Did you know that bone broth is packed with important minerals that have vanished from the American diet? Bone broth contains calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, silicon, gelatin, and many trace minerals…in a form that is easily absorbed by the body! Bone broth has been used in an array of conditions including: arthritis and joint pain, peptic ulcers, tuberculosis, diabetes, muscle diseases, infectious diseases, flus and colds, jaundice, cancer and many other ailments. It’s even been added to babies milk to aid in digestion. Bone broth can also help in activating and strengthening the thyroid. Continue Reading 
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Making Bone Broth!
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Homemade Milk Kefir!
A Kefir Milk Mustache!
We love our homemade kefir milk! We use to buy it from the store and then we discovered how easy it is to make at home! Plus, many of the kefir brands found at the grocery store are loaded with sugar and are pasteurized. I started off by using a kefir powder mix and then quickly realized that the instructions asked for me to heat up the milk! I was using raw goat’s milk and did not want to destroy the good enzymes in the milk by heating it up so much!
We later found a local gal here in Southern Oregon who had milk kefir grains and she graciously gave me some of hers and explained how to make it! It was so easy! (My photo instructions are below) But first, a little information about what kefir is and why it is such a nutritious food >>
Here is what Nourishing Traditions
“Kefir is a cultured and microbial rich food that helps restore the inner ecology. It contains strains of beneficial yeast and beneficial bacteria that give kefir antibiotic properties. Thus, a natural antibiotic! Kefir does not feed yeast, and it usually doesn’t bother people who are lactose intolerant. That’s because the friendly bacteria and the beneficial yeast growing in the kefir consume most of the lactose and provide very efficient enzymes (lactase) for consuming whatever lactose is still left after the culturing process. Kefir has a clean quality to it that coats the digestive tract, creating a sort of nest where beneficial bacteria can settle and colonize.”
Milk Kefir is a superior, natural food-source for probiotics!
Sourdough eCourse
It comes as no surprise to most of us that our Bread choices in the marketplace are pretty limited. Most breads are made with enriched flour, which means that nutrients have been taken out (while being processed) and then put back in. Some also add sugar (eg. High Fructose Corn Syrup, Splenda…), Soy, Canola Oil and other “not so good” ingredients! Most sandwich breads on the market are what we call “Colon Cloggers”..he,he – I think this term came from Kevin. Why? Because most are just not that digestible. What we need to be eating is breads with whole grains and even better, sprouted grains.
We’ve bought Ezekiel Bread for a long time…knowing that it contains some soy, but not having any other alternative really. We’ve also been dabbling in making our own bread. This all started when we learned from our good friends at Azure Standard about making your own Naturally Leavened bread. We obtained a starter from Evagene and thus began our journey of making our own bread!
It’s been a little over a year since we’ve been feeding our starter and last spring we even made our own starter! It’s been fun, but it’s also been frustrating at times when the bread doesn’t always turn out the same… Although, I made a batch of English Muffins last night that turned out beautifully!
A few weeks ago, I learned about an online eCourse that is all about Sourdough! I signed up this morning for it and am excited to get started on it! Then I thought, maybe you would want to know about it too? So, here’s the scoop >>
The GNOWFGLINS Sourdough eCourse
GNOWFGLINS stands for God’s Natural, Organic, Whole Foods, Grown Locally In Season.
Click Here for further details on this online eCourse!
I would love to know your feedback on this! Have you maintained a Sourdough starter? And have you made your own bread? Let me know about it in the comments below!
From Our Family To Yours,
Amy Jo
On The Road
Greetings Friends!
We all have those times when we regret the decision we made…A few months ago, we traveled to Klamath Falls to look at some vehicles. We had packed some healthy snacks and figured that we would eat dinner somewhere while we were there. When it came time for dinner, the only thing we found was an A&W fast food restaurant…
need I say more? After eating the SAD (Sad American Diet), we got back in the car and Kevin turns to me and says, “remind me NEVER to do that again!” We both felt ill and regretted that we didn’t make a better choice…especially, because we knew better.
In this post, we want to talk about what we CAN do when we are on the road or traveling. How do we make better food choices for our family when your kitchen is at home? Continue Reading
A Merry Heart Brings Healing
Do you have a Merry heart? Is it tough to be Joyful these days? Did you know that a merry heart can bring healing to the bones? It’s TRUE! So…how do we get that merry heart when it’s been “one of those days”?
This is taken from Dr. Don Colbert’s book, “What You Don’t Know May Be Killing You”
