Custom Nutrition Solutions to Simplify Healthy Living for Busy People
This is a simple recipe you can make at home. Simply put a tab on your toothbrush and off you go! Homemade Remineralizing Toothpaste by Amy Love, Real Food Whole Health Ingredients: 3 Tablespoons pure baking soda Dash of fine ground unrefined sea salt (like Celtic or Real Salt) 5 + drops pure peppermint essential
While not completely non-toxic (it wouldn’t be so great if your toddler drank this, of course, due to the rubbing alcohol) this easy recipe is much safer than commercial window cleaners that contain ammonia and other nasties. Ideally, organic ingredients would be used where possible, even though it won’t be consumed. The essential oil is
We try to avoid plastic, including plastic spray bottles, because they can leach harmful chemicals into the bottle contents, especially when the bottles contain certain ingredients, like essential oils. Glass spray bottles are an ideal solution, but can be hard to find and are often expensive. Good news- it’s easy and cheap to make your
Personal care products are absolutely loaded with toxins, and that’s definitely not good for your health. Thankfully, it’s easy and inexpensive to make your own at home! Check out these easy recipes and tutorials on how to make your own natural beauty products, non-toxic makeup and much more! Skincare Homemade Skin Cream from Gourmande in the
Salad dressings are great! They enhance the vegetables, meats and add-ins on our favorite salads and often entice kiddos to eat their greens. I love Ranch dressing on carrot sticks, raw broccoli, snap peas and cauliflower! Salad dressings also add valuable nutrition to our diets, especially when they include healthy fats. We need fats in
I heard once of a couple who started saving for Christmas gift-giving in January. They would set aside a little bit each month and do their shopping throughout the year. As much as I would one day love to plan this far in advance, these days I am lucky if I start thinking about Christmas
This sugar is wonderful to have around your home as a special treat and for parties. It also makes a wonderful gift any time of the year. Warm Vanilla Sugar by Amy Love, Real Food Whole Health Ingredients: 1 cup unbleached, organic cane sugar 3-4 vanilla beans Directions: Preheat oven to 200 F. Working on
Who doesn’t love a nice, hot, relaxing bath? It’s one of my favorite things! And nothing makes a bath better than some delicious smelling and skin softening bath salts, especially when they are made with the health nourishing & magnesium rich Epsom salt. Commercial bath salts are often full of toxic ingredients and short on
I have to share my latest find with you- Vintage Tradition Tallow Balm. These amazing balms are completely natural (to the point of being edible) and do wonders for your skin. When we had our sustainable farmstead, my hands were really chapped. We also had a lot of dry skin in the New England winter
