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Hello All,
Mountain Mama Wellness updates on Friday May 12th 2023
Saturdays: Farmers Market at the Grange 10:00 AM – 2:00 Pm
Starting May 11th Thursday Farmers Market 11:00 PM – 5:00 PM
I am booth 71 across the street on the Baptist Church Side in their parking lot.

Hard to believe it is already May 12th!! Summer is headed our way, which means everything is in rapid growth mode. At my farm it is amazing to see how much everything has grown! Including my granddaughters!

Every day I sit outside and enjoy a cuppa tea. I sit with a loved one and sometimes in solitude. This time of year while sipping tea I am sitting in a forest of bird song. The Wrens arrived a few weeks ago and the males are trying to call in their mates. The Wrens make a beautiful sound while calling in the female bird of their dreams. This week I also heard the Swainson Thrush calling out to its flock and will soon be singing its summer song. All day the birds are sharing their gift of song, which sends me into a happy state. Right now I sit with this amazing concert of bird song while sipping a cuppa tea, while gardening, while watering, while hiking and in the early morning while lying in bed. I could sit all day in stillness and listen to them, and I feel blessed for their presences.

My granddaughter Satinka is enjoying the Dandelions. She is blowing the Dandelions wishes everywhere and today she made the mistake of giving them a kiss, which meant Dandelion seeds stuck to her mouth, we both giggled at that.
She and I made a Sun Tea out of the Dandelion Flowers and added some of my Tranquility Tea.
We took a 2 cup mason jar
About ¼ to ½ cup Dandelion flowers
2 tablespoons of Tranquility Tea
Pour water into the jar and fill it up.
Put the lid on
Let steep in the sun for about 2 to 4 hours.
You could also do a lunar infusion and let it sit under the stars and moon over night. It is magical

The apple blossoms are blooming as are the Lilacs and Hawthorns.
If you have Hawthorn Flowers this would be the time to pick some and some leaves and make a tincture, glycerite, vinegar, oxymel, infused honey, or dry them for tea. You could also make a Hawthorn Flower essence

If you have Lilacs then I would encourage you to make a Lilac infused honey, it is Beautiful and Awesome!
You could also make Apple Blossom Flower Essence

Mother’s Day is Sunday:
Come check out my booth at the Farmers Market at The Grange and pick out a few items to shower her with. While you are there stop by other vendors booths they have many lovely items that mom will most likely love. There is baked goods, produce, lamb, plants and more.
My Suggestions For Mom
Floral Face Cleaner, Ylang Ylang Rose Spray, Ylang Ylang Rose Cream, A Tea, A Bath Salt, Chap Stick and put it in a basket with some chocolate. Even better a few goodies from the market tucked away in her gift basket.

New Items:
Sunscreen
Tropical Creamy Body Cream – Great for after sun care.
Ylang Ylang Rose Face Cream
Cucumber Fennel Eye Cream
Coconut Lemon Lime Lip Balm
Honey Body Butter – Heavy Moisturizer for Foot and Body – Juniper, Citrus, Ginger – Not only does this body butter moisturize it is great for your circulation.

The official pick-up date for your Wellness Box will be May 19th 2023
It is official the Mountain Mama Wellness Boxes are happening! Each monthly wellness box will have a theme with several items for you to enjoy and use. These monthly wellness boxes will have information on each item, information on each herb used, the recipes (just in case you want to recreate something you enjoyed) each box will be based on a theme. For example summer is coming up and the June box will be a Summer Herbal First Aid Kit.
The Cost is $60.00 for a Mountain Mama Wellness Box.
May’s Mountain Mama Wellness Box –
May’s wellness box is full of love, beauty and vitality. It is full of items to help you rest, repair and bring you into a state of vitality. Last week I talked about a vinegar reduction that I was making. It turned out beautiful and the color is a robust red. I am getting pretty excited about putting all of these items together as we approach the delivery day.
This month’s box will have items that help with inflammation. I felt this was an important subject since so many of us are dealing with some sort of inflammation. Emotional stress and environmental stress will cause inflammation in one’s body and these days there is a lot of stress in one's life. The effects of stress can range from allergies, skin issues, body aches, dehydration, tummy troubles, acid reflux, insomnia, heart attacks, high blood pressure, etc. Chronic stress puts your health at risk and creates an inflamed body. This box is about cooling stress down and reduces inflammation in the body. I will also give some helpful ideas to help you manage stress.
In this box, there will be Cacao Rose Bitters, a tincture for inflammation, infused vinegar, a tea, salve, infused honey, smudge stick and a foot soak and/or bath soak/
If you would like a May Box, you need to pre-pay.
Pre Order Now: Ways to Pay:
Drop off cash or check (made out to Suzanne Sanders) at the Kung Fu School or at the Saturday Market at the Grange (from 10:00 am- 2:00 pm). I can only take cards at the Market.
Pick Up: Your choice either at the Kung Fu School (Friday evening) or at the Farmers Market at The Grange on Saturday.
I can mail boxes, so if you need this option please contact me for shipping cost.
The official pick-up of your Wellness Box will be May 19th 2023

Suggestions:
Date Night Suggestion: Relax and Release Tea, Calm Soak and Yoni Butter.
Nightly Ritual: Tranquility Tea, Full Moon/New Moon Bath Soak and moisturizer with a face/body cream after.
Revitalizing Foot Soak, Tranquility Tea, and Happy Feet Cream
Calm Soak for the hands, then Honey Hand Ointment or Coriander Hand Moisturizer.
Spa Treatment: Floral Cleansing Grains use as a mask while you soak in a tub of Calm, or soak in the Hibiscus Rose Bath Melts. After bath pat your skin dry and moisturize. Gently rinse your face, apply the Ylang Ylang Rose Facial Spray and moisturize with Skin Bliss, Rose Cold Cream or Calm Body Cream
Products that are coming soon: Blue Chamomile, Super Nutritive Lavender Toner, Rose Toner Miracle Grains, Face Serum, sage spray, smudge sticks, facial steam, High Vitamin C Tea, Revitalizing Chai, and High Mineral Tea.

Fatty Lavender/ Tea Tree Rosemary Soap I personally love Fatty Soap and now so does Joseph. Neither of us like to use soap bars because they always give you that feel of something stuck to your skin after you have rinsed off. What I love about Fatty Soap is that it has extra oil, herbal powders and oat powder added to it. By doing this it feels like it is also moisturizing your skin. I have to admit that they are A LOT of work, but fun to do and the end product is worth it.

Floral Cleansing Grains: Use as a scrub or a Mask. It is great for clearing up your complexion, helps neutralize excess oil, pulls out impurities, plumps up and moisturizes your skin, and helps promote a glowing complexion. The Floral Cleansing grains ingredients are kaolin clay, oat powder, French green clay, calendula pd., chamomile pd., lavender pd., rose pd., turmeric pd., matcha pd., lavender eo, ylang ylang eo, geranium eo, chamomile eo and LOVE.
Turmeric has antibacterial and antiseptic properties and can help keep your complexion clean and clear. It is also perfect for mature skin that has become increasingly sensitive (calms and soothes troubled or reactive skin).
Take a couple tablespoons and make into a paste. You can make into a paste by add water or rose water/hydrosol.
Use as a scrub or as a mask
For Mask: Apply and keep on your face for 15 to 30 minutes. Rinse off.
After use: Apply a face toner and moisturizer.
Ideas For Making A Mask:
For Dry Skin – Add cream (coconut cream, dairy cream, yogurt etc.) optional a touch of honey and rose hydrosol (honey is a natural humectant)
For Normal Skin – Add milk (diary, yogurt or alternative milk) optional a touch of honey and rose hydrosol
For Oily Skin – Add water or hydrosol of choice
Satinka’s (my granddaughter) Herbal Allies which is all about Bioregional Herbalism. These are products that are either grown by us, or sustainably harvested here in Oregon by us. We then make products out of what we have collected. These items are seasonal.
Coriander Hand Moisturizer: lavender hydrosol, jojoba oil, sesame oil, refined coconut oil, cocoa butter, beeswax, soy free glycerin, coriander essential oil, bergamot essential oil, geranium essential, orange essential oil, honeysuckle flower essence, soy free vitamin e and LOVE
Bath Melts Hibiscus Rose: . With summer coming this is a great way to help dry parched skin. It is also relaxing and very moisturizing.
Caution: Bathtub will be slippery
Coconut oil, cocoa butter, hibiscus flowers, rose buds, lavender, orange peel, orange essential oil and LOVE
Toss one or 2 cubes in a warm bath. Soak for 20 – 30 minutes plus
After you get out of the bath, gently rub the oil into your skin and carefully pat your skin dry.
Tranquility Tea: Tulsi, rose petals, lemon grass, butterfly pea flower, oat tops, linden leaf and flower, hawthorn leaf, flower and berry, lavender, stevia, cinnamon and LOVE
Relax and Release Tea: Spearmint, chamomile, butterfly pea flower, lemon balm, lemon verbena, lemon grass, oats, skullcap, roses, stevia, passion flower, catnip, lavender and LOVE
Floral Cleansing Grains, Face Scrub or Mask
Honey Hand Ointment
Satinkas Herbal Allies - Calendula and Cottonwood Balm
Shimmering Body Mousse (think body Butter) Lavender, Lemon & Holy Basil
Rose Cold Cream – Rose hydrosol, apricot oil, coconut oil, cocoa butter, rosehip seed oil, beeswax, geranium rose eo, soy free vitamin e, oak flower essence, honeysuckle flower essence, LOVE AND BEAUTY.
Full Moon and New Moon Salt Soak: Baking soda, black lava salt, rose petals, Himalayan pink salt, Artemisia vulgaris, lavender buds, Epsom salt, bentonite clay, clary sage eo, geranium rose eo and LOVE
Ylang Ylang Rose Facial Spray
Clary Sage and Lavender Body Mist
Calm Body Cream – Luscious Moisturizer -It has avocado oil, shea butter, cocoa butter, lavender eo, ylang ylang eo, lemongrass eo, chamomile eo and love. It is whipped and looks like whipped butter.
Salt Soak – Calm Waters- It has baking soda, Epsom salt, Himalayan pink salt, sea salt, lavender buds, rose petals, chamomile, corn flowers, hibiscus flowers, hops, lavender eo, ylang ylang eo, chamomile eo, lemongrass eo and Love.
Calm Waters – Stress Relief Spray -: Lavender Hydrosol, lavender eo, ylang ylang eo, chamomile eo, lemongrass eo, bach rescue remedy and LOVE.
Mocha lip Love – organic ground works coffee, cacao, cinnamon, vanilla and a bit of mica.
Smooches Ginger and Spice
Spearmint Lip Love
Happy Feet Foot Cream
Rejuvenate and Refresh Foot Soak
Skin Bliss Face Cream
St. John’s Wort & Cottonwood –Light Luminous, Elevating & Protective – After Shower Body Cream (Bioregional Herbalism)
Warming Balm
Self Heal ( BioRegional Herbalism)
Muscle Goo
Yoni Butter

Oregon Wild – High Mountain Forest Body Cream (Bio-Regional Herbalism)

Vapor Rub

Pine Resin Salve (Bio Regional Herbalism)

Other Chap Sticks:

Hot lips - Rosy Lip Balm- Peppermint Lip Love -Cardamom Tulsi Rose - Calendula Sunshine Lip Balm with gold mica and a touch of Lemon and Lavender.    

