June 10th through 17th, there’s an awesome sale happening. It’s called The Natural Mothering ebook Bundle.
35+ books and FREE bonuses — a $525 value, for only $29.97!
See full sale details, and some of the books written by experts.
Only for imperfect mothers! Get help with infant care, teaching kids to clean, quick dinners, and more!
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Each month, we have one book that is featured. This means it only costs you $5! Take advantage of this great deal to add to your collection and try some delicious new recipes!
This month’s book is Simply Summer. This summer, enjoy delicious, fresh recipes, like our favorite Mexican Pork Roast, Bacon-Wrapped Chicken with Italian Salsa (yum!), and Peach Upside Down Cake. Treat your family and friends!
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By Jill, Modern Alternative Kitchen editor and Nina, Modern Alternative Pregnancy editor
A few years ago, I tried my first fermented beverage. It was a locally-brewed kombucha, made from tea from my dad’s company. I took a big drink and then spit it out. Turns out, I needed to acquire a taste for what is now one of my favorite beverages to make and drink. The same was true for wine and beer and, as it turns out, kvass.
I first read about beet kvass in Sally Fallon’s book, Nourishing Traditions. Here’s what she says:
This drink is valuable for its medicinal qualities and as a digestive aid. Beets are just loaded with nutrients. One 4-ounce glass, morning and night, is an excellent blood tonic, cleanses the liver and is a good treatment for kidney stones and other ailments.
Beet kvass is a lacto-fermented beverage that’s pretty simple to make. It’s a traditional Russian drink, full of beneficial probiotics. It’s definitely an acquired taste.
Thankfully, the lovely folks at Zukay Live Foods can help you acquire that taste with their 7 varieties of kvass beverages. Here’s a little bit of their story and why they’ve started offering this probiotic drink to the world:
We were lucky enough to be able to move out to the beautiful Eastern Pennsylvania countryside, and we also found out about a way of living based on the whole food diets our ancestors ate. Armed now with a bit of land to play with and better knowledge than we ever had before, we quickly started growing everything we could. And it made all the difference for us.
But, food doesn’t store itself, and it doesn’t come out of the ground in a convenient fashion either. So, we learned about the ancient art of fermentation as the most natural, healthy way of preserving these wonderful gifts from our garden. And a love affair was born.
So, that’s where the idea for Zukay started. We couldn’t keep it to ourselves, and we wanted to pass on this most awesome way of eating and drinking to every one. We hope you love our products and appreciate the aura of love and gratitude we put into every bottle, and that we can be an important part of your path to a much healthier, happier you!
I was fortunate to try four different types of kvass from Zukay:
Super Green
I was quite skeptical because of the green color, but this one was definitely my favorite of the bunch. It has lemon and ginger in it, a combination I love, along with lots of veggies. My husband and I were sharing it over dinner and we both tentatively had a few sips and he declared he didn’t like it. Then, as we were cleaning up I looked over and he was polishing off the bottle.
Veggie Medley
I thought this one would be similar to Super Green, but it actually had a much different flavor. It included cucumbers, celery, kale, parsley, and cabbage and I actually really enjoyed the “pickle-y” flavor. I drank this while my husband was at work and didn’t save him any, so only one opinion here!
Kate’s comments: This is the first one we tried. My husband and daughter wouldn’t even touch it — no surprise there. My 3 YO declared he didn’t like it. My 1 YO begged for it! He called it “juice” and begged for more. I liked it although it wasn’t quite what I was expecting — I’m still used to ‘normal’ tomato-based vegetable juice. I found I was sort of craving it though, it made me feel good.
Super Root
I liked the tartness of this one a lot. My husband wasn’t a fan of the earthy flavors, so I got to have most of it to myself!
Beet
I love beets. I refused to eat them growing up, but they are one of my husband’s favorite vegetables so I started making them when we got married, and now we are both big beet supporters! To me, it tasted just like beet juice and was not as bitter as some of the other ones. However, for some reason, neither one of us enjoyed this one as much as I had hoped.
If you want to try some kvass before making it yourself, or you’re just not the DIY type, then I highly recommend Zukay Kvass. While our taste buds may differ, I suggest starting off with the traditional beet kvass, especially if you’re not used to drinking fermented beverages. This was the sweetest kvass of the bunch and my whole family liked it (the ones who would try it, that is).
If you’re used to drinking kvass and want to branch out or are just more adventurous than I am 
, try some of their other flavors.
Zukay is offering an awesome giveaway this week! One grand prize winner will get a 6 pack of their choice of Zukay beverages (a $24 value). Additionally, 10 lucky winners will receive a coupon for a free drink. And, just for participating, Zukay will send you a 4-page coupon book for $5.50 in savings over 7 bottles of kvass. All you have to do to receive the coupon book is like Zukay Live Foods on facebook and send them a message with your address! For entries to the top 11 prizes, use the Rafflecopter form below. Contest open until Saturday, March 23 at midnight. Must be 18 or older to enter.
