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The Birth of Naturally Free; My Handcrafted Spice Blend Business
If I would have told my younger self that I would have opened up a handcrafted organic spice business from scratch, I would laugh at you. First of all, 6 years ago I had no idea there were things to be concerned about regarding our food supply, let alone think I… Read More
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DIY Essential Oil Roll-On Blends + An Uplifting Perfume Blend
I have never been one to like perfume or anything artificially smelly. They make me feel like I am suffocating and I quickly need fresh air to survive. I also can't stand breathing stagnant air like when I'm under covers or intercepting someone else's hot breath -- even if it's my husbands.… Read More
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Creamy Dairy-Free Chocolate Mousse
You know that I know all about guilty pleasures. It's pretty clear that good things are created from guilty pleasures because my iced maple chai tea latte evolved from one. And, since we're on the topic of guilty pleasures, I thought I'd share another guilty pleasure of mine: chocolate mousse.… Read More
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Tip: How to Tell When Your Chicken Will Start Laying Eggs (Video)
Waiting for your first egg is like waiting for your baby to come but the difference is that you don’t really have a due date to go by, just a due “month(s).” Your labor consists of the months leading up to that first egg, where you go out each day and care for your chickens as…
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My Naturally Minded Travel Essentials: Real Food + Personal Care
There’s not much I obsess over when it comes to traveling but I do like to be prepared with a few naturally minded travel essentials because 1) I am no means a food snob but I will absolutely not be stopping at Burger King to eat a quick meal and 2) It’s always good to be prepared…
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Why I Don’t Use Vegetable Oil For Cooking + What I Use Instead
Psstt.. every Wednesday I write a post called “Why I” and last week I wrote one on Why I Don’t Use a Night Light in my Kids Room — just in case you missed it. In my orthorexic days, when I first learned of the crazy crap in our food, I obsessed about every little thing. I…
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Why I Don’t Have a Night Light in My Kid’s Room + What I Use in the Hallway Instead
Psstt.. every Wednesday I write a post called “Why I” and last week I wrote one on Why I Don’t Refrigerate my Backyard Eggs — just in case you missed it. Have you ever been sucked into the rabbit hole of natural living? First you learn of animals being raised in cages, then of GMOs, then of…
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Turn Mish-Mashed Bags of Frozen Fruit into Usable Easy Smoothie Packs!
What happens when you’re expecting 20lbs of delicious grass-fed beef delivered to your door from Home Grown Cow and you only have one freezer that is currently full of stuff? For me, I went through my freezer, threw out some things that have been sitting in there for way too long and found that I had an…
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