With Love and Light

Phoenix (aka Sue)                 

Hello All,

Mountain Mama Wellness updates on Friday April 14th 2023

Today I have a bit of a recap and some new items to introduce. Also attached the pdf.   I recently found the domain name that I like.  It was a bit tough because there are other Mountain Mamas out there.  I actually can’t believe this was available. When I get my website up and running it will be: www.mountainmommawellness.com

My e-mail is MountainMamaWellness@protonmail.com or if you have a different e-mail that I still use then that works also.

My phone number: 505-472-6656

I am now on Instagram.  I am not sure how all this works, and I do not know (yet) how to tell you how to find me. I am under soul_medicine2023 / Mountain Mama Wellness by Phoenix Sanders. So if you use Instagram, please find me and if you like start following me.   

I recently changed a website that I have had for about 10 years from www.mcminnvillehealthdefense.ning.com to  www.mountainmomma.ning.com. ;

But… I am having tech issues and now my site is not coming up.  I am in contact with the tech people and they are working on it. 

After I am finished with the website I will start on an etsy shop.  On that note since my website is going to take more time and etsy seems a bit easier I have started my etsy account.  It is not up yet because I have to enter all my items with all their information, which includes photos, ingredients, all measurements, their weight etc.   My official etsy shop name will be Mountain Moma Wellness.  

 It is official the Mountain Mama Wellness Boxes are happening!  I have been working on the information for my Mountain Mama Wellness Boxes this week and I was going to put the information here today.  But I just realized the information is in a notebook at home. The super short version, each monthly wellness box will have a theme with several items for you to enjoy and use.  These monthly wellness boxes will have information on each item, information on each herb used, the recipes (just in case you want to recreate something you enjoyed)each box will be based on a theme. For example summer is coming up and the June box will be a Summer Herbal First Aid Kit. The official start for this will be May 2023, a great way to celebrate May Day!!   The cost is $60.00 a month. I am debating on keeping a few theme boxes available for purchase (separately) year around. Such as a Menopause Box, Pregnancy Box, Men’s Health, Women’s Vitality etc.

New items of the week:  This week’s new items gave me the wonderful opportunity to be with my friend the Rose.  What better timing to, this is that time of year I am out hiking and I literally smell the wild rose bush when I walk by it. Yes you read that right, there are no blossoms at this time of the year, but as the Wild Rose Bush wakes up it literally gives off this intoxicating rose scent that comes from the leaves and branches. It is literally calling out to you saying summer will be here soon, just breathe in my scent, be happy and you will see my blossoms soon.   The Rose has many incredible and amazing health benefits, not to mention it is a wonderful aromatic bush. The rose tells you to relax, to love, to open your heart to love, it can wake up the senses for a night of passion, it rejuvenates and regenerates the skin.   Just smelling the scent of rose gives a calming and relaxing effect.

Rose Cold Cream is now available.  It is a moisturizer that rejuvenates and replenishes your skin. It can also be used as a cleanser. Just put a light coat on and gently wipe it off with a soft tissue.  You will be amazed at the dirt that it can pullout.  Don’t forget to do it to your neck.  After you use it to cleanse your skin, if you feel like it, apply a light coat to moisturize your skin.   This wonderful cream can be used just as a moisturizer.  I also love this cream as a full body moisturizer and I love using it after I get out of the shower.  What better way to start your day than smelling like a rose.

Ah but it gets better.  I also added a couple of flower essences.  Flower Essences are a healing vibrational energy medicine.  They are amazing and I have been using them for many years.  The Rose Cold Cream has Oak Flower Essence and Honeysuckle Flower Essence in it. 

Oak Flower Essence helps those who are extremely positive (but get burnt out) in their approach to life.  They are fighters who never lose hope or give up. Any problems they have stem from their tendency to draw constantly on their internal strengths, ignoring nature’s alarm signals and exhausting even their massive energy reserves as a result. .  Oak helps recharge your batteries and it will help you recognize that there are limits even to your strength and that there is a time to rest.

Honeysuckle Flower Essence helps those who have a tendency to look to the past, maybe to happier days.  As a result, there is a risk of losing interest in the issues and demands of the present, missing out on much of life as a result through a preoccupation with past events and happenings. The remedy will help those who struggle with this by encouraging them to focus more on the present, helping them to put the past into perspective, so that it does not come to dominate their thoughts.  Honeysuckle may help bereaved people who think back all the time, or act as if their loved one were still alive.   The next new items are:  

Yoni Butter Cocoa Butter, this one is almost the same as my other one, but has less bees wax and more of a cocoa butter smell.  It is like using cocoa on your yoni, it’s nice, slippery and is a great sensual moisturizing lubricant.   If you have a partner that loves to give you a full body massage this yoni butter works great for this also.   Something most women do not think about, we always moisturize our hands, faces, body and feet.  But after a shower you can also moisturize your yoni with yoni butter. 

Next is Ylang Ylang Rose Facial Spray. Give yourself a few spritzes on your face and then apply your moisturizer.  You can also spritz your face when you feel like you need a lift. 

Then there is Clary Sage and Lavender Body Mist:  The scent is uplifting and can help with bringing hope and joy into your day.  It has three different Flower Essences in it.  It has the star of Bethlehem, Gorse and Sweet Chestnut.

The last new item for this week is, Full Moon & New Moon Salt Soak. I would like to encourage you to add foot soaks and bath soaks into your life. Start new rituals of soaking in the healing waters of life a few times a week or at least one time a week.  Get a few candles, get some flowers and fill a tub, make a cuppa relaxing tea, put the soft music on, turn out the lights and soak your body or feet  Help yourself, learn to mother yourself,  and reconnect to the natural rhythms of nature. 

These days so many need rituals to mother themselves why not start with a soak, not only is it super important for vitality it encourages you to stop, be still, be silent and go back into the warm watery womb of life.  .So as the sun sets in the west and the darkness of the night approaches, slow down and fill the tub.  Remember the sun sets in the west and gives you a beautiful sunset, but it also reminds you to take in the gift of calm to help you sleep all night long.  The night sky is a reminder there is always beauty and light and this beauty and light reminds you to take the gifts of silence and stillness of the night to help you sleep all night.  So when you wake up you can be happy, healthy and whole so you can take compassion and love wherever you go. 

Full Moon and New Moon Salt Soak:  Baking soda, black lava salt, rose petals, Himalayan pink salt, Artemisia vulgaris, lavender buds, Epsom salt, bentonite clay, clary sage eo, geranium rose eo and LOVE 
Skin Bliss is still available! (I only have a few jars left) This is one of my most popular creams. Skin Bliss is great for most skin types such as normal, dry and mature.
I made another batch of Calm Body Cream – Luscious Moisturizer. I sold all but one last Saturday and that one is going to my niece. This moisturizer works for those who need to have a light moisturizer. This moisturizer works for oily skin, normal, dry, and mature. My daughter Raquel loves it and also uses it on my granddaughters. 

Every Saturday I will be at the Farmers Market at The Grange and will continue to be there every Saturday. I will also be in the Thursday Farmers Market which starts May 11th. I will do my best to update you with what products I will have each week. Each week I will be adding more products.

Satinka’s (my granddaughter) Herbal Allies which is all about Bioregional Herbalism. These are products that are either grown by us, or sustainably harvested here in Oregon by us. We then make products out of what we collected. These items are seasonal. Coming next week Cottonwood Balm (April 22)
Products that are coming soon: Blue Chamomile, Super Nutritive, Fennel Eye Cream, Ylang Ylang Rose, Lavender Toner, Rose Toner Miracle Grains, Face Serum, Fatty Soap and more.
Product List:
*New* Rose Cold Cream – Rose hydrosol, apricot oil, coconut oil, cocoa butter, rosehip seed oil, beeswax, geranium rose eo, soy free vitamin e, oak flower essence, honeysuckle flower essence, LOVE AND BEAUTY.
*New* Full Moon and New Moon Salt Soak: Baking soda, black lava salt, rose petals, Himalayan pink salt, Artemisia vulgaris, lavender buds, Epsom salt, bentonite clay, clary sage eo, geranium rose eo and LOVE
*New* Ylang Ylang Rose Facial Spray
*New* Clary Sage and Lavender Body Mist
Calm Body Cream – Luscious Moisturizer -It has avocado oil, shea butter, cocoa butter, lavender eo, ylang ylang eo, lemongrass eo, chamomile eo and love. It is whipped and looks like whipped butter.
Salt Soak – Calm Waters- It has baking soda, Epsom salt, Himalayan pink salt, sea salt, lavender buds, rose petals, chamomile, corn flowers, hibiscus flowers, hops, lavender eo, ylang ylang eo, chamomile eo, lemongrass eo and Love.
Calm Waters – Stress Relief Spray -: Lavender Hydrosol, lavender eo, ylang ylang eo, chamomile eo, lemongrass eo, bach rescue remedy and LOVE.
Mocha lip Love – organic ground works coffee, cacao, cinnamon, vanilla and a bit of mica.
Smooches Ginger and Spice
Spearmint Lip Love
Happy Feet Foot Cream
Rejuvenate and Refresh Foot Soak
Skin Bliss Face Cream
St. John’s Wort & Cottonwood –Light Luminous, Elevating & Protective – After Shower Body Cream (Bioregional Herbalism)
Warming Balm
Self Heal ( BioRegional Herbalism)
Muscle Goo
Yoni Butter
Oregon Wild – High Mountain Forest Body Cream (Bio-Regional Herbalism)
Vapor Rub
Pine Resin Salve (Bio Regional Herbalism)
Other Chap Sticks:
Hot lips - Rosy Lip Balm- Peppermint Lip Love -Cardamom Tulsi Rose - Calendula Sunshine Lip Balm with gold mica and a touch of Lemon and Lavender.

With Love and Light
Phoenix (aka Sue)

"The Way You Do Food Is The Way You Live Life"

Digestion 

Welcome to Wild and Weedy Wellness.  You are about to take a journey down the  holistic health hike.    This journey will tease your senses, satisfy your taste buds, bring you new ideas and knowledge.  

We  are starting our Wild and Weedy Wellness with items that aide your digestion.   It has been a long winter, a lot of heavy foods have been eaten and it is time to get things moving.   

The digestive system is one of the most important systems in your body and I personally feel it is very abused.  This is why  Colon cancer is one of the highest cancers out there.  

The digestive system  consist of many important organs for digestion, absorption, assimilation, distribution, and elimination.    It begins at your mouth and ends at your rectum.   So next time you think about eating something think about this.  Does the food your about to eat give your body what it needs?  Will your digestive system be able to digest it, absorb nutrients out of it, will it be able to assimilate nutrients out of it,  can it be distributed healthfully and can you eliminate it all the way comfortably? 

It is time to start eating those spring greens, cut sugar out, start moving and start breathing.   

Here are a few pointers to help you with your digestion.  After all this is your gas tank and what happens when you put bad gas in your car? 

Take  a bitters extract.  Bitters stimulate bile production.  You can take them before or after meals.  I will also take them if I feel like I have heartburn.  I just put a few drops on my tongue or a few drops (10 plus) in a 1/8 cup of water swish in my mouth and swallow.  

Bitters Information: 

http://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/abcs-of-nutrition/bitters-the-revival-of-a-forgotten-flavor/

Eat bitter food, like fresh dandelion greens

Eat spring greens, cooked greens, lots of veggies and eat a vegetable rainbow 

Limit your fruit intake and up your green veggie intake

Cut out sugar, cane sugar, brown sugar, high fructose corn syrup 

Make sure your honey is real honey.  

