Village Green Network http://villagegreennetwork.com Village Green Network, formerly Real Food Media, is the global healthy and natural living network. Thu, 09 May 2013 16:59:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Spring E-book Bundle: 30 E-Books for $39! http://villagegreennetwork.com/spring-e-book-bundle-30-e-books-for-39/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=spring-e-book-bundle-30-e-books-for-39 http://villagegreennetwork.com/spring-e-book-bundle-30-e-books-for-39/#comments Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:52:55 +0000 VGN http://villagegreennetwork.com/?p=6616 .ebook tr td {vertical-align:top; text-align:left; background-color:#ffffff; border:none; background-repeat:no-repeat} .ebook a {text-decoration:none;} .ebook p {font-size:13px; color:#505050; font-style:normal; font-weight: normal; margin:0px 0px 0px 0px; line-height:17px; padding:3px 10px 0px 0px; } .ebook h2 {font-family:Arial, Helvetica, san-serif; color:#505050; font-size:20px; font-weight: bold; line-height:24px; padding:8px 0px 0px 0px; } .ebook h3 {font-family:Arial, Helvetica, san-serif; color:#505050; font-size:15px; font-weight: bold; line-height:17px; padding:8px 0px 0px 0px; } .ebook h4 {vertical-align:text-top; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, san-serif; color:#505050; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; font-weight: normal; padding:0px 0px 0px 0px; } Village Green Network is having a special spring sale. This week only, you can get 30 Healthy Living e-books for only $39 (A $479 value!). A 90% savings!

Sale ends Wednesday, April 24th at midnight Pacific. That’s less than $1.50 per book — from all your favorite real food authors!

Get them now and save — and then read them at your leisure — on your computer, Kindle, tablet, or phone.

Some of the books included are:

Get Your Fats Straight

Sarah Pope of The Healthy Home Economist

Sarah identifies how the low-fat movement got its start and the devastating effects it is having today. She beats back the arguments for eating low-fat and presents simple, practical advice on what you need to do to regain your health.

Grain-free Desserts

Jennifer McGruther of Nourished Kitchen

Are you grain-free or dairy-free? Learn to prepare over 90 delicious grain- and dairy-free breads, cakes, cupcakes, cookies, brownies, ice creams, and fruit desserts.

Real Food Nutrition FOR KIDS!

Kristen Michaelis of Food Renegade

Want to teach your kids about real food? Child-friendly lessons inspired by the work of Weston A. Price. A beautiful book full of fun illustrations, coloring pages and activities for younger children.

Eat For Heat

Matt Stone of 180 Degree Health

Are you tired all the time? Have cold hands and feet? Lost your sex drive? Eat for Heat teaches you how to feel better by reducing beverage consumption, and to overcome your phobias about salt and sugar.

Diet Recovery 2 (Completely Revised)

Matt Stone of 180 Degree Health

Can "eating healthy" make you sick? Diet Recovery 2 is the completely revised guide to breaking free from the empty hunt for the perfect diet and the counterproductive pursuit of losing weight. Learn how to ditch dieting, relax and "eat the food" -- and balance your metabolism and get healthy.

The Eczema Cure

Emily Bartlett of Holistic Squid

Learn how to heal eczema from the inside out with real food. How to "put out the fire" that causes your itchy, red, oozing rash -- and step-by-step guidelines for how to get started. Includes detoxifying recipes!

Nourishing Our Children

Sandrine Love of Nourishing Our Children

Based on the nutritional principles of Dr. Weston A. Price, this book covers dietary principles for parents before and after conception, problems associated with modern processed foods, and vital information about water and fluoride, traditional fats and oils, milk, soy, vital nutrients, and healthy meal preparation.

The Nourished Metabolism

Elizabeth Walling of The Nourished Life

Want healthy hormones? Learn why you should stop dieting TODAY, how to balance nutrients and energy for the optimal metabolism, a balanced eating plan that doesn’t restrict food groups, myths about sugar, salt and water -- and much more!

