Striving 4 Zen, Healthy Living in a Toxic World

If you’re not going to make your own, these are simply the BEST dressings you can buy!!!

As an aside,
Q: What made the tomato blush?

A: He saw the salad with NO DRESSING!!!! 🤪😂

But seriously, these dressings will make you want to eat salads!!! 🤌🏼

Mother Raw

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Every meal you serve you child, is like a war.

“In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy it is not so good.

Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.”

~Sun Tzu

If you’ve followed my work or read my book, you’ll know that food is the foundation of healthy teeth. When I see dental disease in kid’s mouths, my first thoughts go to food.

But while parents may be aware of this, how on earth do they apply this in the real world?

I see many parents who confess the struggle they have feeding their children. There’s an air of guilt in the air, but there really shouldn’t be.

Firstly, feeding kids today is incredibly difficult, so more importantly, how do we give strategies to help parent’s out?

The thing I’ve learnt about raising kids, is you have to stick to your principles. Know and understand that every meal is speaking to a child’s body right to its deepest and most fundamental aspect which is their genes.

If we consider every meal an opportunity to fuel our child’s genes, then it narrows down the type of foods that are important to allow your child to be healthy.

So, your strategy is to get your children to eat as much nutrient dense (animal based) foods, as possible. For me, I don’t feed grains, cereal, fruit, or any packaged foods to the kids, because they take an opportunity away for my kids to eat something that will truly nourish them.

Then as we hit the battlefield-

Tactical high grounds: make it enjoyable, involve your child in meal-time preparation so that they feel connected to the food that is on their plate.

Hunger Games: You need to use hunger to your advantage. Day time snacking in my books is a big barrier to a successful mealtime because kids won’t be interested. Cut all snacks to an absolute minimum.

Watch out for spies: anything packaged or marketed to kids should really be thrown away. It’s not food, it’s refined carbohydrates, sugars, and vegetable oils that trick a child into thinking it’s actually food.

You are the general: that means that what you say goes. Children will be highly insistent when it comes to things they desire, if it’s not something they should eat, say no, and stick to it. Your morning/afternoon will be ruined, but the next time, they won’t spend so much energy insisting and you’ll be closer to winning the next battle.

Anyone wish to share any tips and strategies to feeding their kids?

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As many are currently having SUNDAY BRUNCH 🍳 ....

I thought it’d be fun to consider CHICKEN 🐓 vs DUCK EGGS 🦆 bc that’s my idea of fun 🥳 and also bc we finally found DUCK EGGS at the farmers market yesterday!! 🤸🏼‍♂️🤸🏼‍♂️🤸🏼‍♀️

Here’s a quick peak 👇🏼 join the group for more 🙌🏼

https://www.facebook.com/groups/177158274607203/

Whether you’re , or you’re just avoiding empty, inflammatory foods, these CASSAVA pastas are a great swap for your regular noodles of choice ✅

Over in the group Striving 4 Zen, Healthy Living in a Toxic World (https://www.facebook.com/groups/177158274607203/ ), I’m sharing some more faves from our household from to wraps, to rolls and ✅

Would love to hear some of your grain-free or gluten-free swaps 👂🏼! 👇🏼👇🏼

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Did you know that you can check your local water quality online?
link in the comments👇🏼

Just say NO 🙅🏻‍♀️

(esp #3!!)

The GRATITUDE CHALLENGE is starting today!

PRIZES and GIVEAWAYS!
❤️👇🏼 if you want in!

What’s for breakfast?

I just posted this new Simple Mills all ORGANIC pancake and waffle mix!

Where there is demand, there is supply!!

We DEMAND!! 😎

They use chestnut flour in this mix and that reminded me of the CAULIFLOWER FLOUR I bought the other day!!

I’m just loving all the innovation in the *healthy* space!!

We love these SKOUT ORGANIC bars 😍

They come in SO MANY different flavors and make a great !

My oldest loves the FRENCH TOAST variety. INGREDIENTS: all -> dates, coconut milk powder, maple syrup, sunflower seed protein, cocoa butter, vanilla extract, cinnamon

If you want to get them for 20% off, click here 👉🏼 https://prz.io/J0DVbBYC8

Another favorite HEALTHIER candy choice of ours is HEAVENLY ORGANICS

It has just 2 (two!!) ingredients HONEY + CHOCOLATE!! And no funny business!!

You can’t go wrong 👌🏼👌🏼

When does “just a little” become too much?

H A L L O W E E N 🎃

I actually don’t hate this holiday 👻 but yes, I do hate all the ridiculous candy 🍭 🍬🍫 that goes along with it...

It’s totally unnecessary 🙅🏻‍♀️🙅🏻🙅🏼‍♂️

But fear not!! There are better alternatives ✅

You can let your kid trick or treat, have fun and then, let them trade you all of their “science experiments” (that’s what we call candy 🍭 🤣 bc theyre just to play with 🍬) for a healthier alternative ✅✅

I will share some healthier alternatives in the next few posts 📝

First, I’ll start with LOLLIPOPS 🍭!!

Option A 👇🏼 is better than B and they’re still not health foods but for a rare treat, they’re ok in my book 📖 👍🏼

I’ll put the links in the comments below 👇🏼

Please share if you’ve found anything better!!!