Shop at your local farmers market and purchase organic produce 

Most people are not drinking enough water.  Drink filtered water or spring water.

Eat Slowly 

Turn off all screens.  No cells, no computer, no movies etc...

Breath slowly while eating.  Take deep breaths.  When the blood lacks oxygen absorption decreases.  

No late night eating.  Eat dinner by 7:00 pm or earlier.  If you are full with food when you go to bed then your body is working on digesting and not repairing and rejuvenating.  

Drink relaxing teas to calm your nervous system down. 

Don't overeat,  instead undereat slightly 

Don't eat when unhappy

Think positive thoughts when you are eating

If you are constipated and you are having trouble going poo, don't try to force it out.  Relax drink some chamomile tea,  drink some water, take a walk, do some exercise, eat green veggies, cooked  veggies and big salads.   Let the poo come out when it is ready.  

Check out the Squatty Potty: 

https://www.squattypotty.com/unicorn-a/

All -Purpose Herbal Salt 

All purpose herbal salt tenderizes food, making it more digestible.  Rub it on fish, vegetables and meats.

1/4 Cup salt (mixture of sea salt and pink himalayan  salt)  

2 tablespoons pd. coriander

1 tablespoon pd. turmeric

1 teaspoon pd. cumin

1 teaspoon pd. fennel seed

1 teaspoon pd.  mustard seed

1/2 teaspoon pd. star anise

Honey Spice Packet - Digestive Aid

Ingredients:  orange peal, dandelion root, ginger, burdoct root, star anise and cloves

Let this herbal honey help you digest you meals.  

For a wonderful cup of tea add 1 tsp of this honey to a cup of warm water, stir and enjoy.  

You will need:  local honey (make sure it is real honey), one 16 oz jar

I cup of honey

I packet of Digestive Aid Spice

Directions:  

Put herb packet in jar, top with honey, stir, and cap with a tight-fitting lid. Place in a sunny windowsill, and turn the jar over at least once per day.

Label the jar

Add more honey if the herbs rise above the honey.

Allow to infuse for two weeks.

Just leave the herbs in the honey, there is no need to strain.  

Cranky Belly  Seed Chew

Keep this seed chew on your kitchen table or bring it along with you if you are traveling.     When you travel there are times you might get constipation, icky belly or digestion issues.   Chew on this seed mix to help you these issues.  

2 tablespoons whole sesame seeds

2 tablespoons whole fennel seeds 

1 teaspoon whole cumin seeds 

Mix together, put in a jar and label

Rejuvenating Foot Soak -External Use Only- Shake Well 

Fill tub or basin with warm water

Add Rejuvenating Foot Soak 

Mix well 

Soak feet for 20 minutes

Ingredients:  apple cider organic, vegetable glycerin, epsom salts, tea tree EO and peppermint EO 

Better Belly Bitters: - Made with alcohol 

Ingredients:  Artichoke leaf, hawthorn berries, fennel seed, star anise, orange peel, hibiscus, local honey, brandy (alcohol) and LOVE  

Use 10 to 40 drops in a small amount of water  before meals.  Sip slowly to let it mingle with your taste-buds.    

About Bitters: 

https://www.herb-pharm.com/blog/digestive-bitters-compound/

My  big dog Rocky, pulled me under a horse last weekend.  I was airborne in a matter of seconds from one simple yank, then I was stomped on by the horse.   Next thing I new I had holes in my mouth and blood all over... 

I lost a tooth, I had one dangling, I thought I had lost more teeth but I had two others shoved back in the back of my mouth.  The roof of my mouth felt like an accordion.  My nose stung,     My hip was stomped on, my neck and lower back were out of whack.  

Something I did not do was go to the emergency room.  I know most people would have.  Most  people would have transported themselves in an ambulance.  .  But I had too many reasons in my belief system not to go.  Don't discount the seriousness of my accident just because I did not go to the emergency room.   I am also not by any means telling you to do the same.  If you feel you need to go to an emergency room, then please do!

My first stop was, Dr. Oliver at All About Smiles.  He was calm, and went right to work.  This man is wonderful  and positive,  I am forever grateful for this.     My tooth was  put back,  another pushed back in, the other ones moved back into place,  I got stitches on my upper lip, I had a fracture on the upper roof of my mouth and I now have braces on the top front teeth.   Besides the accident, because of my MCS, we needed to get help immediately to detoxify all the dental products out of my body.    Next stop was Dr. Meloche.  Again the most caring Doctor you can have for you physician.  I feel blessed to have such great doctors in my life.  

December 28th, 2013

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January 7th 2014

Comfrey Root Tea 

Started December 28th, 2013 My Wellness Plan and Progress: 

Comfrey Root tea

Golden Seal, Oregon Grape and Echiinacea Tinctures

High Calcium Tea

High Vitamin C Tea

Turmeric Tea

Vitamin D

Bio-Inflammatory.  A herb and food type

Comfrey Gel

CQ10

Kava Kava Root

Deep Healing Tissue Warming Balm

Self Heal Salve

My Wild-crafted St. Johns Wort Oil 

Restorative Chinese herbs

Clay toothpaste with herbs and colloidal silver

Green and fruit smoothies

Bone Broth with blended veggies

Lipoic Acid

Massage, thank you Joseph!

Little walks, 

Longer walks

Light duty work only 

Organic Nutritious Food Made Into Smoothies 

Organic Smoothies

Today January 7th, 2014, I had my first appointment since the accident with Dr. Oliver, everything is looking really good.  I had some type of scan done to check my jaw.  Thankfully it was not broken, and my fracture was already healed!  My stitches were taken out and we made a four week appointment.  At this point we are still at the waiting game, but I am confident, that everything is going to work out.  

I also took a longer walk  today to the spot where the accident happened.  I can't tell you how many times my mind has had flash backs of this incident.  I am so happy to be alive. 

 I feel nervous  about taking the dogs and horses up together but, I need to do this.   Thursday or Friday will be the day, time to heal emotionally. 

I am still healing, time, patience and positiveness is what's on the menu.

Someday I am going to get back to doing my forms.... I Will! 

What you Should Avoid: 

All sugars in any form whatsoever

All flour products ( even gluten-free)

All processed food

All gluten and dairy

All grains and starchy vegetables and fruit ( except for 1/2 cup berries a day) 

What To Include:

High-quality foods

Low-glycemic-load meals

Phytonutrient-rich foods

Slow carbs, not low carbs

Omega -3 fats and other healthy fats

High-quality protein

Herbs and healing spices

Three square meals and two snacks

Mindful eating 

Breeding the Nutrition Out Of Our Food:

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/06/11/modern-food-nutritional-content.aspx

Week One Daily Checklist

Wake up 1 hour before breakfast.   Engage in a physical activity you enjoy such as a walk, exercise video, kickboxing,  or yoga

Breakfast.  Try a protein shake, eggs or use on fo the breakfast recipes in the meal plan.   At breakfast time eat the foods you would normally eat for dinner.

Journaling.  Record what you ate and how you felt. 

Midmorning snack.  A handful of nuts and some veggies.   

Journaling.  Record what you ate and how you felt

Lunch  Try one  of the quick meals provide in your blood sugar solution book. Page 157-158. Or  look for some books that have quick meal recipes. 

Journaling  Record what you ate and how you felt

Midafternoon snack  Experiment with something different.  How about half an avocado with lemon juice, salt and pepper or hummus and veggies.  Search the net for more healthy snack options 

Journaling Record what you ate and how you felt

Dinner  Again you try one of the quick meals outlined on pages 157-158 or do a search for veggie meals

Journaling  Record what you ate and how you felt. Think about how your experience with food impacted your day. What improvements do you see in your energy, your ability to focus?  How does your body feel different?  How do theses changes make you feel?  

Salmon Salad In Steamed Collard Greens 

http://bloodsugarsolution.com/2012/07/31/salmon-salad-in-steamed-collard-wraps/

Garlic Mashed Parsnips:

http://www.lifeasaplate.com/2010/11/03/garlic-mashed-parsnips/

Mountain Mama Wellness

Winter Wellness Kit

WARMING YOU FROM THE INSIDE OUT

This Winter Wellness Kit Will Warm You, Nourish You, Boost You, and Moisturize You! 

Winter Tonic – 8 ounces -

$20.00

New Moon Chai Spice Immune Booster Cordial - 8 ounces -

$20.00

Winter Revitalizer Chai – Relaxing, Warming and Rejuvenating – 3 ounces

$9.00

Fennel Citrus Bitters – ½ ounce

$6.50

Lion Heart Elixir – 1 ounce

$12.50

Colder Weather Protection Cream – 2 Ounce Glass Jar

$15.00

Autumn Equinox Elderberry Syrup – 8 ounces

$18.50

Chilax Mushroom Cocoa – 4 ounces

$16.00

For A Winter Wellness Kit The Cost Is $117.50

Some great words to use and apply as we transition into winter. 

Here are the recipes and ingredients: 

Winter Tonic
½ cup fresh horseradish peeled and grated
1 head of garlic, all cloves peeled and chopped
½ cup fresh chopped parsley
2 cups peeled and grated beets(chopped is OK)
¼ cup fresh ginger root grated or 1/8 cup dried ginger root
½ teaspoon powdered all spice or mace 0r 1 chopped red cayenne pepper

Apple Cider Vinegar

Infused ginger honey

Directions: Place all the ingredients in the jar, pour apple cider vinegar to the top.   Cover, shake, label and let sit for 4 weeks.  Give it some love daily, with a gentle shake.  

Strain.  Add ginger infused honey to taste.  

Suggestion:  If you have about 3 cups infused vinegar, try adding about 1/4 cup infused honey.  

New Moon Chai Spice Immune Boosting Cordial
Before making the syrup for the cordial, you need to infuse the brandy and the honey for this recipe first.
Infusing the brandy takes four weeks
The honey takes two weeks
Cardamom Spiced Peach Brandy:
1 64 ounce jar- clean and dry (half gallon)
3 cups chopped organic peaches
1/8 cup cardamom seed
1 teaspoon all spice powder
1 to 2 vanilla bean pods sliced and chopped
1/8 cup dried rose hips
1/8 cup dried roses
4 cups of brandy

Fill the jar with fruit, herbs and spices
Pour brandy over the ingredients
Make sure the fruit and herbs stay covered with the alcohol. Occasionally check to see if you need to add more.
Label and date
Store in dark place and shake once a day
After 2 to 4 weeks Strain

Chai Spiced Honey
2 cups real honey
½ teaspoon all spice powder
1 ½ cardamom powder
1 teaspoon clove powder
1 teaspoon ginger powder
1 teaspoon white (or black) pepper
3 tablespoons sweet cinnamon powder
Put honey in sterilized jar
Put the jar into a double boiler over low low heat
Gently heat until it is warm (do not boil or overheat)
Take out jar out of double boiler
While the honey is warm add all the powdered herbs – mix well
Put the lid on
Cool
Allow to sit for two weeks before using
Once a day turn the jar upside down and let the ingredients move then turn it right-side up

