Nourishing Days

Adrenal Fatigue: Causes and Cures

Shannon — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:59:30 +0000

Previously in this series:

Once I started digging into the root cause of adrenal fatigue I couldn’t help but be reminded that our body works as a whole and as such can not simply be "spot healed". When we are talking about the adrenals we are talking about hormones. While we have different hormones that have different functions in the body, they are all weaved together and therefore must be looked at as interdependent.

Adrenal Fatigue: Symptoms and Diagnosis

Shannon — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:41:40 +0000

One of the reasons I wanted to write this series was simply for my own knowledge. Another reason was because you don’t hear a lot about this problem in the mainstream medical discussion. So when many of you said that you had been diagnosed or suspected that you had it I was quite surprised.

Adrenal Fatigue: Introduction and Definitions

Shannon — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:20:43 +0000

NOTE: Gardening and preserving is keeping me pretty busy these days. A few articles that bear repeating will fill in the gaps on the days when the to-do list is too long. This post was originally published in August 2009.

Fluffy Coconut Flour Pancakes

Shannon — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:33:56 +0000

When it comes to an easy breakfast I love pancakes. As you can probably tell from my soaked buckwheat pancakes and soaked, flour-free oatmeal pancakes. They are just so simple to cook – mix, ladle, flip, eat. No wonder our pioneer foremothers served them frequently on their trek out west.

Live Responsibly, Live Sustainably: Homestead

Shannon — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:56:19 +0000

{from our garden: lettuce, potatoes, beets, onions, cilantro}

Fats to Eat, Fats to Avoid… or Why We Eat Butter

Shannon — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:37:41 +0000

Lacto-Fermented Vegetables 101 and Making Kimchi

Shannon — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:59:15 +0000

Last week Simple Bites published an article of mine; Lacto-Fermentation: An Easier, Healthier, More Sustainable Way To Preserve. From the article:

I think everyone should try lacto-fermentation for three reasons:

The product is a living food, full of enzymes and probiotics.

Very Berry Breakfast Ice Cream

Shannon — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:05:11 +0000

NOTE: The Recipe Index has finally been updated.

When I put breakfast ice cream on our menus last week y’all jumped all over it. I can’t say that I blame you. Ice cream is my favorite food… so is peanut butter… and chocolate… and cream. But I digress.

Natural Remedies for A Stomach Ache

Shannon — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:35:31 +0000

It has been a while since I have shared some of my ideas and tools as a keeper of our family’s health. Since starting a family I have found it of the utmost importance to have a tool kit to draw from when someone falls ill.

My Summer Menu Planning System

Shannon — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:34:19 +0000

It is most definitely summer here, which requires some different tactics in the kitchen. Renee had a great post last week about how she is menu planning through her CSA weeks. I commented on that post that I don’t menu plan as stiffly in the summer as I do the winter. Everything, including garden produce, is just less predictable.