Image by Nina Matthews Photography Is your family trying to make healthy changes towards real, whole foods and in need of some direction? Do you know that changes need to be made but you're unsure of what to do first or where to start? This April, I am planning to take the different scenarios and circumstances ...

[caption id="attachment_3370" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Blended vegetable soup- the basis of the GAPS intro diet!"][/caption] Image by Qfamily After all the GAPS diet talk last week (what it is and why we're doing it), I thought it would be good to hear from a mom who has just recently started doing the diet with her children, and the ...

Yesterday I shared about what the GAPS diet is. If you missed it, I would suggest going back and reading that post first. If you try to eat so well, why does your family need to do the GAPS diet? No one has asked me this yet, but I can well imagine that this is the ...

Do you or any of your family members regularly experience common digestive complaints, such as heartburn (reflux), indigestion, bloating, cramping, constipation, or diarrhea? Do any of you suffer from eczema, asthma, dyslexia, or depression? Have your children received labels such as autism, ADD or ADHD? Do you wonder if there is a common link between ...

I love to say it. Creme Fraiche (pronounced "crem fresh"). There's something so gourmet and cultured sounding about it (no pun intended!), and yet it is one of the simplest types of cultured dairy that you can make. Basically, creme fraiche is cultured cream. It's that simple. For some reason I held off trying it out for ...

Edit: Wardeh just sent me a link to watch a video sneak peak! Learn how to make Soaked Muffins and get a feel for what this eCourse will be like. Let Wardeh show you how to make soaked muffins! Image by Elena Ho All those who read Nourishing Traditions for the first time and felt entirely overwhelmed, ...

I'm home from Blissdom... completely exhausted (but it was worth it), brain absolutely buzzing with ideas and inspiration for my blog, and absolutely thrilled to be back together with my family whom I adore. I promise that just as soon as I'm able to pull it together, I will give you the rundown off my ...

It's difficult to read Weston A. Price's book, Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, without having a sudden urge to bolt to the store for some fish eggs and liver. No, really. It is. You think I'm kidding, but I'm not. After spending more than a week devouring this fascinating book full of Dr. Price's nutritional research and investigations ...

Image by Beverly & Pack One of my sets of grandparents hails from Newfoundland, Canada (that's on the East coast, in the Maritimes). This particular Papa used to work on a fishing boat in the Pacific Ocean after they moved to the Vancouver, BC area, many years ago. Though many of the things that I grew ...

Ever wonder how you can get around the need to soak the flour for baked goods, when you're baking something that just doesn't lend itself to soaking? Or what about when you're short on time and need to bake something to fill a need, but just don't have the time for soaking? Enter sprouted grain flour. I've ...