Well I just wanted to say that I just looked at my blog for the first time since December! I realized I miss it.....and it was kinda cute! So I'm going to make another post - but not today. I think I'll put some pictures up, so stay tuned!
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Sweet Insanity
Well things here are crazy everyone, just crazy! We tried to start the GAPS diet this past week - boy is it tough! So after a week of the intro diet we have decided to move on to the full diet. If you have children, and you ever decide to try this diet be sure to do it in the summer when they are not in school. It brings quite a lot of havoc into your life!
So today we were wanting.....something. If you have ever tried a limited diet before you understand what "something" is. Its something that doesn't contain anything you have been eating over and over the past week and it has.....taste. Well faint hearts never create tasty food and so dear friends I have a recipe for those of you who are limited. In honer of the occasion I deem it....
So today we were wanting.....something. If you have ever tried a limited diet before you understand what "something" is. Its something that doesn't contain anything you have been eating over and over the past week and it has.....taste. Well faint hearts never create tasty food and so dear friends I have a recipe for those of you who are limited. In honer of the occasion I deem it....
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| This isn't my image - things are too nuts here for taking pictures! |
SWEET NUTSY WUTSY!!!
(because life can be a little nuts)
Take a scoop of walnuts (like 1/2 cup maybe)
add about 1 TBS. butter
a generous squirt of honey
a shake of cinnamon
maybe 1tsp Vanilla
Put all this in a blender of some nature and blend to the consistency you like. Our first batch was rather smooth but the second (well we had to for the sake of fine tuning the recipe you know) was quite chunky. We decided that this would be tasty on a banana or on apple slices.
Have a nutsy week everyone!
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Picture updates
Well I haven't posted any pictures of my little ones in a while so here they are! Some are a little old, but cute none the less - at least from my perspective!
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Art for the Sole
Well, its not a painting.....its a shoe actually. However, the craftsmanship of this shoe is such that it can be considered art from a bygone era. How wonderful that it isn't a lost art!
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Flavors of Fall
It's raining here today and it's probably raining where you are too - if you live anywhere on the east coast. Those of you who are suffering, or will soon suffer, from strong winds and heavy rain are in my prayers. In our area, the cool rain is flowing down gently, the trees are turned, and the ground is coated with a thick patchwork of leaves and pine needles. I am snug and cozy in my nice warm house enjoying this lovely fall weather and a good cup of cinnamon milk.
.Besides being tasty, cinnamon actually has some health benefits. There are actually two types of cinnamon; cinnamomum cassia is what you get in the grocery store and its relative cinnamomum zeylanicum or ceylon cinnamon, which is considered true cinnamon in other parts of the world. Ceylon is said to have a sweeter flavor, although having never tasted it, I cannot confirm that.
Cinnamon can act as a tonic to the entire body and can reportedly kill a host of bacteria including e-coli, salmonella, staph and asian flu virus. Its medicinal value is mainly in the oil, which has antibacterial and antifungal properties.
The warming properties of this herb make it good for the cold days ahead. It has been traditionally used to stimulate circulation and as a remedy for digestive problems. It can even be used for aching muscles and other symptoms that come with those winter colds.
So how can you use it?
Well there is that yummy cinnamon milk that I love to make. The simplicity of the recipe makes it a very attractive and enjoyable recipe that even children like. All you need to do is heat some milk or milk alternative on the stove an put a cinnamon stick or two in the pot. Let it simmer for a while, add some honey and your good to go! (This recipe is from Kid's Herb Book, A: For Children of All Ages) .
According to the book Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine: The Definitive Home Reference Guide to 550 Key Herbs with all their Uses as Remedies for Common Ailments
, 20 drops of a tincture of cinnamon in water can be used up to 4 times a day for flatulence, an infusion (a.k.a tea) can be used for colds and flu 1/2 cup 2-3 times a day, the essential oil can be applied to bee stings and 1/4 tsp. of the powder in water can be taken 2-3 times a day for weak digestion. Even simpler, how about adding cinnamon bark to your bath water?
What ever way you use it be sure to take advantage of this wonderful herb - now go eat a cinnamon roll!
Hey - who said medicine can't be tasty.
Just remember please, I am not a doctor and I don't even play one on TV . Be sure to check with your doctor before taking anything in medicinal quantities. Also cinnamon is contra-indicated during pregnancy and should be avoided in extremely large doses.
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| all pictures from google images - I don't have time to take my own. |
.Besides being tasty, cinnamon actually has some health benefits. There are actually two types of cinnamon; cinnamomum cassia is what you get in the grocery store and its relative cinnamomum zeylanicum or ceylon cinnamon, which is considered true cinnamon in other parts of the world. Ceylon is said to have a sweeter flavor, although having never tasted it, I cannot confirm that.
Cinnamon can act as a tonic to the entire body and can reportedly kill a host of bacteria including e-coli, salmonella, staph and asian flu virus. Its medicinal value is mainly in the oil, which has antibacterial and antifungal properties.
The warming properties of this herb make it good for the cold days ahead. It has been traditionally used to stimulate circulation and as a remedy for digestive problems. It can even be used for aching muscles and other symptoms that come with those winter colds.
So how can you use it?
Well there is that yummy cinnamon milk that I love to make. The simplicity of the recipe makes it a very attractive and enjoyable recipe that even children like. All you need to do is heat some milk or milk alternative on the stove an put a cinnamon stick or two in the pot. Let it simmer for a while, add some honey and your good to go! (This recipe is from Kid's Herb Book, A: For Children of All Ages) .
According to the book Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine: The Definitive Home Reference Guide to 550 Key Herbs with all their Uses as Remedies for Common Ailments
, 20 drops of a tincture of cinnamon in water can be used up to 4 times a day for flatulence, an infusion (a.k.a tea) can be used for colds and flu 1/2 cup 2-3 times a day, the essential oil can be applied to bee stings and 1/4 tsp. of the powder in water can be taken 2-3 times a day for weak digestion. Even simpler, how about adding cinnamon bark to your bath water?What ever way you use it be sure to take advantage of this wonderful herb - now go eat a cinnamon roll!
Hey - who said medicine can't be tasty.
Just remember please, I am not a doctor and I don't even play one on TV . Be sure to check with your doctor before taking anything in medicinal quantities. Also cinnamon is contra-indicated during pregnancy and should be avoided in extremely large doses.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Life in a Nutshell
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Pisarro
The Great thing, if one can, is to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as interruptions of one's "own" or "real" life. The truth is of course that what one calls the inturruptions are precisely on's real life - the life God is sending one day by day: what one calls one's "real life" is a phantom of one's own imagination."
- C.S. Lewis
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