10 Ways to Use Honey (in your food and on your skin)

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{Image Credit} God gave us a wonderful gift in honey! Full of antioxidants, honey provides energy and healing power! In fact, one study showed that daily consumption of honey led to improved blood antioxidant levels (as noted in Healing Food by Micheal Murray, N.D., page 650). Honey is a great natural sweetener and also beneficial [...] Read more »

Simple Tomato Salad

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I’m sharing how to make this lovely, fresh tomato salad over at Keeper of the Home today. It’s so easy and good! Visit Keeper of the Home to learn how to make it! Share this post: Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Tell a friend Read more »

Gorgonzola and Toasted Walnut Salad

Salad can be so refreshing. It can also be downright boring! It is always nice to find a new and interesting salad combination. Adding nuts and some type of fancy cheese is my default way to spice up a salad. Using a variety of greens, leafy vegetables or herbs is also an excellent way to [...] Read more »

Whole Foods for the Holdidays – Salad Recipes

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Crisp lettuce, fresh produce, delectable dressing. . .mmm,  I LOVE a good salad. If you do too, hop over to Naturally Knocked Up and check out the delicious salads linked up today as part of the Whole Foods for the Holidays Progressive Dinner. I added my Favorite Salad Nuts, because, well, they’re my favorite! What’s [...] Read more »

Rainbow Rice Salad

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Yesterday I mentioned that Almond Brown Rice would be lovely as a base for rice salad.  Well, today I tested out that theory and am pleased to report that it was proved true.  The following is the recipe I used to make the salad in the above picture.  It could easily be adapted to your [...] Read more »

Watermelon and Feta Salad

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Watermelon and Feta Salad has intrigued me for some time.  Even though I thoroughly enjoy both watermelon and feta separately, combining them was not something I could imagine. Finally deciding to give it a try, I was pleasantly surprised.  It is fresh, sweet, and salty. My five year old son also enjoyed it.  However, I [...] Read more »

Simple Shallot Vinaigrette

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I have really enjoyed making salads with fresh ingredients from the garden.  Even though I only planted a few vegetables this year, it is still nice to have a salad that is mostly, or partly, from my backyard. I have found lettuce to be the one plant that just keeps on giving.  I tear a [...] Read more »

Balsamic Dressing with Thyme

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My garden is not very plentiful this year.  A move and a new baby left me with few spare moments for planting!  But I did manage to get a few things in the ground: lettuce, tomatoes, thyme, oregano, parsley, spinach, peas, and zucchini.  Not much of each, but enough to provide some fresh additions to [...] Read more »

Favorite Salad Nuts

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I thought it might be nice to take a little break from the serious talk and share a yummy recipe that makes me very happy… These nuts are delicious sprinkled on a salad or eaten alone. I especially enjoy them on a bed of lettuce or baby spinach with crumbled feta, avocado, and dried cranberries [...] Read more »