green smoothie mad in our house at the moment. Steve and I have been having two green smoothies a day most days and Elise has been enjoying them too. A little sip here – a whole glass there, and then half the blender jug there! It makes me delight in seeing her with…
I am re-posting my Inspirational Videos post with some new additions. Need some motivation to change your lifestyle? Check out these: Fat Sick and Nearly Dead – Joe Cross was diagnosed with an incurable auto-immune disease and reversed it through diet. Also check out Joe’s site here. Minding Your Mitochondria – Doctor Reverses Multiple Sclerosis through…
This salad would go well with any Indian inspired meal. I recently served them with Lentil Cumin Cakes and Spiced Chickpeas, Cauliflower and Broccoli with Green Tomato Chutney. Ingredients 1 small punnet cherry tomatoes (approx 1 pint/600ml) 1/2 cucumber 4 Tablespoons Fresh parley 4 Tablespoons Fresh Mint or 2 teaspoons dried mint Juice of half…
I made this the other night to go with some Lentil Cumin Cakes and Minty Tomato and Cucumber Salad. I credit Rose Elliot’s Spiced Cauliflower and Peas recipe from her book “Vegetarian Express” for inspiration in this recipe. I did not have any fresh or canned tomatoes to use but if you have some you…
This is a firm favourite in our house. Elise loves these lentil cumin cakes. I normally wilt some spinach or kale (this time it was kale) and whizz it up with the onion mix before adding it to the cooked lentils. This recipe is from Rose Elliot’s Fast Fresh and Fabulous book – now the…
I’m re-posting this as I missed the sequel to the first article. Here are three great articles from Aha Parenting: Why Punishment Doesn’t Teach Your Child Accountability How to Raise a Moral Responsible Child Without Punishment 10 Ways to Guide Children without Punishment
When you are comfortable with both your strengths and weaknesses, you radiate simple, unaffected humanity. Self-acceptance, total self acceptance, means self-forgiveness. When you forgive yourself and stop judging yourself, then you won’t judge others, and there will be less conflict in the world. feelgoodtribe.com
I often get a bag of beetroot in my Organic delivery. I find an easy way to prepare them is to roast them in a root vegetable roast or use them in this recipe. This recipe is from “Moosewood Restaurant Cooking for Health” by the Moosewood Collective. The colours of this salad are divine. I…
I’ve just been organising my audio files and emails for my Peaceful Parenting course and as I have gone through I have read the inspiring quotes that Jolette has included. I have found them so inspiring I just felt I had to share them here. ‘When we parent the world, we are parenting the world and…
Parenting is tough. There are so many different opinions out there on the best way to parent which makes a difficult job even more difficult. What I have found so far though is that when carrying out a parenting technique – if it consistently feels bad doing it – it probably isn’t right for you.…
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