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Homemade Toothpaste Recipe

Commercial toothpastes contain everything from food dyes (should toothpaste really be putting blue color on your teeth?), artificial sweeteners (Aspartame in your toothpaste!), and  suspicious chemicals with long names. Salicylates are found in most toothpastes, and even fluoride can be a problem for sensitive people.

Not to mention the non-recylable, chemical-leaching plastic tube it comes in.

Luckily, making your own toothpaste is easy. This homemade toothpaste can be adapted to your taste and sensitivities.

Select the safest ingredients for you to put in this easy recipe for safe toothpaste.

Ingredients
¼ cup water
1 tablespoon fresh mint leaves, chopped, or 1 drop of essential oil of cloves, sweet orange, sandalwood, oil of wintergreen, cinnamon, or oil of your choice
½ teaspoon baking soda, preferable aluminum-free
½ teaspoon starch such as cornstarch, tapioca starch, potato starch, etc.
½ teaspoon oil such as grapeseed oil, avocado oil, sunflower oil, etc.

Directions
Place the mint leaves in the water and bring to a boil. Remove the pan from the heat and steep for 20 minutes.  Skip this step if using essential oils.

Meanwhile, mix together the baking soda, starch, and oil, stir until smooth.

Strain the cooled mint tea, or mix 1 drop of essential oil into ¼ cup water, and add the liquid to the baking soda mixture. Bring the mixture to a boil again, stirring until it’s slightly thickened and smooth.

Cool completely and store in an airtight container.

* Adapted from a recipe in this book:

Rodale’s 21-st Century Herbal is a fabulous, practical guide that will help you harness the incredible power of plants. The book will teach you everything from how to grow herbs that promote healing to how to create your own nontoxic, herbal beauty products.

** Mint and cloves contain salicylates.

What You Might See From a Parasite Cleanse

Spoiler alert: If you have a weak stomach, you may not want to view the pictures in this post.

Following are some photos sent by my clients of parasites they have found from doing an herbal parasite cleanse and/or a bentonite clay protocol:

These parasites are what one mom found in her toddler's diaper after giving her bentonite clay.
These parasites are what one mom found in her toddler’s diaper after giving her bentonite clay.
These were found in the stool of a young woman seriously infested with parasites.
These were found in the stool of a young woman seriously infested with parasites.

Of course, not all parasites are visible to the human eye or live in the digestive tract. Some can live in your heart, brain, spinal fluid, muscles… really, anywhere in the body.

An herbal parasite cleanse is the safest, most effective way to eradicate parasites and their eggs from your body whatever kind they happen to be.

Quick and Easy Candied Nuts Recipe

I always like to offer my food sensitivity clients a sweet treat, and this recipe allows people to use their personal “safe” nuts and “safe” sweetener to make this addictive snack.

Even for those who aren’t dealing with food sensitivity issues, these treats will satisfy the craving for sweets that most of us have without straying from your eating plan.

Homemade candied nuts.
Homemade candied nuts.

Candied Nuts          

Makes 2 cups.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups shelled nuts (cashews, hazelnuts, walnuts, pistachios, etc.)
  • ¼ cup pure maple syrup, honey, simple syrup, agave, or other natural sweetener
  • Optional spice mixture: ¼ tsp. each cumin, paprika, sea salt mixed together in a small bowl.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 315°F. Place a porcelain dinner plate in the freezer to chill.

In a medium bowl, mix together nuts and maple syrup to coat.

Spread nuts in a single layer on a baking sheet and bake for 10-15 minutes, or until the nuts are lightly toasted.

Pour nuts onto chilled plate. Store cooled nuts in airtight container.

Gluten-free Quinoa Muffins

A food-sensitivity client asked me to help her create a quinoa muffin recipe that uses ingredients that are all safe for her. I decided to take it a step further and make the recipe more universally-accessible for a variety of sensitivities by writing it to be adaptable to any needs. Use your preferred oil, milk or milk-substitute, eggs or egg-substitute, berries or fruits, etc. and make the recipe your own.

I tested it out this weekend and my kids gobbled up the results. I hope you like them, too.

LEAP-Safe Quinoa Muffins

Gluten-free Quinoa Muffins
Gluten-free Quinoa Muffins

Wheat-free, Gluten-free, Sugar-free, Vegan, Dairy-free, Nut-free 

Yield: 12 muffins or 36 mini-muffins

Ingredients

  • 2 cups quinoa flour
  • 2 ½ tsp aluminum-free baking soda
  • 1 tsp white vinegar
  • ½ tsp sea salt
  • 4 Tbs. safe oil or mango puree
  • 1 cup milk, safe milk substitute, or water
  • 2 eggs, or 2 Tbs tapioca flour or ground flax seed mixed with 6 Tbs warm water, or 2 mashed ripe bananas, or other safe egg substitute
  • ½ cup pure maple syrup or safe sweetener
  • 2 cups dried cranberries or other dried or frozen fruit or berry, or nuts

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375F. Line muffin tin with paper muffin cups.
  2. Mix together the flour, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl and set aside.
  3. Whisk together the milk or water, oil or fruit puree, eggs or egg substitute, maple syrup in a smaller bowl and add to the dry mixture. Stir well. The batter will be very thick.
  4. Add the berries and/or nuts and fold into the batter.
  5. Ladle the batter evenly between 12 cups. Bake for 22-25 minutes until the tops are golden brown and a wooden toothpick inserted comes out clean. Move to a wire rack to cool completely before storing or freezing.

Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: 25 mins for regular muffins, 12 mins for mini-muffins
Total time: 35 mins

 

Quinoa Muffins

Miss Paleo Mixes up Gluten-Free Brownies

Sometimes life calls for brownies. If you are gluten-free, that can be challenging to accomplish.brownie_mix

I received a sample of a grain-free and gluten-free brownie from Miss Paleo Mixes and was surprised at how yummy they were.

Miss Paleo Mixes are made with almond meal and contain no refined sugars or additives. They are made with coconut palm sugar, or come sugar-free with pure birch xylitol as a sweetener.

Having a pre-made mix makes it easy to whip up a batch of gluten-free brownies  in the blink of an eye, or in time to bring to school for that class party that your child neglected to mention until the night before.

I recommend keeping a few pouches in your pantry for emergencies like this!

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