By Amanda Rose | Dairy
Amanda’s note: Here is another great recipe from Ramya Venkateshwaran, writing in India from her website WildTurmeric.net. We asked her to share her process for making ghee (clarified butter) and were delighted with the wealth of experience evident in the article. ~~~ Ghee occupies an important place in Ayurvedha and is regarded very highly in […]
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By Amanda Rose | Natural Body Care
The last six weeks has been more difficult than usual as we recover from our big forest fire. It was actually a little one for the forest, clocking in at under 10 acres, but it was big to us given the circumstances. Apparently when you are evacuated from a deep sleep to a 20-foot towering […]
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By Amanda Rose | Natural Remedies
Leave it to nature to provide remedies for the things that ail us. This particular one grows wild in Mexico and has become a staple here in California and throughout the southwest. Known as being some of the hottest peppers on earth, they are not for the faint of heart. Before this summer I had […]
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By Amanda Rose | Coconut
Amanda’s note: Here is another great recipe from Ramya Venkateshwaran, writing in India from her website WildTurmeric.net. We asked her to share a recipe that would help with iron absorption and she offers this high vitamin C drink, a nutrient that supports our absorption of iron. ~~~ When I was searching recipes for high iron […]
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By Amanda Rose | Summer Squash
A couple of years ago we found a bag of seasoned “vegetable chips” at a roadside stand and it changed the way we thought about our summer harvest. Certainly, kale chips are incredible and we make them when we can, but just like you can make chips out of any kind of green (as we […]
Continue readingBy Amanda Rose | Peppers
As summer rolls to an end and the pepper harvest reaches its peak, you may be wondering what you will do with all of your peppers. We offer two excellent approaches: a simple method of freezing green peppers by chopping them in rounds, spreading them on a cookie sheet, freezing them, and then re-bagging them […]
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