Day 5 of Challenge

This shit is hard! Ok so  I thought I could aimlessly walk into a nice vegan and raw diet....slam...wrong!

 So Day 3 was alright until at the end of dinner, I got a horrid gas cramp in my tummy, spent about 30 min on the toilet massaging labor like gas pains. Bad pain, fatigue, gas, headache...arg! So the next day (day 4) I went to have a colonic. That was great. I went to Kai Bravo, you have to go to her! See the resources page to find her info. We discovered I have much yeast! She also said to not go totally raw yet...Which we are not going to for more than here and there. She said to do more of a yeast free diet, less fruit, more water, less kale and brasicas due to my thyroid issue. So I already pretty much knew this and so am now backing down on the raw part of the raw/vegan challenge due to Kai's recommendation. She said usually people need to wade in with more trepidation that we had. Go slow, go easy. Well basically we did I thought, the last 3 months doing a lot of veggies, green drinks etc. were a challenge in and of itself. Then we went grain free almost 80%, aside from rice in sushi here and there. So this next step took us to more straight raw veggies, lots of nuts and more dedicated green drinks. We cut out animal protein as well. This did not seem like a big difference to me, but my gut thinks otherwise. Jamie had a colonic, feeling wiped out and achy. He has also been bumping up his lymes herbs and things, so that can be part of this. His stomach is a bit crampy and gassy. He has also had a low grade headache and feeling dizzy also. Hard to say what the symptoms are from, lymes meds or food changes.

 So we backed down, yesterday was a mild raw day, cooked dinner of green beans, mushrooms and garlic saute'd w olive oil and salt, steamed yams, and a salad. Simple yet super good. Felt fine last night, and today am feeling way better. We started with a nice green drink and a bit of fruit. A leftovers lunch and a smoothie.

So the lesson here....do things slower.

I have to cut down on fruit and go yeast free. This is gonna be real hard. So, next level of awareness brings the next level of challenges.

New Green Drink
red leaf lettuce (5 leaves)
pear
mango juice
apple and celery
hemp powder
ice and water

A bit bitter but refreshing.

Day 3 of challenge

Yesterday was day #1 we went to see "May I Be Frank" all I have to say is ...funny, re-inspiring, amazing and transformative! See it! We had an amazing vegan potluck, which had some really good recipes in it. Soon to come....

Today is Day #2
So far today we have eaten-
Jasmine green tea
Morning shake-
kale, blueberries, raspberries, banana, pineapple juice, celery, flax, probiotics, ice

Lunch-
Large salad w/ strawberries, soaked/sprouted almonds, cucumber and cabbage...simple is so good.

Mid day treat-
shake w/ almond milk, coconut, banana, cacao nibs, ice.....mmmmmmmmmm!

Dinner-
Fotatoes- cauliflower steamed w onions and garlic blended w olive oil and salt in cuisinart!
Stir Fry- napa cabbage, shitakes, bell peppers, zuchini, onion and garlic w/ sesame oil and salt.

Snack-plantain baked in oven

Thats it besides water and various other liquids and supplements. I felt quite tired in the night.

Day #3
I am hungry...trying to find new sources of protein.

Breakfast-
Chiah had papaya and a banana in addition to-
Jasmine green tea
Morning shake- kale, celery, apple, banana, flax meal, hemp meal, probiotics, pineapple juice.
Jamie had not breakfast due to colonic...at 8:45am

Lunch-
Collard greens, w/ sprouted quinoa, coconut oil, garlic, ginger sauce

Beet salad w/ carrots, beets, cabbage and guacamole on top. Sprouts and sprouted quinoa as well, little lemon juice too!

Hazelnut crackers to dip in the guacamole.

Coconut water

Dinner is a repeat of lunch but with black beans, and cactus salsa (cilantro, cactus, tomatoes, jalapeno, onions, salt, lemon, vinegar)

So far I am a bit extra hungry, slight stomach discomfort today. I feel jittery and energized today. Jamie said he is tired and seems low energy, but sometimes a colonic can wipe you out. So we are doing pretty good, feeling fresh!

