It’s one of my favorite times of the year — cucumber season! I have cucumbers spilling out of my garden and I love it! If you don’t grow pickling cucumbers, no worries, you… { read more }
The Green Smoothie is where it all started for us. It was the very first thing we did once we decided to get healthy. I remember reading Victoria Boutenko’s book, Green for Life… { read more }
Welcome! I’m so glad you stopped by! For those of you who don’t know me, I’m Jen, the author of My Healthy Homemade Life. I’m a wife and mom to my four children:… { read more }
I do love kale. I love it in my smoothies. I love it in my soup, salads, and crackers. I love it stir-fried and steamed and yes, I even love it in my… { read more }
July can be such an enjoyable month for a gardener in the Northeast. All the hard work and planning is rewarded with some of our favorite vegetables and we are enjoying more than… { read more }
Today, I’m sharing one of our favorite recipes for salad dressing–Homemade Greek Dressing. It’s easy and delicious! Once I started making homemade salad dressing, no one in my family wanted anything to… { read more }
I have plantain growing all over my yard and chances are, you probably do too! I even remember it growing in my yard as a child. I would often pick the flowers… { read more }
Kombucha tea is one of my favorite beverages since giving up soda. Oh, how I missed the fizzy drinks! If you’ve ever tried store bought kombucha, you know it’s both delicious AND expensive. It… { read more }
It was seven years ago when I made the decision that would forever change my family. We needed to eat better. We needed to start eating more REAL food. I was on a… { read more }