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10 Reasons We Don’t Recommend Juicing

 The verb “to juice” means to extract the juice of fruits and vegetables. Juicing, as a meal replacement or mere refreshment, has become a 5 billion dollar business, and is projected to grow by 4% to 8% a year according to Barron’s.  There are more than 6,200 juice bars across the county. Devotees the likes of Bill Clinton, Jennifer…

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Potato Latkes

 In my mother’s honor, I’d like to review one of the culinary traditions at Hanukkah: potato latkes, also known as potato pancakes. I include links to some variations of latkes as well. This is an opportunity to involve your children in the kitchen and to teach about traditional fats and oils since latkes are fried in oil. Following is the…

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Fermented Garlic

 I am visiting my mom this week, and I we’ve been enjoying her fermented raw garlic that has been preserved in Bragg’s apple cider vinegar, which we recommend via our Amazon affiliation. I photographed the fermented garlic after it had been sitting out at room temperature for 2 years! Note that it is considered fermented. Raw apple cider…

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Baby’s First Birthday Cake

 One of the most frequently asked questions I see posted in our Facebook group relates to inquires about healthy recipes for baby’s first birthday cake. We don’t recommend that grains be introduced that early, or sugar or chocolate … really at any age, so what is a parent to do?! Recommendations from our community members: “I made a coconut flour…

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I cannot be bought.

 There are some who have expressed doubt about my integrity or my capacity to think for myself because I have personal and professional connections with Green Pasture Products and The Weston A. Price Foundation, both of whom are currently being scrutinized due to a recent report published by Dr. Kaayla T. Daniel. It has been suggested…

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The Raw Milk Answer Book

 David E. Gumpert has been a long time advocate of Nourishing Our Children, and I’ve been grateful to have found a supporter in him. He reached out to me to review his latest book, The Raw Milk Answer Book: What You Really Need to Know About Our Most Controversial Food and I am delighted to report that I…

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Grow Food, Not Lawns

 A gardener is born. In August of 2013, I moved from San Francisco, where I had lived for over 20 years, to Portland, Oregon. I moved in large part because I wanted to have a garden. One of my favorite childhood memories is of my father creating a planter box for me that he painted…

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