Have you finished your holiday shopping yet? If not, have I got some ideas for you! Here’s a great list of gift ideas for the real foodies and natural living enthusiasts in your life. This is making me wish I had more of these type of people on my shopping list—then I’d actually know what to get everyone this year! Unfortunately, my dad does not go in for things like chocolate molds and glass containers. 🙂
Rösle Garlic Press
I absolutely love my Rösle garlic press.…
Since becoming more interested in natural health a few years ago, I’ve had a lot of fun making my own body care products. There’s something very rewarding about mixing up your own toothpaste, deodorant, hair gel, or shampoo. What I have not enjoyed, however, is actually finding the recipes for all of these body care products. Sometimes the sheer amount of information on the Internet is overwhelming—and I never know what recipe is likely to actually work.
That’s why I’m so happy to tell that there’s a new excellent resource in the world of natural body care: DIY Organic Beauty from Heather Dessinger (a.k.a.…
Coconut oil has such fantastic health benefits that I’m always looking for more tasty ways to add it to our diets. One of my favorite creations is these coconut berry fat bombs.
They’re delicious! To me they taste sort of like melted berry ice cream: flavorful from the berries and creamy from the coconut oil.
I’ve served these to several people, including some non-real food eaters, and everyone who’s tried them has loved them.
I use refined coconut oil in this recipe. Although you may assume that refined oils are automatically bad for you, this is not the case when it comes to coconut oil.…
Welcome to my monthly link love post, in which I share posts from other real food/natural living bloggers that I enjoyed over the last month. If you’ve come across any wonderful posts yourself, please do share them in the comments—there’s so much good stuff out there that I just can’t keep up with all of it on my own!
I know that many people on GAPS find that they can’t use nut flours because of food sensitivities or other issues. If you can still eat seeds, sunflower seed flour is a great baking alternative! This post from Empowered Sustenance shows you how to make your own at home.…
When I’m home, I normally turn to my cinnamon butter bites or homemade mint chocolates when I need an extra shot of fat. Since both butter and coconut oil melt at room temperature, however, neither of these options works well when I’m out and about. Recently I came upon the perfect solution: chocolate coconut butter prepared in chocolate molds!
Jesse and I have been making chocolate coconut butter since last winter, so I already knew that it’s pretty temperature stable. Normally we just eat it out of a large container with a spoon, though, which isn’t all that travel-friendly. Freezing the coconut butter in chocolate molds instead of a single container, however, produces bite-sized coconut butter treats that are perfect for bringing on the road.…