Drinking Chocolate

Drinking Chocolates

This recipe comes from the Real Foods, Real Easy ebook I contributed to awhile back. That ebook, along with 96 others, is part of the Ultimate Homemaking Ebook Bundle which is $29.97 (*this sale is over!*). Those 97 ebooks also come with over $140 in bonuses, so this is really an amazing sale! Now, I’d like to give you a taste of what kinds of things you will find in the Ultimate Homemaking Bundle.

I was introduced to European drinking chocolates while living in England. They are thicker, richer, and usually less sweet than American hot chocolates. My husband created this recipe, which is very much like the drinking chocolate we had on a date at Harrods in London.

Ingredients per person:

¼ cup cocoa powder (or cacao) ¼ cup rapadura/sucanat 1/3 teaspoon Celtic sea salt 1 to 1 1/3 cups milk 1 teaspoon unsalted butter

Instructions:

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The Ultimate Homemaking Ebook Bundle Sale!

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*This bundle sale is now over!*

For 6 days only, more than 75 widely-known bloggers and authors in the homemaking sphere have joined together to offer 97 of their most popular eBooks and eCourses, valued at just over $600, for the incredibly low price of $29.97!

More than anything, our goal for this sale was for it to be, well… ultimate! We firmly believe that you will not find a more comprehensive collection of homemaking resources anywhere on the web, and particularly not in this price range. For this low price, you gain access to every single one of these resources, so that you can customize your own collection to contain exactly the ones you want and know you’ll use.

This library of homemaking helps include topics such as mothering, organization and cleaning, recipes and kitchen helps, home education, spiritual growth for both moms and kids, [...]

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Teach Your Kids to Love Fruits and Veggies: Buy In Season

Buy In Season & a Month-by-month Guide

Along with several other tips and tricks, there are two vitally important ingredients when it comes to teaching your kiddos to love fruits and veggies. Today we’ll talk about the first one.

*Only Offer Food That Tastes GOOD!*

Far too often I see parents who buy the exact same produce year round and then complain that their kids don’t love it. Of course they don’t! Apples and oranges just don’t taste good all year long. There are very few fruits and veggies that taste good all year, because they simply aren’t “in season” 100% of the time. Travel, storage time and harvesting before proper ripeness can also take their toll on the flavor and texture of produce. Bananas, cooking onions, dried garlic and potatoes are a pretty good bet all year, but most other fruits and veggies should only be eaten for a season.

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Weekend Whatever Link-up (4/27)

Guess what!! We’ve just added a new way to help promote all of you lovely ladies who come link up and read with us each weekend!  Come follow the Weekend Whatever Favorites Pinterest board.  We do a featured post on the blog each week, but this will be a handful of top picks from all four of us.

A place for sharing your best of Healthy Recipes, (no refined white flour/sugar, artificial ingredients – keeping in the spirit of transitioning to REAL, WHOLE FOODS), Marriage, Parenting, Frugality, Homemaking, Homesteading, Crafting, Christianity or where ever else your heart has taken you.

Hosting are:

Sara at A Joyful Mother

Joanie at Simple Living Mama

Sara of Your Thriving Family and

Justyn from Creative Christian Mama

The post I am featuring this week is something every mama needs to read. You [...]

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Raising Healthy Families: Essential Oils Instead of Surgery

Welcome back to the Raising Healthy Families Series!

By Jennifer Lambert of

Learn about how I massaged my daughter out of a major leg surgery using essential oils and the power of prayer. After visiting several doctors, specialists, and physical therapists, we turned to natural methods – prayer, essential oils, massage, and yoga to heal my daughter’s legs and feet. Read our story at Royal Little Lambs.

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Weekend Whatever Link-up (4-19)

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Guess what!! We’ve just added a new way to help promote all of you lovely ladies who come link up and read with us each weekend!  Come follow the Weekend Whatever Favorites Pinterest board.  We do a featured post on the blog each week, but this will be a handful of top picks from all four of us.

A place for sharing your best of Healthy Recipes, (no refined white flour/sugar, artificial ingredients – keeping in the spirit of transitioning to REAL, WHOLE FOODS), Marriage, Parenting, Frugality, Homemaking, Homesteading, Crafting, Christianity or where ever else your heart has taken you.

Hosting are:

Sara at A Joyful Mother

Joanie at Simple Living Mama

Sara of Your Thriving Family and

Justyn from Creative Christian Mama

Today I am featuring a post that really puts to words what is [...]

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Natural Sources of Folate (Folic Acid)

Natural Sources of Folic Acid

Welcome back to the Raising Health Families series, join us each week as we take a look at different ways to keep your family healthy and vibrant in a not-so-healthy world.

Yesterday I shared what I’ve learned about the dangers of synthetic folic acid. “Folate” and “folic acid” are terms that are often used interchangeably, but they are not the same thing and they do not have the same effects on the body. Folate is God-made, folic acid is man-made. In my opinion, God had a much better idea of what we need, so I stick with His version.

Today, I want to talk about the benefits of folate and give you some good natural sources and alternatives to synthetic folic acid supplements.

Benefits of Folate

Why is it so important to get enough folate? Well, this little water-soluble vitamin, also known as B9, is [...]

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Folic Acid: Is It Really Safe?

Safety of Folic Acid

When a woman is pregnant or is trying to conceive, she is usually told to start taking a folic acid supplement to prevent birth defects. Few of us question that recommendation, but maybe we should. The more I’ve been learning about synthetic vitamins, the more concerned I am by what is in our supplements and our food supply. So, why am I concerned about folic acid? I’m so glad you asked!

What is Folic Acid?

Folic acid is the synthetic (man-made form) of the naturally-occurring vitamin called “folate”. Folate is one of the many B vitamins, specifically B9. It is a water-soluble vitamin, meaning that it needs to be consumed regularly. It is needed for quite a few reasons, but the most talked about reason is proper cellular division which is necessary for preventing neural tube defects, a birth defect that occurs between about three and four [...]

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Berry Antioxidant Smoothie

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I often post about what to do when you’re already feeling badly, such as natural remedies for ear infections or ways to ease morning sickness, but today I’d like to talk about a yummy way to boost health to help prevent problems before they start!

We all know that antioxidants are a good thing, right? They neutralize those pesky free radicals that wreak havoc on our cells. Getting plenty of antioxidants is one of the beautiful benefits about a real foods diet. What are good sources of antioxidants? I’m so glad you asked!….

Read the rest of my post over at Modern Alternative Mama!

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Weekend Whatever Link-up (4/13)

A place for sharing your best of Healthy Recipes, (no refined white flour/sugar, artificial ingredients – keeping in the spirit of transitioning to REAL, WHOLE FOODS), Marriage, Parenting, Frugality, Homemaking, Homesteading, Crafting, Christianity or where ever else your heart has taken you.

Hosting are: Sara at A Joyful Mother Joanie at Simple Living Mama Sara of Your Thriving Family and Justyn from Creative Christian Mama

These Raw Date Truffles look so delicious! Any reason to eat a date, I say!! Check out the recipe over at Healthy Body Equals Healthy Mind. (*Note: This appears to be a vegan site, so I just want to point out that I do not believe that a vegan diet is a healthy choice. This specific recipe is very healthy, though.)

If you were Featured this week you have or will be tagged and or tweeted by the [...]

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