Homemade Tooth Powder & Mouthwash Recipe

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A couple of years ago my sister told me that she had successfully healed her receding gums by switching toothpaste.  I was very intrigued, because I too have suffered from receding gums.  She told me she had done some research and had learned that sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) damages gum tissue.  Until then, I had assumed my issue was caused by brushing too hard.  But what she said made sense, since the dangers of SLS were already on my radar. {Read More}

Heirloom Tomato & Avocado Salad with Avocado Aioli

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  My husband and one of my sons are obsessed with tomatoes.  They eat them like apples out of one hand with a Real Salt shaker in the other hand.  I too love vegetables.  Squash, sugar snap peas, crispy cucumbers.  Yum!  But…I don’t love salads. (*gasp*)  I adore dark leafy greens like spinach and kale, but I almost always eat them sautéed (in coconut oil with eggs and hot sauce- oh my!).  My lack of enthusiasm over salads boils down to {Read More}

Protein Packed Gummy Vitamins

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It’s funny to me that as I walk farther and farther down the path of natural living the more and more “Well, duh!” moments I seem to have.  There are so many things I now make from scratch that never would’ve occurred to me to make a few years ago.  I used to just buy things.  Not only just out of convenience, but because I didn’t realize it was possible to make them myself.  Like deodorant, make-up, lotion bars and {Read More}