1 Week Challenge

Ok, So we decided to do a 1 week food challenge starting today. We will being doing a refined vegan diet for one whole week. This means.....only veggies, fruit, oils (coconut, olive, flax, sesame), seeds (flax, hemp, sesame, sunflower, poppy and pumpkin) and nuts (almonds, coconuts, hazelnuts). Yep thats it. I may do an egg or two here and there if I feel shocked by this system of eating. Basically this is called the "Sunfood Diet" by David Wolfe. Check out his book The Sunfood Diet Success System. It a huge book mixed with the system of eating he proposes along with spiritual advice and nutrition facts. I actually really enjoyed it and found mucho helpful facts and interesting tidbits. We will do a lot of green drinks, a lot of raw foods, and a lot of soaked, sprouted seeds and nuts. We wont do 100% raw, although the Sunfood Diet is a raw diet. We will probably do a few soups and sauteed veggie dishes.

Off to make my second batch of my new favorite drink today-
1 apple
2 celery stalks
1 branch of parsley
3 leaves of kale
ice
pineapple juice
water

mmmmmmm.....so refreshing!

So join us if you dare! 1 week....could be life changing!

Spring? Will it ever come?

I am sick....very sick. Arg! It is snowing...slush really....and raining....off and on. The gloomy weather is kinda getting to me...trying to think of it with a different view. It is beautiful, we need the water, we are happy to be semi-hibernating still. There's more time to plant the garden later, there will be more time to plan it, more time to do that when the sun comes out to play for longer. Nature works in funny ways sometimes.

Literally snowflakes the size of half dollars are coming down right now! Wow!

There are daffodils that have bloomed, the clematis showed me the first signs of spring weeks ago, but still every plant in the garden except the grass is still hiding. I am thinking of what to focus on this year in the garden. I am going to actually move my garden this year into my front yard. The perennial herbs will stay where they are for the most part, but I would love to see the changes out my kitchen window this year. That will be new.

I planted about 16 zucchini plants, four varieties last year. We bowled with them, literally, at a party. We set up a runway and smashed them to smithereens. They got huge, and we had to find new ways to use them. There is only so many ways to eat them. Every year there is one thing I over do it on, zuchini usually. Some years it is tomatoes or tomatillos. In planning this year with the goal of doing way more food storage than ever I am going to over plant on purpose. I will can, dry and give away the excess. This is more efficient anyways. Since I have the space, the water (thankfully!) and the energy to grow extra for those friends in the city or with no gardening experience. This is my way of building community and sharing my talents. We love salsa, we eat spicy canned green beans, we will eat tomatoes in soups all year round. So the thoughts begin about resources, sharing them with neighbors....

One year my neighbor called asking if I wanted to can tomatillo salsa with her. I had plenty of onions and chili peppers, and she had 10 gallons of tomatillos... so we made a huge batch. We had each enough salsa for our families for one whole year. I savored every bite of that delicious blend...remembering the things I leaned from her. An elder Mexican mother of 3 who loves to cook, she showed me some tricks and  told me many stories. What a great day. This is a fun way to make food for long term storage that is connective and shares resources.

So in this extended winter I dream of canning blackberry jelly in the heat of the summer, and making salsa in the fall. I sit and plan the outings with friends to pick fruit and dry it, to gather and share recipes.

The snow is sticking as of now....I have never seen such big flakes! Mother nature is amazing!

Lessons

My little one True has a real need for proper hellos and goodbyes. He is teaching us to be patient and to thank and aknowlege everyone these days. He is teaching us to slow down to be aware to be present with each person we come in contact with. I have to look back at his birth to connect the dots.....he came in  about as gently as it gets, sleeping and a short birth at home in water, no trauma, just peaceful. He came in happy, still and present. He was quite aware, more than most babies I have witnessed being born. He is trusting and so loving...no reason to fear.

He had the opposite experience as my eldest River. Pushed, blasted by trauma, cutting, oxygen, blam...baby! This has lent to a bit more of a rough edge- a sarcastic take on the world, a bit less trusting. A skeptic on the situation. Also a good quality....teaching us to have a watchful eye, a sense of danger or protection.

