Pumpkin & Goat Cheese Muffins

Pumpkin & Goat Cheese Muffins

Pumpkin, Goat Cheese and Thyme Muffins By: Ashley Dew I’m not exactly sure what is going on in our house but the food seems to be disappearing a lot faster than usual lately. It could be that we have health food fairies with long fingers OR it could be that my new and...
Chickpeas, Goats and Wine

Chickpeas, Goats and Wine

Chickpeas, Goats, and Sardinian Cannonau wine  When it comes to the Sardinians, genetics, lifestyle and diet come together to create a loooooooong life. Sardinia is in one of the Blue Zones, with the world’s longest living people. There are a few things that factor...
Blue Zones

Blue Zones

Blue Zones: The Areas of The World With The Longest Living People ‘Blue Zone’ is a name that has been coined for the regions in the world where people are healthiest and live the longest. The concept of blue zones grew out of the demographic work done by Gianni Pes...
Frankincense and Myrrh

Frankincense and Myrrh

Medicinal Qualities of Frankincense and Myrrh Turns out those three wise men were pretty wise afterall. It wasn’t an uninspired choice to include the two plant oils, frankincense and myrrh, with gold to bring to newborn Jesus. Gold, circa 5 BC, seems reasonable. But...
Roasted Walnuts

Roasted Walnuts

Roasted Walnuts By: Ashley Dew This is a sexy twist to a plain ole nut. But don’t get me wrong…a plain ole nut that just so happens to be booming with superpowers. In fact, there’s so much fascination about the health benefits of this one nut that for the past 50...