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Avocados for the Body

noreply@blogger.com (Delyn) — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:52:00 +0000

Avocado: Botany
Production and Uses

Avocados: Good for the Body

Hello, Everyone!

Today, we are looking at the avocado and some of its benefits to the body, and therefore, the scalp's hair. The avocado tree (Persea americana) is native to Central Mexico, and is classified in the flowering plant family Lauraceae along with cinnamon, camphor and bay laurel. 'Avocado' or 'alligator pear' also refers to the fruit (botanically, a large drupe that contains a large seed) of the tree, which may be pear-shaped, egg-shaped or spherical.

Avocados are commercially valuable, and are cultivated in tropical and mediterranean climates throughout the world, producing a green-skinned, pear-shaped fruit that ripens after harvesting. Trees are partially self-pollinating and often are propagated through grafting to maintain a predictable quality and quantity of the fruit.

Culinary Uses
The avocado fruit of horticultural cultivars has a higher fat content than most other fruit, mostly monounsaturated fat, and, consequently, serves as an important staple in the diet of various groups where access to other fatty foods such as high-fat meats and fish, dairy, etc. is limited.

When held in the palm of the hand and squeezed, a ripe avocado yields to gentle pressure. The flesh is prone to enzymatic browning which means it turns brown quickly after exposure to air. To prevent this, lime or lemon juice can be added to avocados after they are peeled.

Indonesian-style avocado
milkshake with chocolate
syrup

Avocado fruit is not sweet, but savory, yet subtly flavored with a smooth, almost creamy texture. However, It is used in savory dishes and sweet dishes, in many countries yet not for both. The avocado is very popular in vegetarian cuisine, as substitute for meats in sandwiches and salads because of its high fat content.

Generally, avocado is served raw, although some cultivars, including the common Hass, can be cooked for a short time without becoming bitter. Caution should be used when cooking with untested cultivars because the flesh of some avocados may be rendered inedible by heat. Prolonged cooking induces this chemical reaction in all cultivars.

Around the globe avocado culinary use as a dessert is:

Apples for the Body

noreply@blogger.com (Delyn) — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 01:09:00 +0000

Apples: Good for the Body

Hello, Everyone!

Today, we are learning a bit more about the apple and how it benefits the body, including the hair of the scalp, when eaten.

Facts About the Apple

The apple is the pomaceous fruit of the apple tree, species Malus domestica in the rose family (Rosaceae). It is one of the most widely cultivated fruit trees, and the most widely known of the many members of genus Malus that are used by humans.
The tree originated in Western Asia, where its wild ancestor, the Alma, is still found today. There are more than 7,500 known cultivars of apples, resulting in a range of desired characteristics. Cultivars vary in their yield and the ultimate size of the tree, even when grown on the same rootstock.
Apples are often eaten raw without consuming the seeds, which are slightly poisonous (see below), the whole fruit including the skin is suitable for human consumption. Varieties bred for this purpose are termed dessert or table apples.
Apples can be canned or juiced. They are milled to produce apple cider (non-alcoholic, sweet cider) and filtered for apple juice. The juice can be fermented to make cider (alcoholic, hard cider), ciderkin, and vinegar. Through distillation, various alcoholic beverages can be produced, such as applejack, Calvados, and apfelwein. Pectin and apple seed oil may also be produced.
Sliced apples turn brown due to the conversion of natural phenolic substances into melanin, upon exposure to oxygen. Different cultivars vary in their propensity to brown after slicing. Sliced fruit can be treated with acidulated water to prevent this effect if it isn't going to be eaten immediately after slicing.
Organic apples are the better choice, as compared to non-organic apples, since non-organic apples have a significantly high level of pesticide residue on them.
Eating fallen apples, rather than eating apples picked directly from the tree, may put the eater at the risk of food poisoning if the apple orchard is also the area for keeping cattle or other animals. This is true due to the fact that fallen apples may become contaminated with animals' feces. Furthermore, the risk may be significantly higher if the fallen apples are used to make home-made unpasteurized, unfermented cider or juice, thus letting E. coli multiply.
A ripe, raw apple digests in eighty-five minutes.
The cultivated apple tree is at its prime when it is, approximately, fifty years old
The cultivated apple tree will bear fruit for more than one hundred years

Benefits of Apples to the Body
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Organic Farm: Heritage Seeds

noreply@blogger.com (Delyn) — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 04:57:00 +0000

Seed to Seed:
Seed Saving and Growing
Techniques for
Vegetable Gardeners

Organic Seed
Production and Saving

Heritage Seed Company: An Organic Farm Collective

Hello, Everyone! I've just discovered the Heritage Seed Company and I appreciate their mission to bring back and restore to use, lost foods, while teaching interested gardeners the value of fresh, heirloom and local produce. They desire to encourage and support more people to plant organic gardens and to save and trade seeds. To achieve these goals they'll utilize modern technology with social media. For example, they will provide online education via pre-recorded video, instant chat, and live video streaming.

