Does your family like pickles?

If your family is resistant to PLV, here's another way to get more probiotics into them without them knowing it. If they like pickles, any FIRM fruit that's left over after you've lost your fizz, just add Bragg's vinegar (also probiotic) garlic, dill, salt (or some coconut palm sugar if they like sweet pickles.) 

You can add other firm veggies, like carrots, fennel, celery, peppers or even asparagus. Cucumbers pickle quickly, so don't let them in too long.  I put in small 4 inche cukes and left them in overnight and they turned out nice and crunchy, but with plenty of flavor.

You may have to experiment a bit to get it right. I just did some papaya pickles and they are good. I put them in with the rind and it helped keep it more solid.

When they lose their color, then they're ready.

I found a large jar and do a continuing PIKL-it jar. I just throw the veggies in and move them to the bottom with a spoon and use out of the top. Great snack for kids!

The Benefits of Chia Seed

Promotes Cardiovascular Health:

Chia is the richest non-marine whole food source of Omega-3 and dietary fiber currently known to man and nutritionally superior to flax and soy. According to the American Heart Association, Omega-3 fatty acids can normalize blood pressure and bad cholesterol levels, while helping promote healthy heart and blood vessels.

Assists Joint Function & Mobility:

With six times more calcium than milk, and with greater amounts of high-quality protein than the one found in soy, Chia also helps strengthen muscles and bones.

Improves Digestion & Natural Detoxification:

Chia can absorb a whopping 12+ times its weight in water – flax seed only absorbs 6-8 times its weight. Chia´s insoluble fiber reduces digestive transit time and removes toxins as it passes through the digestive tract.

Supports Healthy Weight Loss:

Chia´s high fiber content and its ability to reduce blood sugar levels after meals inhibits the appetite, thus making it the perfect food for healthy, effective weight loss. Thanks to its neutral flavor and color, Chia integrates seamlessly into any healthy recipe.

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Health Benefits of Coconut Oil

The health benefits of coconut oil include hair care, skin care, stress relief, maintaining cholesterol levels, weight loss, increased immunity, proper digestion and metabolism, relief from kidney problems, heart diseases, high blood pressure, diabetes, HIV and cancer, dental care, and bone strength. These benefits of coconut oil can be attributed to the presence of lauric acid, capric acid and caprylic acid, and its properties such as antimicrobial, antioxidant, antifungal, antibacterial, soothing, etc.

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Health Benefits of Coconut Oil

Benefits of drinking Pour La Vie for detoxifying, daily health tonic

Because I have candida, I had to wait until all the sugar was "eaten" in the kombucha I was making and therefore it had a more pronounced vinegary taste.

Pour La Vie has all the benefits of drinking Kombucha because it's made with a SCOBY, but is much more versatile when it comes to inventing new flavor combinations and uses no sugar in the brewing. It also has the added benefits from the fruit and spices used in brewing.


Benefits of drinking Kombucha tea for detoxifying, daily health tonic

Coconut Fudge

Coconut fudge is a wonderful way to get fiber, protein, coconut oil and omega 3 into your family's diet.

Like Pour La Vie, they allow for lots of variety and are fun and easy to make. If you have kids, they will love them, IF you present it right. Get them involved in the making and make it fun. You can call them no-bake cookies, freezer cookies, anything that makes them sound like they are bad for them:)

Basic recipe

Organic Coconut Oil, warmed if not in liquid state
Then anything organic you want to throw in:

Fresh ground peanut butter (without sugar) for protein
coconut flakes
raisins/ dates/ dried fruit (without sugar or sulfur)
chia seeds - a great source of omega 3
pumpkin seeds
sunflower seeds
sesame seeds
any kind of nuts
If you are introducing your kids to it, make it sweet with coconut palm sugar or stevia

After you heat the coconut oil (if it's solid) add coconut palm sugar or stevia and see if it's sweetened to your taste. Add everything else and stir. Once it's set up a bit, drop from the spoon into small piles onto something that will fit in your freezer, OR smooth it out into a pan to cut it into small squares once it's hardened in the fridge. Remove from pan and store in tight container or bag in the fridge. Remove a few minutes before eating to soften up a bit. If left out they will turn into a pile of mush.

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