But back to True for now. He was peaceful up until about a few months ago when the "terrible threes" hit. So things are bit more exaggerated lately. He likes to be prepared for changes, he wants to know when things are going to begin or end or change. He likes to have fair warning and completion. He has his own rhythms and little idiosyncrasies that blow me away sometimes. He wants to say hello to people and is very genuine and talkative. He needs a proper goodbye, an ending that feels complete to him. I like this, though sometimes it tries my patience, or gets a bit obsessive. It has escalated to the point where we get in the car after leaving someones house and it dawns on him that he did not give someone the fifth hug, or another kiss on the lips (a must) and we have to turn around and go back retrace our steps and do it all again. This happens often enough that I wonder....how is he so much like this and most other people in the world could give a fuck? We leave parties, family events, to go to school or work and barely say "Se ya." I think he has a good point. He creates ritual out of everything, even lining his toys up in uniform rows, or organizing by color. Ok, a bit OCD, well like mother like son I guess here...but still, I have a lot to learn from him. He prides himself in completion and satisfaction of the moment, he is aware of everyone and gets sad if they did not get equal love. Sweet really and a lesson to us all...Spend that extra second to give another hug, to say "good bye and I love you". Because really you never know....earthquakes, tsunamis, aliens.....really we could be swept up at any moment.

I love how lately he has been getting into this little mantra about who he loves....he begins with the ones closest- the parents, the brother, the friends, the grandparents. Then he moves out to teachers, classmates and their parents and his animals, and places and things. So innocent and happy about it, always offering it up to people always wanting to tell you when his heart sings for someone. This also gives me hope and helps me try harder....

I love how every time I have a thought about the ways things ought to be, or how they need improvement or what I would like to do better at.....it is just right in front of me...saying "Wakeup!" "Slowdown!"

Recipes of the day

Many people love my cooking (not bragging...really). This was not always true though. There was a time when I made bad food often. Jamie used to be a prep chef in Santa Cruz and has taught me a lot about sauces, and things. I have got many recipes from my mother over the years, and am pretty comfortable with the kitchen these days. So in light of the recent diet changes I will share with you a few of my favorite old recipes first. They are in spirit with or new updated diet, so they are still on the good food list. Also I have added a couple new things and an experimental salad dressing. We have both got our poop tested (sorry before reading recipes...but it is necessary) to find out what we are lacking or overabundant in flora wise, yeast wise and parasite wise. It also tells you how well yo are digesting things. So for me I have a bit of yeast overgrowth and I am deficient in bifidus. Otherwise I am pretty good. Jamie had a similar result. So we are trying to be conscious about eating for a yeast free diet, and alkaline foods. So, some things like orange juice, vinegar, sugar, wheat, dairy, meats, certain nuts and seeds are out. So you may need to adapt accordingly. One thing my doctor said is that a lot of people like to take flora supplements thinking they are helping their gut. But if you don't get a test done to find out what you have or don't then you can actually damage your flora balance by adding to much of one that inhibits growth of others, etc. So best to get tested.

Asian Cabbage Salad
This is Jamie's favorite, we literally can polish off a whole large salad bowl in one meal.

1/2 head of red cabbage thinly sliced
1/2 head green cabbage thinly sliced
1 cucumber thinly cut into rounds and then 1/4's
1-2 carrots cut into rounds and then 1/2's
1 large bell pepper (I like a red one for the color variety)
1/2 bunch of cilantro minced
1/2 cup roasted, salted peanuts
1 small orange juiced
1/4 cup sesame oil
1/4 cup white wine vinegar or rice wine vinegar
1/4 cup asian dressing (I get annie's asian dressing)

Put all ingredients in large bowl except peanuts. Drizzle over it the sesame oil, orange juice, dressing and vinegar. I don't put peanuts on until last because they will get soggy, if you think you will have left overs then just put them on when you dish up. 

Linda G's Coconut Milk Tapioca
this recipe was gleaned form a neighbor and I had to add amounts because she gave me the general recipe and I had to experiment a bit to get it right.

2 c. water

6-8 Tbsp. small Tapioca pearls
3 Tbsp. sugar or agave
tiny pinch of salt
3/4 c. coconut milk

1 tsp. vanilla

In a saucepan, bring the water to a boil, and add the tapioca pearls. Turn the heat down to medium-low and allow the tapioca to simmer for 17 minutes. Periodically stir with a whisk or fork to prevent the balls from sticking to one another. Take it off the flame when tapioca pearls are still slightly white in the center.In a seperate bowl, whisk the sugar, salt, and coconut milk. At the end of 17 minutes, whisk the coconut mixture into the tapioca. Once it has returned to a simmer, allow it to continue cooking for 5 more minutes. Add vanilla. Stir and chill.

Eggless Caesar Salad Dressing with Meyer Lemon
(Serves 2 – 4) This was an experiment, and you can not use the yeast flakes if you have a yeast issue....It is really good, and you wont know the difference if you like caesar dressing with eggs and anchovies.