HERBAL DECOCTION FOR -New Moon Chai Spiced Immune Boosting Syrup
7 cups of filtered or spring water
¼ cup eleuthero root
¼ cup dried astragalus root
¼ cup ashwagandha root
¼ cups rose hips
½ cup hawthorn berries
¼ cup Schisandra berry
7 reishi slices
¼ cup dried ginger or ½ cup fresh grated ginger
1 teaspoon cardamom seeds
1 teaspoon fennel seed
2 teaspoons rainbow peppercorns
1 teaspoon all spice powder
½ tablespoon clove buds
2 star anise – break into pieces
1 tablespoon sweet cinnamon powder
Follow directions for making a syrup to sweeten use the infused honey (recipe above)
To sweeten syrup:
1 part herbal decoction
1 part herbal infused honey
To make the Cordial:
1 part syrup
1 part infused brandy
Winter Revitalizer Chai – Relaxing, Warming and Rejuvenating
2 ½ cups rooibos tea
1 cup holy basil
3 cups dried ginger
½ cup cardamom seed
1 ½ cups cinnamon chips
¼ cup all spice berries
1 teaspoon all spice powder
½ cup orange peel
¼ cup nutmeg powder
½ cup rose petals
2 4 ounces packages of organic crystalized ginger – chop into small pieces

Lion Heart Elixir
Vodka, orange flower honey, Hawthorn berries, leaf and flower, Motherwort, Cardamom, Rose, honeysuckle flower essence and Love
Citrus Fennel Bitters
1 quart jar
1 orange chopped
½ cup artichoke leaf
½ cup hawthorn berries
¼ cup dried orange peel
¼ cup hibiscus flowers
1 tablespoon fennel seeds
4 star anise crushed
1/8 to ¼ cup honey or maple syrup
Colder Weather Protection Cream – 2 ounce Jar
In the colder months, your skin as a tendency to become dry, use this cream all over your body, especially on the areas that need extra attention. Also great for rough spots, like feet, knees, elbows, knees, and shins. Great to use after a bath. For an all over body treatment, you will kneed a old pair of pajamas.
First, take a relaxing bath. This cream is a heavy cream so start with a little at a time.
After bath, rub cream all over your body. Then put on your old PJ’s and head for the bed for a good night’s sleep. In the morning, your skin will feel wonderfully moisturized.
3 tablespoon coco butter
6 tablespoons bees wax
3/4 cup coconut oil, extra virgin unrefined
1 1/2 cup avocado oil (or almond, apricot kernel or jojoba)
3 tablespoon castor oil

40 Cardamom
40 Sweet orange
14 Cinnamon
8 Nutmeg
Makes approximately 1 cup
Recommended for all skin types, by don’t use on exceptionally oily or blemished areas.
You can use it daily or as desired.
In a double boiler, warm all the oils and beeswax until they are all melted.
Remove from heat, cool for about 10 minutes. Then gently whisk for about 1 minute.
Allow to cool a bit more and whist again, this time add the essential oils.
You want it to look like whipped butter.
When adding the essential oils, stirring constantly
Pour in containers and put lids on immediately. Let sit overnight
Because this product has coconut oil in it, it will maintain a softer consistency at 76 degrees. If the temperature is below 76 degrees it will become firmer.

Autumn Equinox Elderberry Syrup
1 cup fresh elderberries or ½ cup dried
1 cup fresh hawthorn berries or ½ cup dried
½ cup dried rose hips
½ cup dried Schisandra berry
½ cup dried goji berry (lycii berry)
¼ cup dried licorice root
1 teaspoon all spice
½ cup sweet cinnamon chips
½ tablespoon clove buds
14 cups filtered or spring water
Put all the above ingredients in a big pot – no aluminum or copper pots or Teflon
Bring to boil – Turn down – simmer on low- stir frequently-
Cook until ½ of the liquid is left
Turn off stove, cover and leave overnight
Next day – bring back to a boil and add
1 cup fresh grated ginger
Turn off and steep for 30 minutes
It is ready to strain
After you have strained your herbal tea you should have about 7 to 8 cups
Add
1 to 2 cups of honey – optional would be add infused honey of choice
Make sure honey is all mixed in
Cool completely and add:
About 1 ½ cups to 2 cups of Brandy – optional elderberry, blackberry, strawberry or hawthorn brandy
Label and store in refrigerator
Good for 6 months maybe more.

Elderberries are super great for the respiratory system.  Just check out their branches below, they look like the bronchial parts of the lung. 

Chilax Mushroom Cocoa
1 ½ pounds of great quality organic cocoa
4 ounces ashwagandha powder
2 ounces cinnamon powder
2 ounces nutmeg powder
3 ounces lions mane mushroom powder

So many of us who are discovering our food allergies are feeling stressed, feel left out, discouraged, frustrated, have cravings for what we miss.   It is important that you find things that can replace what you are missing.  Example below.  Coco Mojo with mushrooms coconut milk, organic maple syrup, coconut marshmallow root cream and a organic candy cane.... 

Time to work on wellness,  time to work on healthy life style changes, time to cook, what supplements to take, time to mediatate, time to find new snack ideas, time to make a snack bag, time to prepare, time to food shop, working on eating veggies, eating protein, finding out food allergies, cleaning out the kitchen cupboard, exercise, to much time to worry, to much time on depression, balancing out full time jobs, time for yourself, time for your family, time for life's enjoyments, time to get out in nature, time for beach, how do you take care of your to do list and how do we add enjoyment in your lives.  How do we find enjoyment in our life?  How do you find this before it is to late?  How do you find ejoyment for self through so much businuss in life?   How do you find balance when it seems like it is so hard to take car of our health?  

You/me/we all need new recipes because if we eat the same thing over and over again we can develope food allergies, plus you are not satifying the taste buds.   You should make it a point to try one new recipe a week.  

Bitters, you must eat bitter.. This is for your taste buds and life....  This is growth and helps digest life from the inside out. 

How do you not fall off the health and wellness train.  How do you recover if you fall of the health/welness train?  How do you keep yourself from putting it off?  

Today was our last Wellness Class.   I would like to say I am very proud of you.

Take two and call me in the morning:

http://www.outsideonline.com/1870381/take-two-hours-pine-forest-and-call-me-morning

Snack Ideas:  

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/5-healthy-dips-to-power-up-your-veggies.html

When the power was out and we were flooded in we still made it a point to eat healthy and go for a walk...  If you have all the right tools, better choices are made and stress less.   

Outdoor Cooking in the rain.... Cabbage, beef, rice pasta, chai tea

Bowl of home cooked organic soup feeds the soul on a blustery winter day....

Pictured below, buffalo, spinach, kale, celery, onions, garlic, rice pasta and more..

My point on the Edible Body Butter....Your skin is the largest organ on the body... What ever you put on your skin should  be edible...  Your body absorbs everything you put on your skin.   Your skin shows you the results of what you put in your body.  

What goes in, shows on the outside of your body... ecezmea, psorisis, acen, fungus, etc...

.  What is put on the outside goes inside... 

This Week:

It Is Time To Take Action And Set The Stage For A Healthy Life

I really can't say it enough...

Eat your veggies, drink water and exercise

Are You Ready For Some Serious Tough Love? 

I want you, to ask yourself a question.   Why don't I eat enough vegetables?  

I mean cooked  green vegetables, bitter greens, squash, red bell peppers, swiss chard, kale, dandelion greens, beet greens, bok choy, parsnips, cabbage, kohlrabi, arugula, etc. and several servings a day.    

Well what is the answer, I would love to here about it.  

Don't tell me you don't like it, because you are at a point in your life that your body desperately needs it.    You want your body to be healthy, disease free,  to grow new cells and rejuvenate then you have to stop making excuses. 

STOP!  Before you grab that overly sweet banana, stop yourself and ask this question.  Did I eat enough cooked green vegetables to earn eating this banana?  

STOP!  Stop making excuses.  I cook vegetables all the time.  It is easy to cook them.   

STOP!  Stop avoiding bitter salads and  greens.  Your body needs this. Bitter food gets  your digestion moving.  

STOP!  OK, what is the excuse today to not  exercise?  There will never be an excuse good enough.   You have time to exercise.  Exercise is vital.  Exercise is a must.  Exercise gets your blood moving, so you do not become stagnant.  Exercise is life, movement is life.  Find what works for  you and create a life style habit.  If you can remember to pull out your cell phone and lose time on it, if you are able to stare at social media, if you can watch TV shows, if you have a lunch break etc,

You can make time to exercise  

Need Some Motivation:  But let me tell you something.  Motivation is nothing.. If you can't motivate yourself because you are so deep in that darkness, it is Determination that will be your power to move...to change....to live life more healthy  

This is where "In Discipline Lies Freedom" is your friend..  

In Determination Lies Freedom.. 

Failure Will Never Take Me..

If My Determination..

To Succeed Is Strong Enough To Become Healthy

Motivation Video: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEHQ9tzJpYA

Have you cleaned out your kitchen of all the bad food?  Hope you are not putting it off just because the Holidays are coming.  

Forgot what to clean out of the kitchen pantry, then watch the video below. 

Sue and Joseph- Baby Steps 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WPrZxgGCx8

Kitchen Pantry Check.  Do you have any items that have these ingredients in them (Chart Below)?  Yes, Then throw them in the trash.

Lesson's From The Toilet, by Paul Chek 

http://chekinstitute.com/blog/lessons-from-the-toilet/?inf_contact_key=30b42b1f151bcbbd3bbfa98753c2ab52ec0cedc986e5c34efaad083d478c2671

Hyperactivity, Anxiety and More: 

http://www.realfarmacy.com/mms-linked-disease/

Lavender, rose petals, chamomile and lemon balm tea, potatoes, cabbage, collard greens, beets, onion,rosemary, sage, oregano, kale, nettle, salad mix (lettuce, bitter lettuce,dandelion,swiss chard,lemon balm, queen anne's lace flowers and nasturiums), cucumbers, zucchini, brassica mix, wild food of the week is Queen Anne's Lace (flowers, leaf  and green fruit) and celery

Wild Food Of The Week:  Queen Anne's Lace

Once you know how to safely identify queen anne’s lace, it’s a pretty versatile plant in recipes.  In the spring and fall, the roots may be dug up and eaten in the same manner as domestic carrots.  While these are quite flavorful, don’t expect them to be as big or tender as their orange commercial cousins.

If you enjoy the flavor of the leaves, they can be used either fresh or dried as you would parsley. Young flower buds may be added to stir-fries and skillet dishes.  Or the tiny flowers can be scattered upon finished dishes or in salads.  

You can also eat queen anne’s lace fruit (the tiny green or red bits that eventually dry into seeds).  Harvest the fruit of queen anne’s lace after the flowers start to curl into birds nests, but before they go completely brown.  Queen anne’s lace fruit has a strong flavor that is like an explosion of parsley with a long finish of citrus.

Side Note: Queen anne’s lace  is not a good plant for beginning foragers to try simply because of the risk of mistaking it with poison hemlock.  Never eat a plant which you cannot properly identify.  No harm ever comes from walking away; just consider it a learning experience.

Queen Anne's Lace Fruit 

For more information on wild foods: 

http://www.meadowsandmore.com/foraged-flavor

http://foragingandfeasting.com/

Queen Anne's Lace Jelly: 

http://www.eattheweeds.com/daucus-carota-pusillus-edible-wild-carrots-2/

More Information and Recipes For Queen Anne's Lace: 

http://www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/queen.html

Side Note: One of the recipes looks like a yummy wild carrot cake.  Please modify the recipe.

 I would not use tofu or  vegetable oil/corn oil.   These items are Toxic GMO ingredients. 

I would use organic sunflower oil, coconut oil or olive oil.  For the tofu I would use organic cream cheese or try organic coconut spread.  