Grain-free Breads, Snacks & Desserts

Jill Tieman of Real Food Forager

Learn how to bake with gluten-free, grain-free flours in place of wheat. Properly prepare nuts and seeds for easy digestion. Make yummy snacks and treats that actually provide nutrients and are a positive addition to the diet.

From Your Freezer To Your Family: Slow Cooker Freezer Recipes eCookbook

Stephanie Brandt Cornais of Mama & Baby Love

This e-cookbook is full of great recipes that go straight from the freezer to the crockpot. It's also a complete beginner’s guide to real food. All recipes are 95% grain-free, gluten-free and dairy-free.

Get your Spring E-book Bundle today! To learn more about all the books included, click here]]> http://villagegreennetwork.com/spring-e-book-bundle-30-e-books-for-39/feed/ 0 Healthy Life Summit 2013 http://villagegreennetwork.com/healthy-life-summit-2013/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=healthy-life-summit-2013 http://villagegreennetwork.com/healthy-life-summit-2013/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:09:20 +0000 VGN http://villagegreennetwork.com/?p=6513 .summit_table tr td {vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff; border:none; background-repeat:no-repeat} .summit_table p {font-size:15px; color:#505050; font-style:italic; font-weight: normal; margin:0px 0px 0px 0px; line-height:16px; padding:3px 10px 0px 0px; } .summit_table h2 {font-family:Arial, Helvetica, san-serif; color:#161257; font-size:24px; font-weight: bold; line-height:24px; padding:8px 0px 0px 0px; } .summit_table h3 {font-family:Arial, Helvetica, san-serif; color:#505050; font-size:16px; font-weight: bold; line-height:17px; padding:8px 0px 0px 0px; } .summit_table h4 {vertical-align:text-top; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, san-serif; color:#505050; font-size:20px; line-height:22px; font-weight: bold; padding:0px 0px 0px 0px; } .summit_table h6 {vertical-align:text-top; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, san-serif; color:#505050; font-size:18px; line-height:22px; font-weight: normal; padding:0px 0px 0px 0px; }

Welcome to the 2013 Healthy Life Summit!

This FREE online virtual conference is happening March 24-30, 2013. Listen to 35 of your favorite health experts, authors, doctors, bloggers, farmers and activists from the comfort of your own couch!

Click here to sign up now -- it's FREE!


Your host, Ann Marie Michaels, is a leading advocate at the intersection of the real food movement and digital media. In 2008, she founded Real Food Media – now Village Green Network – providing the highest-quality information from the best bloggers on organic and natural food and lifestyle.
Click on the video below for a sample of the Healthy Life Summit:

 
]]> http://villagegreennetwork.com/healthy-life-summit-2013/feed/ 8 Recipe: Coconut Mama Shares Yummy Fruit Snacks http://villagegreennetwork.com/recipe-coconut-mama-shares-yummy-fruit-snacks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=recipe-coconut-mama-shares-yummy-fruit-snacks http://villagegreennetwork.com/recipe-coconut-mama-shares-yummy-fruit-snacks/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 06:55:35 +0000 VGN http://villagegreennetwork.com/?p=6399 Recipe: Creamsicle Gummy Fruit Snacks I love eating gelatin goodies and I am particularly happy when I can get my picky eating three-year old to eat gelatin too! My daughter goes through stages where she doesn’t want to eat a lot of meat. Getting enough protein into her diet can be a challenge at times. Gelatin is a wonderful ingredient that this sneaky mama uses to ensure my kids consume a healthy amount of protein.

I’ve been playing around with this recipe for several months now, trying to perfect it. The first few batches were okay, but my kids wouldn’t eat them (fail). I added coconut milk to a few batches so these snacks would have a healthy balance of protein, fat and carbs. Adding vanilla and coconut cream to the recipe made a big difference in flavor and palatability of these snacks. The final product was a big WIN in our house!