• 1 tablespoon eggless Mayo
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1/2 teaspoon Dijon Mustard
• 1/2 Meyer lemon, juiced
• 1 big pinch of brewers yeast
• Pinch of salt
• 1/4- 1/2 cup olive oil
• Pepper to taste

Asia's Raw Kale Salad

Two bundles of dino kale

1/2 lemon juiced

handful of sea palm seaweed. cut up a bit

tamari to taste

olive oil or flax oil

Cut kale up very finely. Put in bowl with seaweed, add lemon juice, splash of tamari, drizzle oil over let sit for an hour stirring every once in a while. The idea is to let it soak up the juices and oils enough that the kale gets a smidge soft. This is really yummy as a side dish or a green energy boost for lunch. High iron, calcium and yum. One variation is to chop almonds and add them to the top as a garnish.

Our Breakfast

Poach or fry 2 eggs each person in one pan, then saute the greens in one pan or do it in the same pan one after the other, the greens literally take 2 minutes...so if you are lazy then use 1 pan, saves dishes.

Chop one head of dino kale

chop 1/2 an onion

1-2 cloves of garlic

Olive oil

Chop ingredients up while eggs are frying/poaching. Saute garlic and onions for a minute on high heat if using a cast iron pan, otherwise on low. Throw in freshly washed, chopped kale. The moisture helps to saute them quicker. Add a pinch of salt and or garlic salt. If you are doing a yeast free diet thats it. If you want a bit of an addition that is our favorite, but we are limiting vinegar due to the yeast factor, then add some balsamic vinegar and let greens saute for another minute to cook off vinegar and it goes to a reduction style taste....to die for! We like our kale to bit a smidge crunchy in the stalks when done, so you choose...less cooked the better for you. A variation is to add veggies like bell pepper, mushrooms or zuchinni when in season. We eat this quite often and have for years. We are still doing eggs here and there so this is not daily right now.

Green Smoothie Breakfast

This is best in a vitamixer, if you don't have one and are using a regular blender use the ice function and leave it on for about 2-3 minutes until the kale and ice are blended well.

4-6 spears of kale (your choice, I like dino kale)

1 banana

6-10 ice cubes

1 stalk of celery

pinneaple juice, or the like (I am a tropical girl, so I tend to go that direction)

1/2 cup frozen mango or strawberry, or your fav. fruit

flax meal to taste (usually 1/2 to 3/4 scoop- 1 tbsp)

probiotic powder (we use bifidus)

Jamies additions- shredded coconut and almonds

other additions- 1 apple cut into 1/4's, brocolli, beet 1/4'd, other favorite vegies like lettuce, herbs like parsley or chickweed or cleavers, even ginger if you like that.  

We blend it up until smooth, with a vitamixer this is easy, in a blender you may be choking down chunks. Make the investment if you can. 

Ok thats enough for today.....enjoy!

How strict are we going to be?

Ok, some friends asked us yesterday about how strict we are going to be in this diet. Well at home it is easier, at home we can know whats is in our food. At home we know what we have bought. It is hard though. We have two kids who are picky, they want mac n' cheese, they want sandwiches. So how do we do this and keep to our diet?

I think at home it is fairly simple, we do our best, we eat what we make, we eat what is available. We will cater to the kids a bit, they are picky. One more than the other. We try to get them to follow our diet, but only to an extent. They eat salad, they eat experiments sometimes...so over time I think they will be more open to a big diet change. I know that making separate meals is not efficient, fun or teaching them to be more adaptable....so I do my best there. Limiting the bad foods is number one. We will try and not offer or buy the big offenders often. Or find a choice in the store that is more of a healthy choice. Sprouted bread, gluten free bread.

Going out to eat poses problems...especially where we live. We love to eat out in restaurants. We love to eat and socialize with friends and family. So we do our best again, and stick to the simple choices and more fresh options, less heavy meats and sauces. We can do that. We are limited on restaurants. So, we do our best to stick to our diet. Maybe not...maybe a little cheating is good. It can sometimes be a treat, sometimes letting you get a bit of what you may be missing or craving. A Caesar salad for example.....mmmm. Ok, so we are not militant.  I think there are ways to do this. Sushi- easy to do raw, and simple- but there is the rice. Ok, so rice every now and then wont kill us. So we choose brown rice, a better choice. We ask a lot of questions when we eat out. Where did this meat come from? Who is the farmer? Is it organic? What is in the salad dressing? What is in the soup?

