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Take the Toxic Test
How toxic are you?!
Hilary Elmer
2 days ago6 min read
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A CURE for Asthma & COPD??
A lot of soldiers came home with breathing difficulties, including Kevin.
Hilary Elmer
Jun 275 min read
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Home Made Cheese 6: Alpine
Have you ever found something that you enjoyed so much that you dived deep and got really good at it?
Hilary Elmer
Jun 2013 min read
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Home Made Cheese 5: Queso Fresco
Say you want to make a cheesey cheese that can be grated to melt in quesadillas, or you want to make a killer grilled cheese sandwich for lunch. If you think you need traditional hard cheeses like cheddar or monterey jack, you might be disappointed to learn that those cheeses require a cheese press, a cheese cave, and a long aging time.
Hilary Elmer
Jun 139 min read
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Home Made Cheese 4: 30 Minute Mozzarella
Cheese making is the art of removing whey from curd. There are a million ways to do that, which is why there are a million types of...
Hilary Elmer
Jun 66 min read
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Home Made Cheese 3: Feta
Cheese making is the art of removing whey from curd. There are a million ways to do that, which is why there are a million types of...
Hilary Elmer
May 305 min read
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Home Made Cheese 2: Labneh (or Yogurt Cheese)
Learn how to make a simple cheese that harnesses friendly bacteria to acidify the milk and separate the curd from whey.
Hilary Elmer
May 236 min read
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Home Made Cheese 1: Paneer & Ricotta
Cheese making is the art of removing whey from curd. There are a million ways to do that, which is why there are a million types of...
Hilary Elmer
May 165 min read
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Raw Honey & Strawberry Milk
Healthy food doesn't have to taste like kale. It can taste like strawberries and cream. One of the most important choices you can make to...
Hilary Elmer
May 91 min read
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Connecting with History: Pork
I used to wish that I had been born 200 years earlier. I would have made a fantastic pioneer. With age comes wisdom. I have learned to...
Hilary Elmer
Apr 254 min read
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3 Steps For a Weed Free Garden
This is a repost of a blog from last year. There are two types of gardeners in this world: the type who love their gardens and enjoy...
Hilary Elmer
Apr 186 min read
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How Women Need to Eat to Balance Their Hormones
Weight gain Mood swings Painful periods--or for older women, menopausal nightmares... Have you even felt like being a woman is a cruel...
Hilary Elmer
Apr 115 min read
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Maple Vanilla Milk Mix
Did you like vanilla milk as a kid? You can buy vanilla milk, but it has so many ick ingredients. What could be a healthy snack has been...
Hilary Elmer
Apr 41 min read
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What Misleading Milk Labels Really Mean
One good thing that our food industry does is to label food so we know what we are putting in our bodies. That empowers those of us who...
Hilary Elmer
Mar 289 min read
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Colostrum: the Amazing Supplement that Boosts Healing
When a baby mammal is born, it is thrust from the safe, sterile conditions in its mother's womb to a world full of things trying to kill...
Hilary Elmer
Mar 214 min read
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The Ultimate Kefir Guide
Raw grass fed milk is a perfect, complete food. But it's even BETTER for you if you make it into kefir. A delicious breakfast: kefir with...
Hilary Elmer
Mar 148 min read
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The Results of The MILK CURE are IN...
"From that time [being cured of his ailments] to the present, I have never ceased to advocate for the milk cure, and of the thousands of...
Hilary Elmer
Mar 77 min read
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What Would Happen if You Lived on Raw Milk Alone?
Theoretically, milk has everything you need to survive. So what would happen if you consumed nothing but raw milk? Milk is a miracle....
Hilary Elmer
Feb 284 min read
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Dry Beans--the Affordable Unprocessed Food, and Pork Chili Recipe
Why is it that the more heavily processed and unhealthy food is, the cheaper it is? That's so not fair! Sometimes it seems like you can't...
Hilary Elmer
Feb 214 min read
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Barn Kitties
Every barn needs a cat. At least one cat. More is better. Who else is going to greet you on a cold morning in the barn with purrs and...
Hilary Elmer
Feb 144 min read
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