Over the last few weeks we have been having wraps for lunch. I can’t believe I haven’t discovered them before now! They are delicious, really healthy with little to no un-natural ingredients (I say little because I did not make the wraps). You need: WrapHumousEdamame beansSpinachWatercressAvocadoTomatoesCucumberPeppers - red, yellow, greenAny other salad greens or herbs…
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High Calorie Granola {Healthy Living}
Yes, you read correctly: high calorie granola. It is rare that I post a recipe for anything which is high calorie on purpose, but I have a son who is training for the army and he needs the calories along side the health. This is an all natural, very flexible granola recipe. I make a…
Spinach and Strawberry Salad {Healthy Living}
For lunch on Thursday we had some spinach and strawberry salad. I don’t know about you, but I always find using up a whole bag of spinach really hard. I like it in juices and in green leaf salads, but partnered with sliced strawberries and drizzled with a strawberry dressing is by far my favourite.…
How to Make Bone Broth {Healthy Living}
I have been making bone broth for years. My method has changed during that time as I’ve tweaked it to suit our tastes and needs. In this post I will show you how to make bone broth using an organic, zero waste method. # Be flexible with the vegetables and bones you use Each week,…
Healthy Homeschool Living: Nutritional Files – Home-Made Kefir
Kefir is a cultured fermented milk drink, traditionally made from fermenting cow's milk with kefir grains. Although, one of the advantages of making Home-Made Kefir is that you can use a non-dairy milk, such as coconut milk. Kefir grains (found on the slopes of the Caucasus Mountains situated between Russia and Georgia) are not actually…
Healthy Homeschool Living: Oat Recipes
A couple of days ago I shared the nutritional advantages of using raw oats in your daily diet. Today I want to share our family's five favourite Oat Recipes with you. At the end of the post, there will be some free printable cards, to pop in your home-making folder. Oat Recipes: Plain ol' Porridge…
Healthy Homeschool Living: Nutritional File – Oat Groats
The majority of oat groats are made up of carbohydrates (66%). Of that 66%, 1% are sucrose, 11% are fibre and 85% are starch. Starch is made up of long chains of glucose modules, and as such have a higher fat content than other grains as well as a high propensity for taking up water. …
Seasons of Joy: When you just want to give yourself a kick up the backside….
I've not been around blogland at all for the past few weeks to post any sugary updates, due to my older ones sitting some of their IGCSEs. So here is a mammoth one 🙂 After I had been sugar free for six weeks I felt that I was not addicted any more. In fact, I…