Where do we draw the line though?  Well, there is trial and error in an experiment. It is part of it. When you eat purely and you know whats going in your body then you feel good. When you blow it, cheat or eat what you are trying not to you may actually learn something or be reminded why you cut it out in the first place. You may get gas, a stomach or headache from the wheat. Your kids may get aggressive, sleepy from that sugar, red dye. You get the idea. It can help you stay on track. It is a lesson in self control...at the birthday party. So wanting a piece of the cake. But, hmmmm not a good idea. Have a glass of water instead. Ha! And then turn to the person next to you and tell them about it.

I feel like justifying my cheats and mess ups somehow. But I think making up for it, doing extra good things, adding in a few more exercises is not something to feel guilty about. So I wont.

"Going Native"

I know you have all probably heard the term "going native", as in "Watch out for Johnny he might go native on you!" or when you have watched old movies or read older books by explorers they may refer to doing what the natives do as going native, it is a derogatory term, a negative term and a pretty ignorant term as far as I can see describing the way someone might act as primitive, savage, beastly, dirty, crazy or wild. Another use is" I went native all day, I did not wear a bra." ok, so what, bra shma! I have even heard people say "What are you going national geographic on us?" It is looking at native people as crazy, wild, and dangerous, dirty, half naked heathens. Maybe if we all had a little more crazy in us we would be more free...but...here we are.  I don't mean it like that. What I am saying is that by "going native" we will get back to our roots, learn about where we come from, get back to simpler more natural was of living, eat more simply, shed unnecessary things, live from the earth and not just live on it. We can become more happy, free, simple and positive people. We can relearn what is important. These days things are so jumbled and our vision of what we want t gets so clouded by what we think we need, or what society says we need. We buy things left and right, we get more technology involved in our daily activities that most people  don't even know how to make a meal without a microwave these days. Where I live is in a bit of a protected bubble, there are many people here who feel the way I do, that are putting into action, they are living in the woods, simple and fulfilling lives with very little in the way of modern amenities.

 I did a bit of research on the term, and now days it is being used in the way that I desire it to be used. A positive thing, a good way of being. Going back to traditions, natural living, responsible stewards of the land. Living true to your peoples ways, or living like your traditional culture used to. Respecting the earth and the people. You can find other people and organizations in the same thought pattern as me, they are not calling it "going native" necessarily, although I have seen it used in that way. What they are calling it "going raw", "going eco". It is describing this reconnecting back to what we know as right as good as vital.


Here is a piece describing the old way of thinking-

The term 'going native' is employed to refer to the trepidation felt by the European colonizers in Africa that they may become desecrated by being assimilated into the culture and customs of the indigenous peoples. In today's liberal and anti-racist society, ‘going native' is understandably considered a derogatory and offensive term. The image of Africa as a savage, primitive territory is after all a predominantly Western construction and is due in large part to the tendencies of Europeans to judge other cultures unreasonably according to their own distinctly Western standards of what constitutes civilisation. This prejudiced position not only completely ignores the accepted notion of cultural and historical specificity, but also the fact that foreign cultures often live according to their own traditional, sometimes tribal, belief systems. Viewed from this perspective, the idiocy and sheer injustice of labelling another culture's rites (of which we are largely ignorant) acceptable or not becomes apparent.

Excerpt from "The Imperial Archive" at www.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofEnglish/imperial/key-concepts/Going-native.htm. 

Lets turn this around, lets make it into a desirable way of life, a real goal for people to strive towards. Most people these days don't even know what their origin is, what traditions they were born of, what lifestyles their people lived. I am not saying we have to go that far, by any means. I am only saying I feel like the ways of people and the world have become so muddled, so complicated. Why not try and simplify and reconnect? What can you cut out of your life to take it down a notch? Reduce your waste even..thats a start. Eat in a way that is basic...not bland, not boring at all, not hard....just less preservatives, less grease, less processed food. I am talking about simple ways to find integrity in the way you walk on this earth. By simplifying our lives, we reduce stress, reduce pain, reduce hardship reduce fear and reduce anger...... the world over. Yes I drive a car, yes I buy plastics, yes I talk on a cell phone, yes I have anger, yes I get stressed out, yes I use gas, yes I love shopping, yes I do. 