Heritage Seed Company will have a comprehensive resource center to help all growers. The website that they are planning will be free to use and be built with open-source tools so other people can utilize the site and the code. The vision and goal for the website is that it will serve as an educational resource, a communication tool, a digital meeting place and the home of a mapping system that tracks progress of Heritage Seed propagation.

To learn more about this project, visit Heritage Seed Company Organic Farm Collective. You can view an delightful introductory video about this project at the same site, if it's not visible below (it's featured below, yet not 'visible' here at the hour of this post).
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Sage, Spearmint Essential Oil, Kaolin Clay, Baking Soda and Sea Salt

noreply@blogger.com (Delyn) — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:36:00 +0000

Spearmint Leaves - Spearmint Essential Oil

How to Make Herbal Tooth Powder

Hello, Everyone! The following video features a recipe for tooth powder which can be used instead of toothpaste for brushing your teeth. John Gallagher of LearningHerbs.com and Mt. Rose Herbs is sharing the recipe, which is from Heather Nic an Fhleisdeir of the Academy of Scottish Herbalism, with us.

The quick and easy recipe includes sea salt, kaolin clay, baking soda, spearmint essential oil and dried sage. I've used each one of these ingredients individually, except the kaolin clay. I am looking forward to trying these ingredients together, according to this recipe.

Gallagher shares tips with us as he prepares the tooth powder. Among the interesting tips he shares are: (1) kaolin clay is used in the tooth polish dentists use and (2) sage helps whiten teeth! I didn't know that about sage. I love the flavor of sage, especially in chicken dishes.

As we get our hair in great condition and our bodies toned, we might as well pamper our teeth and gums, too!

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Fitness Mirror Dancing: Warm-up Your Samba-hips

noreply@blogger.com (Delyn) — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:03:00 +0000

Hello, Everyone!

Today's post is a guest feature from, Theresa Stevens, an art teacher who became an Inspirational Dance Teacher and Founder of Lovelight Samba. She will share how women can lose weight by dancing. As you all know, Spring will be upon us soon enough, and we might as well get ready for it, now, by toning away the excess remnant pounds from the various holiday feasts we enjoyed so much in November, December and New Year's Eve/Day, too. Since we need to get rid of the excess pounds for greater overall body health anyway (the increased blood circulation is great for our hair's health and growth, too), we might as well do it in a way that we really enjoy. Why? Because we are far more likely to make something we really enjoy doing, a regular part of our lives and consequently, reap long-term, lasting, beneficial results. Theresa will share more about how to experience joy while losing those excess pounds, below. Enjoy!

Weight-Loss and Stress–and the power of getting into Pleasure!
by Theresa Stevens

Have you found a correlation in your life between feeling stressed out and gaining weight?

When you’re stressed, your body releases a hormone called cortisol which slows down your metabolism, causing you to gain weight. And when you are stressed, this same hormone triggers you to reach for fattier, saltier and sweeter foods.

Chocolate is comforting in the first few bites, but emotional eating to comfort stress can lead to adding on extra pounds, which is not comforting and only adds to the stress in your life.

What’s a girl to do? There is one sure-fire remedy for stress, and that’s PLEASURE. And by it’s

Theresa Stevens - 'After'

very definition, it means feeling good.

When you are in PLEASURE, or what I like to call Body Joy, you release neurotransmitters called endorphins― and your body feels light and beautiful, happy and free, and naturally high! Endorphins are those natural body messengers that make you feel SO GOOD after taking a brisk walk, or dancing in the living room, or running down the beach with a dog or child. Endorphins are your body’s natural reward system for taking the actions that are the most healthy and truly comforting for you.

You have to understand that getting into PLEASURE is essential in your ability to lose weight.

You know, in our cultural learning of the best ways to lose weight–we are usually trained that we need to suffer to do it. Things like working out and dieting are very hard to maintain because of the energy of depriving yourself, of not following your body’s natural design of feeling good to lose weight.
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How to Straighten Hair With Milk. Yes, Milk!

noreply@blogger.com (Delyn) — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:57:00 +0000

Dr. William Ernst

by Louis A. Klein

'Milk' Your Hair

Hello, Everyone! In this video Lauren Farraher, Hair Stylist, discusses how to straighten hair with milk. Farraher has been styling all types of hair for more than nine years. She has experience in cutting, styling and coloring men's, women's and children's hair. Farraher attended a hair and beauty school in New York and currently provides her services, as a hair stylist, at Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc., in Wilmington, N.C.

