 I posted last week on Facebook that John and the boys were in California looking at a harvester. Well, not only did they look at it, but also bought it! Then the question was whether or not it could be shipped here to West Texas in time for our first harvest. The question is now answered! It ...  I love to serve healthy treats and especially when there are probiotics involved! Yogurt is made from the fermentation of milk by bacterial cultures. These cultures remain alive even through freezing, which means you are feeding the good bacteria in you gut! With the 100F + temperatures that we have been having, these yogurt popsicles ...  For years, whole wheat pancakes and waffles have been our standard breakfast. For variety, nuts, bananas, raisins and even chocolate chips were added. I thought we were eating such a healthy, hearty breakfast! We would have been if the flour had been properly prepared. Unfortunately, I had never heard about phytic acid or lectins in ...  I am amazed that we are already in the last week of August! For us, August is typically a busy month. Besides sampling the grapes twice per week and checking the brix and pH, we have birthdays (mine, 2 sons, a grandson) and our anniversary (28 yrs!). This year we have had the added excitement ...  If you have not tried to make your own mayonnaise at home, it definitely should be put on your "to-do" list. Not only is it easy but it is also much healthier than it's store bought counterpart. Using fresh pastured eggs, the raw egg yolk in homemade mayonnaise provides easy to absorb nutrients that your body will thrive ...  You might think that you can tell if a grape is ripe just by taste. To some extent that is true. For the winemaker, though, there is more to it than just taste. There are seed characteristics and chemistry stuff like Brix and pH to measure. It is a good thing John was a chemist in ...  When we lived in Switzerland, it never ceased to amaze me how we could drive an hour or two and be in a totally different country with different culture and different language! My favorite country of all though, was Italy. Maybe I liked it so much because of their obvious love of big families (namely mine!). ...  As I began seeing significant physical improvement as a direct result of the GAPS diet, I began wondering what was next? The GAPS diet is not intended to be a lifelong way of eating but only for a period of time necessary to heal the gut. If a change in diet had such a dramatic ...  I am afraid that I might have given the impression that all we do is work - in the vineyard , gardening or building our house. I assure you that, that is not true. Thankfully, our simpler farming life here in dusty West Texas affords us plenty of opportunity to relax and play. Among other activities, we ride unicycles. ...  This is a quick and easy salad dressing which reminds me of a Green Goddess dressing. Now, I may be dating myself but, I think it was popular in the 70's and 80's. Anyway, it was good and this is a healthy version of the dressing that I remember. Not only does it taste great but ... |
     
 
God has amazingly blessed me, Dina-Marie, with a wonderful husband and 10 beautiful children. Moving from our "secure" life in Alabama to the "exciting" life of starting a vineyard in west Texas has definitely been challenging. Besides frugality, farm life and simple living, I have learned the importance of diet, quality of food and traditional cooking. Through the GAPS diet, I am successfully reversing my rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis and food allergies. I hope to encourage you to make the most of where you are and what you have as I share my life with you. 
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