Thanksgiving Gravy: B.E.D. Friendly Recipe Serving customized cooking, consulting, and meal plans. Slather this savory, starch-free gravy over meat, mashed red potatoes, or starch-free stuffing for a traditional comfort food and happy belly. Unlike most gravy, this one contains no thickening starch like cornstarch or flour and so combines well with animal protein. When I say […]
Bubbly Blueberry Jelly: Probiotic-Rich Recipe Tara Carpenter, NC. Holistic nutrition for people on The Body Ecology Diet (B.E.D.). Originally published September 10, 2016 Early to mid-August in Vermont tends to be blueberry season where I live, and my boys pick up to 4 gallons most years. We can only eat so much before our teeth […]
Young green coconut kefir is made from the lightly sweet ‘water’ found inside a Thai baby coconut. You can also make a coconut pudding from the tender meat found in a Thai baby coconut. I have found best success with making both with Body Ecology’s starter*. The kefir and the pudding are digestive aids that […]
Just like earth, the human body has an inner ecosystem that is located inside of the digestive tract. This living world teems with a variety of micro-flora that work day and night to keep the body healthy and in homeostasis. The inner ecosystem stretches from mouth to rectum and is approximately 30 feet long. Neatly […]
EcoBloom: A Prebiotic That Feeds Probiotics Tara Carpenter, NC. Holistic nutrition for digestion; specialized in yeast overgrowth. Originally published November 1, 2014 I discovered EcoBloom while on The Body Ecology Diet (B.E.D.) to heal a stubborn case of systemic yeast overgrowth. After reading Donna Gates’ book (see here) I realized this prebiotic fiber is ideal […]
Do unsalted, cultured vegetables cause botulism? Tara Carpenter, NC. Originally published on October 28, 2012 This is the question I get asked most in the unsalted cultured food workshops I teach. People tend to be stumped on how cultured vegetables will stay fresh and safe if they don’t contain salt. Unsalted cultured vegetables are new […]
The cultured food I am talking about here does not contain salt …. cultured butter, creme fraiche, coconut kefir, cultured vegetables; all living foods made with probiotic starter*. NO salt. See more about that bit here. When you eat unsalted, cultured food, the probiotics in them will go into your gut/inner ecosystem and set up shop where […]