Why milk? Milk is very nourishing to hair and it can help increase shine and luster, while reducing frizz. In order to straighten hair with milk, use it while hair is dry or slightly damp. In the video, Farraher uses milk on slightly damp hair. To do the same you should cleanse your hair as usual, however do not condition it, yet. Next, you may spray milk on to your hair from a spray bottle, or you may use an application brush and a wide tooth comb to apply the milk to your hair. Be sure to apply the milk from the roots all the way down your hair shaft. Focus on applying it thoroughly and saturate the ends. Once you have applied the milk to your hair, gently massage it into your scalp for a little while. Massaging your scalp helps increase blood circulation which increases the flow of nutrients to your scalp. After massaging your scalp let the milk remain on your hair for approximately 15 to 20 minutes. After this time has passed, rinse your hair thoroughly, and condition as usual. ~ based on Farraher video tips

Extra Tips from Lauren Farraher
"If you'd like you can actually spray just a little more milk in your hair before styling, however you do not want to use as much. You are going to want to use probably about a third cup of milk for the initial saturation. What it is going to do is to kind of help relax your hair and weigh a little heavy on your hair which will pull down some of your wave. If your hair is very kinky-curly it won't work as well, however it will help you actually hydrate your hair and give you a little bit more definition within your curl. It will not necessarily give you very straight hair." ~ Lauren Farraher
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Another Delicious Holiday Recipe: Chicken Parmesan Bundles! ~ @tastegoodfood

noreply@blogger.com (Delyn) — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:15:00 +0000

Chicken Parmesan Bundles

Hello, Everyone! Today's recipe video is one I learned about from fellow Tweeter @tastegoodfood a.k.a Donald Chase (an @DelynsBliss Tweeter) at his site, Chicken Recipes. This video, created by Kraft Foods, features a 'Chicken Parmesan Bundles' recipe. Their Chef Julie demonstrates several quick and easy tips that make preparing this chicken recipe, easy.

The combination of ingredients for this recipe are some of my favorite foods - chicken, spinach, cheese, crackers and spaghetti/pasta sauce! I particularly enjoy the combination of chicken and spinach, together.

Now, with so many organically-produced versions of these foods available, it easy to make the substitutions, right down to the crackers. Whenever I make these substitutions the flavors are more delicious (because the quality of the foods are so much better) and I feel better (because more of the foods' nutrients have been retained due to the way they were produced and handled)!
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Another Delicious Holiday Recipe: Hazelnut Deep-dish Cheescake Pumpkin Pie

noreply@blogger.com (Delyn) — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 14:22:00 +0000

Hazelnut Pumpkin Deep-dish Pie

Hello, Everyone! Today's post features a recipe for 'Hazelnut Pumpkin Deep-dish Pie' by Food Network's Sunny Anderson. I think it's a great holiday dessert choice.

Hazelnuts, pumpkin pie and cheesecake are among my vast list of favorite foods! I've never tasted a pumpkin pie containing cheesecake and hazelnut flavors. So, Sunny Anderson's recipe combining these flavors has peaked my interest. The pie she's prepared looks so delicious (and it's pretty)!

As I've mentioned, hazelnuts are one of my favorites. If you've ever eaten a fresh/raw hazelnut that you cracked open the shell of yourself, you know precisely how delicious that nut is. I have, and this is why I'll make substitutions for the hazelnut creamer with one of the three choices I've mentioned below. I want as much of that delicious hazelnut flavor as I can get, along with the nutritional benefits of the hazelnut, in the pie. Since I love to incorporate fresh, organically-produced ingredients into my meals, desserts and snacks as much as I possibly can, I will:

use organic, finely ground hazelnuts as a substitute for the hazelnut creamer
OR use an organic, food-grade hazelnut essential oil as a substitute for the hazelnut creamer
OR use a bit of hazelnut butter (similar to peanut butter rather than dairy/cow milk butter) in the pumpkin puree and cream cheese mixture, as a substitute for the hazelnut creamer

and I'll make fresh, and organic substitutions for the other ingredients, as possible. Also, enjoying hazelnuts as much as I do, I'll add chopped pieces of hazelnuts as a topping for the pie. For me, with these substitutions the pie becomes an even healthier version of this delicious recipe.
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Another Delicious Holiday Recipe: Butternut Squash Soup!

noreply@blogger.com (Delyn) — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 14:23:00 +0000

Organic Butternut Winter Squash
Seeds of Change Organic Seeds

Butternut Squash Soup

Hello, Everyone! Today's post features a video from Food Network's Alton Brown demonstrating how to make Butternut Squash Soup. I love vegetables and Butternut Squash is delicious. Yet, I've never tried it as a soup, however this recipe looks like a great one to add to my collection!

Here's a link to an interesting site featuring a Butternut Squash farmer's results, How to Grow Butternut Squash - In Pictures, that I discovered while searching for information about Butternut Squash. As I type the word 'squash' repeatedly, for this post, I acknowledge to myself that the name 'squash' sounds funny, yet the vegetable truly is delicious!
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Another Delicious Holiday Recipe: Apple & Onion Stuffin' Muffins!

noreply@blogger.com (Delyn) — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 20:01:00 +0000

"17 Foods That Heal" Healthy Healing Foods From The Bible

Apple & Onion Stuffing Muffins

Hello, Everyone! Today's post features the 'Apple & Onion Stuffin' Muffins' recipe from Rachel Ray of Food Network. In this video she demonstrates how she prepares them.

