Food and family gatherings go together like peas in a pod. Yesterday our extended family got together to celebrate the return of one of my nieces, who had spent 18 months in Greece. We had a wonderful time together visiting and enjoying various Mediterranean and Greek food dishes. What fun times! Colleen and I brought a huge vegetable tray with a wide assortment of…

I love this cartoon that was sent to Colleen and I by a friend. If you have ever noticed how intelligent animals are, you may enjoy a good laugh reading this cartoon. And, I hope you will take the time to appreciate how animals live in families and communities as we do; they teach their young, they have great…

   Any fly fisherman knows that when driven by hunger, a trout will gulp flies made of synthetic thread and metal hooks – if they’re appealing enough. Hypothetically, if a trout were to ingest a whole tackle box of flies, its stomach would be filled, but it would probably be sick …and it would still be voraciously hungry.

   The lesson of this tale is that the fish’s appetite is REAL; it is only the lures that are bogus. A live insect would not only complete the trout’s requirement,…

Okay! For the past two weeks Colleen and I have been playing in the kitchen trying to create some new recipes that further enable a healthful diet. We have experienced quite a few hits and misses, more misses than usual. In fact, before this week's Chia Ranch Dressing came into being, we also learned to make chia ranch mortar and chia ranch brick,…

I was wondering if anyone caught the KSL radio discussion today 11/4/10, about eating wheat. So far I have not been able to find the program and listen to it for myself. According to a second hand source, supposedly the discussion about gluten in wheat being problematic for people with celiac disease was followed up by the spokesperson saying that it was (NOT GOOD) for people without celiac disease to eat wheat bread that had the gluten taken out of it because we were not then getting all…

Thank you so much for taking the time to write the blogs on faith. I have used the power of covenants before in solving a problem I couldn't solve on my own. It was the answer I needed. I have been working on changing my diet and solving some major health issues for the past 2 years. I have made miraculous progress, but I have not yet solved all the issues I need to. I hadn't thought about using the power of making covenants. Thank you so much for reminding me about this tool. It scares me,…

Sweeteners are linked to insulin resistance, obesity, elevated blood sugars, diabetes, elevated blood pressure, elevated triglycerides, elevated LDL, demineralization of vitamins and minerals from the body,…