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Welcome to Your Primal Life, where I provide an array of informative articles to help you on your journey towards healthy living. Gain insights into providing wholesome food options for your loved ones and discover effective strategies to encourage them to embrace these choices. Delve into topics like homesteading, nutrition, recipes, healing herbs, functional body movements, and so much more to help you along this journey. Join me on this transformative path to maximizing your family’s well-being.
Achieve Healthy Longevity: 7 Tips
Healthy Longevity doesn’t mean living to a ripe old age only to spend it unable to care for yourself, being a burden to your family, living in a nursing home or lonely. It means living to that ripe old age as healthy and productive as possible so you can spend time with your grandkids, golf, travel or continue with your adventurous life. “I don’t want to get old and decrepit!” Have you ever said or heard this? Or there’s this quote by Hunter S. Thompson; “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and...
My Family Will Never Go For That!
Yes, yes, they will! You know you need to make changes to your family’s diet, but you also worry that they’ll never go along willingly. That’s OK, I got you. I’ll share with you my 6 top tips for not only getting them to go along willingly but to also ensure that they love the changes. I caution you not to tell them what you’re doing. That is an important tip to remember. Kids, and sometimes even spouses, will automatically rebel if they think you are trying to make them eat healthier. For some crazy reason, eating healthy has a bad rap. Falsely so, in my...
Homemade Superfood Chocolate
You and your family will forever prefer this over commercial store-bought chocolate. You are in for a treat with this recipe. It contains 4 great superfoods; cacao powder, organic coconut oil, pure maple syrup, and sea salt, plus pure vanilla extract and organic coconut sugar. Wholesome goodness with real, clean ingredients! Cacao beans have been prized for their medicinal properties for centuries. They are full of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and phytonutrients. They are antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, good for the heart and brain, and make you happy. Take...
Vitamin D – Is Your Family’s Level Optimized?
Are you vitamin D deficient? It’s quite possible. According to the NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information) database, at least 40% of Americans are deficient. Potential signs of deficiency; Tired or sick often Anxiety or depression Muscle, bone, or back pain Osteoporosis or frequent bone fractures Muscle weakness Loss of cognition Asthma Here’s a shocking statistic for you; according to Free the Kids – Dirt is Good, prison inmates spend more time outdoors than the average kid. Holy cow! Think this might be adding to our problem? Let’s look at causes...
Pressure Cooker Chicken with Bacon (Crockpot instructions included)
Prep Time 5 mins|Cook Time 40 mins|Total Time 45 mins Servings: 6 Author: Coach Nanette Ingredients 5 Each Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts, or 10 thighs, or combo 1 Package bacon no added sugar, nitrates, or nitrites 3 Tsp Old Bay Seasoning 1-2 Tsp sea salt Instructions Put the chicken in the Pressure Cooker. Lay bacon strips on top. Add seasonings. Cook on chicken/meat setting for 40 minutes. Release steam. Shred and return to pot. Roasted vegetables or salads go well with this. Make extra, it's great leftover with guacamole in a lettuce or coconut wrap....
Paleo Chicken Fried Steak with Cauliflower Mash and Brown Gravy (with Keto & Dairy-free options)
The ultimate comfort food for a Southern girl is a Chicken Fried Steak, at least for me, I love them. But what if you eat Primal, Paleo or Keto and don’t eat grains? That was me, that was my dilemma, and I missed them terribly. Once I got more comfortable with using Paleo-approved ingredients, the chicken fried steak testing began. Some turned out good, some not so good, but I got closer every time. My mom shared the pickled jalapeno juice trick with me. This secret ingredient is the bomb and was the game-changer for this recipe. It doesn’t make it spicy at all,...
Intermittent Fasting, Is It for You?
If you could improve your health, reduce inflammation, reduce body fat, increase energy, enhance cellular repair, lower blood sugar levels, and improve mental clarity by Intermittent Fasting, would you? Confused about the different types? Worried you'll damage your metabolism? Not sure if it's for you? So many questions! Fasting can range from hours to days, weeks, or even months. Intermittent Fasting typically refers to hours. Humans have been fasting for thousands of years, and most religions have a deep history of fasting. Intermittent Fasting, simply put, is...
Cars and Planes and Hotels, Oh My!
The holiday season is right around the corner and many families will be hitting the road. Traveling can be but doesn’t have to be hard on your health. I’ve got you covered with these tips to help navigate healthy eating while traveling. Keep in mind that vacations are to be enjoyed, don’t feel compelled to be too stringent about what you eat. Some of my best memories include experimenting with regional offerings and enjoying new foods. No shame, no guilt. Just don’t let your vacation be an excuse to completely derail from your healthy lifestyle choices. Having a...
Make Thanksgiving Delicious AND Nutritious!
Many times, when I engage in discussions about holidays and healthy eating, people throw their hands up in defense of traditions and the belief that holidays aren’t meant to be healthy. Not true my friends, not true. It’s quite simple to make your Thanksgiving meal delicious and nutritious. Choosing a healthy lifestyle doesn’t have to be situational. Let’s start with the bird. Buy the healthiest turkey you can comfortably afford. With local, pasture-raised being the healthiest and conventional (CAFO) being the least, with many options in between. To limit...
Fermented Cranberry Sauce
Cranberries are a delicious superfood with vitamin C, fiber, and antioxidants. The fermentation process provides beneficial probiotics with lots of good bacteria. It's good for the digestion and boosts immunity. I love this and always make extra so that I can eat it for months. It's great on yogurt, turkey wraps or just by itself. Kids love it too, so delicious! Course: Side Dish Cuisine: American Author: Nanette Equipment Food Processor Ingredients 3 Cups Cranberries (high pesticide risk, buy organic) 1/2 Cup Toasted Pecans or walnuts 1/2 Cup Whey (recipe...
Minimize Halloween Sugar Meltdowns: 3 Tips
Need help managing your kids’ sugar intake and navigating the upcoming Holidays? It’s easy to justify allowing our kids to consume excess sugar, you know, “it’s Halloween” (or any other holiday, birthday…). “it’s a childhood rite of passage”. “they deserve a treat”. “kids’ bodies can handle sugar”. “I ate lots of sugar when I was a kid”. Does any of this sound familiar? Trust me I’m not judging, those were my words. However, once I understood the real damage my kids’ little bodies were experiencing, I could no longer justify it. I encourage you to consider the...
Redfish Pontchartrain (gluten free)
Who loves Redfish Pontchartrain? Me! It’s my favorite dish to order at a local seafood restaurant. But at $30+ per plate, I decided it was time to learn to cook it myself. Plus I make it gluten-free in order to fit our dietary needs. I’ve been playing with it for a couple of years and am finally happy with the results. And my homemade Bone Broth really ups the flavor intensity. This dish is especially great when we catch the fish ourselves. It’s redfish season in Texas, so it’s time, let’s do it! Of course, you could use other white-fleshed mild fish, but for...
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