Sage Pesto

Recipe from Rosemary Gladstar's book:  Medicinal Herbs, a beginners guide 

1/2 cup fresh cilantro leaves and stems

1/2 cup Queen Annes lace leaf fruit mix OR  parsley

1/4 to 1/2 cup fresh sage leaves, first time making it try the 1/4 cup version and if you would like it stronger than next time add more

3 cloves garlic

3/4 to 1 cup olive oil

1/4 to 1/2 cup sunflower seeds or walnuts or a mix

1/4 cup raw cheese (optional) 

Freshly ground black pepper and sea salt 

To make: 

Combine the herbs, garlic and olive oil in a blender or food processor and pulse until creamy.  Mix in the nuts or seeds and cheese (if using) and salt and pepper to taste.  

To use: 

Serve on toast or crackers, pasta, steamed grains, omelets, vegetables or organic meat.

Mushroom Lover's Special Treat:

Quinoa, Mushroom, and Sage Pilaf with Shiitake Crisps

The shiitake crisps are addictive, so you might want to make much more than theis recipe calls for 

For the shiitake crisps: 

1/2 lb shiitake mushrooms, stems removed and cut into 1/4 inch slices

1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

Sea salt and pepper

For the pilaf:

1 oz dried porcini mushrooms

3 tabls extra-virgin olive oil

2 large shallots, minced

3 garlic cloves, minced 

1/2 red bell pepper, cut into small dice

1/lb mixed mushrooms, such as white, chanterelle, shiitake, or cremini, coarsely chopped 

2 cups quinoa, rinsed

3 Tbls minced, fresh sage leaves 

3 cups organic vegetable broth or water

1/4 cup organic red wine

sea salt and  freshly ground black pepper

2 Tbls chopped fresh, flat-leaf parsley, for garnish ( you could use Queen Annes Lace leafs)

2 Tbls chopped chives, for garnish

Preheat oven to 375 

To prepare the shiitake crisps, toss together mushroom slices, olive oil, sea salt and pepper in a medium bowl.  Spread mushrooms in a single layer on a baking sheet.  Roast in the preheated oven until crispy, about 20 to 30 minutes.  They will look much smaller and dried out.  

Set aside. 

For the pilaf, soak dried porcini mushrooms in hot water for 30 minutes.  Drain, reserving soaking water.  Chop mushrooms. 

In a large saucepan, sweat the shallots, garlic, and red pepper until softened.  Add mushrooms, including chopped porcini, and cook until their moisture has evaporated and they start to brown.  

Add quinoa and sage.  

Stir well to coat the quinoa with oil.  Add in broth, 3/4 cup of the porcini soaking liquid, and wine.  

season well with salt and pepper.  Bring the liquid to a boil;  Lower heat to simmering.  Cover pot tightly and cook for 15 minutes.  Turn off heat and let sit for 10 minutes.  Fluff quinoa with a fork.  

Put in a serving dish, sprinkle with parsley (or queen annes lace) and chives.  

Top with shiitake crisps.  

Makes 6 to 8 servings. 

Antioxidant Superstars

Rosemary, sage, thyme, and oregano are about the most antioxidant-rich foods on the planet thanks to their aromatic phenols.  Though these four have slightly different medicinal properties, they're all anti-inflammatory, circulation-enhancing, and immune supportive.  

Try these interesting beverage combinations.  

rosemary-lemon balm

rosemary lemon

sage - ginger

thyme-oregano-spearmint.  

Fresh herbs often have superior flavor, but the health benefits get stronger as they dry. 

Remember when you make a tea or herbal beverage, that if you are using dried herbs, you always use less than if you you fresh herbs. 

Lemon Balm:  Did you know that by adding a few leaves of lemon balm to salad increases the salad's antioxidant activity 150 - 200 percent?  They work as a team to refresh one another, enhance absorption, and boost activity. 

Tea Of The Week

Place bag of herbs in a gallon jug, with warm filtered water or spring water.  Stir in 4 to 6 tablespoons  of honey.  

Let sit in the sun for 8 hours

Strain and enjoy

Tea Mix Recipe

14 cups of  warm spring water or filtered water

8 heaping Tbls. lavender 

8 heaping Tbls chamomile

8 heaping Tbls rose petals

1 heaping handful of fresh lemon balm

If do not have fresh lemon balm add 1/4 cup dried lemon balm and a few lemon wedges. 

4- 6 Tbls. local raw honey

Put all ingredients in a gallon glass jar.  Stir until honey is dissolved.  

Sun infusion let sit in the sun for 8  hours

Lunar infusion let sit throughout the night

Strain and enjoy

Where To Order Your Herbs: 

http://www.mountainroseherbs.com/

Zucchini Chips:  http://www.freshbitesdaily.com/zucchini-chips/

Zucchini chips are a great snack when you got the munchies! 

If you have not made these yet, I strongly urge you to go for it and try this recipe. The are really good.  My 16 year old daughter made them and they are incredible!  She made up her own spice blend, it was a combination of garlic, pepper, sea salt and Italian spices.  

Morning Harvest:  Nettle, collard greens, three different types of kale, basil, apple mint tea, potatoes, green onions, onion, garlic, green beans, zucchini, three different types of cucumber, celery, five different types of tomatoes, egg plant, delicata squash and many varieties of peppers. 

Cucumber Salad:  You will need to pick up some organic whole milk yogurt and dill

http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/cucumber_yogurt_salad/

Pickled Nettle and Other Nettle Recipes:  

Side Note:  I would leave out the Tamari in the pickled nettle recipe

http://www.dandelionherb.com/public_html/recipes.html

Savory Nettle Chips:  You could do this with your kale to.  

http://mountainroseblog.com/nettle-chips-recipe/

Baked Delicata Squash:  I would add few cloves of chopped garlic, organic butter and 2 tablespoons of organic maple syrup.

http://summertomato.com/better-than-butternut-roasted-delicata-squa...

How to make sun-dried Tomatoes: 

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/sun-dried-tomatoes-i/

You could add seasonings to this recipe if you like 

Roasted Peppers: 

http://markbittman.com/how-to-cook-everything-the-basics-roasted-pep/

Today marks the last few weeks of the harvest.    Just six weeks left.  Whew!  

This  season has been moving extremely fast.  We started off in June watering like it was August.  This has left us with the feeling of never catching up.    There were times you would walk around the farm and you could hear all the plants asking for water, they were extremely thirsty.  

It is September and most of our crops are almost done, due to the fast ripening of the season.   We are hoping to still have produce  towards the end of the season.    If things become slim, I will be giving herbal remedies to get you through your cold and flu season.   

We have had a lot of abundance this year, the salad greens were slim due to the heat and they bolted.

  I am very thankful for this season's beautiful abundance.  

This Weeks Harvest:   Nettle, kale, mixture of greens, rosemary, parsley, basil, wax beans, lemon cucumbers, cucumbers, zucchini, yellow squash,  a variety of tomatoes, potatoes, a variety of peppers and cabbage.

Nettle Information: 

http://cedarmountainherbs.com/nettles.htm

How To Make Your Own Powdered Greens: 

http://gnowfglins.com/2014/07/03/dehydrate-your-way-to-green-powder/?utm_content=buffer18d23&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Wax Bean Recipe: 

http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/warm-yellow-wax-beans-in-bacon-v...

Use organic bacon, (Roths usually carries it) 

You can use red wine instead of sherry vinegar 

You can use regular onions instead of shallots 

You will need garlic for this recipe 

Abundance 

Today I started my day with chicken veggie soup.   It has  bone broth, that I started last Thursday (organic chicken raised on our farm) .  The other ingredients are parsley, sage, thyme, rosemary, pepper, garlic, onions,  celery, celery root,  and red peppers.

This morning I took a nice  long mountain hike.   While I was out on my hike,   I worked on rejuvenation, read my book, I had root chai with mushrooms and ginseng then, I ate two almond blueberry muffins (gluten free).

After my hike we had another bowl of chicken veggie soup and a gluten free nutmeg chocolate chip scone (no sugar added).

For our family meeting we will be sipping high vitamin c tea

Dinner is going to be a veggie cauliflower crust pizza with salad.

I will be using organic sheep feta  

http://detoxinista.com/2012/01/the-secret-to-perfect-cauliflower-pizza-crust/

My goals for this evening are, stretching by the fire and reading a book

I will start my nettle infusion tonight 

http://nourishingherbalinfusions.com/Nettle.html

I will be getting to bed early.  

What is celeriac root: 

http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/2010/02/ten-yes-10-things-to-do-with-celery-root/

I have had several big glasses of cold spring water. 

Suggested Goals for the week:  

Drink more water, (the best water is filtered or spring) 

Take the No Wheat Challenge

Start your day with a good protein and veggies (kale, cabbage, collard greens, red bell peppers, spinach, garlic, onions etc.)

When you drink smoothies think less fruit more veggies.  Only use one serving of berries.  

Remember bitter veggies are really good for you

Start a journal, write in it daily.  You could also draw it it.  

Turn off all screens by 7:00 pm and aim for a 10:00 pm bed time

Don't eat while watching TV

Don't stand while eating 

At least, 30 minutes of heart pumping exercise 5 days of week

Food Journals: 

For those of you who are in the Seven Steps To Wellness Class, please make sure you use the original food journals that I passed out to you.  

I have been reading those food journals for over 15 years.   And even though they may not be the absolute best format, it is what I am used to.  Having so many journals to read I need them all to be uniform.    

Remember one full page is a day.  Please do not add extra days to the full page.  As each day needs its own page.  

If you need more room please attach a paper or use the back.  

I would  like brand names of bars, deli meats, cereals or packaged goods

Tell me what your exercise routine is.  What did you do?  

Blueberry Almond Meal Muffins: 

Yesterday, I made  this recipe.  They were really good!   

I added to the original recipe, nutmeg, cloves, cardamon, cinnamon, coconut flakes and goji berries. I used organic maple syrup for the sweetener and I only used 1/4 cup.   I used organic butter.  

http://www.chefshanekelly.com/2011/08/very-blueberry-almond-flour-muffins/

Mountain Mama Harvest: This weeks abundance: Collard greens, kale, comfrey, potatoes, onion, peppers, cucumber, zucchini, egg plant, green beans, carrots, sage mint tea, hops, stevia, tea mix of lavender cleavers, mint, parsley, celery, dill seed, nasturtium mix, nettle, basil, tomatoes ( roma, cherry, purple cherokee, green zebra) and cabbage  

Whew! Now it is  time to make a lot of herbal skin care products. Have a beautiful day 

Zucchini Pizza Crust: 

http://www.myhumblekitchen.com/2013/09/best-zucchini-recipe-ever-zu...

Honey Sweetened Refrigerated Pickles: 

http://www.realfoodallergyfree.com/2011/08/honey-sweetened-refriger...

Sweet Zucchini Relish: 

http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/food/sns-food-sides-zucchi...

Tomato Basil Salsa:

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/tomato-basil-salsa-10000000223735/

Information on Dill Seed:

http://wholespice.com/blog/?p=2222

Dill Seed Braid Bread:

http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/dill-seed-braid

Digestive Churan (dill seeds, plus you will need to purchase a few more seeds)

http://www.tarladalal.com/Digestive-Churan-31529r

Warm Dill Potato Salad: 

http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/warm-dill-potato-salad

Nasturtium Pesto:  

You need 6 cups nasturtiums.  Because you have about 2 cups of nasturtiums, I would add some nettle and basil to this recipe to equal out your 6 cups. 

http://www.gardenbetty.com/2013/01/nasturtium-pesto/

"Changing How You Eat, Will Change The World"... "If You Eat Bad Foods, Your World Is Toxic, Your Body Is Toxic, If You Eat Organic Nutritious Foods Your World Becomes Healthy...."

