Here is a recipe for an herbal tea to fight infection and speed healing:
1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
1 teaspoon organic lemon juice
boiling water
local, raw honey to taste
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Healthy First Birthday Cake!
So the big ONE year birthday was approaching, and I wanted the photo of my baby digging into his cake with frosting all over his face…but I had never fed him anything that wasn’t whole grain or that contained refined sugar, and he’d only had little tastes of dairy and whole eggs.
So how on earth do you make a cake without these things? Does everything you’ve done to give your baby a nutritious, healthy foundation go out the window because it’s his birthday? It doesn’t have to!
Here is a recipe for a healthy, but YUMMY first birthday cake! Best of all, it only contains a few ingredients and is super easy to make.
Cake:
2 cups organic whole wheat flour
1 tbsp wheat germ
1 tsp baking soda
6 medium, ripe organic bananas – mashed
1 cup organic applesauce (make sure it’s only apples and no sugar added)
1/4 to 1/2 cup organic milk of choice (goat, cow, soy, rice or almond)
Cocoa-Banana Frozen Dessert!
I had to pass this recipe along from Dr. Andrew Weil’s website. This is sure to please moms and kids of all ages, just in time for the summer months!
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Is You Baby Getting Enough Iron?
If he’s shunning the taste of iron fortified food, or in my case babyfood all together, here’s an easy solution:
Cook in cast iron pots and pans! They don’t contain the toxic ingredients of non-stick pans, and will impart some iron right into the food. The company I like best is Lodge Cast Iron, and not just because it’s from Tennessee. It is family owned and operated and has been for over 100 years, and is a green company- recycling cardboard, reusing foundry sand, and planting trees. I love eco-responsibility!
When you’re postpartum and in need of extra iron yourself, have someone cook for you in cast iron. It’s great for breastfeeding moms too- We’ll take extra nutrients wherever we can get ’em.
Here’s a recipe the whole family can enjoy (even your older baby!): Continue reading Is You Baby Getting Enough Iron?