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Celery and Kale Soup
Flavor and nutrition galore are packed into this wonderful soup featuring crisp celery and chopped baby kale. Prepare with or without chicken, using vegetable or chicken broth. Serve with a hearty, crusty bread for dipping your favorite breadstick. Great for lunch,...
Support for Natural Detox with Andrographis
While fasting, the body has the opportunity to flush out toxins that it may have been sluggishly trying to move out through respiration, excretion, sweating and other innate physiological processes. This can temporarily increase activity on the organs of...
Fasting: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times
Have you wondered what's behind all the renewed scientific interest in fasting? It may surprise you to learn that fasting is thought to be among one of the oldest therapeutic methods. From the ancient to the modern yogis, from Plato and Socrates to Hippocrates,...
Honeysuckle: Herbal Support for Mind, Body & Spirit
A practice as old as time… sending, sharing, and cooking with specific flowers to express a sentiment, be it hope, sorrow, peace, joy, or love. Known as floriography, flowers have long been used to reveal sentiments of love and affection, and, if arranged in a certain...
Strengthening Family Bonds by Aligning Core Values
Looking back across time, in the decades and centuries that have come before us, we realize that families have always strived to function as a unit according to core values, spoken and unspoken. There were rules and expectations for parents and children alike. There...
Family Pizza Party!
Cooking together as a family with this wonderful recipe will have you laughing and having fun in no time. Making pizza from scratch is a fun experience and these tips can make this activity rewarding and memorable for everyone involved: Create a space like the kitchen...
Enjoy the Benefits of Cooking as a Family
Families that cook together laugh together. And learn together. And discover one another in new ways. In addition to learning about measurement, weight, and the chemistry of cooking, family members reap social and emotional health benefits when everyone is involved in...
Astragalus Root for Strengthening Immunity
Centuries of Traditional Chinese Medicine and European botanical medicine have documented Astragalus root (Astragalus Membranaceus) as a tonic to support the health of the spleen and the immune system, helping the body build resistance to illness. Today, researchers...
The Secrets to Building Your “Immunity Superpower”
It's likely we all know someone who seems to have "superhuman" health. While we mortals battle seasonal allergies, colds, flu, stomach bugs and whatever else is making the rounds at schools and workplaces, these immunity superheroes go on working and playing or, if...