I love muffins, apples & onions (especially scallions & Vidalia® onions)! I think combining the savory flavor of either scallions or the savory-sweet flavor of Vidalia®s, with the sweet flavor of a red apple in my savory, home-made (not pre-made/packaged) stuffing will be so delicious! Knowing how delicious stuffing, apples and onions are separately, I can just imagine the delight my tastebuds will experience as I eat them as muffins! It's time to 'get baking'!
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Another Delicious Holiday Recipe: Banana Crunch Breakfast Muffins!

noreply@blogger.com (Delyn) — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 14:35:00 +0000

Barefoot Contessa How Easy Is That?: Fabulous Recipes & Easy Tips

Banana Crunch Muffins

Hello, Everyone!

The Thanksgiving Day feasts for 'family & friends' gatherings will be upon us soon! Today's featured recipe is for Banana Crunch Muffins. Since I like to make foods that are comforting, delicious and nutritious, to serve to myself and others, the Banana Crunch Muffins are a great addition to a breakfast menu. Just imagine baking them fresh Thanksgiving Day morning and your family & friends waking to that wonderful aroma, then gathering at the table to eat breakfast & visit together.

In the video, below, Ina Garten, of the Barefoot Contessa Food Network cooking show, demonstrates her recipe for breakfast Banana Crunch Muffins. Doing the basic muffin mix the night before is key to you staying refreshed, as hostess to your family and guests. And don't forget to use organically-produced ingredients as much as is possible for muffins that are delicious and even more nutritious.
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Another Delicious Holiday Recipe: Pomegranate Glazed Chicken! - @springermtnfarm

noreply@blogger.com (Delyn) — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 13:33:00 +0000

Pomegranate Glazed Chicken

Hello, Everyone!

Today's recipe is Pomegranate Glazed Chicken. The video features a cooking segment on WXIA 11 by 'A Legendary Event' with Tony Conway and Christoph Holmes, Executive Chef. The chicken that Executive Chef Holmes chose to use for his Pomegranate Glazed Chicken recipe is Springer Mountain Farms chicken.

Springer Mountain Farms is a family-owned business that has been raising chickens for over 40 years. They are located in the hills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Georgia (USA). They continue to provide the very best and most nutritious chicken possible; this is why their chicken is different from any other. Their chickens do NOT receive Antibiotics, Chemical Medicines, Growth Stimulants NOR Hormones, and are NEVER fed Animal By-products. Their chickens only receive an All-Vegetable Diet plus natural vitamins and minerals with fresh, mountain water. ~ Springer Mtn. Farms
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Delicious Holiday Feast Recipes: Have Beta Carotene Poppers Among Your Desserts!

noreply@blogger.com (Delyn) — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 14:40:00 +0000

Beta Carotene Poppers

Hello, Everyone! The holidays are quickly approaching and you may already be thinking of healthy foods to serve at your feasts. One delightful food you can serve as a part of your dessert selection is Beta Carotene Poppers (BCP). BCPs are made with the carrot pulp that remains after juicing carrots.

In the video below, RawBeets.com's Lisa Paris, creator of the BCPs, demonstrates her recipe with assistance from Jason Cairns, of OrganicJar.com. As you'll see this recipe is quick and easy to prepare. If you use as many organically-produced ingredients as is possible now, you'll have a very delicious & nutritious dessert! I love coconut so much that adding more to the topping mixture, for full-coverage, is a given for me. Enjoy this dessert. More great recipes coming in the days ahead!

Thank-you for visiting! Enjoy this blog!

Home-grown Organic Produce: From Your Sunny Room to Your Kitchen!

noreply@blogger.com (Delyn) — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 16:51:00 +0000

Organic, Home-grown Produce: From the Sunroom or Sunny Room to The Kitchen!

Radishes (image) are rich in ascorbic acid, folic acid,
and potassium. They are a good source of
vitamin B6, riboflavin, magnesium, copper, and calcium.
Get Certified Organic Radish Sprouting Seeds!

Hello, Everyone!
The seasons have changed and indoor gardening is a great way to continue harvesting great, fresh, organic food from your own garden! So if you'd like to do indoor gardening watch, listen to and learn from Patti Moreno, the 'Garden Girl'.

As many of you may know Patti Moreno is Co-Host of 'Growing A Greener World', President of FilmShack and an independent film producer and television personality best known for her work as the 'Garden Girl' on the program Garden Girl TV (she's the President, too). Recently, Patti authored 'Urban Sustainable Living with Patti Moreno, the Garden Girl', a book based on her concepts for urban sustainable living. It's based on an idea she pioneered of gardening in small or urban environments.

In this video (5th of 5) below, Patti Moreno gives us more details and insight on working with your indoor garden. Specifically, we learn how to utilize municipal water (tap water) for plants, as well as how to maintain and transplant your seedlings. Enjoy! As I've mentioed before I'm grateful to Patti Moreno for documenting these instructions. For me, these videos are a delightful way to receive such information since we can see it demonstrated and observe what everything should look like! You'll see what I mean after you've viewed them. Thank-you, 'Garden Girl'!

