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Tag: Healthy diet

Cucumbers for a Healthy Gut

When I visited my grandmother as a child she had viili, homemade sour milk, in her kitchen. My mother had been raised with the clabbered milk as a part of her diet.  The slippery consistency of this sour milk did not appeal to me. Now I recognize the health benefit of naturally fermented foods. Traditional… Continue reading Cucumbers for a Healthy Gut

Published August 7, 2017
Categorized as Gardening, Health Tagged Healthy diet, Lacto-fermented Pickles

Healthy Thoughts About Parenting

Every Friday the FMF community writes for five minutes on a prompt given by Kate Motaung. Sometimes the first five minutes of writing stimulates more thought, and I continue on . . . Today’s prompt is: FUTURE When I look back over my years of parenting, I realize that I have made mistakes. I would… Continue reading Healthy Thoughts About Parenting

Published June 2, 2017
Categorized as Health, Parenting Tagged Garlic, Healthy diet, Parenting, Prayer

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