Prescription for Good Health

Choose it or lose it! 

Your health, that is..... There are more than four million tons of farm chemicals spread on U.S. soil every year..... 

The standard American Diet ( S.A.D.) has a hidden agenda.  Missing on the labels of most foods are the dozens of chemicals used to grow, make, or preserve that bit of something about to go into your mouth.  Just imagine your reaction if organic farmers could take back their native tongue, and their organic strawberries were simply strawberries again and their counterparts were called " chemical or genetically engineered or irradiated strawberries."  Their certified label would have to list the 25 or so chemicals or procedures that had become a part of the strawberries very makeup.   And they would pay for an annual inspection, instead of the organic farmer (Organic farmers pay thousands of dollars every year to "certify" their food that they grow).  With the label table turned around, I think chemical foods would die a slow death on grocery store shelves.  

Would you buy a carton of strawberries with a  skull and crossbones on it?  

Remember, what you can't see can hurt you. 

  If you do not belong to my CSA then make sure you are shopping the farmers market. Search the farmers markets for  organic produce and organic meat.

 If you have not done this yet, what are you waiting for?  Make a goal this week to get over to the next farmers market near you.  

This Weeks Farm Produce: Nettle, comfrey, fennel fronds, apple mint and nettle tea mix, basil, celery,  salad mix (nasturtiums, rose petals, sheep sorrel, Swiss chard, beet greens, spinach, lambs quarters, bitter lettuce, lettuce and baby kale), kale, collard greens, carrots, onion, beets, zucchini and  cabbage.

For those of you who have not figured it out I love different types of pesto.  Here is another version of an awesome nutritious pesto:

Kale and Nut Pesto

small bunch of kale (4-6 leaves, remove the thick part of the stems*)

1/4 cup walnuts, toasted or soaked dehydrated almonds or  soaked and dehydrated pumpkin seeds.

1/2 to 1 clove of garlic

1/4 cup olive oil (or more for a smoother pesto)

juice & zest of one lemon

salt & pepper to taste

optional: grated raw cheese, or organic parmesan 

Instructions

1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Fill a large bowl with ice and water.
2. Blanch kale for about 30 seconds, remove and place in the ice bath to stop the cooking process.
3. Dry the kale a bit, squeeze out some of excess water and set on a towel for a few minutes more.
4. Blend everything together in a food processor. Pulse to create a chunky pesto, blend longer to create a smoother one. Taste and adjust, adding more salt, pepper, lemon, olive oil, as necessary.

Kale and Basil Salad

4 cups finely chopped organic dinosaur kale
1 lemon, juiced
½ orange, juiced
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar

½ cup finely chopped basil

½ cup diced organic red bell pepper
4 teaspoons hulled  toasted sesame seeds
1 cup chopped organic walnuts

1/4 cup chopped organic sweet onion

Optional:  You could add some chopped apples or orange slices

Wash the kale thoroughly, then roll up the leaves together tightly (like a cigar) and chop across the roll, making very fine ribbons. Unravel and place in a bowl. Add the lemon juice, orange juice, and apple cider vinegar, and massage the kale for a couple minutes (so it softens), then set aside. Chop the basil the same way as the kale, and add to the kale mixture. Chop the bell pepper and add as well. Add the sesame seeds and walnuts last, and toss everything together.

Notes: You may also use other types of kale, as well as collard greens. 

Cabbage and Bean Salad:

Ingredients
1/2 head small-medium green cabbage, very thinly sliced (about 4 cups), core removed
2 carrots, grated (about 1 1/2 cups)
2 ribs celery, diced or one  cup of chopped celery from your wellness box 
3 green onions/scallions, chopped
1/2 medium cucumber, peeled and diced
1/4 cup chopped fresh basil 
1 1/2 cups cooked organic garbanzo 
1 organic avocado, diced

1/2 of a organic red bell pepper chopped

Dressing:
2 lemon, juice from (about 1/4 cup)
2 tablespoons organic Dijon mustard
1 garlic clove, minced
ground black pepper to taste

Options:  If you want to add color, add in a little purple cabbage,

Directions
1. Slice the cabbage so that the strands are very thin, and place into a large bowl. Add to this the grated carrots, celery, onion, cucumber, basil, beans, and avocado. Toss.

2. In a small bowl, combine dressing ingredients and blend with a fork. Add dressing to bowl of vegetables and toss thoroughly. If you are making this ahead of time, add the diced avocado just before serving.

Mason Jar Sauerkraut:

I can't wait to do this one myself! 

Click on link below: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=397Dua09VUI

For those of you who are  ready to get really serious with your sauerkraut skills: 

http://nourishedkitchen.com/homemade-sauerkraut/

Four Thieves Vinaigrette

Variations of this recipe have been treasured since Medieval times.  Legend has it that four grave robbers first used this strong antibacterial formula to protect them against the deadly plague.  Turning this classic remedy into a delicious salad  dressing helps the medicine go down easy. 

1/4 cup organic lavender flowers

1/4 cup organic sage leaf

1/4 cup organic rosemary leaf

1/4 cup organic thyme leaf

raw organic apple cider vinegar

organic extra virgin olive oil

4 cloves organic garlic, crushed 

sea salt and pepper

Place the herbs and garlic in a pint jar and fill to the top with gently warmed apple cider vinegar.  Use a piece of natural parchment paper under the lid to keep he vinegar from touching the metal.  Allow the vinegar concoction to extract for four weeks in a sunny window.  

Strain the vinegar into  a clean glass jar.

To make the vinaigrette, add 1 part vinegar to 3 parts olive oil.  Add the salt and pepper to taste.  Blend until well combined 

Zucchini Chips: 

http://www.freshbitesdaily.com/zucchini-chips/

Chocolate Zucchini Bread or Muffins 

1 cup rapunzel organic whole cane sugar

1 cup organic sunflower oil or coconut oil 

3 organic eggs

3 teaspoons vanilla extract

2-1/2 cups organic wheat, spelt or  organic white

1/2 cup organic baking cocoa

1 teaspoon sea salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

2 cups organic shredded peeled zucchini

Optional:  1 tsp cinnamon, a pinch of all spice and a 1/4 tsp. nutmeg

• In a large bowl, beat the sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla until well blended. Combine the flour, cocoa, salt, baking soda, cinnamon; gradually beat into sugar mixture until blended. Stir in zucchini. Transfer to two 8-in. x 4-in. oiled loaf pans
• Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. 
• Yield: 2 loaves (12 slices each).

Gluten Free Chocolate Zucchini Muffins: 

Special Notes:  When we bake with Gluten Free Flour we never use products that contain (or when we make our own gluten free flour mix), potato flour or starch, soy flour, corn starch and corn flour.  We do not use these food products because they are toxic.  If you can find a potato flour or starch that is organic then go ahead and use it.  But stay away from the non- organic soy and corn products, they are highly toxic... Also, stay away form xanthan gum, it is made in a lab!

Stick with products that have guar gum.

2 cups sorghum flour OR gluten-free all purpose flour mix

1 1/2 teaspoons Guar Gum (don't add gum if using a GF flour mix that contains guar gum)

Never use products that have xanthan gum 

1/2 teaspoon sea salt

1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

1/2 cup organic unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2 cup organic agave or Rapunzel organic whole cane sugar

2 large organic eggs

1/2 cup organic light olive oil

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 cup organic sour cream (for dairy free version substitute organic applesauce)

3 cups shredded unpeeled zucchini

Optional:  1 tsp cinnamon, a pinch of all spice and a 1/4 tsp. nutmeg

Preparation:

Weekly Wellness Workshop Week Three

Getting Healthy Together

A Journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step –Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

Start Your Journey Towards Creating Health

Obstacles: Poor diet, chronic stress, microbes, toxins and allergens

Create Health Through Life Style Changes: 

Boost Nutrition

Regulate Your Hormones

Reduce Inflammation

Improve Your Digestion

Maximize Detoxification

Enhance Energy Metabolism

Soothe The Mind

Five Steps To Prepare:

Prepare Your Mind:

Prepare Yourself

Prepare Your kitchen

Prepare Your inner shopper and inner chef

Prepare Your Body

Identify Obstacles

Self-defeating thoughts and behaviors

Biological Addiction, sugar etc…

Food Pushers:

Too many responsibilities ( trouble saying not to others and yes to yourself): 

How to deal with failed attempts to change:

Journals:  How to recognize mindless eating- Stuff ourselves with food in order to stuff our feelings away.   Making bad unconscious choices and unconscious over-eating.  Unconscious undereating.

How To Make Better Choice

Am I hungry:

What do I need:

What am I feeling?

Is this what I feel like eating? 

Is this what I feel like eating now?

Is there something else I could eat instead?

What depletes my energy?  Top three that hold you back from your health?

Examples:  not getting enough sleep, not relaxing enough, smoking, excess sugar consumption, unconscious or emotional eating, not eating enough, choosing poor-quality foods, eating late, skipping breakfast..

1.

2.

3.

 What top three emotions or mental habits that keep you from being healthy?

Example:  putting things off, depression, low self-esteem, fear, anger, toxic relationships

1.

2.

3.

Do you spend hours in front of a television or on the computer but say you do not have time?

What are some behaviors, habits and relationships you could choose to engage in that would give you energy and mental, spiritual and physical health? 

What motivates you in life?

What makes you want to wake up each morning?

What is your life’s purpose?

What gives me energy? 

What is your definition of health? 

What is important to you?

Your Health Goals:

Physical: What physical or health problems do I want to heal from and how will I achieve that?

Food:  What is my relationship to food and how do I want to nourish myself?

Exercise: What is my relationship with my body and exercise?  How will I change that?

Sleep:  Do I prioritize quality sleep?  What will I do to get enough sleep and recharge my body daily?

Weight:  How do I feel about my weight?  What changes will I make to love my body rather than fight with it?  What are my goals?

Social and psychological goals:

Emotional Health:

Relationships:

Work:

Meaning and Purpose:

Spiritual goals: 

Getting to what’s important now:

Your journey to wellness:  If you were going on vacation, you would organize your life to be sure everything was taken care of.. 

How are you going to plan your wellness trip? This is the most important trip of your life.

“Prepare Your Body”

Rid the Kitchen of Disease and Obesity-Producing Frankenfoods

Remember, if you read these rules and think there will be nothing left to eat, then you have been eating in exactly the way that will make you sick and will keep you that way..

1. Ideally have only food without labels:

2.  If a food has a label, it should have fewer than five ingredients.  Recognizable ingredients. 

3.  If sugar, agave, cane juice…  is on the label throw it out. 

4.  Throw out any food with high-fructose corn syrup on the label

5.  Throw out any food with the word hydrogenated on the label

6.  Throw out any highly refined cooking oils such as corn, soy, canola etc.

7.  Throw out any food with ingredients you can’t recognize or pronounce, orare in latin.

8.  Throw out any foods with preservative, additives, coloring, or dyes, “natural flavorings, or flavor enhancers such as MSG

9.  Throw out food with artificial sweeteners of any kind.  Aspartame, spenda, sucralose, and sugar alcohols.  Any word that ends with “ol” such as xylitol or sorbitol.  They make you hungrier, slow your metabolism, give you bad gas, and make you store fat

10.  If  it came from the earth or a farmers field, not a food chemist lab it’s safe to eat. 

“If it was grown on a plant, not made in a plant, then you came keep it in your kitchen.. “  Michael Pollan

DO NOT USE NON-STICK COOKWARE

Prepare Your Inner Shopper- Hunter and Gatherer… Make shopping list every time you go to the store and stick to it.

