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Homemade Hummus If you haven’t discovered the ease and fun of making your own hummus, today’s post is for you! Basic Hummus You’ll Need: One 15-oz can of organic garbanzo beans, drained, but reserve the liquid.  You can also cook your own beans (cover with 2-3 inches of water, soak overnight, then cook about 90 […]

Meet Chakra! Chakra has been culturing and fermenting foods, and teaching people about fermenting, for many years.  She loved to make kefir from raw goat’s milk, and then she heard about kefir water.  Made without dairy, it caught her interest, and she gave it a try.  In 2008 she made her first flavor in her

Greens are Not Just for Salad! Written by Gayle I am not a fan of bitter greens.  I think I have particularly acute taste buds, so I usually pick them out of my salads in restaurants.  But I do like the nutritional profile of greens, even the bitter ones.  Kale, collards, chard, dandelion–all are high

Meet an Author! Written by Gayle There are so many diets and ways of eating today, and sometimes it’s a bit overwhelming.  But never fear, there are resources to help clear away the clutter!  One growing segment in the nutritional world is veganism.  Vegans have taken vegetarianism (eating no meat, fish, or poultry) another step

Repeat After Me:  Reduce the Amount of Salt, Sugar, and Fat! Written by Gayle Some time ago I read and reviewed the Book, Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss (click here to read the summary and review).  Since then I have been so aware of how much of those three ingredients are

Add Some Fermented Food for Your Health! Written by Gayle We have a problem in our modern society.  Our guts are not healthy.  Digestive disorders are placing a growing burden on Americans, according to Stephen Bickston (an American Gastroenterological Association fellow and professor internal medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University, and quoted in USNews Health website here.)

Get a New Start for Health! Written by Gayle Want to know what all the fuss is about juicing?  Joe Cross set out on his own journey to better health by juicing for 60 days.  He made his film, Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead (click here for his website) documenting his journey.  For sixty days he only

But a Big Anniversary Celebration! Written by Gayle Every July, everyone at Lassen’s ramps up for our Anniversary Celebration.  It’s number 43 this year!  This Saturday, July 19, there will be great one-day sales, raffle prizes, demos and lots of samples!  Back in 1971, the words “health food” conjured up images of brewer’s yeast, wheat

How to Eat? Written by Gayle Every once in a while I like to have a little shot in the arm to increase my motivation to eat right.  It is so easy to get caught in a trap of eating without thinking, especially in the busy summer when my preference is to do things the