By Amanda Rose | Natural Remedies
Amanda’s note: Here is another wonderful contribution from Ramya Venkateshwaran who writes from her home in India. Ramya describes her homemade remedy for flatulence and bloating. Find her on her website WildTurmeric.net for more ideas on healthy living. ~~~We all experience indigestion from time to time especially if we tend to eat greasy or processed […]
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As we melt in triple digit heat with no air conditioning in our 100-year-old house, we seek out any remedy to melting completely. This nopales slushie has been one of my best strategies. The drink combines nopales (cactus) and any summertime fruit that is available. Peach, orange, and pineapple are our current favorites. Nopales is […]
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The summer is all about lemonade around here, in all different variations. Pink lemonade is always a hit, I expect because it’s pink. It’s hard to beat pink. Our pink lemonade follows our basic lemonade formula: Add together water, lemon juice, and a sweetener. As the boys describe in the video below, in the case […]
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Here’s a project that I really thought would fit the “Pinterest fail” category — you know, where you see the pictures and then try it at home and realized you’ve wasted forty dollars in ingredients and two hours of work. This project was so successful that we laughed and giggled. Then we invited over a […]
Continue readingBy Amanda Rose | Nettle
We are lucky to have nettle all around us here in the Sequoia National Forest, for nearly nine months a year at various elevations, giving us a great chance to nourish ourselves for the cost of fresh air, some clipping, and steeping or cooking. We rely on a frozen nettle stash through the year for […]
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Depending on your location, dragon fruit may be one of the most exotic fruits in your life. You may not even be able to find it in stores. Dragon fruit (pitaya) is a tropical fruit. Here in California, we can find it in southern California markets when it’s in season but I would venture a […]
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