When I shared my Sunshine Popcorn recipe with you yesterday I told you I would be sharing my Homemade Caramel Topping recipe with you today.
This is that post 
I didn’t create this recipe - although it’s so simple, I wonder why it didn’t come to mind. You have Sherry M. to thank for this one…or to want to slap for giving you a sweet tooth 
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Isn’t this beautiful? Like a big bowl o’ sunshine. It reminds me of the popcorn you get at the movies - except without the excess table salt My popcorn is naturally yellow due to the Red Palm Oil I popped it in. I was inspired by Wardeh and her son when they popped corn in red palm oil during the ecourse Real Food Kids: In the Kitchen.
Red Palm Oil is full of Vitamin A. Fortunately, the gobs of Vitamin A contained in this palm oil is not damaged by heat - unless you allow it to smoke or burn
Just how much Vitamin A does Red Palm Oil contain? 200% of your daily value per tablespoon - that’s 10,000IU’s! Continue reading
Boy am I glad I happened across this gem! I only wish I had Nourished Baby eight years ago when pregnant with my first daughter - or four years ago when I was pregnant with my son.
Heather Dessinger has written what I consider to be the greatest book since Nourishing Traditions. Yes, I really mean it!
If you’ve read Nourishing Traditions, you’ve likely felt overwhelmed. Information overload! Picking out relevant information on what to feed babies can be a daunting task.
I love summer. My kids love to play outside, and I can sit in the sun with my laptop and soak up the Vitamin D. It’s so comforting to have the sun on my skin, knowing not only does it feel good on the surface of the skin, but the Vitamin D that is being produced is doing the inside of my body good, too.
Then autumn rolls around, and winter, and I am worried that my family isn’t getting enough Vitamin D. We switch from fish oil - which has omega-3′s, but not Vitamin D - to cod liver oil which does contain Vitamin D. Since regular cod liver oil contains low amounts of Vitamin D (as opposed to fermented which is a more concentrated form and contains lots more Vitamin D) it’s essential I add food sources of Vitamin D to our diet.
So why am I so careful to add Vitamin D to our diet? My biggest personal reason is because it’s vital for a healthy immune system.
I am sure you’ve noticed that colds and the flu is more prevalent during the winter months when we are covered up more due to the cold (at least here in New England!). Our skin isn’t exposed to as much sunlight.
Find out what else Vitamin D is also needed for, learn about Vitamin D deficiency, what the best food sources of Vitamin D are, what interferes with Vitamin D absorption, and what enhances Vitamin D absorption… Continue reading
Oils and fats are not created equal.
One of the biggest mistakes I made when beginning my journey to health was cooking with olive oil. The next mistake I made, once I had transitioned to cooking with coconut oil, was using coconut oil for the occasional frying that I do.
While olive oil is super for salads, and coconut oil is preferred for cooking, there are better fats for frying - those with higher smoke points. I now use palm shortening when I fry foods: read my review for palm shortening here. Continue reading
Stove-top popcorn is the best! Continue reading
When folks ask me for advice on how to change their diet for the better, I tell them that the quickest way to improve their health and just feel amazingly better in general (like, feel better tomorrow – that’s how fast this works) is to get the right fats into their diet and the wrong fats out. Eating organic fruits/vegetables and grinding their own flour/making their own bread are usually the two changes that people want to do first, but the truth is, while important, these two things will have the least impact on your health in the immediate term. Continue reading
About the same time the war against eggs heated up, a young scientist named Mary Enig discovered during her research that a serious mistake had occurred with regard to the studies linking saturated fat to heart disease. She discovered that the analysis had incorrectly grouped saturated fat along with trans fat (partially hydrogenated fats). How had this happened? The mistake evidently occurred because factory synthesized trans fats are very similar in chemical structure to saturated fats. So similar in fact, that researchers had grouped them together for analytical purposes. Continue reading
I had no idea making butter was this easy!
I set out raw cream for 8 hours, then food processed 2 cups of it on high speed. After a couple of minutes I could hear the noise changing tone, and after about 5 minutes, I stopped it. I put my spoon in, and dredged up pure, yellow, butter!! It was so exciting. I scooped it all into a bowl and patted out the milk. I did another 2 cups and got more! I got probably 1/2 coup of butter. Continue reading
Tooth decay is caused by a deficiency of vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients the body needs to build healthy teeth. The two most important minerals teeth need are calcium and phosphate. Unfortunately, for the teeth, other places of the body also need these minerals. So if you’re running short, the minerals will migrate out of your teeth, and bones, and go to more important places, like your heart and other organs.
For optimal tooth health, you need to avoid foods that contribute to decay, and carry minerals out of the body. Some of these foods are… Continue reading