HEALTHY HOME HELPER

I love this middle eastern dish. The fresh earthy flavors from the herbs, the sweet hot bite from bunching onions, the crunch from the red pepper, sour lemon...

Green leaves are a nutrient powerhouse and they have many health benefits. They’re rich in minerals like calcium, potassium, iron, and magnesium; Vitamins li...

Life gave me lots of lemons: our trees, my sister’s tree, the CSA. I didn’t want them to go to waste so... So here are two ways to preserve an abundance of l...

Do you also feel you or your kids get a cough and just cough for weeks during the winter? I put together this respiratory support tea mix for them to help sp...

Our kids are just crazy for sweets. Maybe it’s their conceived “deprivation” since I really try to minimize our family’s consumption of processed sugar, or i...

Since a human body has ten times more microbe cells than human cells I would say that the question above isn’t just a tease. It’s a philosophical contemplati...

Winter is upon us, staying indoors without much fresh air, sitting next to Mr. sneezy on the bus, getting stuck in the rain and walking home with wet socks. ...

I can teach how to cook it but I’m not sure I can teach you how to pronounce it... Yaprach, is the tradition Kurdish name for grape leaves stuffed with rice....

Here’s a great way to get some: Tuna and sardine patties And this dish uses storable, shelf-stable protein. Good to whip up when you didn’t defrost any prote...

“We eat food that makes our body strong.” “You are building your growing body now and we want to use the highest quality materials to build with- that is hea...

Here is a beautiful a delicious pear Frangipane with no gluten or refined sugar: Crust - 1 1/2 cups almond flour - 1 large egg - 2 tbsp butter Mix together a...

If the 20th century was all about killing bacteria in order to stay healthy, it seems as though the 21st century is all about growing the right kind of bacte...

We refer to these as date balls at home but they are very chocolatey so I think the above name will do them justice. A few years ago I discovered how unhealt...

“All illness begins in the gut” Hippocrates “There are more good bacteria in a teaspoon of sauerkraut than in a whole jar of probiotics.” Sally Fallon Morell...

Recently on a podcast I frequently listen to (The Survival Podcast) the host of the show suggested the following system for learning herbalism independently:...

We're from the Middle East. We live in Jerusalem. We Love Bread. We can't live without it. I do draw the line at yeast though. Yeast is problematic it a few w...

How to we encourage our children to eat vegetables, boost their self-esteem, teach them life skills and get something done all at once? I choose to hand her ...

While making a fermented freshly squeezed apple, of course, juice I was left with a lot of apple cores and pulp. Apple pulp is especially good for making app...

This relish is so delicious. It also keeps in the fridge for months, allowing us to enjoy our lemon harvest for a long time. The lactic acid, created during ...

I invited my friends over for lunch one Saturday and they walked in with a big bag of onions, a surprising hostess gift. They were about to go bad, most of t...