Sep 24 2013

This Is Why I Love Bloom!

Bloom is such a great organization to be a part of because I can participate from anywhere and still be with my kids!

I love it that I can be on a conference call while my child plays in a safe environment. Plus kids are happy to 🙂

Sep 15 2013

Aside

There are so many great classes in Bloom. They all work together to teach natural life skills and a more organic and sustainable living. The classes are divided into lessons with reading material as well as audio, so you can learn anywhere. Just download and listen in the car, grocery store, cleaning house, etc… There is a lot of great information packed into short lessons so your eLearning time is manageable. The eLearning lets you have the flexibility of when you want to learn.

BLOOM 101 Courses

Self-Paced: Welcome……………………………. 1

Who Bloom is great for?
Understand the Bloom Flowing Chart
Learn about the fun and engaging courses offered by Bloom
Your role as a Student of Bloom
The economic benefits working with Bloom
How you are one step closer to being empowered
Green living tips and resources

Week 1: Empowerment……………………………. 2

Empowerment is about having or taking more control over all aspects of your life

Week 2: Success 101 ……………………………. 3

Understand the concept of manifesting abundance in your life
Know the steps of how to manifest your goals
Let creativity flow
Start dreaming again

continue reading Courses here

Natural Life Skill courses are here

Sep 7 2013

Mama Milkshake!

This recipe is from the book Mother Wit for the Childbearing Years: Traditional Foods, Herbs and Prayers by Mama McKnight who is a member of BloomEE and has graciously contributed this post. To find out more about Mama McKnight, please visit her website at Sweet Root.

This tasty beverage is nutrient-dense and filled with great fats to nourish yourself and your darling little baby. This is also filled with foods to promote fertility. Check out the yummy variations below (ice cream!). Go ahead and make a bigger batch for the whole family, they’ll love it!

Mama Milkshake
Ingredients
1 c. Whole, Raw Milk
2 Tbsp. Cream
1 Tbsp. Maple Syrup or Sucanat
1 or 2 Egg Yolks, raw from a good source, pastured
1/2 tsp. Vanilla Extract
2 Tbsp. Coconut Oil, melted
Whipped Cream, recipe below (optional, but so yummy!)

In a blender combine all the ingredients except coconut oil. Blend until smooth, about 10 seconds.

Without turning blender off, pour in coconut oil so that it incorporates well. Alternately you can whisk all the ingredients in a bowl.

Pour into cup, and top with optional whipped cream (see recipe below).

Variations
Molasses Milkshake: Omit vanilla and sweetener from recipe and add 2 Tbsp. Molasses (Molasses is high in iron and is good for treating anemia).

Fruit Milkshake: to the recipe add 1 c. frozen fruit of choice to blender.

Chocolate Milkshake: to the recipe add 1 Tbsp. Cocoa Powder.

Egg Nog: to recipe add another egg yolk, tiny pinch of nutmeg (try clove and cinnamon with it, too!). Freshly grate nutmeg on top of the whipped cream. Great on a hot day! This is also good for an illness.

Ice Cream: Make a double batch of any of the above milkshake recipes but omit coconut oil and add 1-2 Tbsp. more sucanat or syrup. Make in your ice cream maker.

Whipped Cream
Ingredients
1/2 c. Cream
1/2 tsp. Vanilla

Combine in mixer and whip until peaks form. Or you can whip by hand in a bowl with a wire whisk.

Sep 1 2013

Video

Bloom’s Video

Aug 30 2013

Cottage Cheese Salad

This is a recipe I have contributed for the Women of BloomEE. I hope you all enjoy!!

*Vegan alternative, subtract the cottage cheese with crushed walnuts (use ¼ – ½ Cup depending on how much you want to eat).

Ingredients:

1 med. tomato, chopped
½ Cup cottage cheese
Unrefined salt to taste
1 tsp. EV olive oil
2 tsp. dried zatar mixture (a middle eastern thyme, sumac, and sesame mixture can be found in middle Eastern and Armenian markets), or dried thyme

2 Tbs. Fresh herb; thyme, basil, or any other herb that is appealing to you.

Instructions:

In a serving bowl, place all ingredients in order.
Enjoy!

This post was written by Audry Godwyn, a member of BloomEE. She is the founder of A Nutritional Makeover and blogs about it HERE.

Shared with Tasty Traditions

Aug 29 2013

My Very-Berry Green Smoothie

Green smoothies are quite popular these days. I didn’t get into them for the fad, but rather the health benefits while trying to up my iron levels and intake of green leafy vegetables. Some of the people promoting them have some quite strange combinations of fruits and vegetables which can call for a disastrous digestive system (I’ve tried). I was not so keen on them at first, but when I figured out that there is so much bad information out there, I came up with what suits me best.

Keeping the fruits as low sugar as possible; berries, will help not only with the digestion, but also blood sugar levels and other health benefits. When blending fruits, it’s easy to over eat and may contribute to weight gain or at least stop you from loosing if that’s the result you are after. It’s best to eat fruit alone and enjoy a few pieces on occasion when you are having sugar cravings. And please try to only eat in season and local and preferably organic.

If this is your first time trying a green smoothie, reduce the amount of baby spinach to 1 Cup instead of 2, and add a half cup more berries, then work your way down in berries and up in spinach.

It is not necessary to but an expensive blender. However, if you can afford it, you will enjoy it much-much more than a regular blender.

Here is one of my favorite recipes since berries are in abundance right now.