The Best Tea for your Dosha

Tea is a standby in many of our lives, especially during the cold winter months. But some types can be particularly useful depending on your Ayurvedic dosha. Find out your dosha here if you don’t know it yet, then make your tea selections according to the list below!

The Supermarket Gardener part 5: Growing Food From scraps: 21 Foods You Can Grow From Garbage

Complex Carbs & Fats: Root Vegetables and Healthy Fats

All-Purpose Potatoes

Average Cost In U.S. and Midwest Region

White Potatoes: $0.31 per pound

Sweet Potatoes: $1- $2 per pound

Time to Reach Maturity

White Potatoes: 70- 120 days

Sweet Potatoes: 90 days

Recipe: DIY Organic Candy Canes

Candy canes are a wonderful holiday treat to enjoy this time of year, but they're not always healthy. They're loaded with sugar and corn syrup: Try making these as a healthy, fun alternative. This recipe in particular will make you approximately 18 sticks. If you wish to make more or less, just double or halve the ingredients. The finished result won't look as perfect and flawless as pe-made candy canes, but they'll definitely be healthier.

Ingredients:

Bbagz: Reusable Platinum Silicone Sandwich Bags Reduce Plastic Waste

Our species produces an incredible amount of plastic, which results in widespread plastic pollution. Nicole D'Alessandro of EcoWatch reports that, “over the last ten years, we have produced more plastic than during the whole of the last century.” One bright light in this problematic situation is the invention of platinum silicone reusable bags, which can replace throw-away plastic sandwich and storage bags.

5 Vegan “Pie” Smoothies That Taste Just Like Dessert

Why not have your pie and drink it too? In the health food world, the smoothie is revered as the fastest and easiest way to get in your fruits and veggies. But what if there was more to the smoothie than guzzling down vitamins? Why not try a liquefied dessert? I'm talking about smoothies that taste like pie!

Healthy Breakfast Recipe: Pumpkin Pancakes

Looking for new ways to cook with this fall favorite? Try mixing pumpkin into your breakfast.

It’s hard to find a pancake recipe that’s wholesome, healthy, minimally refined, and satisfies the Saturday morning craving for comfort food. There are endless recipes out there for gluten-free pumpkin pancakes, but I prefer ones that are less cakey in texture. After sampling a half-dozen pumpkin pancake variations, this original recipe is the crowd pleaser. I’ve found these pancakes tend to be more doughy, so if you like a moister consistency like me, these are perfect.

Recipe: Pineapple Curry (Vegan)

As a big fan of pineapple and chili, this is my absolute favorite curry recipe. But even if you are not a fan like I am, simply leave out the chili and pineapple to enjoy the rich veggies and flavorful curry sauce. The coconut milk blends deliciously with the curry for a creamy and complex-tasting dish that is easy to make. Enjoy!

Pineapple Curry (Vegan)

*Serves two.

Ingredients:

1 Tablespoon Vegetable Oil

1 medium Onion, chopped

½ cup of Pineapple, cut into small chunks

Building Blocks

I am struggling to have hope for the future. To keep the faith things will work out in my favor both personally and in society. It’s very easy to feel that way right now I think. When all signs and evidence are pointing toward one direction, how could I possibly believe another? I know that’s why it’s called faith, but faith has always been a struggle for me.

Less is More: My Journey To Freedom from Things

Less is more in so many ways. I know…. It sounds contradicting, but trust me, there’s truth in those words.

Superfood 101: Hemp Seeds!

The hemp plant has been cultivated for approximately 12,000 years and is one of man’s earliest crops. The benefits of the seeds have been known for about 3000 years, where it has been used medicinally and is a dietary mainstay in China. Hemp seeds are a compete protein containing all twenty amino acids.