Essential oils are a very powerful tool to keep in your healthy lifestyle toolbox. One of the easiest ways to use them is to inhale essential oils to get the benefits directly into the body. Many people do this with a diffuser, a spray or simply inhaling from a bottle. One of my favorite ways is to make my own … Read More
Overcome Your Child’s ADD/ADHD, Allergies, Anxiety, Seizure and More
Do you have a child experiencing ADD/ ADHD, allergies, anxiety or seizures? If so, you know what it’s like to lose sleep at night. You’re the one that has… Watched your child struggle in school because they have a hard time adapting to the environment and pace of the classroom Felt panicked witnessing your child’s allergic reaction or worried about … Read More
An Adventure in Raising Chickens for Meat
How to Raise Chickens for Meat Yup! You read that right! Half of Oh Lardy is venturing into the world of raising chickens for meat! Well, we have always enjoyed having chicken at our dinner table, but we have never been the ones to harvest them. Until now. Well, not until December. It’s cooler then. When I began my … Read More
Oh Lardy Travels – Southeast Alaska’s Inside Passage by Small Ship – Part 1
My family had a bucket list trip this summer! We visited Southeast Alaska’s Inside Passage on a small ship and wow, what a travel adventure!! The scenery was majestic. The animals were amazing. The education was superb. And, best of all, the other travel guests became like family! If you follow Oh Lardy, you know I love travel. I just … Read More
The Best Healthy Eating Tips For Travel
My family travels a lot. We love it. We love to experience new places, new people, new cultures and of course, new food! I am fine with letting loose a bit on our dietary lifestyle, but I still find it important to know how to eat healthy on the road. These healthy eating tips really help my family stay on … Read More
Favorite Kids’ Books to Read Before Traveling to France
Those of you who know me personally, know that I LOVE to travel. Seriously, if I could get paid to travel the world, I would in a heartbeat. I have traveled abroad, lived abroad. I like to travel high end and travel more budget style. I love seeing new cultures, meeting new people, trying new foods. I love learning … Read More
The Number One Health Mistake You Are STILL Making (Free PDF and Webinar)
You have made the switch to real food. You are reading ingredient labels more closely. You are choosing more nourishing ingredients. But are you choosing safe cosmetics? But I bet there is one thing you might not be thinking about yet… What you put on your skin! Our skin is our largest organ and the beauty and personal care … Read More
Best Beginning Breeds for the Homestead
There’s something truly amazing about animal husbandry. Rearing animals from infancy to adulthood, connecting with them on a personal level, giving them the best life and death possible — it’s easy to see why so many people are swearing off commercially produced milk, eggs, and meat and simply producing and raising their own. However, when you’re just getting started in … Read More
The Powerful Health Benefits of Curcumin
The orange Asian herb turmeric has been traditionally used for centuries by Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine. Curcumin is the most powerful active anti-inflammatory compound within turmeric. Curcumin has been shown to be a powerful suppressor of chronic inflammation-mediated disease processes. Many Asian cultures use turmeric in nearly every meal. They rave of its anti-aging and medicinal benefits. Western medicine has … Read More
How Safe is Your Sunscreen?
Once we head outdoors for summer, sunscreen is a must have in my purse and pool bag. I do use sunscreen all year long on my face, but am definitely more diligent about it over once the warm weather hits. I am not afraid of some unprotected sun exposure but when we spend all day outside, I like my family … Read More
Homemade Soft Scrub Recipe
One of the easiest things I have done in the mission to detox my home is switch to better, and often homemade, cleaners. This easy and very inexpensive homemade ‘Soft Scrub’ recipe is one more tool in my toolbox that easily gets rid of greasy sink gunk and soap scum. I am LOVING it! We have been detoxing our household … Read More
The Many Benefits of Kefir
I am sure you have seen milk kefir at the store. Maybe you have even wondered what it is. I think the best way to describe it is drinkable yogurt. Most of them are flavored (loaded with sugars no doubt), some plain, but ALL store versions I have found are made with low fat milk. BUT! It isn’t yogurt. It … Read More
Cilantro Maple Sriracha Chicken Wings Recipe
When I was making this chicken wings recipe, I had them all cooked and ready sitting on a platter on my kitchen island. I called the family to dinner as I finished up the simple salad we make almost every night. My back was turned and all I heard my husband say was ‘Holy cow! These are amazing.’ I turned around … Read More
Use Food to Aid in Your Cancer Fight!
The moment you receive a cancer diagnosis, your doctor will probably go through a list of your treatment options and what he or she will do in your particular case. Many people have similar conversations with family, friends, and co-workers about the future and what help you’ll need in your personal and professional life. Now an important question. What can … Read More
10 Ingredients You Should Avoid in Your Beauty Products
You know Oh Lardy has always been concerned about ingredients in our real food. That was a major transition of ours into a healthy lifestyle! Over the years, we have begun to ditch cleaning products with harmful ingredients by making our own and using Thieves Household cleaner. We also have been slowly detoxing our beauty cabinets, as well, mainly by … Read More
Is Chemotherapy Your Only Choice?
Diagnosis: cancer. Dizzying amounts of opinions, information, appointments, and the heartbreaking discussions with friends and family. It’s difficult enough to swallow the diagnosis, but what do you do when it comes time to decide on appropriate treatment options? There’s an overwhelming number of decisions a cancer patient must make once they become a member of the cancer club. A club … Read More