People love their pets. Sixty percent of American homes house an animal. Like humans, pets seem to be omni-present in the lives of their caretakers, without an official invitation. Pets often do not know why they are here any more than we do, although we both are sometimes absentmindedly present and dumbfounded, albeit together. Two peas in a pod…
Zucchini bread in-a-jar is one of my favorite ways to utilize and store zucchini for the winter. Not only is it delicious, but they make for cute holiday baskets.
For this recipe you will need 6 wide mouth mason jars with the lids and rings. Be sure to sterilize your jars and lids before using them to be sure there is no chance of mold or bacteria being present during the preservation process.
Makes 6
Ingredients
2 Cups Sugar or natural sweetener substitute
1 Cup Coconut Oil
Wheat germ is the reproductive part of a grain of wheat -- thus the term germ, meaning to germinate, which left to grow becomes wheat grass. It contains the most fat of the grain and is also the most nutrient rich. It has valuable health benefits, including preventing several major diseases, as well as aiding many other physical and mental functions.
Benefits:
Strength in core.
Stretches outer hip on front leg and quad on back leg.
Foundation & General Alignment:
10 fingertips and 2 feet on ground.
The feet are active. Front foot is in tadasana. Back foot, toes are curled under, push out through back heel.
Fingertips are on the floor in line with the front foot. If you can keep you upper back from rounding you can put your hands flat on the ground.
Keep back leg straight.
As fall approaches, you may be experiencing a sigh of relief. Why? Because you’ll be putting your bikinis and swimming trunks aside, and digging out all of those heavy winter coats you forgot you even had. That’s why. However, I’d like to challenge you to embrace a new line of thinking.
“Sopa de Pollo” translates to Chicken Soup in Spanish. With autumn on the way, I can’t help but think about my Abuelita’s homemade sopa de pollo.
I can’t ever make it quite like hers but I think she would be pretty proud of mine just the same. Occasionally I will tweak this recipe here or there – for example, sometimes I add less rice and more potato while other times I eliminate the potato and use something like a turnip.
Serves 6-8
Ingredients
3-4 Pounds of Chicken Thighs & Legs
3 Sliced Carrots
Plants! They are like the mysterious person in the room. The strong silent type that says nothing, and everything. They have no words and yet speak volumes to those who choose to stop and listen.
Walking into the markets here in Barcelona, Spain, I am welcomed to find an array of seasonal fruit, from three kinds of watermelon to cantaloupe and late-harvest cherries. Strawberries were on the shelves in late June, but as August rolls into September the last of the summer stone fruits make their appearance, getting ready for autumn’s harvest.
A world food staple, lentils or dal are great for the health and the palate too!
Activated charcoal, also known as activated carbon, is charcoal that usually comes from a burnt piece of tree or plant. It is then heated up to activate its adsorptive power of toxins, heavy metals and chemicals. It has had many purposes over the centuries, but among all, one of activated charcoal’s best purposes is for drinking water. Learn 5 reasons as to why you should be using activated charcoal for your drinking water.
Reason 1:
Purifies water naturally.