I thought I had blenders all figured out.
In fact, I thought I was some kind of a blending pro – a hot shot, blending with my eyes closed and behind my back. At the height of my glory, I was blending five times a day, training to go to the world Blending Championships to compete with the best in the world. The blending Olympics, if you will.
Then a freak blending accident left me unable to compete, and I had to step back and take stock of my life. Turns out I was all wrong. There was still so much to learn…
In the video below, I’m showing you two blender tricks that blew my mind when I learned them, so I figured you may find them interesting as well:
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bayh_omozQk
Happy blending!
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Great post.
Tracy, what do you recommend eating for breakfast?
I’m a student and don’t have time between classes to eat anything so I usually go around 4 hours with no eating between breakfast and lunch.
Thanks, love your website.
Hey Lizzie,
If you want something to last you all morning, you need to eat some protein… eggs and natural bacon is actually a really great breakfast. Or you can add raw eggs (if they’re from a farm), and avocadoes to green smoothies to give you more of a boost
What do you mean by natural? As in, from a grass-fed cow raised on a certified organic farm?
Also, is Kombucha good for you to eat?
And one last FINAL question (sorry, I know you must get hundreds of these) but what are some alternatives to manuka honey as a face wash? I’ve been slowly transitioning into the 7 steps over the past month or two from your ebook and also I decided to go “no poo” but my skin is AWFUL. Could it be the honey or the lack of shampooing?
Thanks so much!
Hi Lizzie, yes preferably grass fed and organic (doesn’t have to be certified organic, most farmers willing to feed their animals the proper diet won’t feed them tons of pesticides)… and as for natural bacon, it shouldn’t have the usual sugar, nitrates, and preservatives it usually does.
Kombucha can be good yeah, although probably not a ton of it every day since it does contain caffeine. If you make it with green tea it’s better.
Alternatives to honey…. my gal Svea had some great suggestions:
“Some very gentle cleansing alternatives:
1)
I guess you already knew about manuka (or raw organic) honey!!!
2)
Orris root powder mixed with water (or aloe vera gel) is very moisturizing and smells like violets! Leave on for just a few minutes, then rinse.
In the past, this has been used as a tooth powder as well. Whoever has a severe intolerance to fluoride / SLS / mint oil: try it!
3)
Organic raw milk yoghurt or churd used as a cleansing milk.
4)
Clay or rhassoul mixed with water, aloe vera gel or alcohol-free organic floral waters (i.e. orange blossom water, rosewater, hamamelis water, lavender water…).
Leave on for just a few minutes (don‘t let it dry!), then rinse.
5)
Chickpea flower mixed with water, …
6)
A pinch of baking soda diluted in a lot of water. Splash your face.
7)
Just use your favorite oil on a damp cotton-pad.”
Thanks Tracy! And I just noticed that I asked if the bacon had to be from a grass-fed “cow” -.- Lol, I meant pig!
Also, salmon? What do you feel about salmon? If it is Alaskan wild-caught? I heard the omega 3’s are amazing for your skin so I’m thinking I’ll have it once a week. Wise choice?
Your skin looks just LOVE-ly. Truly. Are you finding the caveman theory is getting better after some more time has passed? My grandmother has the skin of a sunny day and she doesn’t use anything but a warm face cloth every now and again. If there is one thing I would like to aquire in my life, it is that of simplicity. I hope I’ll be ready to take some of the steps you have to get there. Thanks for the video, although I have to confess I’ve fallen deeply in love with my vitamix, it’s a mean piece of machine. Lots o’ love!
Thanks Melanie! I actually do feel like caveman thing is doing me good… if any inflammation seems like it’s starting, it just stays small, goes away fast, and blends in better than when I was washing my face. And the funny thing is is that I’m actually less uptight about it… it’s like I have faith now that it won’t actually flare up and become a disaster. I will say that my skin is still slightly more flakey that it was before (not like ridiculously flakey like at the end of the 30 day experiment), but not significantly…. not enough to negate the benefits of not having to do anything at all to my skin! That’s so great. So that’s why I’ve been continuing on it…. it’s the ultimate in laziness. (by the way, I’ve only wet my face twice in the last two weeks)
And not only that, but I’ve totally gotten used to not using any makeup at all on my skin without any anxiety!