Note: My 'Read more' link isn't showing up in my posts even though the code for it remains in the 'back-end' of this blog. Therefore, until the 'Read more' link re-appears for each post, you may click on a post's title to read the entire post. Thank-you for visiting and enjoy this blog!

Related Indoor Gardening posts:

Part 1(of 5).Get Ready! Learn Indoor Organic Gardening!
Part 2. Enjoying Fresh, Organic Food You Grow Indoors!
Part 3. Working with Organic Seedlings, Indoors!
Part 4. Simple & Easy Indoor, Sunroom Organic Gardening!

P.S. Have you noticed Patti's healthy hair? Patti eats nutritiously, particulary consuming fresh, raw organically-produced foods from her own gardens. If you want a healthy head of hair you must 'feed' it well by eating nutritiously on a regular basis! Remember, Good, nutritious, health-inducing food is apart of 'nature's hair care', too!

Simple & Easy Indoor, Sunroom Organic Gardening!

noreply@blogger.com (Delyn) — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 17:16:00 +0000

Broccoli (image) is high in vitamins C, K,
and A, as well as dietary fiber; it also contains
multiple nutrients with potent anti-cancer
properties, such as diindolylmethane
and small amounts of selenium.
Get Certified Organic Broccoli Sprouting Seed!

Hello, Everyone! The seasons have changed and indoor gardening is a great way to continue harvesting great, fresh, organic food from your own garden! So if you'd like to do indoor gardening watch, listen to and learn from Patti Moreno, the 'Garden Girl'.

As many of you may know Patti Moreno is Co-Host of 'Growing A Greener World', President of FilmShack and an independent film producer and television personality best known for her work as the 'Garden Girl' on the program Garden Girl TV (she's the President, too). Recently, Patti authored 'Urban Sustainable Living with Patti Moreno, the Garden Girl', a book based on her concepts for urban sustainable living. It's based on an idea she pioneered of gardening in small or urban environments.

In the video below, Patti Moreno gives us more details and insight on working with your seedlings. In upcoming posts the next series of steps for successful indoor gardening will be featured. Enjoy! As I've mentioed before I'm grateful to Patti Moreno for documenting these instructions. For me, these videos are a delightful way to receive such information since we can see it demonstrated and observe what everything should look like! You'll see what I mean after you've viewed them. Thank-you, 'Garden Girl'!

Related Indoor Gardening posts:

Part 1(of 5).Get Ready! Learn Indoor Organic Gardening!
Part 2. Enjoying Fresh, Organic Food You Grow Indoors!
Part 3. Working with Organic Seedlings, Indoors!
Part 5. Home-grown Organic Produce: From Your Sunny Room to Your Kitchen!

Working with Organic Seedlings, Indoors!!

noreply@blogger.com (Delyn) — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:47:00 +0000

Red Clover is an ingredient in eight-herb essiac tea.
Get Certified Organic Red Clover Sprouting Seed!

Hello, Everyone! The seasons have changed and indoor gardening is a great way to continue harvesting great, fresh, organic food from your own garden! So if you'd like to do indoor gardening watch, listen to and learn from Patti Moreno, the 'Garden Girl'.

As many of you may know Patti Moreno is Co-Host of 'Growing A Greener World', President of FilmShack and an independent film producer and television personality best known for her work as the 'Garden Girl' on the program Garden Girl TV (she's the President, too). Recently, Patti authored 'Urban Sustainable Living with Patti Moreno, the Garden Girl', a book based on her concepts for urban sustainable living. It's based on an idea she pioneered of gardening in small or urban environments.

In the video below, Patti Moreno gives us more details and insight on planting your seeds on the shelves of your indoor garden. In upcoming posts the next series of steps for successful indoor gardening will be featured. Enjoy! As I've mentioed before I'm grateful to Patti Moreno for documenting these instructions. For me, these videos are a delightful way to receive such information since we can see it demonstrated and observe what everything should look like! You'll see what I mean after you've viewed them. Thank-you, Patti!

Note: My 'Read more' link isn't showing up in my posts even though the code for it remains in the 'back-end' of this blog. Therefore, until the 'Read more' link re-appears for each post, you may click on a post's title to read the entire post. Thank-you for visiting and enjoy this blog!

Related Indoor Gardening posts:

Part 1(of 5).Get Ready! Learn Indoor Organic Gardening!
Part 2. Enjoying Fresh, Organic Food You Grow Indoors!
Part 4. Simple & Easy Indoor, Sunroom Organic Gardening!
Part 5. Home-grown Organic Produce: From Your Sunny Room to Your Kitchen!

Enjoying Fresh, Organic Food You Grow Indoors!

noreply@blogger.com (Delyn) — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 16:36:00 +0000

Alfalfa (image) has been used as an herbal medicine
for over 1,500 years. Alfalfa is high in protein,
calcium, plus other minerals, vitamins in the B group,
vitamin C, vitamin E, and vitamin K.
Get Certified Organic Alfalfa Sprouting Seed!

