I’ve been making my own dog food for over a year. It all began when my two little pooches got sick. The vet recommended I purchase expensive canned food for them. He didn’t encourage me when I said
I would make their food instead. It turns out that vets don’t like the idea of people [...]

7 Tricks of the Trade

Are you concerned about the economy? Do you want to save at the grocery store? Are you looking for ways to buy and store the most healthful foods? A mom on
MamaPedia.com asks for some ‘tricks of the trade’ for grocery shopping, storage, and making the most of her produce. No [...]

How much sugar is there in processed foods?

Turns out a lot!
We tend to overlook added sugars in processed foods. But, sugar is a primary ingredient in most of our processed foods and breakfast foods are the worst. Sugar is an early riser, who loves to ambush your child first thing in the morning. He lays [...]

What is pH?
Every solution is either acidic or alkaline, including our body fluids. The body is designed to maintain a constant pH 7.4 in the blood. It does this by depositing and withdrawing acid and alkaline minerals from the bones, soft tissues, body fluids (blood, saliva, and urine). Your pH levels are usually more acidic in the [...]

Natural cures have been developed over centuries, and were common before the era of modern medicine. Food and especially herbs have long been used to treat every ailment. Hippocrates the father of medicine said, “Let your food be medicine and your medicine be your food.” For the most part they have been forgotten.
Some natural remedies we’ve [...]

My grandson, Joshy, was the world’s pickiest eater. He only ate a few foods. At a mere two-and-a-half, his picky eating had already begun to affect his health. His parents were beside themselves with worry. They tried every trendy parenting trick to get him to eat, to no avail.
Baby Bites® was the answer to our [...]

A Mother’s Day Gift Just For You
“A man’s work is from sun to sun, but a woman’s work is never done.” This proverb is truer today, than ever before. Moms now balance incredibly busy schedules. The appliances which were supposed to save us time—don’t really. They don’t because the little time they may save, is [...]

I dug around in the basement to find this old commentary on the Proverbs 31 Woman, before I left on my  trip to California. This week, I’m with three of my grandchildren, while my daughter and son-in-law are away. I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to run “Wishing I Was Wonder Woman” again. I wrote [...]

One of my favorite meals is Spinach and Tomato Medley. It’s effortless and healthy. This is so easy, that even your kids can make it on their own, becasue the brown rice has already been cooked. All you’re doing is combining ingredients and heating. Even picky eaters who don’t like spinach, love this recipe. When you [...]