America’s Last Remaining Indigenous Grape.
Saturday morning is one of the best times of the week for me. It’s when I go to the farmers market and partake in all the goodness the market has to offer. Every week it’s seasonal fruits and vegetables, organic grass fed meats, fresh fish, homemade baked goods and the list goes on. But the best part of going to the market is always the possibility of meeting new people and having new experiences which is what happened on this…
My Upsetting Experience with Paw Paw Fruit
I love fruit and never met a piece of fruit I didn’t like until recently. Before I go into my upsetting experience with paw-paw fruit, let me first say everybody is different. What one person can digest well, another person might not be able to digest at all. I’ll be documenting my own personal experience with paw paw as well as similar reactions others have had to this fruit. I will then leave it to your discretion whether or not…
Clean, Nutritious but Delicious Packaged Snacks
Here at Native Batch we believe in good nutrition. We’re also advocates for getting in the kitchen and cooking our own meals. It’s the only way to really control what’s in your food. I strive to eat in a low refined sugar, organic, non-GMO way so cooking my own food is necessary. Eating this way is also necessary due to my autoimmune issues and shingle flare ups. As we all know by now food can be healing or…
Purslane: The Omega 3 Powerhouse
What would you say if I told you I love eating weeds! Would you look at me like I was crazy? Or would you agree and say I love eating weeds too! For the next couple of blog posts I’m going to be discussing “weeds”. These weeds were greens that back in the day used to be eaten like how we eat spinach and kale today but now they’re starting to make a resurgence back to our dinner table. When…
Heirloom Tomato and Arugula Pesto Turnovers
This is the first year where I’ve taken a deep interest in heirloom tomatoes. And that’s because in years past I’ve been skeptical about eating them. You see my digestion of tomatoes have not been the best in the past few years. For example every time I would eat a tomato or something tomato based, I would break out in a rash and my stomach would get upset. So I made sure to stay away from them. But a few…
The Top 10 Reasons To Eat Amaranth Leaves
Three weeks ago I tried amaranth leaves for the first time. And since then every Saturday I’ve been leaving the farmers market with a big bunch of amaranth leaves. What I do with them is make a soup. While listening to some groovy sounds on my old 70s record player, I clean and cut up the greens then I go on to make a delicious amaranth leaf soup which lasts me almost the whole week. This is now my…
The Herb Stevia
Stevia is a highly misrepresented herb. Most people see stevia as being a white, sweet powdered substance designed to replace sugar. But this is far from what Stevia really is as an herb. This article will touch on the origins of Stevia, the make up of the herb, the benefits and what real Stevia is. The Stevia Plant Stevia otherwise known as the botanical name Stevia Rebaudiana is a small, leafy, perennial plant with its origins based in South…
3 Easy Delicious Green Smoothies without the Greens
I am presenting to you three wonderful easy to make green smoothies that are packed with nutrients and fruits. The only thing is that these green smoothies are a little bit different. They do not contain your normal type of greens, like kale or spinach. Instead of greens what makes these smoothies highly nutritional and green is a supplement called spirulina. I prefer spirulina in my green smoothies because of the high amounts of minerals and nutrients. And you don’t…
Fluffy Gluten-Free Plant-Based Nectarine Pancakes
Pancakes are something that takes me back to being a child on Sunday mornings with my family. And when I became a mom pancakes continued to be that go to breakfast for Sundays. What makes a good pancake is a pancake which is fluffy, soft, not too thick and able to incorporate fruit without falling apart. However, when you’re trying to make gluten-free pancakes achieving these qualities can be a little challenging. But I’ve finally come up with a gluten…
Blueberry Crumble Tart
If somebody said I had to pick between eating blueberry pie and apple pie for the rest of my life. I’m going with blueberry hands down. There’s nothing like the taste of sweet plump, juicy blueberries with the contrast of a crumb or flaky crust to get me excited. To me blueberry pie is just as American as apple pie or maybe even more so since the blueberry is indigenous to North America. The History of Blueberries Blueberries and…
