Health, Home, & Happiness (tm)

Homemade Apple Chips

2013-05-21T16:37:21Z

When Courtney from The Polvika Family visited this past winter she made apple chips. She didn’t cut out the core before setting them to dry, which is genius This saves tons of time, and the seeds just drop out while you’re cutting or as they dry. Now I always make my apple chips like this. We [...]

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Immunity Smoothie Recipe (and a great way to use leftover smoothies)

2013-05-21T16:09:17Z

We’ve been passing around a spring cold the past few weeks in our house. To boost our immunity we take elderberry syrup, and a couple weeks in I figured out it was easier to sneak the dose into a smoothie or popsicle than it was to spoon it out to everyone day after day. Not [...]

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Grain Free Meatballs with Grated Veggies for moisture and flavor

2013-05-11T15:28:50Z

Grain Free Meatballs These meatballs are packed with veggies for flavor, moisture, and nutrition. These are from the Grain Free Freezer Cooking Guide and the recipe makes enough that you’ll be able to pull out a few meatballs for lunch, or to add to red sauce and spaghetti squash for dinner, or eat as a [...]

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20 Things To Do With Your Dehydrator

2013-05-01T03:05:16Z

I wasn’t sure how much I would use a dehydrator, so I first borrowed one from a friend. It turns out I had that thing running day in and day out, so I quickly purchased my own. I like the Excalibur because the large square trays are easy to arrange any shaped food on, the [...]

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Natural Gatorade Alternative- Healthy Rehydration Sports Drink

2013-05-21T13:50:53Z

As my children get older, they’re more involved in sports and play hard on the playground. When they come to me sweating, bright eyed, smiling, and rosy cheeked and thirsty I give them some homemade Gatorade. Water is good, and it’s what we normally drink with meals, but when exercising sometimes you want something more. [...]

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Make a Wool Felt Birthday Crown

2013-04-19T22:22:29Z

Before I had this blog, I had a little craft blog. I haven’t kept up on that craft blog but I wanted to move some of my favorite posts over here and share some of our new favorites. Healthy living easily extends to the activities we do with our children and what they play with. [...]

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Feeding your Family Healthy Food When You Are A Single Parent

2013-04-16T20:08:30Z

Single parent families all have their own individual struggles, but nearly across the board we’re short on time, attention, energy, money, and yet still are passionate to provide wholesome food for our children! In many families, understandably, the need for wholesome food gets pushed aside for more seemingly urgent tasks. I’ve found through trial and [...]

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Homemade Pesto Made in the Blender

2013-04-05T03:46:48Z

Who doesn’t love pesto? I tend to forget to make it, though. I recently had my memory jogged when a friend brought some of her homemade pesto over to spread on grain free crackers that we made together. It’s a creamy flavorful topping that’s fantastic on meats, crackers, or even used as a dip for [...]

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Transitioning off GAPS 5-4-3-2-1

2013-04-01T20:43:44Z

“The majority of GAPS people do not have to adhere to a special diet for the rest of their lives: once the digestive system starts functioning normally, they can gradually introduce most wholesome foods commonly eaten around the world.” Gut and Psychology Syndrome, page 156 Once a person feels stabilized on GAPS (not highly sensitive to whatever they were sensitive to before [...]

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Seasonal Allergies? Try Kefir!

2013-05-12T19:37:11Z

I suffered from seasonal (pollen) allergies for as long as I can remember. Spring, summer, and then even when we would bring a douglas fir Christmas tree into the house for the month of December all started the sneezing, watery eyes, itchy throat, and runny nose. And medications- Sudafed, Claritin, Benadryl, Beconase- all with [...]

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