Happy New Year everybody! I hope you all had a delightfully delicious holiday filled with love, and tummies filled with delicious food! Mine was slow and relaxing, with plenty of time for cooking and reflections. Over the break, I came up with some new year’s…

If this isn’t easy, I don’t know what is.This is how you make rice milk:Step 1: rinse 1 cup of brown rice.Step 2: put rinsed rice in blender.Step 3: add 2 cups water.Step 4: blend. Step 5: strain milk.Step 6: drink. Over the past few…

So, I’ve just discovered something amazing. You can mill flour. At home. In your blender. For years I’ve known that buying flour pre-ground in the store as opposed to making your own, is like eating frozen TV dinners instead of having your grandmother cook you…

Last week I got really sick. I was so sick after four days of being glued to my bed, that I started to panic. I thought that with my arsenal of natural, cold-fighting remedies, I’d kick my sore throat, sleepless nights and high-grade fever to…

Oh my. Last night was quite a wild one.I decided that I should just keep truckin’ along with my detox mission, and pull one more cleansing trick from my sleeve. While I was researching this month, I stumbled across a “ginger detox bath”, and recalled…

Whew! I am currently on day six of the one week cleanse. I am feeling good. A little on the slow side today, but that is a natural side effect of the body doing so much janitorial work on the inside. I have been strictly…

Whew! What a long blog break that was. The holidays were a beautiful bustle of family and friends and I feel refreshed and excited to welcome the New Year! Now back to cultivating My New Roots… This time of year I get so many questions…

It has been said that humans are attracted to beauty because it denotes a certain level of genetic perfection. Especially when it comes to choosing a sexual partner, the more flawless the better, to ensure a healthy offspring.I suppose the very same thing could apply…