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Last week I posted all the reviews of several Trilight Health formulas. And if you missed it, I added an update to mine — I definitely noticed a difference when taking the blue-green minerals when I was going through some hormonal issues (go see the post for full story). Now I want more…lol.
Would you like some, too?
One lucky winner is going to get a $50 gift card to Trilight Health!
Here’s how to win:
Six possible chances to win! The first is required; additional entries are optional. Please leave each entry in a SEPARATE comment. Giveaway will run through Saturday, 3/24, and the winner will be announced on Monday, 3/26. Giveaway open to U.S. residents. Prize is one (1) gift code, no cash value. Winner will be chosen via “And the Winner Is” WP plugin.
Good luck!
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I’ve made no secret of the fact that I love Green Pastures products. In fact, I just put in another order last week, because I was running low on my Cinnamon Tingle FCLO/BO, which I love and never want to be out of. Except for brief lapses because I just wasn’t paying attention, I have bought and had on hand these products constantly since I first tried them a year and a half ago.
You can read my initial review, as well as more information about their products, if you are curious.
If you buy any supplement, and you can only afford one on a regular basis…this should be it. And it’s definitely something you want for healthy children! Mine still enjoy their “special chocolate” (Chocolate Cream flavored FCLO/BO) everyday. In fact, they remind me if I forget. I still notice how we handle things better when we take it than when we don’t.
I know some of you are skeptics. Because let’s face it, this stuff is expensive. Does it really work that well?
This spring, some pretty nasty stuff went through our area. People had terrible stomach viruses that lasted days. There was bronchitis, strep throat, RSV, and a number of other things. Babies were hospitalized or prescribed nebulizers. Many were down with antibiotics. I’m sure we were exposed to these things several times.
Yet, we escaped relatively unscathed.
We were sick more often than I liked — it seemed like someone was taking a turn every few days, for awhile there — but each person’s illness was over in a matter of hours, a day tops. No one ran a high fever (I’m not sure anyone had one at all, actually). No one had a lingering cough. We didn’t even need to consider seeing a doctor, much less taking any drugs. It was annoying, but it was, in the grand scheme, so minor.
And I credit a healthy diet…and FCLO. That’s been our experience all along!
Last fall my husband suffered a very bad case of poison ivy. Bad enough that after a couple days, we went to urgent care and he got a steroid shot (I know!!). Anyway, it did nothing, further confirming my general avoidance of all things mainstream (in non-emergency situations, of course). I talked him into taking his FCLO, which he hadn’t done for awhile. Within a day or so, the poison ivy was healing, because the FCLO boosted his immune system and reduced inflammation. It was pretty awesome.
Now that I’ve talked it up…again…want to try it? It’s not cheap, as I said. But it’s completely worth it. It’s a hard “pill” to swallow, spending that much money just to try something out.
But three lucky winners will get a $50 gift card to buy the product of their choice. (I know…it’s a big week!) Here’s how to win:
That’s it! This giveaway is open to anyone, anywhere. Prize is 1 $50-coupon for product of choice, for three winners. No cash value. If shipping or product cost is in excess of $50, winner is responsible to pay this. Giveaway will run through Saturday, Mar. 24th, and the winner will be announced Monday, Mar. 26th. Winners will be chosen via WP plugin “And The Winner Is” at random.
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We hit 5000 fans on Facebook on Wednesday, March 14th! Pretty awesome.
I promised when we did, we would do a giveaway of all 5 of my ebooks. You can see their product descriptions below:
We’re going to do the giveaway by Rafflecopter, see how it works. This will be open through Saturday, 3/17. The winners will be announced on Facebook on Sunday, 3/18. If you’re not on Facebook yet, join us and then you can enter too!
a Rafflecopter giveaway
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Yesterday we talked about taking care of your skin during pregnancy in order to (hopefully) prevent stretch marks. I mentioned a product by the company Avishi Organics, their Intensive Repair Oil.
A couple weeks ago they sent me some to try. Now — on their packaging it says that it takes about three months of twice daily use to see a real difference, and I haven’t had it that long, so I can’t say if it 100% made my stretch marks go away or anything. We’ll see a couple months from now.
But. I have used it several times, so I can comment on the use of the product!
So, what’s it like?
A lot of lotions and creams are very greasy and difficult to absorb, and leave you feeling like you need a shower. But this one doesn’t. This one absorbs very well and quickly and doesn’t leave any greasiness whatsoever on the hands or skin. In fact, it absorbs so well that it’s almost hard to spread it adequately before it’s absorbed!
The fact that it absorbs so well, though, shows that it can affect the skin on deeper levels.
The oil smells nice and has no additives and I have enjoyed using it. I’m looking forward to seeing what the results will be in a few months!
Would you like a chance to try it for yourself? One lucky winner will get her own bottle!
That’s it, we’ll keep it simple today!
This giveaway is open to all U.S. residents. The giveaway will run through Sunday, 3/11 and the winner will be announced Monday, 3/12. The winner will be chosen via “And the Winner Is” WordPress plugin, which is random. The first entry is required; all other entries are optional. Please leave each entry in a SEPARATE comment. Winner will provide her mailing address to the company to claim her prize.
Good luck!
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