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Recipe of the Month: Irish Colcannon and Thyme Leaf Soup

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March
Irish Colcannon and Thyme Leaf Soup via MyRecipes.com

Just in time for your St. Patrick's Day hangover, a recipe to soothe it and your soul.
This soup reinterprets an Irish classic: colcannon, a dish of mashed potatoes and kale or cabbage. Garnish with extra thyme and black pepper.

Yield: 6 servings (serving size: 1 1/3 cups)
Ingredients

2  tablespoons  Pastured butter, divided
2 1/2  cups  diced peeled baking potato (about... Read More

Home Gardens, become a botanist, healer, and chef

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by Angie Aller

Ever wondered how to heal a headache or a childs torturous ear ache naturally?  Have you ever been in the middle of cooking and wished for some fresh herbs?  Do you wish your kids had more of an interest in eating a wider selection of foods and flavors?  How about eating organic foods for free?

Home gardens are springing up everywhere now-a-days even in big city high rises and in corporate offices.

According to the... Read More

Delicious juicing recipes

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Raw foods are important for everyone to consume every day.  A great way to get in all the fruits and vegetables you need is juicing. Read on for tasty juice recipes!
Always use organic produce whenever possible. Wash your fruits and vegetables. Drink slowly, remember to "chew" slosh the juice with your saliva for healthy digestion.

The ounces are the amount of juice extracted from the vegetable.

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Carrot Juice (The King of Juices)

Wash 4-5 carrots... Read More

Recipe of the Month: Cauliflower & Mushroom Stuffing

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February
Cauliflower & Mushroom Stuffing by, MarksDailyApple.com
Mark's Daily Apple is a great website for all who are interested in a Paleo lifestyle. This site is full of science and history as well as intriguing articles and delicious recipes.  Mark even has an app that will keep you connected and informed in real time.  The below recipe is one of my favorites (published for the holidays) but, since Turkey (and its fixings) are cooked year round... Read More

All about varieties of Apples – Which to pick and why!

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"An apple a day keeps the doctor away." Great words of wisdom taken from a traditional nursery rhyme from the sixteenth century. Now combine that thought with “Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor” by William Cowper. Put together you are left with a variety of apples...keeping the doctors away and keeping your life 'spicy'. Well maybe...

The chart below is a fantastic guide to use when picking... Read More

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