When they tell you to wear {toxic} sunscreen

When they tell you to wear sunglasses 🕶 

When they tell you to cover up between 10am-2pm

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Run the other way!! 🏃🏻‍♀️

Whipped up these super easy BANANA BREAD BLONDIES 🍌

🍌 gluten-free
🍌 grain-free
🍌 plantbased
🍌 refined sugarfree
🍌 nut-free

Dates + {sprouted} Almond Butter make a wonderfully satisfying and healthy snack 😋

If you see these little cuties - buy them!! Kiwi berries aka baby kiwis 🥝 pack a big Vitamin C punch and taste a bit like bubble gum!! In season now!!

Many today have allergic reactions to eggs, while many others are so, they’re automatically excluded from so many yummy baked recipes.

For my family, I prefer not to bake with eggs because I don’t believe it’s the best way to consume .

This 👇🏼 is a great list of ways to replace eggs in your baked recipes!

Fabulous info if you’re just introducing food to your littles or trying to get into more wholesome eating habits!

Check out the Table of Contents:

Fat is Still Where it’s at
Making Fat Practical
Foods to Introduce After Age One
Foods to Offer With Caution for Allergy Protection
Be a Food Detective

Foods to Tantalize Toddlers and Preschoolers - The Weston A. Price Foundation A Growing Wise Kids Column Now that your baby isn’t so little anymore, how does mealtime change? Although the core nutritional Weston A. Price principles remain the same, […]

Do you like sushi? 🍣

I do.

But I rarely eat raw fish anymore. Farmed fish is bad news BUT this post is actually about the soy sauce and why we want to avoid Soy Sauce - even organic!

They say organic inherently means non-GMO, but the chance of finding non-GMO soy is little to none. Plus the phytoestrogens in soy and did you know soy sauce contains gluten??

Substitute with healthier options like organic coconut aminos or even tamari.

In a battle between the and the blender, guess who wins?

As much a si love my Vitamix, the instant pot wins INSTANTLY bc it has a glass pitcher!

Every time I use my Vitamix (at least twice a day), it kills me that it’s plastic! I think it’s finally time to do something about it!

https://www.thekitchn.com/instant-pot-blender-vitamix-review-266004

We Pitted the $99 Instant Pot Blender Against the Vitamix — Guess Which One We Liked Better Guess which one we liked better?

I love the Weston A Price philosophy on food. And on their list of first foods for baby, you will NOT see rice cereal 🚫 but you will see egg yolks!

Baby’s First Foods – When and What?! What has proven to be one of the most controversial issues within our Nourishing Our Children community is the recommendation that children be introduced to solids by 6 months, and for some mature …

Who doesn’t love a Farmers Market?

Here’s a bunch that are still open this summer:

https://arizonacommunityfarmersmarkets.com

Welcome to Arizona Community Farmers Markets! Farmers Markets & Specialty Markets in the Greater Phoenix Area

Show of hands 👋🏼
Who here knows what G H E E is?

I’m working with a client on her journey 👶🏼 and when I mentioned she had no idea what I was talking about 🤷🏻‍♀️ so it occurred to me, maybe it’s not that common of a food 🤔?

It really should be.

I use ghee almost daily in cooking, I’m sorry if I’m offending any but the high smoke point, nutrient density and flavor profile of GHEE make it a favorite of mine when cooking or roasting veggies.

🧈 Essentially, ghee is clarified 🧈 a healthy FAT 🧈 made by simmering butter bringing out its nutty flavor, skimming off any impurities plus removing the milk solids, thereby removing the and 🙅🏻‍♀️ (many people sensitive to dairy 🥛 actually have no problem with GHEE bc of this).

🧈 It’s full of fat-soluble vitamins like and all challenging to find in an all 🌱

🧈 GHEE is also full of CONJUGATED LINOLEIC ACID / CLA : a fatty acid helpful in reducing body-fat lowering inflammation, preventing cancer and even lowering blood-pressure.

🧈 Full of butyrate (butyric acid), ghee is great for especially for those suffering from and ulcerative colitis - it promotes a or healthy 🦠.

🧈 The high VITAMIN K in ghee is hard to find in other foods but essential to our health - from our bones 🦴 to our heart ❤️ and brains 🧠.

🧈 I love cooking with it bc it has a high smoke point💨 unlike other oils that turn rancid when heated🔥.

If you are not I highly recommend trying GHEE - you want to source it from a pastured grassfed cow 🐮

I buy Ancient Organics when I can’t source it directly from a local farm 🐄, they understand the quality, ritual and ancient wisdom behind ghee and it makes it all the more AUTHENTIC 👌🏼, plus it tastes phenomenal 🤙🏼.

It’s good for your health, your GUT and your TASTE BUDS, why wouldn’t you?? 🤷🏻‍♀️

B R E A T H E

How many times a day do you take the time to just breathe - inhale, exhale - stay present and focused on your breath?

Breathwork is one of the best, cheapest, easiest and most effective tools we have to relieve S T R E S S 💆🏻‍♀️

Box breathing is a really simple method of breathing that will help you focus, calm and you know, take it down a notch 😎

Here’s how 👇🏼