Joette Calabrese

Homemade Vanilla Extract

When you read how simple this is, you’re going to wish you had know about it years ago.  Goodness!  I’ve spent a lot of unnecessary money on the store-bought version before I learned about this.   The recipe:  (if you could call it that) You  break up about 10 vanilla beans either dried or  not, […]

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Old Fashioned Scottish Oatmeal

When McDonald’s recently announced their new oatmeal breakfast, I thought it was time to   pass along  some information I’ve learned from  the Weston A Price Foundation and have employed in my own home for years. Real oatmeal; that is oatmeal that is  made the traditional way in Scotland is made with old fashioned oats.    They’re

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Shrove Tuesday Gumbo

Here’s a  traditional recipe to start Lent 10  oz  andouille sausage  but if you can’t find a good source without nitrates and from quality pork, then  Polish, Italian or any smoked sausage will do. 2 cups chicken meat raw shrimp (preferably wild) ½ cup crab meat 2T lard, tallow or duck fat 1 stick organic

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Shrove Tuesday Gumbo

Here’s a  traditional recipe to start Lent 10  oz  andouille sausage  but if you can’t find a good source without nitrates and from quality pork, then  Polish, Italian or any smoked sausage will do. 2 cups chicken meat raw shrimp (preferably wild) ½ cup crab meat 2T lard, tallow or duck fat 1 stick organic

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Almond Flour Pizza Crust

3 cups almond flour 1/2 cup parm cheese 1/2 tsp sea salt 2 tsp oregano 2 tsp garlic powder 1 tsp basil   6 tbsp olive oil 4 eggs   Mix all dry, mix all wet, mix together – 2 heaping tsp on parchment paper Cover with parchment paper, spread out into small circles.  Cook

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Cheese Pucks

(-From “Secret Spoonfuls. Confessions of a Secret Mom” CD Booklet) Ingredients: 1 cup arrowroot powder 1 cup grated cheese ½ cup butter 1 cup cream cheese ½ tsp salt ½ tsp white or cayenne pepper Mix arrowroot, salt and pepper; add butter and cheese to form dough. If it is too dry, add more butter;

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Homeopathy Useful for Motion Sickness

Summertime brings family vacations and with them often comes motion sickness, whether the travel is by car, plane, bus, train or boat.  Over the counter medications often cause drowsiness, affect cognitive function and can interfere with other medications.  Homeopathy offers safe alternatives that address the discomfort of the symptoms and often avert them.  Doses of

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Gluten Free Bread

(Similar to traditional banana bread) This recipe allows for almond flour purchased from a health food/gourmet store or  for a more nutritious and alive product follow instructions  below for  *soaked almonds. 2 cups almond flour 3 organic bananas; store frozen bananas kept for just such an occasion 5 free range eggs 3-4 T organic coconut

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