Click here to read the full post and get the recipe!]]> http://villagegreennetwork.com/recipe-coconut-mama-shares-yummy-fruit-snacks/feed/ 0 The Heathy Home Economist on the Best Grain Mills http://villagegreennetwork.com/the-heathy-home-economist-on-the-beauty-of-grain-mills/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-heathy-home-economist-on-the-beauty-of-grain-mills http://villagegreennetwork.com/the-heathy-home-economist-on-the-beauty-of-grain-mills/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 02:27:46 +0000 VGN http://villagegreennetwork.com/?p=6384

Grain Mills for a Lifetime

The excellence and precision of German engineering and construction with only the finest materials means that this grain mill can be expected to last a lifetime with normal use.

Durability with Quiet Performance

A patented milling mechanism that features noise dampening suspensions eliminates the loud grinding noise of most other grain mills so that you can grind virtually anything without irritating your ears or your nerves!

Socially Responsible Manufacturing

For many years, this company has partnered with a non-profit workshop program located in western Austria which provides employment to able bodied individuals as well as those with disabilities. An enormous pride of workmanship is present in this organization which employs modern management techniques and the latest precision machinery to manufacture the hardwood housings of all their grain mills.

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Pressure Cookers Save Energy

Because of their reduced cooking times, pressure cookers are also far more energy efficient than other cooking methods. Click here to read the full post. pressure_cookers]]> http://villagegreennetwork.com/food-renegade-on-the-most-undervalued-kitchen-tool/feed/ 0 New Video: Branch Basics – Natural All-purpose Cleaner http://villagegreennetwork.com/video-branch-basics/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=video-branch-basics http://villagegreennetwork.com/video-branch-basics/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2013 02:07:26 +0000 VGN http://villagegreennetwork.com/?p=6366 Branch Basics makes your decision so much easier.  It does just about everything you could ask for, yet it can be used in ways you never thought of. Listen to Kelly and Allison explain the benefits of Branch Basics in this short video.

 

Branch Basics is a powerful, organic solvent made from the fatty acids of edible and seed-bearing plants. From household use and personal hygiene to commercial and industrial applications, this one formula cleans just about anything washable. Its powerful enzymatic action makes it tough enough to dissolve hard engine grease, while its 100% non-toxic ingredients are safe enough to bathe a baby.

Branch Basics:

  • Non-toxic, Biodegradable, Hypo-allergenic
  • Human-safe (causes no harm if accidentally ingested)
  • Effectively removes stains and odors
  • Heals cuts, burns, sunburns, rashes, acne, etc.
  • Replaces virtually all conventional cleaners
  • Not tested on animals
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Many traditional cultures prize organ meats for their ability to build reserves of strength and vitality. There are many reasons for this! When sourced from healthy, grass fed cows, liver is absolutely loaded with a wide spectrum of vitamins, minerals, proteins and fat.

Did you know:

• Liver is one of the few sacred foods revered for bestowing health, easy fertility, and healthy babies to those that ate it regularly.
• Gram for gram, liver is one of the most nutrient dense foods available.
• Liver contains all the B vitamins and is high in B12, something most people are deficient in. When you don’t get enough, symptoms like panic attacks, depression and other issues with the nervous system can become an issue.
• Liver is very high in natural folate and is not the oxidized, synthetic folic acid found in supplements, fortified cereals and prenatal vitamins.
• Liver contains ample Vitamin A and trace elements that are difficult to get via other foods due to the extreme depletion of our soils.

 

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Derek Sivers explains how movements really get started. Sivers is founder and former president of CD Baby which became the largest seller of independent music online, with $100M in sales for 150,000 musicians. He’s also the author of Anything You Want.

Recorded at TED2010, February 2010 in Long Beach, California.

Village Green Network™ is the global content and advertising network dedicated to natural food and healthy lifestyles. With over 200 publishers on four continents and over 4.5 million monthly visitors, Village Green Network features articles, recipes, videos and online classes in 12 verticals including Real Food, Allergy Free, Natural Health, Paleo, Fitness & Weight Loss and Parenting.

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During the holiday season, I most enjoy celebrating my heritage by making traditional Spanish Christmas treats that my family has come to love. Polvorones, mantecados, buñuelos de viento, rosquillas, alfajores, and turrón de Navidad. Although so far away, it’s through these traditional family recipes that we are able to keep a Little Bit of Spain …

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Turrón de Navidad: A Spanish Almond and Honey Candy for…

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