Why You'll Want to Make Broth from Your Leftover Turkey - The Healing Power of Bone Broth

I don't know about your house, but mine has had the fragrant smell of turkey cooking in one form or another for several days now.  Due to some scheduling challenges, we had our family celebration on Wednesday, so I started then with the turkey and each day since there has been one form or another of leftover turkey.  Not only that, but I stuffedd and roasted a chicken last Saturday night

Mashed Potato Leftovers

Is your fridge brimming with leftover Thanksgiving offerings?  Mine surely is.  But so far, I've whittled down at least one dish--the mashed potatoes. 


Potato pancakes are always a delicious treat.  Once you have the mashed potatoes, the work is basically done.  Just drop in a couple of eggs and fry them up.  This is definitely one of the side-benefits of Thanksgiving leftovers.





I served

Study Tracking Over 100,000 People Finds The More Pasteurized Milk People Drink, The More Likely They Are To Die

Milk is the only beverage still aggressively pushed on children as a health promoting food when it is the exact opposite - a disease promoting food. Drinking pasteurized milk is not nearly as good for general health or bones as the dairy industry has made it out to be. In fact, this fairy tale of "milk doing a body good" is being exposed more frequently by many independent scientists and

12 Convincing Herbs That Will Help Reduce Your Dependence On Cholesterol Drugs

Our dependence on drug therapy to
reduce cholesterol is staggering and approximately 15% of the top
prescribed medications in the world are generic statins. The are NO
scientific studies ever documented which have proved through causation
that lowering LDL cholesterol prevents disease. It's more important to
manage your cholesterol with dietary herbs than it is to lower
cholesterol

Talkin' Turkey, Wild, Farm Raised and more...

Wild Turkey flock outside our Gate 

Who doesn't love Turkey?   We have a unique situation in that our farm is next to a 11,000 acre wild life refuge.  So we don't just have turkeys come by... we have herds of turkeys for neighbors.

What have we learned? 

Turkeys are the ultimate herd animal.  They will follow  in a line to cross a stream or driveway.  There can be 30 turkeys on one side..

Researchers Find That High-Fat Diets Postpone Aging

Avocados are a good source of natural Fats and are NON GMO




New Danish-led research suggests that signs of brain aging can be postponed through high-fat diets. In the long term, this opens the possibility of treatment of children suffering from premature aging and patients with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. The research project is headed by the Center for Healthy Aging, University

I'm in the Mood for Soup!

With the first autumn cold weather, I find that my thoughts turn to soups and stews.  This week I've been cooking cold-weather soups that are so chock full of hearty ingredients that you could almost call them stews, if it weren't for the broth. 





Cod, Kale and Bacon Soup
You can serve a salad with this if you wish, but this healthy soup is really pretty much a one dish meal.  For ease, why

9 Tips for a Gluten Free Thanksgiving...and Other Healthy Suggestions

Who Loves Organic Turkey?  






Healing with food is not always easy around Thanksgiving time.  Especially for those of us that are trying to stick to our gluten-free diets. Stuffing, pie crust,...yikes!  And if we're also trying to be sugar-free and dairy-free, the entire meal is full of land-mines.  



Here are nine tips you can use to get through the meal without compromising your

12 Natural Remedies For Eczema, Rashes and a Range of Persistent Skin Conditions

Use Natural Remedies for Eczema


Eczema is a catch-all term for a variety of ailments that cause the inflammation and irritation of the skin. It now affects more than 20% of infants and about 5% of adults and children although those numbers appear to be increasing due to dietary triggers and environmental pollutants. The standard treatment for the medical community for eczema is

Grass Fed Cattle and the Future of Farming

Raising cattle on natural pasture is not a new way of ranching. Its the oldest form and the truest form. And lucky for us, its making a resurgence. More than a decade ago, there were less than 50 pasture ranches in the U.S. and today, there are thousands. There are many reasons for the shift in getting back to basics, I like to think its mainly because we, as consumers, have learned that we

How to Find the Best Grass Fed Beef

Buying Grass Fed Beef seems like a simple thing, you go to a store that carries it or you join a CSA, perhaps you buy at the local Farmers Market or order it online from a Farmer. The act of purchasing Grass Fed Beef is an easy one; you swipe the credit card and voila, you go home with yummy meat.  But how do you know which Grass Fed Beef to buy? How do you know if its Pasture Raised Grass Fed

3 Reasons Why the Grass is Greener for Pasture Raised Beef

Grass Fed Beef, the Best of the Best kind of meat. It’s delicious, it contains better vitamins and minerals for you, and the meat comes from healthier cattle! Right? Well, maybe.

All cattle eat grass in one form or another, so what does “Grass Fed Beef” really mean? According to the USDA the definition of Grass Fed Beef is “grass and forage shall be the feed source consumed for the lifetime

VERTICAL HERB PLANTER (and it can work in Winter too!)

Keep Herbs Tidy in Containers year Round

We all love the taste of fresh Herbs.   Vertical Herb planters are a fun way to let you
grow in Winter in a sunny window or outside in good weather.  The trick is finding something  that is compact and simple to move  indoors or outdoors as the
seasons change.   We think the easiest vertical planters are ladders in a sunny corner by a sliding door in

Magnesium Rich Foods Offer 5 Critical Health Benefits

Magnesium is an essential mineral for staying healthy and is required for more than 300 biochemical reactions in the body. Multiple health benefits of magnesium include transmission of nerve impulses, body temperature regulation, detoxification, energy production, and the formation of healthy bones and teeth. 


Eat Foods High in Magnesium like Almonds





More Foods High in

20 Amazing Health Benefits of Tomatoes That Should Make Them A Daily Staple In Your Diet

Just one serving a day of tomato-based foods can have an incredibly beneficial effect on your health. 



Not only can they reduce heart disease, but they could potentially prevent and reverse dozens of diseases if eaten daily. This is one fruit you don't want to leave out of your diet. 


1. REDUCE HEART DISEASE
According to Tufts and Boston University researchers, the highest average intakes

Food Gardening in the U.S. at the Highest Levels in More Than a Decade

According to a Report by the National Gardening Association;


35% of all households in America, or 42 million households, are
growing food at home or in a community garden, up 17% in five years
Largest increases in participation seen among younger households - up 63% to 13 million since 2008
2 million more households community gardening -- up 200% since 2008

 


Growing food at Home 
or in

25 Questions That Establish Your Health and Nutrition I.Q.

We often get so caught up in the promotion of
specifics on health, nutrition and disease prevention, that we forget
there are many people who have a very limited understanding of even the
basics. We know many of you struggle to keep up with current
information because our authors typically do not reintroduce factoids
they know and take for granted. Whether you are just awakening to the

Growing in Containers - 3 Tips for Successful Fruit and Veggies

There is something wonderful about plants and containers.   Put the plants in and watch them quickly grow and expand to fill up all the nooks and crannies.  Since you should always use good soil in containers as long as you remember to water you get a sense that the entire thing is a win win for all...    Vegetables and fruit trees in containers will provide the same easy satisfying result...