     This is a challenge to me and to you. A challenge to think more on where that thing you buy comes from, who made it, what impact it creates. As my friend says, "You will go crazy thinking about all the problems of the world. Being conscious is so hard, I wish sometimes I could just live my life and not be so sensitive." The weight can be so heavy on us conscious people. But if we stay focused, positive and live right, do right we teach by example and it will trickle down. I wish it would poor down really and happen faster, but I am only one person trying to make a difference. Stand up with me, with us, with my friends and family to make a bigger difference.

Go native, get back to your roots, simplify, reduce, free yourself! Thats should be a positive thing! 


Last night my power went out....ha! I lost me internet connection and thought I had lost this whole blog. I was bummed and tried to use it as a lesson. I told myself it was alright, I had a  chance to purge my mind and then it was all lost to the great garbage heap in internet heaven.You may think thats a bit ironic in this situation when I am talking about reducing.  But alas, it was autosaved and here we are. My thoughts were so graciously saved by this magic auto saver angel. Yeah!  


Recipe of the day:


Vegan Butternut Squash/Almond Patte'


1 1/2 cups steamed butternut squash
1 cup almond (soak for an hour or so before)
1/2 onion
3-4 cloves of garlic
salt 
olive oil


In cast iron pan saute the onion finely chopped with the garlic cloves that have been minced. Saute until brown. Salt to taste. In cuisinart place squash, almond, 1 tblsp olive oil, add onions and garlic and salt to taste blend up until smooth. Use to dip raw veggies in or spread on crackers or bread. 

Welcome to my blog!

Hello There-

"Going native?" You ask. "What is this woman talking about?"

Live like a native to the earth-
Live like you love yourself-
Live like you love the planet-
Live like you love others-
Get back to yourself-
Get back to the land-
Get back to simplicity-
Get back to health-

Well in an exploration of figuring out how to eat more healthily and live more purely all around mentally, physically and spiritually I feel like the main idea is to get back to yourself, get back to the land, get back to purity, get back to simplicity in all areas of life. Live like we did originally, live off the land in positive ways, teach ourselves simple skills to do so, and still thrive. Live like a native of the earth not a predator to it. Not a harmful, greedy leech on the planet. This is a really hard thing to do! Believe me, I struggle with this every day. In this time of newer, better, faster more more more....How does one, or a family do that? I am asking myself the same question. I am trying to ease back into that, make a clear pathway back to freedom, sustainability, intention openness and love. I am seeking modalities of truth, love and health daily. You can follow me here, watch the progress, and do the same for yourself if you so please.

Well I have been tossing around the idea of blogging for a while now, I had many ideas, I have many interests and many talents and could not quite narrow it down to something all encompassing and fun.....until now! I knew I was good at eating and cooking, love reading, make art and jewelry, loving my garden, loving my family and I love reading and am wanting to love writing....so here I am, first attempt at a flow of thought in pubic besides emailing.

 I and am striving to teach my family and friends how to live more happy and fulfilling lives by example. I am by no means always a good example. We all struggle, we all need help sometimes, we all falter and fall off the horse. Get back on it cowboy! There is no way the planet can heal and the people can heal if we don't keep trying. We all are supposed to be here for some reason, maybe only to learn a lesson in this lifetime about how to do better in the next. In a resent realization of my own I was shown how to be better, how to try harder and how to help others do the same. So here I am, in this small way reaching a few people on the planet.

  My husband and I are changing our health, by changing our diets and our outlook on life and all that can bring to us. We are constantly searching for ways to be more clear, integral, free of pain, more full of happiness, more fulfilled, more open, and find more fun ways of being. We constantly are researching new food and health ideas, thinking of ways to boost our energy and rid our bodies of toxins. We would love to loose a little weight, gain a lot more strength, feel lighter and digest better, sleep better, think better and so much more. So here you can follow our journey in getting back to the land, back to ourselves, back to eating pure, having fun, inspiring ourselves and our friends to do the same.

So by blogging on "going native" I will share with you our process not daily, but often. We will show you tips, tidbits, tricks, walk you through our journey in daily trial and error.

In this blog you might see such topics as:
juicing
sprouting
vegan recipes
how-to make your own medicine
how-to gardening
using herbs
growing herbs
growing veggies
art projects and creative uses for nature found objects
new and inspiring health topics
how to find and clean your own meat
healthy meat recipes
living in community
living off the land
food saving-drying, canning, freezing
spiritual health and inspiration
sustainable, non-toxic homes and cleaning
women's health
men's health
sustainable traveling
sustainable living
metaphysical subjects
creative ideas and projects for families and children
the sky is the limit really....


Thanks for reading......