by Randi Ragan | Jan 17, 2014 | Healing With Plants, Kitchen Rituals
“Let Food Be Thy Medicine” — Hippocrates The “Doctrine of Signatures” is a profound ancient health system, which states that every fruit and vegetable has a certain pattern that resembles a body organ, or system, and that this pattern acts as a...
by Randi Ragan | Jan 16, 2014 | Healing With Plants, Kitchen Rituals, Seasonal Goodness
“Animals are my friends, and I don’t eat my friends” — George Bernard Shaw In the beginning days and weeks of this New Year, our tendency is to figure out how to become our best selves. We foreswear bad habits and weaknesses, and try to march ourselves down...
by Randi Ragan | Sep 29, 2012 | Kitchen Rituals, Seasonal Goodness
Never thought you’d see those “vegan” and “football” side by side, did ya? Well, neither did I until I wrote them. But I’ve been thinking alot lately about autumn rituals (see previous posts). I grew up in Texas, where football is...
by Randi Ragan | Jul 25, 2012 | Kitchen Rituals, Seasonal Goodness, Sustainable Beauty
What is more quintessential about summer than a perfectly ripe, juicy peach? It’s almost peach season, so here a some healthy facts about peaches as well a few quick and easy recipes (for beauty as well as to eat) so you can get busy celebrating the glorious,...
by Randi Ragan | Jun 12, 2012 | Kitchen Rituals, Sustainable Beauty
Food For Beautiful Skin When it comes to the skin, which is responsible for some heavy-lifting when it comes to protecting us, the best tact to take is to focus on an anti-inflammatory diet. The skin faces a barrage of attacks from the outside world everyday and...
by Randi Ragan | Feb 11, 2012 | Healing With Plants, Kitchen Rituals, Seasonal Goodness
Winter Wellness Recipe – Roasted Winter Root Vegetables This winter wellness recipe features the kicky taste of Meyer lemons (actually a cross between an orange and a lemon,) whose arrival in the markets presages the coming of Spring and gives us the hope that...
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