My morning apple with nut butter and a hot cup of tea was joined by a couple of capsules fresh filled with warm cacao butter. I woke at dawn to fill capsules to the sounds of birds waking up outside while my family continued to sleep deeply. My kitchen peaceful with the day coming alive […]
Tag: Happy Bellies
Pumpkin Seed Butter
This nutrient-dense pumpkin seed butter contains no sugar or unhealthy oils and is a safe alternative for “nut-free” kids. We love to spread on flax crackers, roasted nori sheets, green apples, waffles, and celery sticks 🙂 First, we eat and then we do everything else! Pumpkin Seed Butter Makes: 1 1/4 cup
Safer Kind of Floss: Making the Switch
Safer Kind of Floss: Making the Switch Most floss is made from nylon, a petroleum-based product coated with Teflon synthetic resin – similar to nonstick cookware material – called PTFE (a.k.a. polytetrafluoroethylene). Both are known to be carcinogenic and attribute to cancer, arthritis, altered immune responses, and thyroid/hormone imbalances. When I first heard this, I […]
Tips & Tricks for Traditional Milk Kefir I have made kefir for years and learned a lot since I first started in 2011!! Here are my tips and tricks to help you move through your own learning curve that much easier 🙂 See milk kefir recipe here. #1) I recommend making kefir with Body Ecology […]
Getting Men Into B.E.D. (Body Ecology Diet) Tara Carpenter, NC. Holistic nutrition for people healing on Body Ecology Diet. Originally published September 21, 2019. I interviewed my husband, Tomas, to help other couples better understand each other when one, or both, is healing on Body Ecology Diet (B.E.D.). When I met Tomas in 2011, I […]
Lazy Guy Mayo
Lazy Guy Mayo Tara Carpenter, NC. Holistic nutrition for digestion; specialized in yeast overgrowth. Originally published on September 1, 2020. My husband’s take on mayonnaise is better than my own and so I let him name this recipe. Before he walked into our life, I was used to making various versions of mayo with little […]
Watermelon Popsicles for FUN
I hesitated to write this recipe because it’s so simple. Yet, we don’t bring our basket of cookie cutters down off the shelf everyday and I got some photos, so here goes an easy-to-make recipe. True to name, watermelon is an excellent source of water …. one cup contains 20% of your daily value of […]