Prepare Your Inner Chef:  Why Don’t You Cook?

Top Three Reasons You Don’t Like To Cook? 

1.

2.

3.

 What could you do that would make cooking more enjoyable? 

YOU NEED TO LEARN BASIC COOKING SKILLS IN ORDER TO HEAL YOU BODY

10 TIPS FOR CUTTING YOUR CRAVINGS

1. Balance your blood sugar
2. Don’t drink your calories
3. Eat a nutritious protein breakfast
4. Have small, frequent, fiber-rich meals throughout the day
5. Avoid eating within 3 hours of bedtime
6. Manage your stress
7. Find out if hidden food allergies are triggering your cravings
8. 8.    GET MOVING
9. 9.    Get 7-8 hours of sleep

10.Optimize your nutrients levels, omega 3 fat, vitamin D level,  

Congratulations to all that joined Seven Steps To Wellness Workshop.  Joining this class takes some serious commitment and it truly shows how strong you are for joining this class.  

You are working hard toward great accomplishment with your health and it gives me great joy to help guide you on your path to becoming a heather new you..   

First Class:  Tea time conversations,  book,  homework, food diaries and recipe handed out.   

Class Notes:

Concerns for respiratory health and creating healthy life style habits.  Can't believe our bodies are so sensitive, but realize this is a gift to become healthy and stay healthy.  

Question Of The Day:  How Do You Take Back Your Health? 

Answers From Class:

Responsibility

To not give into fades/trends/peer pressure

Don't Be A Victim

Trust Your Body/What Is It Saying To You

Listen To Your Body

Homework:

Increase Water Intake and please write the amounts that you drink daily on your food journals. 

Meditate Daily

Get a journal and write in it daily.  Side Note: you can burn the daily journal pages to let go of what is bothering you.

Learn a New Recipe and cook it

Daily positive word

Read Part Two

Food Journal/Diaries all week turn in on Saturday

Take Back Your Health Saturday October 31st 2015 Class/Blog: 

http://mcminnvillehealthdefense.ning.com/profiles/blogs/seven-steps-to-wellness-week-two

First thing you put in your mouth in the morning is

 Two Cups Of Water

Breakfast:  Is Breaking the Fast...

 Make sure you are eating a highly nutritious meal to start your day.  You are breaking the fast.  While you were sleeping, your body was resting and repairing.  In order for this process to be strong you have to feed your body correctly.  This includes emotional health, physical health and spiritual health.  

Food Diaries:  What I am seeing and what needs to be added or changed

Eat More Greens, Eat More Greens, Eat More Greens, Eat More Greens :) 

Stop eating wheat, have diary once in a while, and eat more greens.  

Protein intake to low 

Late nights, brings late breakfast, puts body in fight flight response mode

Solid protein.   Eating more clean meats, sustainable meats, organic meats, organic eggs, wild salmon, sardines.

Only eat processed meats(deli meat, salami, hot dogs etc.) once in a while and make sure they are 100% organic.. 

Processed Meats:

Nitrites/Nitrates, I am going ot try to break this down as  simple as possible (if that is even possible).    I have been studying ingredients like this for the last 20 years... Today, I find it amazing how much dis-information is on the internet about these two ingredients.    It seems we have bacon/meat.org drug pushers out there and they are willing to lie, just so you can still eat your toxic bacon/processed meat. 

Why?  Because if you eat foods laced with nitrites/nitrates you will become sick,tired, lack energy, have low libido, possibly get cancer, high blood pressure and guess what?  Those are  the money makers in our Sick Care System.  It is the S.A.D(standard american diet)  way of eating.

The book, "Confessions Of A sneaky Organic Cook", by Jane Kinderlehrer (1971) she says " If you're feeling amorous, and looking forward to a night of love, don't serve hot dogs, or any other food heavy in nitrates, for dinner..(non-organic spinach is super high in nitrates due to the nitrogen fertilizers) In fact, you'd be wise to eliminate them for a sex-happy diet.  Frankfurters and all preserved meats are loaded with nitrates and nitrites.  And what nitrates and nitrites do to sexuality, you will comprehend better when you realize that another name for potassium nitrate is saltpeter, the substance that was, at one time, sprinkled on the food of prisoners in order to stifle sexual desire".  

Nitrate from Nitrogen Fertilizers and Cancer: More reading click on link below:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3068045/

Man-made nitrogen fertilizers became widely used in U.S. agriculture after WWII, providing an inexpensive source of nitrogen and other plant nutrients that resulted in huge increases in agricultural productivity. Nitrate, the final breakdown product of nitrogen fertilizers..... 

Remember, Nitrates were commonly called "Salt Peter" and were used to take the sex drive out of criminals and the soldiers..  Hence why Government Meat, is loaded with nitrates and nitrites.   

Nitrates and nitrites, slow spoilage and give a pink color to pork and cured meats such as sausage, hot dogs, bacon, ham, and lunch meats.  These chemicals combine with stomach fluids to form nitrosamines, which are carcinogenic.  

If there is a Material Data Safety Sheet on an ingredient (chemical ingredient) that is listed on something you are eating , why would you want to eat that? 

Sodium Nitrite Material Data Safety Sheet: 

http://avogadro.chem.iastate.edu/MSDS/NaNO2.htm

Sodium Nitrate Material Data Safety Sheet: 

http://www.labchem.com/tools/msds/msds/75547.pdf

Let me get this straight, meatsafety.org says eating foods with nitrates/nitrites is safe for humans to consume and they are going as far to say it is healthy,  but when you read the Material Data Safety Sheet there is toxicity if you ingest it..  Hmm? 

Sodium Nitrate!!!!!: 

Appearance: White crystals. Danger! Strong oxidizer. Contact with other material may cause a fire. Causes eye, skin, and respiratory tract irritation. Harmful if swallowed. May cause methemoglobinemia.

Sodium Nitrite!!!!: 

Ingestion: Harmful if swallowed. May cause methemoglobinemia, cyanosis (bluish discoloration of skin due to deficient oxygenation of the blood), convulsions, and death. Causes digestive tract irritation. Ingestion may cause weakness, muscular incoordination, fine tremors, loss of reflexes, convulsions and possible death from circulatory collapse. Ingestion may cause a decrease in blood pressure, rapid pulse and visual disturbances. 

Does anybody see a DANGER WILL ROBINSON DANGER HERE! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REvmhBO99I4

Then I find this from your one and only, Washington DC.

 http://www.meatsafety.org/ht/d/sp/i/45243/pid/45243

Remember what you read from the Material Data Safety Sheets (above)

Meatsafety.org (Washington DC) says this:  

Are cured meats the major source of sodium nitrite?

The amount of nitrate in some vegetables can be very high.  Spinach, for example, may contain 500 to 1900 parts per million of sodium nitrate. Less than five percent of daily sodium nitrite intake comes from cured meats. Nearly 93 percent of sodium nitrite comes from leafy vegetables & tubers and our own saliva. Vegetables contain sodium nitrate, which is converted to sodium nitrite when it comes into contact with saliva in the mouth.

Remember the vegetables they are talking about are chemical agriculture and if you read about the nitrogen fertilizers contaminating our drinking water with nitrates you will understand that they are lying to you.. 

Carmel Color, don't get me started on this one.... 

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2014/01/caramel-color-the-health-risk-that-may-be-in-your-soda/index.htm

Product Below (Oscar Meyer P3) Has This In It:  Natamycin 

Check out the Harmful if swallowed on the Material Data Safety Sheet

https://www.caymanchem.com/msdss/11634m.pdf

JUST SAY NO TO OSCAR MEYER!!!!

Stop being a victim.  Victims trust their abusers.  In this case the abuser is our own government, big agriculture, big food industry and the dis-information on the internet.  

The holidays are coming up.  It is important to resist all the sampling ...resist all the free samples.... Sugar is sugar and it triggers addictive cravings.. 

Screens off by 7:00 pm and Bed By 10:00 pm will give optimal rest, rejuvenation and  put your body in repair mode. 

See you next Saturday ! 

"TAKE BACK YOUR HEALTH"

Disease goes away as a side effect of getting healthy

Hand in food diaries

Hand out food diaries

Recipe of the week

Discussion 

Meditation

Positive Words

Picture 

Get a journal 

Slow Medicine:

Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsaymZARwOg

Web-Site

http://slowmedicinedoctor.com/

Parasympathetic nervous system:  

http://www.mercola.com/article/mind_body/applied_psycho_neurobiology/dca.htm

http://www.mercola.com/article/mind_body/thought_field_therapy/overview.htm

Tea Recipes:

Flower Nerve Tonic Tea

1 part chamomile

3 parts lemon balm

1 part oats

1/2 part chrysanthemum flowers

1/2 part lavender flowers 

1/2 part rose petals

Root Nerve Tonic Decoction: 

1 part licorice root 

1 part astragalus

1 part cinnamon

1/2 part ginger

2 parts dandelion root

2 parts burdock root

Make a mix, put in a jar, label

1 tablespoon per cup of water 

Make a decoction, strain

Then add 15 drops of american ginseng root tincture and 15 drops of eleutherococcus (siberian ginseng) tincture, sweeten and enjoy.  

Instructions on how to make a tea and decoction, click on link below: 

http://mountainroseblog.com/medicine-making-basics-herbal-infusions/

Breakfast Nut Shake: 

http://bloodsugarsolution.com/2012/07/31/nut-shake/

Califlower Tortillas: 

http://www.recipegirl.com/2014/05/05/cauliflower-tortillas/

Lite Russian Style Macaroni and Cheese 

Preparation Time: One Hour

Yield:  At Least 6 Servings (cut in square and freeze) 

You can improvise further by increasing or varying the vegetables.  Try cauliflower, broccoli, and /or carrots, leeks and other root vegetables:   Go for color 

Bake at 350, lightly grease a 9x13 baking pan 

3 cups cooked pasta of choice 

3 tablespoons organic butter

2 cups chopped onion 

6 cloves garlic, minced 

1/2 lb shitake mushrooms, sliced

4 cups organic cabbage, shredded (about 1/2 an average head)

1 tsp sea salt or celtic salt

1 tsp caraway seeds

2 tsp dried dill

1 tsp black pepper

1 lb of meat of choice chopped and cooked

1/2 cup organic sunflower seeds

1 bunch organic spinach, stemmed and coarsely chopped 

2 cups organic cottage cheese, omit if you need this to be dairy free

1/2 cup organic yogurt, omit if you need this to be dairy free 

Dairy free option 6 eggs liquid scramble

Diary free option 1 cup Nutritional Yeast

Preheat oven to 350, lightly grease pan

Cook the pasta until just barely tender.  Drain thoroughly, and transfer to a large bowl

Melt the butter in a large, dep skillet, and add the onions and meat.  After saute'ing for about 5 minutes, add garlic, mushrooms, cabbage, salt and caraway.  

Stir, cover, and cook until the cabbage is just tender and meat is cooked. 

Stir in spinach, and remove from heat.  

