by ashleysed | Jul 23, 2019 | Lifestyle
Summertime is here and with all the fun, it also brings bugs. In our area of the country, mosquitoes are in full force. As with everything I use on my body I tend to opt for a natural source as the first line of defense and bug spray is no different. Many traditional...
by ashleysed | Jul 16, 2019 | Food and Kitchen Basics
No shock to anyone that I love to cook. When I first started cooking, I was fresh out of nursing school and had a bunch of cheap cooking stuff from Walmart because that is all that I could afford. As I started to learn about chemicals that we were likely exposed to...
by ashleysed | Jul 9, 2019 | Gut Health, Holistic Healthcare
I began my career in healthcare over a decade ago, as a Registered Nurse on an inpatient unit in a traditional pediatric hospital. I still work for the hospital in a small capacity, but as my eyes opened up to alternative ways of thinking about illness, I tend to...
by ashleysed | Jul 2, 2019 | Recipes
Another installment of Recipe Roundup for you today. As a reminder, this is a series I do in honor of the various holidays and celebrations throughout the year. I will share a few of our family’s favorite recipes that will hopefully help you plan your event. ...
by ashleysed | Jun 25, 2019 | Product Spotlight
Primal Kitchen is a company started by a man named Mark Sisson who is a New York Times best-selling health author, blogger and entrepreneur. He set out to create the world’s best-tasting, real-food pantry staples, with that motto EAT LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT. The...
by ashleysed | Jun 18, 2019 | Recipes
Who doesn’t love pasta?! When our family first went gluten free I was bummed we may not be able to eat the same foods as we did before and worried about the products we were going to incorporate into our diet as substitutions, if we did want to eat those same foods....
by ashleysed | Jun 11, 2019 | Food and Kitchen Basics, Kids
I don’t know about you, but my kids love snacks! They love when we have ‘snacky dinners’ and usually want a snack one to two times a day. We try really hard to keep only nutritious foods in the house, knowing that there are plenty of other opportunities out for the...
by ashleysed | Jun 4, 2019 | Lifestyle
I have been learning to garden for the last 8 or so years. I started with a small raised box and have now migrated to a fenced in area with four raised beds, three open in ground areas and a few pots of herbs. I am not great at it, but have learned a few things over...
by ashleysed | May 28, 2019 | Food and Kitchen Basics
Meal planning is truly one of the foundational must haves to keep our family on track and successfully eating at home. Hopefully you are organized and have strategies to be successful with that! Another thing that is pretty high up on the list as well is meal...
by ashleysed | May 28, 2019 | Food and Kitchen Basics
Did you see my article a few months back about all the food prep I did prior to having our third baby? Since this month I have been talking with you about meal planning (getting organized and strategies to be successful) I thought I would pop back in and show you how...
