We are without a doubt, living in one hell of an intense and changing time. You can feel it, right? I think most of us can agree that these are light years away from the days we were raised in. While it’s easy to focus on the drama, darkness and fear of this Read more about Transformation and Adaptation for a Changing World[…]
If you don’t want to give up your coffee…upgrade it and make it into a healing, morning elixir! This super earthy concoction will help you not only through your morning, but through the day. The healthy fats added will give you fuel and prevent you from crashing from the caffeine. The adaptogens will help you Read more about Adaptogenic Coffee[…]
If you are pregnant with a baby girl, your daughter in utero, will hold all the eggs she will ever have for her life…including your future granddaughters. Your granddaughters eggs are formed from what is available and circulating in your body. So the food you eat today, will impact not just your daughter, but your Read more about Generations, Gestation, and GMO’s[…]
Rising from the fog 5 years after delivering my second child, I finally feel like ME again. After entering my first pregnancy with less than optimal nutritional stores, bad habits, and irregular sleep patterns I was somewhat doomed from the start. 9 months of growing a human that took what it needed to form itself properly, then Read more about Regaining my life after postpartum depletion[…]
This is hands down my favourite treat of the season! It’s packed with superfoods and medicinal mushrooms for an earthy, not-too-sweet, nutritious and delicious treat. I always have a pot of chaga or reishi (or both) on the go during the cold months, so it only made sense to scoop some into the melting chocolate and Read more about Medicinal Mushroom Dark Chocolate Peppermint Patties[…]
Ingredients: 2 cups washed red lentils 1 tbsp butter or ghee 1 onion, finely chopped 3 Celery stalks 2 large carrots, chopped 1 tsp turmeric 1 tsp cumin dash of cinnamon 1 tbsp salt 1\2 tsp cracked black peppercorns 6 cups broth 1 can coconut milk Finely chopped cilantro In a frying pan, melt butter Read more about Red Lentil, Sweet Potato and Carrot soup with Coconut[…]
I wait all year long for these days. Part of the reason the winter is a tough season for me to get through is that its just so damn cold and sometimes going outside seems like such an undertaking with all the effort bundling up required to simply get out the door. Cabin fever is Read more about Ready, Set…Grow![…]
Being an early riser, I can really notice on a daily basis how the dark is taking hold of the light. The first half of the dark months, October through December aren’t so painful for me. In fact I enjoy the break after a busy, high energy harvesting and preserving season. I welcome the feeling Read more about Facing and embracing the dark season[…]
With the weather getting closer to freezing all the time, my kids and I spent a good chunk of the afternoon harvesting veg and putting the garden to sleep for the year. The amazement and excitement in their faces when they see how the tiny seeds that were planted all those months ago Read more about The great gifts of harvest[…]