Monthly Archives: October 2014


Bone Broth Basics

Did your grandma or mom make you chicken soup when you were sick? Ever wonder why it always seemed to do the trick in making you feel better? Well, it isn’t just another wives’ tale or old-world idea. Bone broth has been scientifically proven to reduce the length and severity of the common cold. Check out this article I posted […]


After the Feast

  All weight gain begins with a moment — a moment when you decide to follow through or not.   Did you follow through with your plan to handle Thanksgiving dinner? Or did you decide to let everything go and eat whatever your little old heart desired? As for me, I decided to eat some foods that are not on […]


Recipes: Pumpkin Treats

Before I share a couple of pumpkin recipes, I thought I might give you some historical tidbits about pumpkins and Thanksgiving. In the US, pilgrims and Thanksgiving are synonymous with pumpkins.  However, many of us link pumpkins with the Halloween tradition of jack-o-lanterns.  It is noted that many early settlers to the Americas relied on pumpkins for survival — check […]