By Amanda Rose | Bay Leaf
Our Lost Road adventures continue as 5-year-old Alastair joins us in exploring the property. I described how we took a 3-year hiatus to grow him up to such an age when he would have a healthy respect for mountain lions and other wild life. The area was completely off-limits before now and now we eagerly […]
Continue readingBy Amanda Rose | Turmeric
We’re all about turmeric these days and after a popular post on making turmeric tea from fresh turmeric (here), we’ve been asked a number of times for a tea recipe that uses turmeric powder. Of course, you can check out our turmeric milk recipe (here) and simply add water instead of milk, but we’ve got […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Peppers
Have you tried making and canning your own hot sauces? It is so easy and fun! When you make your own, the sauce can be as hot or cool as you like, just about any color you like, and canned in amounts that match your consumption. If you have a garden, access to a fine […]
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By Amanda Rose | Natural Remedies
A two-week lingering bout of cold and flu symptoms leading up to my TEDx talk in Hollywood left me in a panic, working all natural immune supporting remedies I had at hand. This bowl of garlic soup was among them. Garlic has natural anti-bacterial properties. In fact, a 2012 study compared the ability of a […]
Continue readingBy Amanda Rose | Turmeric
Turmeric is fast becoming a popular remedy for just about everything that ails you. I became an avid enthusiast on a trip to Kauai when I actually had access to the fresh root for the first time. I was recovering from a drastic dermatological procedure and it was not the optional sort — I had […]
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By Amanda Rose | Adventures , Food Flicks , The Lost Road
As part of our emerging “Friday Food Flicks” theme, we chronicle our food adventures in our own backyard. The adventures tie into our adventures in the fall of 2009 when one of the coolest things ever happened to us here on the property: We discovered a road that had not seen human traffic in 70 […]
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