When I was ten-years-old, we moved back to Prescott, Arizona and away from the lush garden, fruit trees and road side produce stands that provided the bulk of our diet in the San Joaquin Valley. We also bought our first television set and suddenly Saturday mornings were all about cartoons. My favorite was Popeye and […]
Have you ever thought about how many things you grew up believing that you now know are untrue? You don’t have to go back to bloodletting days to see how far science has come. In the early 1900’s we believed radioactive drinks had healing properties and heroin was sold as a cough suppressant FOR CHILDREN!
Before I do anything else, I start the brown rice. I like to rinse it to remove all the extra starch so the finished product isn’t too gummy. Then I cook it in water seasoned with a packet or two of Muso vegan umami broth. It adds a bit of sodium and a lot of
When I was a small child, I was lucky enough to be poor. So, we ate a lot of fresh vegetables from our garden, fruit from trees in the back yard, eggs from the chicken coop, fish from the freezer that Dad had caught in a stream, meat from hunting trips and dairy from a
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Exercise, the very word conjures up a bad experience for me. As a child I loved cruising on my yellow Schwinn and won neighborhood contests for the longest hula hoop sessions. As a pre-teen, I never sat still and developed a weird attraction to Jack Lalane that was followed by a disdain for calisthenics at
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I didn’t do myself a lot of favors in the beginning of my quest to change our diets. I thought I needed to cook every meal from scratch and I soon became exhausted. Then we would ‘cheat’ by eating something not really legal although it was still vegan. Finally, I realized I couldn’t keep up
By: Michelle Segar, PhD – This book explains how the wrong motivation can make sticking to a healthy exercise routine drudgery if not downright impossible. Dr. Segar encourages her readers to find the joy in movement and turn the chore into a gift!
Did you know that most of the drugs we currently use in the practice of modern medicine were derived from or copied from herbs, spices and plants. Before doctors or drug stores, every culture had its healers, medicine women or grandmothers who administered special teas, tinctures or rubs drawn from the earth’s bounty to cure
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I grew up in a home that always said grace before a meal, and we have tried to maintain that habit in our own home. My father-in-law was fond of ending his grace by asking God to keep us mindful of the needs of others. What a precious heritage. Saying grace to promote mindful eating
By: Ocean Robbins – The author provides practical and economical guidelines for eating a plant powered diet. Easy to digest with lots of tasty recipes that don’t take all day to prepare.