Blog Search for: Grains and legumes made easy I think sometimes we don’t make brown rice, split peas, lentils, or other wonderful whole-grain or legume dishes, only because we get home from work and don’t want to wait… Always Use an Antibiotic for Strep and Ear Infections, Right? With winter coming up, I know many of you have kids who get strep or ear infections or any number of other illnesses we have come to think of as… Birthday ideas… Email from a reader: My son is turning two in just a couple weeks. We have moved to the whole foods lifestyle as a family now. I have no… should you cut skin off fruits and vegetables? My sons Kincade and Tennyson hate peaches because of their fuzzy skin. I tell them they’re crazy, because inside the fuzzy skin is one of the most fabulous foods on… Gluten Free Live Granola & Breakfast Jason, a 12 Steps to Whole Foods reader, shared the following recipes with us. They’re mostly raw, gluten free, and full of sprouted nutrition. He writes: When I first got the… raw food diet versus alkaline diet I was having this conversation on Facebook today with a reader, and since I’m sure not all of you are my facebook friends or check in there regularly, I thought… Preserving raw foods, two ways to make living the lifestyle CHEAP! If you’ve read my books, you know that I promote ways of making a whole-foods, high-raw, plant-based diet very affordable, especially the #1 and #2 highest-impact methods: Plant a garden… Raw Food: try this Rainbow Salad (way to use your zucchini and squash) Here’s a fun way (from Ch. 5 of 12 Steps) to use the zucchini coming out of your garden (or your neighbor’s). Thought I’d share it with you since… So you’re trying to get kids to eat right! You’re raising kids (or maybe helping with your grandkids)? You and me both, my friend! I’m raising four—two boys and two girls. They all have different personalities, interests, and temperaments…. can you drink too much? (GS that is) Q:Dear GreenSmoothieGirl: can you drink too much green smoothie?What time of day should I drink it? A:I never have had “too much,” even when I want to “cleanse” a bit… School Snacks From Email: With school starting soon I am feeling lost on what I can buy for treats to take and share with my children’s school classes. Our state requires… Raw Foods and “Funny” Stomachs Dear Robin, I have a few health related questions I wanted to ask you regarding starting a raw food diet. I consider myself a beginner raw fooder, I have taught…