Add to the pasta

Stir in cottage cheese, yogurt, dill, and black pepper.  Taste to adjust seasonings, then spread into the prepared pan.  

Dairy free option:  Once you have poured  mixture into the pan, mix egg liquid  with nutritional yeast and pour liquid over pasta and veggies in prepared pan.   

Sprinkle with sunflower seeds 

Bake uncovered for 30 minutes, or until heated through.  

Healthy Halloween Treat:

Ingredients

2 Tablespoons honey or organic maple syrup

1/4 Cup organic almond, sunflower or peanut butter

1/2 Teaspoon  organic pure vanilla extract

2 Tablespoons honey or organic maple syrup

2 Tablespoons  organic extra virgin coconut oil

1/4 Cup organic almond, sunflower or peanut butter

1/4 Cup organic unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2 Teaspoon organic pure vanilla extract

2 Tablespoons  honey or organic maple syrup

Instructions

1. MAKE THE BOTTOM LAYER: Combine all of the ingredients in a small bowl and mix until very smooth.
2. Set 10 mini baking cups in a mini muffin pan. Pour about one tablespoon of the bottom-layer mixture into each baking cup without dribbling it down the inside of the paper (or you’ll get streaks in the final product). Place on a flat surface in the freezer. 

1. MAKE THE TOP LAYER: Combine all of the ingredients in a small bowl and mix until evenly incorporated. Remove the pan from the freezer and fill each baking cup to the top with the top-layer chocolate mixture.
2. Put the tray back in the freezer and let chill until the chocolate layer has hardened, about 15 minutes. Store the peanut butter cups in the freezer for up to 4 months. 

One of my favorite teas that I have been drinking is creamy coconut turmeric tea.   Turmeric is great for inflammation and many other things.  

Recipe: http://mcminnvillehealthdefense.ning.com/profiles/blogs/creamy-turm...

I am healing really good.   I am at a point that I need to make sure I stick with my wellness plan and I do not forget anything.  

I have left all my tinctures, herbal supplements and vitamins on the table, that way it is right in front of me and I will not forget  to take them.  

I will be seeing my doctor once a week, at least til the beginning of February. 

One more adjustment with Dr. Seward, and  my body will be aligned. 

Smoothies until February.  I am getting really creative with my drinks.  

Stretching, all body, but specially the head, neck, and hip area.  I  am also using my Deep Tissue Warming Balm on injured areas and it is working great. 

Singing, it moves my jaw around, unplugs my ears and makes my heart happy.

Massage to the face to heal  nerve damage.  I am using my own wild crafted St. Johns Wort Oil, my Self Heal Salve and my Doctors comfrey gel.

I have post traumatic stress syndrome.   I did not realize it (well I kind of new) until someone bumped into me with a grocery cart yesterday and I freaked out.... I laugh at it now.  We are adding an herb formula called  Adernal Support Formula.

My biggest struggle is, it is that time of year that I need to be prepping  and repairing things on our farm.  But I can not do it.  This is really hard for me.   I have to heal first. If I do not listen I could create more damage to my body.  I have been known to not listen....   But I have to listen this time.  

I have walked up the mountain a few times.  I have already  led the horses up the mountain.  I will need to work on some emotional fears that I am having.  This means getting back on the horse, so to speak, up the mountain with the horses more and more.   I choose courage over fear.... 

I did sneak in about two sets of 15 push-ups.  I was really sore... 

My advice below is HARD-CORE.  For most it will feel like to much.  I have had at least 15 years to get this way.  Take this list and start with a few, make a habit and add another few.  But remember this, this list is easy compared to walking around in pain, being depressed or having constant fatigue.  This list is easy compared to getting your gallbladder taken out, heart surgery, taking expensive pharmaceuticals that have side effects, losing a loved one to a preventable disease or dealing with an un-balanced child or teenager due to lack of nutrients.    All diseases are preventable. Take for example gallbladder removal.  People loose their gallbladders do to bad diets.

When scrolling down, instead of feeling overwhelmed, ask yourself what can you change in your life to be the healthiest you have ever been.  This is possible no matter what your age is. 

The advice I have to all, take care of your bodies, take care of your health, take care of your fitness.  Eat organic food, organic veggies, clean sources  of meat that are GMO free.  Eat GMO Free foods.  Stay away from junk food even organic junk food.  

Don't put soda in your body ever, don't eat artificial colors ever, hydrogenated oil and toxic preservatives ever.  Just cut that toxic crap out of your life.  It does nothing but create disease, weakness and depression.  

Support a local organic CSA.  Add herbal knowledge to you life.   Exercise daily.  Add nature hikes to your life, add creativity to your life,  add love to your life, add kindness to your life, add getting more sleep to your life, add meditation to your life, add kung fu forms to your life.  

Get rid of hand sanitizes, petroleum based soaps and cleaners, nail polish,  perfume, cologne, toxic deodorant, febreeze, synthetic scented candles, toxic air freshener, dyer sheets etc... 

Get rid of video games, they destroy your health

Only pull your cell phone out for important things.  Stop staring at it so much, it WILL take away your intuition.   

Get rid of the addiction of TV.  Those TV series are toxic to your mind and body.  

Music.  If you listen to Techno and Dubstep, you are creating dis-harmony to your body.  

This is what keeps you and your family  healthy.  This is what will help you in the event of an emergency.  Your recovery and emotional state will be able to heal faster...

Pictures of progress.  I know when I think back to what happened it sends shutters through my body.  But at the same time, I am healing so well it is hard to believe it even happened.  

December 28th,  2013

A few days after.

January 13th 2014

January 14th 2014, My son Brandon is moving  to San Diego. I am excited for his new adventures in life.    My lips  are not ready to smile yet.  I am trying to learn how to smile with my eyes... :)  

Our First Week: We have been working10 to 12 hour days since March.  All that hard work paid off for a wonderful first start.  I am grateful for the abundance. 

Week One Product:  Nettle, comfrey, calendula, garlic scallions, mustard greens,  salad, arugula, basil, radishes, carrots, spinach, herbs, evergreens,  kale and collard greens. 

Nettle:

Nettle Pesto

Makes: 1 generous cup

1/2 pound nettles
4 large garlic cloves, smashed or garlic scallions
1/2  teaspoon sea salt
Freshly ground pepper
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 1/4 cups extra virgin olive oil
1/3 cup grated raw organic cheese

Bring a large pot of salted water to a simmer for the nettles. Add the nettles directly from their bag and cook, stirring continuously, for 2 minutes. (This denatures their sting.) Dump into a colander to drain. When the nettles are cool enough to handle, wrap them in a clean dishtowel and wring out as much moisture as possible, like you would for spinach. You’ll have about a cup of cooked, squished nettles.

In the food processor fitted with the paddle attachment, whirl the garlic, salt, and pepper to taste until finely chopped. Add the nettles, breaking them up as you drop them in, and the lemon juice and whirl until finely chopped. With the machine running, add the oil in a slow, steady stream, and process until smooth. Add the cheese, pulse briefly, and season to taste with additional salt, pepper, or lemon juice.

http://mcminnvillehealthdefense.ning.com/profiles/blogs/spring-time-super-tonic-food-nettle

More Nettle Recipes: 

http://www.thekitchn.com/stinging-nettles-8-recipes-for-145582

Comfrey: Comfrey Infused Grapeseed Oil/Olive oil is  used in  salves, creams and lotion recipes.  I like to apply the salve to acne scars and inflamed skin rashes.  You can also just use it as an infused oil.  The magic of Comfrey is from the active component contained in the leaf and root called allantoin which helps to boost the production of new skin cells.  In fact it works so fast that you should NEVER use it on open wounds, dirty wounds or broken skin.  You should only apply it to areas that have already scabbed over.

A Recipe for Infused Comfrey Oil:

You will need:

• A clean, dry jar
• Cut and dried Comfrey leaves
• An oil of your choice, enough to fill the jar.
• A spoon
• A square of thin cotton material, or a sieve.
• A clean, dry, glass bottle.

Carrier oil: The oil can be chosen to suit your needs:
Pure sunflower oil is cheap, cheerful and perfectly good; olive oil is a little more luxurious and my favourite for medicinal purposes; other possibilities include sesame, jojoba, avocado, hemp seed, almond and many others.

Method:

• Fill a third of the jar with Comfrey leaves.
• Fill the jar to the top with a carrier oil.
• Using a clean spoon press the Comfrey leaves down to ensure that there are no air bubbles.
• Put the lid onto the jar and leave in a warm, sunny window for at least one week and no more than two weeks.
• Strain the mixture and pour into the glass bottle.
• Store in a cool, dry place.

This oil can be used to hasten the healing of abrasions, bruises and sore muscles.
It must NOT be used on deep cuts as it is capable of healing the skin’s surface so quickly that the deeper part of the wound could fester.

http://www.freshpickedbeauty.com/2012/01/comfrey-infused-oil.html

http://www.thekitchn.com/stinging-nettles-8-recipes-for-145582

Calendula Tea: 

The simplest use of calendula flowers - it's just weld Calendula as tea.
Pour one cup of boiling water over 2 tablespoons of fresh calendula flowers OR one to two teaspoons of dried calendula petals. Steep for ten minutes, then strain. By drinking two to three cups daily there will be a great improvement in blood circulation.

To help in the healing of skin wounds:
Soak a compress in Calendula Tea, and apply to the wound for 30 minutes twice daily.

Calendula can also be used to treat sore throat. Gargle with warm tea several times a day. This will help relieve the inflammation caused from the common cold.

Other Calendula ideas:

http://blog.esgreen.com/2010/04/marigold-flower-tea.html

http://mountainroseblog.com/healing-calendula/

Evergreen Tea: 

½ cup of pine needles (or other needles from fir or spruce trees)

Crush the needles slighly & add to a pot of boiling water (3-4 cups). Simmer for 15-20 mins, or simply steep the needles in not yet boiling water.

You can add a spoon of honey or other liquid sweetener (maple syrup, agave, etc), as well as herbs such as rosemary or green tea, to this wonderfully aromatic brew.

Left over tea can be added to a bath, poured over the stones in a sauna, or used as a rinse for the hair to combat dandruff!

Evergreen Tea: 

Other ideas for evergreens: 

http://mcminnvillehealthdefense.ning.com/profiles/blogs/evergreen-healing

Evergreen Infused Olive Oil.   Infuse for 6 weeks, strain and drizzle on meat, rice, bread etc. 

Arugula  And Spinach Stir Fry: 

Spinach  arugula, coarsely chopped.

Garlic scallions chopped

Basil chopped

Balsamic vinegar

A few dashes of coconut aminos or organic Brags liquid aminos 

Link to coconut aminos:http://www.coconutsecret.com/aminos2.html

Heat pan with oil of choice: 

Add chopped garlic scallions, cook until tender

Add arugula and spinach, sauteing for about one minute

Add chopped basil, sauteing for about a minute

Add 4 Tablespoons balsamic vinegar and then steam it down for another minute or two

Add coconut aminos or Brags

Optional:   add some organic cooked and chopped turkey bacon, or organic beef sausage

Serve with couscous, quinoa, or any one of your favorite starches!

Mustard Green Stir Fry or use your wild greens: 

http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/mustard_greens/

Make sure you use organic broth

http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2009/07/balsamic-glazed-chickpeas-and-mustard.html

I would take out the soy sauce and use organic Brags or use coconut liquid aminos

Thank you Mountain Mama Members for your awesome support.  If you have any questions please e-mail me.