Hello, Everyone! The seasons have changed and indoor gardening is a great way to continue harvesting great, fresh, organic food from your own garden! So if you'd like to do indoor gardening watch, listen to and learn from Patti Moreno, the 'Garden Girl'.

As many of you may know Patti Moreno is Co-Host of 'Growing A Greener World', President of FilmShack and an independent film producer and television personality best known for her work as the 'Garden Girl' on the program Garden Girl TV (she's the President, too). Recently, Patti authored 'Urban Sustainable Living with Patti Moreno, the Garden Girl', a book based on her concepts for urban sustainable living. It's based on an idea she pioneered of gardening in small or urban environments.

In the video below, Patti Moreno gives us more details and insight on creating shelving for your indoor garden. Among the seeds you can include in your indoor garden are medicinal herbs. In upcoming posts the next series of steps for successful indoor gardening will be featured. Enjoy! As I've mentioed before I'm grateful to Patti Moreno for documenting these instructions. For me, these videos are a delightful way to receive such information since we can see it demonstrated and observe what everything should look like! You'll see what I mean after you've viewed them. Thank-you, Patti!

Note: My 'Read more' link isn't showing up in my posts even though the code for it remains in the 'back-end' of this blog. Therefore, until the 'Read more' link re-appears for each post, you may click on a post's title to read the entire post. Thank-you for visiting and enjoy this blog!

Related Indoor Gardening posts:

Part 1 (of 5). Get Ready! Learn Indoor Organic Gardening!
Part 3. Working with Organic Seedlings, Indoors!
Part 4. Simple & Easy Indoor, Sunroom Organic Gardening!
Part 5. Home-grown Organic Produce: From Your Sunny Room to Your Kitchen!

Get Ready! Learn Indoor Organic Gardening!

noreply@blogger.com (Delyn) — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:37:00 +0000

Wheatgrass, grown indoors, grows from
8-14 days before it is harvested.
Wheatgrass provides chlorophyll, amino acids,
minerals, vitamins, and enzymes.
Get Certified Organic Wheatgrass Sprouting Seed!

It's Time for Indoor Gardening!

Hello, Everyone! The seasons have changed and indoor gardening is a great way to continue harvesting great, fresh, organic food from your own garden! So if you'd like to do indoor gardening watch, listen to and learn from Patti Moreno, the 'Garden Girl'.

As many of you may know Patti Moreno is Co-Host of 'Growing A Greener World', President of FilmShack and an independent film producer and television personality best known for her work as the 'Garden Girl' on the program Garden Girl TV (she's the President here, too). Recently, Patti authored 'Urban Sustainable Living with Patti Moreno, the Garden Girl', a book based on her concepts for urban sustainable living. It's based on an idea she pioneered of gardening in small or urban environments.

In the video below, Patti Moreno gives us the initial steps to indoor gardening! In subsequent posts the next series of steps for successful indoor gardening will be featured. Enjoy! Personally, I'm grateful to the 'Garden Girl' for documenting these instructions. Why? Because these videos are a delightful way to receive such information since we can see it demonstrated and observe what everything should look like! Thank-you, Patti!

Note: My 'Read more' link isn't showing up in my posts even though the code for it remains in the 'back-end' of this blog. Therefore, until the 'Read more' link re-appears for each post, you may click on a post's title to read the entire post. Thank-you for visiting and enjoy this blog!

Related Indoor Gardening posts:

Part 2 (of 5). Enjoying Fresh, Organic Food You Grow Indoors!
Part 3. Working with Organic Seedlings, Indoors!
Part 4. Simple & Easy Indoor, Sunroom Organic Gardening!
Part 5. Home-grown Organic Produce: From Your Sunny Room to Your Kitchen!

P.S. Have you noticed Patti's healthy hair? Patti eats nutritiously, particulary consuming fresh, raw organically-produced foods from her own gardens. If you want a healthy head of hair you must 'feed' it well by eating nutritiously on a regular basis! Remember, good, nutritious, health-inducing food is apart of 'nature's hair care', too!

Natural Botanicals, Organic Herbs, Spices, Teas, Oils and More!

noreply@blogger.com (Delyn) — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:01:00 +0000

Mountain Rose Herbs

Hello, Everyone! Today's post features Mountain Rose Herbs, a company I've satisfactorily purchased several products from and now, I'm an affiliate of (as of August 2010). I am pleased to highlight Mountain Rose Herbs because their products that I've purchased and their service are consistently excellent!

Mountain Rose Herbs has been known for its uncompromising commitment to organic agriculture, offering natural botanicals including organic herbs, spices, teas, oils and more, since 1987. Some of their products that I've enjoyed using for my hair and body, that you may enjoy using as well, are:

This year Mountain Rose Herbs received the 2010 *Oregon Ethics in Business Award. Their modality of conducting business is based on "people and planet before profit" and receiving this award is additional validation that their modality works. In the following video we learn more.

