Healthy Meals - The BEarth Institute

The Benefits of the Family Meal

Posted on November 3, 2016 by thebearthinstitute in Cooking, Healthy Meals, Modeling, Parenting

By Nancy Jewel Poer We did not feel television was a benefit to growing, creative minds … with TV you are taking in someone else’s story, not living your own. The only possible and logical daily gathering time was the evening meal. When I speak with adults about happy childhood...

Is Your Health Food Safe?

Posted on April 11, 2015 by thebearthinstitute in Detoxification, Healthy Meals, Nutritional Healing

Ironically, last year, the only time I got sick from food was when I had just eaten a typical “health food” meal filled with vegetables as a main dish and a salad on the side. After this meal I had a very bad case of food poisoning for the next...

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What is an “Open Table”?

Posted on November 5, 2014 by thebearthinstitute in Christmas, Cooking, Healthy Meals, Modeling, Modeling, Thanksgiving

Today I took a look back in time. What were we doing on Thanksgiving five years ago? And how have things changed since then? What I discovered surprised me. Looking back I can see how what we did was very healing to our family as well as others and contributed...

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Your Herbal “Stemulus” Package

Posted on October 4, 2014 by thebearthinstitute in Cooking, Healthy Meals, Herbal Healing, Nutritional Healing

Ok, I admit I didn’t make that up. Our local florist has that on their sign and I thought it was so clever! But it also fits what I wanted to talk about today. During rough economic times (be it now or another time) I often find people struggling to...

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Spring & Summer Protection-ade

Posted on May 21, 2014 by thebearthinstitute in Detoxification, Healthy Meals, Herbal Healing, Kids Can Heal, Naturopathic Healing, Spring, Summer, Wildcrafting

Does the thought of a refreshing day by the lake or at the local swimming pool have you jumping up and down for joy or does it have you running to hide? If you or someone you love suffers from allergies, environmental and/or chemical sensitivities it will be the word “pollen” that...

My Favorite Detox Diet for Adults and Kids

Posted on May 14, 2014 by thebearthinstitute in Autumn, Detoxification, Healthy Meals, Nutritional Healing, Spring, Summer, Winter

Every change of season I do a detox. Sometimes I do a juice fast, sometimes I use a lot of herbs, sometimes I do other kinds of detoxes. However, for the next ten days I am doing my favorite detox diet. I almost feel guilty doing it because it is...

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A Gift for You

Posted on May 1, 2014 by thebearthinstitute in Cooking, Healthy Meals, Organization, Organization, Parenting, Planning, Planning, Rhythm, Teachers, Waldorf Philosophy

We have updated our “Color and Grain of the Day” chart so it looks pretty for you. If you want to share this please send people to our BLOG here to download it. It is free for anyone who downloads it from us. However, please do not distribute it (re-pinning...

The Secret to More Effective Education

Posted on April 20, 2014 by thebearthinstitute in Aromatherapy, Detoxification, Healthy Meals, Herbal Healing, Homeopathy, Iridology, Legal & Ethical Consultations, Medicine of Avicenna, Modeling, Naturopathic Healing, Naturopathic Healing Course, Nutritional Healing, Organization, Parenting, Planning, Planning, Reflexology, Teachers, The Avicenna Institute, The Temperaments, Unani Tibb

What if you were in control of the education your child was receiving and also the factors that could increase the effectiveness of this education? Wouldn’t that be exciting? Not only would you be able to teach your child but you would also be able to assure that they were...

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Don’t Eat the Salad!

Posted on March 17, 2013 by thebearthinstitute in Healthy Meals, Holistic Health, Kids Can Heal, Nutritional Healing

“Don’t eat the salad!” the little girl warned me at the potluck. I was worried. What is wrong with it? Is it old? Did it fall on the floor? “No, salad is yucky!” she explained. I remember when my son used to tell me that. “Salad is yucky”. I even...

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Food as Medicine

Posted on February 13, 2013 by thebearthinstitute in Healthy Meals, Nutritional Healing

In the past 25 years I’ve seen food help and hurt people in so many ways. If you think about it using logic it is not that surprising. Over the counter and prescription medicine is given to us in doses because they all have effects on the body. People know...

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Pumpkin Smoothie for Balance & Nutrition

Posted on October 28, 2010 by thebearthinstitute in Autumn, Cooking, Healthy Meals, Holistic Health, Kids Can Heal, Nutritional Healing, Temperament, Thanksgiving

Pumpkin Smoothies are one of my favorite autumn treats and the best part of them is that they are super healthy as well! They are filled with vitamins, minerals and even protein and calcium. When you drink a pumpkin smoothie you are helping your body balance in so many ways....

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Ten Minute Pumpkin Pie

Posted on November 21, 2007 by thebearthinstitute in Healthy Meals, Thanksgiving

Every year somebody asks me to publish this recipe again. Ever since I discovered it my kids don’t even like the “regular” pumpkin pie anymore! This is SOOOOO easy and tastes like a pumpkin pie with a thin crust – the recipe actually makes its own crust. Hope this helps...

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