What does it mean to be “cultured“ at Birth? As our babies are being birthed, they are literally being “cultured“ by our vaginal flora. “The medical science shows that the flora in the vagina comes from the gut. What lives in the woman`s bowel will live in her vagina… in women with recurrent thrush, no matter how many powerful anti …
Did you know that cultured foods are nature’s probiotics? Cultured foods, unbeknownst to many of us are actually a missing food group! That means in order to provide your child with optimal digestive and immune health, it is essential to make cultured foods a part of your family’s diet. Before refrigeration, our ancestors used lactic acid fermentation in the form of …
This simple recipe will please young and old alike! Recently we discovered pure creamed coconut in the ethnic foods isle at Superstore. While it isn’t organic, I am just happy that it is pure and has no fillers like guar gum -or nasty preservatives like it’s canned counterpart. Simply open the package and melt it in 1 cup hot water …
If you are a yogini mama you may have noticed that many yoga retreats around the world combine raw foods with yoga? Have you ever wondered why? While it is true that the yogic philosophy and raw food paradigm mesh quite well together on principle- we don’t all need to become raw foodists or fly to the tropics to get the same results …
This is a family favorite breakfast staple and while I wish I could take the credit for such an ingenious idea, this lovely recipe it is adapted from Sarah Smith’s Nourish and Nurtured blog. While the original is fantastic, we add in cinnamon and trade the honey for greenleaf stevia, making an amply sweet but more blood sugar balancing version (of course due …
I’ve tried my fair share of grain free pizza doughs. While they all taste good, they often fall apart and rarely look like the real thing. This recipe has been rocking our kitchen for a few months now and it is sooo versatile. We use it for both pizza and quiche (planning to try it for pie too!) By the …
Today we bring you a Q & A with the fabulous Laura Reeves who has written a series of articles for Domestic Diva on wildcrafting. If you’ve been wanting to learn how -and why- to eat and heal with what grows in your own backyard, the woods and the fields around you, well, here’s your chance to steep in it …
What’s all this about ‘Moon Time’? ‘Moon Time’ refers to a woman’s menstrual cycle. Nowadays we refer to the event as as ‘menstruation’, ‘menses’, or ‘period’. Traditionally, a woman’s Moon Time is a sacred time…a time when she would be honored as a mother of the Creative Force, a time when she trusts her body’s natural rhythm of purification. …
Here’s a quick and simple way to empower your children to make their own choices about the food they eat, while giving gentle and non-coercive guidance. We call it the ‘snack zone’ in our house and here’s why I love it: It helps end the meal and snack time battles. It honours your child’s hunger rhythms. Most of the time …
“The fastest way to change society is to mobilize the women of the world. “Charles Malik If I had one wish for humanity, I would want our generation of women to leave a new legacy in childbirth. And I would want all of us; mothers, fathers, grandmothers, grandfathers, sisters, brothers, aunties, uncles, cousins and neighbors to be part of the conversation -because …