* "The Oregon Ethics in Business Awards honor those organizations and individuals who have demonstrated ethical business practice in its broadest interpretation: in the workplace, the marketplace, the environment, and the community. The recipients of these awards will have, by act and example, gone beyond the expected to achieve excellence in ethical business practices." ~ OEIB

Learn How to Make Raw Cow Butter in Minutes!

noreply@blogger.com (Delyn) — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 05:09:00 +0000

Learn how nourishing your body with fresh, raw/un-processed organic milk will tremendously improve a person's health!

Homemade RAW Butter!!

Hello, Everyone! Today's post features Organic Pastures and their quick, easy recipe for making raw (un-processed) cow butter. I learned about Organic Pastures (and a list of other organic dairy farmers) while searching for organic milk (and icecream) brands on-line. During that search I discovered an article entitled, 'Best Brands of Organic Milk' and as I read the article I saw links for 'Maintaining the Integrity of Organic Milk', and 'milk brand scorecard'. I read the milk brand scorecard, saw that a score of '5' was the best score, then looked for brands that scored '5' and '4', in my area. Organic Pastures is one of the brands that scored '5'. It's not one of the brands in my area, however, it is a brand that had a score of '5' with a good website and a share-able, informational video that I could share with all of you. I did find a full-line dairy, Organic Valley, that scored a '4', has a good website and a share-able video and milk available in my area, too. They distribute nationwide and I've included their video, as well.

This raw (un-processed) cow butter recipe should be a great 'find' for all (including me) who love cow butter and want a very healthy, excellent quality of butter. My paternal grandparents lived on their own farm estate and had a herd of grass-fed cows in their pastures. So, I probably was consuming organic, raw cow milk and raw cow butter each time I/we visited them, as children and teenagers, and didn't know it.

During some of the visits to my paternal granparents' farm estate, I used to stand at the fence surrounding one of their pastures as a child with my brother, one of my sisters, and a cousin and I'd make moo-ing sounds until I got a moo in response from one cow or more (the cow(s) wouldn't moo immediately. They'd stand in place, turn their head in the direction of the moo and then just look at me for awhile as if it/they were thinking, "That's the most unusual cow I've ever seen.") . It made me laugh with delight when a cow would respond with a moo and this memory makes me smile and chuckle to this day! I confess ... I'm a brainy, website designing, visual artist and blogger with a sense of humor for the harmless, silly things like moo-ing at cows. When I have my own cows I may even moo at them, on ocassion, because it's kind of silly and it makes me laugh at myself. Not surprisingly, the moo-ing sound at the beginning of the Organic Valley video reminds me of those times.

As you all may know by now from previous posts, I'm a cow milk lover (whole milk) and have been since I was a child. As a matter of fact, water and milk were my top two beverages for all of my childhood, teenage years and twenties, with tea being the third highest. I had milk with cereal (a bowl for breakfast, or a bowl for a snack, or a bowl for dessert), I had milk with cookies, I had milk with cake, I had milk with chocolate syrup, and I had milk all by itself; just a plain/nothing-added glass of delicious milk! Oh yes, and, the milk we added to the batter of baked goods. That's a good bit of milk!

Well, I stopped consuming cow milk a few years ago, due to the bad reports of the abysmal treatment and health of cows. I'd been in very good health until then; without all of that extra protection of the milk, I experienced dental cavities in acceleration. I missed having cow milk in my daily nutrition/diet for its benefits and its deliciousness. However, I happily resumed drinking cow milk when I discovered organically-produced cow milk!

My consumption of milk isn't back to 100% yet, however when I do get to consume it, I discern the positive difference/effects almost immediately! So, I'm looking forward to gaining regular access to a locally-produced organic, raw cow milk real soon. Furthermore, as soon as I obtain my own dream house farm estate I plan to have my own organic farm (orchards and vineyard, included) and start off with a few organic: cows, chickens, rabbits and goats. Then, I can have truly local, organic, raw cow milk as often as I desire to. Of course, I plan to score/rate a '5' like all the farmers/dairies that scored/rated as '5' on the milk brand scorecard! It's good to be lactose-tolerant; the right cow milk really does do the body a whole lot of good!

Speaking of tolerance for lactose, three of the other members of my family are lactose-intolerant, therefore they didn't drink milk in the quantity I did and their health reflects that fact to this day, even though they eat as nutritiously as I do (regular consumption of fresh raw and cooked vegetables, fresh raw fruit, fresh nuts and quality meats)! Now, I'm learning of the vast health benefits of organic, raw (un-processed) cow milk and I'm sharing this knowledge with them (because raw cow milk is a milk that they can digest/handle) and those of you that didn't know of raw cow milk, yet. I always suspected that my regular consumption of cow milk was a crucial factor in my overall health and now I know for sure that it was.

Well, I hope that all of the information from this post and this blog is helpful to you, your family, friends and acquaintances. All of us deserve to be healthy.

