I’m in love… with a chocolate bar. This is not just any old chocolate bar, but Chocolove’s divine Almonds & Sea Salt in Dark Chocolate. If you’re a regular reader you already know that I’ve never met a chocolate that didn’t call my name. Hello, my name is Elizabeth, and I’m a serious chocoholic. No, [...]
Reader question: Is it safe to thaw meat on the counter? While one of the great things about Glorious One-Pot Meals is that they accept frozen meats — without thawing — and it doesn’t change the cooking time. But, of course, there are times when you want to thaw meat before cooking it. I looked [...]
A recent spate of listeria cases have been linked to cantaloupes in Colorado. A few months ago, there was a surge of salmonella infections traced to contaminated eggs. Not to mention the e.coli tracked to contaminated sprouts and leafy greens. It’s almost enough to make you throw up your hands and wonder if anything is [...]
Bagged salad greens — lettuce, spinach, mixed spring greens, etc. — are so appealing because they make getting your greens that much easier. But you could be risking your health if you don’t wash them first! According to CBS News, a Consumer Reports study in 2010 showed that almost 40% of the the leaves sold [...]
Someone at a National Speakers Association meeting once told me that I’d have to pick a single focus if I wanted to build a successful career. Having more than one thing is too confusing for people to comprehend, he advised. At the time, I scoffed. Limit myself to one thing, even when I know I [...]
You may have been wondering why my posts have become so sporadic of late, so I thought I’d share the news that I am now a fully-fledged Naturopathic Doctor (ND). These last 6 months have been a major push to complete my degree from Trinity School of Natural Health, but after several years of diligent [...]
It took a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis for me to fully understand that your physical state can affect your mental state. Struggling through the fatigue, mental fogginess, and physical pain of those early years gave me increased compassion for a friend’s mother who had passed away after a long battle with kidney failure during our [...]
Take your Easter tradition natural with these quick and easy natural dyes to make your Easter eggs festive without making them toxic with petroleum-based food dyes. Orange dye: 2 cups water, 2 tbsp distilled vinegar, 2 tbsp paprika Blue dye: 2 cups water, 2 tbsp distilled vinegar, 1 cup blueberries Pink dye: 2 cups water, [...]
