Cacao pods and cacao beans in their raw form For many years I have been a chocolate devotee. Fortunately, as I have aged, I have learned the deeper layers to this amazing plant ally. What started as a young addiction to over-sugared Cadbury eggs has now turned into a full-fledged reverence for the cacao tree … Continue reading
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Zucchini Quinoa Pancakes with Sorghum-Rose Water Syrup
Zucchini growing (notice the flowers at the end of the fruit) While reading Dr. Natasha’s book called “Gut and Psychology Syndrome” (a great manifesto on the gut-mind connection and how the healing of the gut can remedy autism, schizophrenia, bi-polar disorder, and a host of other things), I found a great recipe for a grain-free … Continue reading
Eat Dirt
That’s right… Eat dirt. No, you’re not in some John Wayne western all of a sudden…where we are facing each other, standing off with a hand on our gun and snarling… No, it’s not a threat. It’s a health tip. I’m talking about the good stuff — soil. In the year 2000, right before I … Continue reading
In Honor of the Alewife
My micro micro micro brewery It started about four years ago. I began brewing tea to make kombucha with a live bacteria-yeast culture. This culture has mysterious origins like many of the cultures that are passed down. No one can make one out of ingredients, you must get a culture from someone else. There is … Continue reading
Chestnuts: Winter is Near, Fall is Here
Chinese Chestnuts harvested in early September, NE Georgia Nothing quite says that it’s time for Fall like chestnuts. And, no smell alludes to cold, Winter nights spent indoors, like baked chestnuts. It’s harvesting time! Keep your eyes peeled for spiny, prickly seed pods dropping from large trees… Chinese Chestnut revealing itself We just harvested the … Continue reading
Healing Clay
One of the simplest home remedies is the use of healing clay — internally and externally. Although the practice of using clay as a cleanser, detoxifier and remineralizing agent is coming back…I feel like it’s time to write some information about it to help get the word out on this great age-old healer. First, there … Continue reading
The Unknown Named Squash Soup
There are too many squash varietals to even begin naming them! And, now is the time (roughly Late Summer) when the first of the winter squashes start rolling in from the fields. We’ve got some interesting shaped and colored fellas in our kitchen — one kind of looks like a submarine. Many of the existing … Continue reading
Apple Chutney (lacto-fermented)
Heirloom apple mix from Southern Appalachia A few weeks ago, a friend ‘found’ some apples — about two bushels — that were just ripe for the pickin’. So, for the past few weeks, I’ve been trying to do stuff with them before they go bad. I didn’t feel like making standard apple sauce or apple … Continue reading
Late Summer Tummy Love
Late Summer arrived near the beginning of August. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), a rare type of ancestral medicine that has remained quite flexible and integrated, Late Summer is one of its five seasons. It falls between Summer and Fall and is time when the yin (feminine) and yang (masculine) energies are balanced. When Fall … Continue reading
Liquid Nurturing
Turmeric powder and fresh root About four years ago, my life went through some shocking changes. A short relationship had ended abruptly (although right on time, really), triggered by an abortion that I went through. Deciding to go through the abortion was very difficult. However, after consulting my inner wisdom and guidance (and with heart-felt … Continue reading
Lindsay Kolasa 