Related Articles & Books:

Milk Diet as a Remedy for Chronic Disease (Classic Reprint) Book
Milk Diet as a Remedy for Chronic Disease by Charles Sanford Porter Article (book review)
The Milk Diet Article
Classic Works Article (comments)
(The Miracle of Milk) The Milk Diet: How to Use the Milk Diet Scientifically at Home by Bernarr Macfadden, 1923 Book/e-Book

Learn How to Make Your Own ESSIAC Tea! - @myhealthtea

noreply@blogger.com (Delyn) — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:41:00 +0000

Ever-helpful, Ever-beneficial Essiac Tea

Hello, Everyone! Today's post features Mali Klein teaching us how to combine the recipe ingredients for Essiac Tea. Also, Klein shares the origins of the tea that eventually became associated with Rene M. Caisse and known as Essiac ('C-a-i-s-s-e' spelled backwards) Tea. View My Health Tea's other Tea Recipe videos and Tea Health videos, too!

My Health Tea is the website of fellow @Chaella Tweeter, @myhealthtea whose goal is to help us learn about the health benefits and cures of tea, herbal tea and tea tree oil.

I've enjoyed green tea for years, long before I knew it was so beneficial to my body. Back then I drank it sweetened with white sugar (which is not good for us); now, I enjoy it without any sweetener/plain or with a bit of honey. It's delicious, either way!

Thank-you @myhealthtea for sharing with us!

Green Festival: Celebrating Social, Economic and Environmental Solutions

noreply@blogger.com (Delyn) — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:10:00 +0000

Green Festival

Hello, Everyone! Today's post features a video about Green Festival®, which is a joint project of Global Exchange and Green America. Green Festival® celebrates what’s working in our communities — for people, business and the environment.

We can, "Think of Green Festival® as a walk through a sustainable community. It begins with finding solutions to help make our lives healthier — socially, economically and environmentally. Individuals along with business and community leaders come together to discuss critical issues that impact us at home and abroad. Organizations and businesses showcase programs and products that restore the planet and all that inhabit it. Neighbor-to-neighbor connections are formed, and skills are shared to empower people to create positive change in the world." ~ Green Festival

Even Dads Want to Be Pampered! - @AustinWoodhouse

noreply@blogger.com (Delyn) — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 20:40:00 +0000

The Woodhouse: Austin’s Ultimate, Luxury Day Spa

Hello, Everyone! Today's post features The Woodhouse Day Spa, a full service, luxury day spa located in Austin, Texas (USA). The Woodhouse is the business of fellow @DelynsBliss Tweeters @AustinWoodhouse. The luxurious, pampering services offered at The Woodhouse include:

Therapeutic Massage Therapy, including hot stone and Signature Four-Handed Massage,
Award winning facials,
Skin Care,
Microdermabrasion,
Waxing,
Vichy Shower Body Treatments
Hand Treatments and
For the Gentlemen

The video below features 'The International Spa Tour' which was created as a fun way to educate all on the wellness lifestyle that The Woodhouse offers. 'The Passport' includes services that can be enjoyed throughout the summer season.

Today, is Father's Day and I'm sure fathers everywhere would appreciate the gift of a body-pampering spa treatment in the days, weeks and months ahead! Dads, I wish you a 'Happy, Blessed and Blissful Father's Day!!

Thank-you @AustinWoodhouse for sharing with us!

Introducing The International Spa Tour from The Woodhouse Day Spa on Vimeo.

Which Palm Oil is Best for Your Hair? Adwengo! - @AshantiGirl

noreply@blogger.com (Delyn) — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:03:00 +0000

Adwengo Palm Kernel Oil

Hello, Everyone! This post features SheaButter Cottage, a business of fellow @DelynsBliss Tweeter, @AshantiGirl (a.k.a Akua Wood). SheaButter Cottage is a small, ethical business in the UK, owned by Akua Wood.

Wood is passionate about what she does, including concocting natural skincare goodies. She sees herself as a "kitchen" chemist. In this video we learn interesting facts she shares about the palm trees of Ghana which yield the Adwengo Unrefinded Palm Kernel Oil (AUPKO) and why it's better for the hair. The flower petal labels on the dark amber bottles of AUPKO are gorgeous!!

Thank-you @AshantiGirl for sharing with us!

Raw Food Nutrition Science, Health Educator, and Raw Culinary Arts Certification Course-Event

noreply@blogger.com (Delyn) — Wed, 19 May 2010 00:12:00 +0000

The Ultimate Raw Food Certification

Hello, Everyone!
Today's post is an 'F.Y.I' post to make you aware of an upcoming course-event which is the Raw Food Nutrition Science, Health Educator & Raw Culinary Arts Certification. This event will take place Monday, May 31, 2010 beginning at 9:00AM through June 19, 2010 at 5:00PM in Roswell, Georgia (USA).

During this three-week course-event you'll learn about developing a Raw Food Business with instruction from professionals that have over ten years experience educating students in raw food preparation and nutrition science, teaching on the road, catering raw food events and weddings, developing a delivery business and wholesale line of raw food, and opening one of the largest Raw Food restaurants in the country.

For more information about this course-event and/or to purchase tickets visit Raw Food Nutrition Science, Health Educator, and Raw Culinary Arts Certification