So...August arrived. School stopped. This meant that my routine during the day, which is the backbone to my routine at night, was suddenly not there anymore. August is traditionally my time for relaxing from the school year that has just finished. I am always exhausted and taking a month to work my way through The…
Category: Healthy Homeschool Living
Reflection on my Healthy Lifestyle
I had a different post in mind today, but yesterday I had some light bulb moments that I wanted to journal about. I think I have journaled before about the extreme tiredness I have been experiencing since an infection I had in February. This, paired with the fact that my voice has felt tired and…
Healthy Oatmeal Breakfast
I love my breakfasts. Five days a week I eat a very healthy, very delicious oatmeal breakfast with nuts, seeds and fruit. It is sugar free and full of lots and lots of nutrients. Yummy! I roll my own oats from organic oat groats I buy in bulk. Freshly rolled oats are more moist and…
Healthy Vegan Wrap
Over the last few weeks we have been having wraps for lunch. I can’t believe I haven’t discovered them before now! They are delicious, really healthy with little to no un-natural ingredients (I say little because I did not make the wraps). You need: WrapHumousEdamame beansSpinachWatercressAvocadoTomatoesCucumberPeppers - red, yellow, greenAny other salad greens or herbs…
High Calorie Granola {Healthy Living}
Yes, you read correctly: high calorie granola. It is rare that I post a recipe for anything which is high calorie on purpose, but I have a son who is training for the army and he needs the calories along side the health. This is an all natural, very flexible granola recipe. I make a…
Spinach and Strawberry Salad {Healthy Living}
For lunch on Thursday we had some spinach and strawberry salad. I don’t know about you, but I always find using up a whole bag of spinach really hard. I like it in juices and in green leaf salads, but partnered with sliced strawberries and drizzled with a strawberry dressing is by far my favourite.…
How to Make Bone Broth {Healthy Living}
I have been making bone broth for years. My method has changed during that time as I’ve tweaked it to suit our tastes and needs. In this post I will show you how to make bone broth using an organic, zero waste method. # Be flexible with the vegetables and bones you use Each week,…
Healthy Homeschool Living: How to Make the Perfect Salad
Perfect Salads are hard to come by. Even those found in a lovely restaurant are often not up to par and certainly not as tasty as the ones I make 🙂 We eat salads every day, if not twice a day, and rarely grow tired of them. Even my traditionally meat eater husband is enjoying…
Healthy Homeschool Living: why I weigh myself every morning
Hello. I'm Claire. And I weigh myself every morning. But why? Are we not always told to only weigh ourselves once a week? - Or better still once a month? I mean, weight goes up and down like a yoyo depending on the amount of glycogen in your body (it takes 3-4 grams of water…
Healthy Homeschool Living: Nutritional Files – Ginger
Ginger is a flowering plant with fat nodular roots. It is these roots that we traditionally know as ginger. Whilst ginger can be bought crystalised, dried or as an essential oil, we always use the fresh root. I keep it in the fridge and snap off a piece to use as and when I need…
Healthy Homeschool Living – Healthy Attitudes
Healthy Attitudes are SO important when making changes that last. As you know, I have tried every diet under the sun. And let me tell you: they all work. For as long as I stick to them. I mean, let's face it, weight loss isn't rocket science. And, likewise, weight gain doesn't require a doctorate…
Healthy Homeschool Living: Recipe File – Kefir Smoothies
I allow my kefir to sit for 24 hours with the grains and then strain and pop liquid in fridge for another twelve. The resulting liquid, though not delicious by any stretch of the imagination, is at least drinkable. Especially if you hide the taste somewhat in a Kefir Smoothies. I make two different types…
Healthy Homeschool Living: Nutritional Files – Home-Made Kefir
Kefir is a cultured fermented milk drink, traditionally made from fermenting cow's milk with kefir grains. Although, one of the advantages of making Home-Made Kefir is that you can use a non-dairy milk, such as coconut milk. Kefir grains (found on the slopes of the Caucasus Mountains situated between Russia and Georgia) are not actually…
Healthy Homeschool Living: Drinking Water
Drinking Water. Easy, right? Well, yes it should be. I mean there's nothing hard about running the cold tap into a glass and then downing its contents. Yet, when I think about how little I have drunk over the past few years, I am appalled! I don't know about you, but there have been way…
Healthy Homeschool Living: Oat Recipes
A couple of days ago I shared the nutritional advantages of using raw oats in your daily diet. Today I want to share our family's five favourite Oat Recipes with you. At the end of the post, there will be some free printable cards, to pop in your home-making folder. Oat Recipes: Plain ol' Porridge…