Uh. I’m so trying the first trick with hummus this weekend! Thanks for sharing!!
Yes! This is definitely a trick that was MADE for hummus making
Tracy, congrats on your continued caveman success! & I am happy you are able to go sans makeup with less stress, so great!!! I’m on my second week of the caveman and I agree, letting go and letting the skin do it’s thing reduces the inflammation greatly! Anyways I just wanted to congratulate you on your progress, we all need a little motivation on here to let go and heal the body naturally from within!
Anyways, great post and tips thank youuu!
Tracy, I bought the GAPS book finally. I’d love to discuss it with you. In the book, Campbell-McBride mentions a lot of particularly interesting facts that stood out to me. Some of these facts go even against common wisdom in the traditonal health/alternative medicine/raw foodism/whatever communities. A few of the points she brings up are worthwhile to study from the aspect of skin health and kidney/liver health (which I’m focusing on now.) Expect a lengthy email from me sometime soon.
Great! I just finished reading the book myself and also found some great nuggets, so let’s chat ‘er up
Sent! Reply back at your earliest convenience 😛
I’m starting the GAPS intro diet today! 🙂 I would love to see posts on that!
Oh cool!! Well you let me know how it goes please. I’ll be writing lots about it closer to when I start it (which I’m not sure when will be yet… sometime in the next month and a half, so you might be finished intro by then!)
I took out my juicer for the first time in like 2 months today and I got a great idea!
Fermented 100% vegetable juices! Veggie kefir! Gonna put my kefir grains in with a tiny bit of whey and put that in my veggie juices. 😀
Today I fermented some mandarin orange juice and whole mixed berries in water.
Lol, I haven’t touched my juicer in more than a year I’m sure. But I am also somewhat inspired to get it out again after the GAPS book. Fermenting your juice sounds like a great idea! I’m surprised Dr. Natasha didn’t think of that…!
I have been doing some research on how to treat a child’s ear infections naturally and there is so much out there it;s really overwhelming and i was wondering if you had any advice. Thanks!
Hi Sheena,
Well I happened to just read about this in the GAPS diet book, and Dr. Campbell McBridge advises that almost all children recover from an earache in the same amount of time as those who took antibiotics, so avoid them, as they only cause more infections later. They’ll recover on their own. Over all, probiotics will help keep them away, as will avoiding sugars, milk, and processed carbs. For relief from the infection, she suggests these home remedies:
1. Keep your child warm at all times, indoors, warm jumper, woollen hat etc
2. Give lots of hot drinks, such as hot water with lemon and honey. Put probiotic powder on his tongue after finishing the drink, so the probiotics travel back up the throat and to the ear
3. Take 1 – 2 teaspoons cold pressed olive oil and mix in a crushed clove of garlic. Let sit 30 minutes, straight through a sieve or cheesecloth. Put a few drops of this in your child’s ear every hour, particularly before bed. Make sure it’s a bit warm when you do this, but don’t microwave it because it will destroy the live enzymes. Make a fresh mixture of it every day, its more effective when fresh.
4. Take a large white onion, chop it finely and wrap it in a piece of cotton cloth. Warm it to fairly hot but tolerable to the touch. Put it on your child’s ear and securely cover with a warm hat. You can put a piece of cling wrap between the onion and the hat so it doesn’t soak it. Keep it there till it cools down, warm it up again and repeat. It’s kind of messy but apparently works extremely well
thank you so much for all your help!!! the thing with the garlic helped my daughter so much!!
The thing with meat that isn’t organic isn’t just how the animals are fed. They also get preventative antibiotics all the time, which you then consume through the meat/dairy.
Oatmeal with fruit is great for breakfast, rolled oats contain plenty of protein, fibre and carbohydrates to keep you going all morning.
Hey, great tips here! I especially like the one about making quinoa flour, cause that is SO expensive to buy at the store but so incredibly healthy for you.
Just picked up a 2lb bag of quinoa at Costco for $6.00, so this would be a very cost-effective way of eating healthy.
Thanks much!
Andy