ADHD - Our Journey of Food, Health and Knowledge.

{disclaimer: some of you will have your own mama-wolf-hackles go up while reading this. You may think that I'm off my rocker, and that there are legitimate cases of ADD & ADHD out there. Perhaps. But I'm pulling the "This is my blog and I can say what I want to" card. 
Also, I am not a doctor - so do not take this post TO your doctor and wave it in his or her face claiming they are a quack ... I don't condone you stopping any medication for your child without the supervision of a doctor, nor do I condone any crazed lunatics calling me or anyone names on this post or anywhere else. This is my opinion, based on my research and my own personal experiences.}  

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I’ve been wanting to tell of tell people about our journey through the symptoms of ADHD for quite sometime now. I have spoken about it here and there, and to only close friends and family,  but never 'from the beginning'.

THIS IS A LONG STORY - BUT ONE WITH MUCH HEART, INSIGHT and INFORMATION - Bear with me!

When my oldest son was 6, he was attending a very prestigious private school in Calgary. One that came highly recommended academically, spiritually and socially. 

I wanted to the best for my son - of course, and who doesn’t - and being a single parent, I felt this type of school would be a support system. I needed a school who would take care of my boy.
Easy right? Well, nothing is ever easy or that black & white.


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Leftover Turkey Soup Recipe

How many times have you stared at the loads of turkey still left over from the holidays and felt that moment of despair? 

"There's no way we can eat all this before it goes bad!"

 

So? 

Make a turkey soup. 

Then, can it. Freeze it. Or EAT it.

You can literally throw the entire carcass, along with the bits and pieces that no one eats, and leftover meat into a large pot. Add either water or chicken/vegetable stock and boil that bad boy up all day.

 

 

We have canned this recipe, here is our video on canning soup...

We have canned this Turkey Soup recipe, here is our video on canning soup...v

Here's what you need ....

Roasted Pork with Jack Daniels Marinade

THE best pork roast you will ever have!

Serve with Creamy or Balsamic Slaw, and CaulisweetOmash.

(Please always assume we recommend organic)

NOTE: Prep-time: 1 hour. But needs to sit in marinade for a few hours minimum.

Ingredients:

1 pork roast
2 medium shallots 

1 tbsp brown sugar

Marinade:
1 cup Jack Daniels whiskey
3 sprigs rosemary
1 tsp course salt
1 tsp pepper
1/3 cup melted coconut oil
2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
**Whisk all the marinade ingredients these together, minus the sugar. 

Preheat oven to 300 C

That's BANANAS!

Do you you remember - or maybe you don't depnding on your age - bananas that you could actually smell?

When you opened one up & that gorgeous aroma of 'banana-ness' wafted out? I do!

For some strange reason Walmart, Superstore and other "fine" retailers would like you to believe that a "Yellow banana with a green tip and green ends" is ripe and ready to eat.

Well, back in the day - the 90's that is - Chiquita Banana told us to "display colors 5 - 7 for maximum sales potential".

What's changed?

Nothing.

Except the bananas.

And the need to fill massive orders of them. The only was Dole, Chiquta and other growers can fill and ship these high demands is by cutting them off when they're not even close to being ready. This way the retailer doesn't have to throw any way due to spoilage.

 

 

 

 

How do you get ripe bananas? You can get them CHEAP. And organic. Go to your local grocery store and find their produce "out of date" section. There you'll find all the lovely ripened bananas for 50% off.

Nice.