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Easy Homemade Herbal Hair Rinses for Beautiful, Healthy, Hair | Drugstore shelves are full of products that promise to give us healthy, manageable, shiny, smooth, strong, and beautiful hair. The problem is, most of those bottles are filled with anything-but-healthy chemicals. Thankfully, we need look no further than our own kitchens, gardens, or local herb shops to find natural, organic care for truly healthy locks! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Easy, Homemade Herbal Hair Rinses {for Beautiful, Healthy Hair}

How to Start Your Day Great | We all have challenges we can't eliminate from our lives. However, the choices we make about how to care for ourselves can either help or sabotage our efforts to get through those obstacles triumphantly (in God's grace). In today's episode, I'm sharing the 5 steps I follow to start my day great. Plus, the tip of the week! | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/107

How to Start Your Day GREAT (KYF107)

Raw Milk Q&A | Switching to raw milk is a good starting place for many newly health-conscious families. I went to one raw milk-producing family farm, Fall Creek Farms in TN, to ask important questions: Is it safe? Is it from a good source? How long does it last? Why is it more expensive? and more! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Raw Milk Q & A

How to Grow Your Own Herbs for Tea {even in a small space} | Herbal tea is easy and rewarding to grow yourself. Many tea herbs are easy-to-grow and do well in pots and small spaces, so you can enjoy delicious home-grown tea year-round. Although you can make tea out of almost any herb, here are five (plus one more) of my favorites for both large and small gardens! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

How to Grow Your Own Herbs for Tea {even in a small space!}

Help for Seasonal Allergies | Suffering from seasonal allergies? I can feel your pain. I have been a life-long allergy sufferer, some years bringing such suffering I couldn't function without medication. However, I am now allergy-free and have been for several years. In today's podcast, I'm going to share my story and how I healed my allergies, plus give you ideas for doing the same. | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/110

Help for Seasonal Allergies (KYF110)

Acid Reflux, Flatulence, Constipation, Belly Bulge, Oh My! (KYF111)

Acid Reflux, Flatulence, Constipation, Belly Bulge, Oh My! (KYF111)

the Ultimate Guide to Essential Oil Properties {and which oils do what} | You may need a course in Latin to understand all the different properties of essential oils. Look no further! This is your one-stop-shop for understanding and decoding the various properties of essential oils. Bookmark or pin this post and come back often. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

The Ultimate Guide To Essential Oil Properties {and which oils do what}

How to Make Essential Oil Perfume | I've wanted to wear perfume all my life, but couldn't because I got headaches every time I put it on. Recently, I started making my own perfume using essential oils... and I couldn't be more thrilled. Now I can wear perfume without getting headaches. And in fact, my perfumes improve how I feel! Here's how to make your own essential oil perfume (video and print). | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

How to Make Essential Oil Perfume {video and print}

How I Lost More ThanaHow I Lost More Than 30 Pounds In 1 Year | Up until last May, I was working out regularly and watching my "carbs". Yet even though I'd been eating healthy for many years, I was still gaining a bit of weight each year. Then it all turned around. In the last year, I've lost more than 30 pounds. Here's how I did it... 100% traditional foods on THM! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com 30 Pounds In 1 Year | Up until last May, I was working out regularly and watching my "carbs". Yet even though I'd been eating healthy for many years, I was still gaining a bit of weight each year. Then it all turned around. In the last year, I've lost more than 30 pounds. Here's how I did it... | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

How I Lost More Than 30 Pounds In 1 Year

How I Lost More Than 30 Pounds In 1 Year... with 100% Traditional Foods | Up until last May, I was working out regularly and watching my "carbs". Yet even though I'd been eating healthy for many years, I was still gaining a bit of weight each year. Then it all turned around. In the last year, I've lost more than 30 pounds. Here's how I did it... with 100% traditional foods. | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/113

How I Lost More Than 30 Pounds In 1 Year {podcast} (KYF113)

How to Get Picky Eaters to Pick Real Food | When we began changing the way we ate, our son was definitely not on board with the changes. I became determined to break the habit of fussy eating in my children, and I was most determined to stop enabling them to be picky. Now, BOTH of my children are excellent eaters. It is possible to get picky eaters to pick Real Food! Here's how. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

How to Get Picky Eaters to Pick Real Food

Is Your Bed Hurting You -- Or Helping You Heal? | I know a lot of you struggle to get a good night's sleep. You may be waking up in more pain than when you went to bed. So, you need to find the *right* sleep surface - non-toxic, supportive, comfortable and durable. Can a bed really help you heal - instead of hurt you as you sleep? Yes, and here's that bed... | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/114

Is Your Bed Hurting You — Or Helping You Heal? (KYF114)

DIY Diffuser Jewelry {necklace and bracelet} Essential oils are rapidly gaining popularity -- and with good reason. I quickly realized that essential oil jewelry would be a breeze to make (and fun, too!). I'll take you through the steps of making both an essential oil diffuser necklace and an essential oil diffuser bracelet -- so you'll be making essential oil jewelry on your own in no time. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

DIY Essential Oil Jewelry {Diffuser Necklace & Bracelet}

Nourishing Traditions for Kids | Did the book Nourishing Traditions change your life like it did ours? Then you'll be thrilled to hear there's another book in the NT line... for kids! (And we're giving away 3 copies!) I couldn't be more thrilled to share it with you -- yes, because of the gorgeous illustrations and beautiful kid-friendly layout -- and also because it's written by long-time Traditional Cooking School member and friend, Suzanne Gross. | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/115

Nourishing Traditions for Kids {the book!} (KYF115)

Transitioning to Gluten-Free Baking: 10 Tips and Tricks for Success | As I navigated the world of gluten-free flours, starches, gums, and endless lists of substitutes, I learned a few things that made my baked goods both better and healthier. Here are my top 10 tips to help you transition successfully and healthfully. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Transitioning to Gluten-Free Baking: 10 Tips and Tricks for Success

16 Recipes and Tips for Real Food Camping | Fond memories aside, just because we are “roughing it” on a camp site doesn’t mean we have to compromise on providing delicious, nutritious, whole food meals. To prepare for this year’s camping season I scoured the internet and our own archives for creative, healthy, delicious, and easily-prepared camping meals. You can also put all of them on your camp-out menu and won’t need to pack a single sheet of tinfoil! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

16 Recipes and Tips for Real Food Camping

Maca, Superfood | Mark Ament has made it his life's mission to source the best quality, freshest Peruvian maca while keeping it as affordable as possible for all of us. He's doing a great job -- his maca is truly the best. I can feel the difference in my vitality and I eat it regularly in smoothies. Here's all the scoop on maca -- plus a coupon to save 10%. | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/117

Maca, Superfood (KYF117)

Ever tried to make your own homemade hair products? Coconut oil made my hair a greasy mess; another concoction gave me a flat head. Then I came across something that not only worked, it was affordable. My homemade hair gel (together with my citrus hair spray) provides better, healthier, and more holistic results than anything I used to buy!

Homemade Hair Gel + Citrus Hair Spray