In church today, the worship team began singing, "Our God," by Chris Tomlin. Here's part of the chorus: Our God is greater, our God is stronger God You are higher than any other Our God is Healer, awesome in power Our God, Our God And if Our God is for us, then who could ever stop us? And if our God is with us, then what can stand against? I raised my hands to the sky praising my God, and suddenly, I was overcome with ...
Our Cancer Journey Begins
Update: Kicker completed his treatment in February 2017. He is happy, healthy and thriving! Also, based on my research, my work as a nutritional therapist, and our personal experiences during our 3.5 year cancer battle, I created a free online webinar, Five Steps to Thriving Through Cancer. Click here to sign up for a date and time that works for you, and I pray that our hard road will educate and empower you! My kids will ...
Protein Pizza
How would you like a very quick and easy homemade pizza recipe?! In fact, there are 2 great things about this recipe...other than the incredible taste: This pizza is nutrient dense, full of healthy protein and fat and completely devoid of grains and sugar. It takes only 20 minutes to make, not including the baking time. So, any busy momma or full-time working super woman has the time to make it. PrintProtein PizzaYield 2 ...
Let’s Starve the Cancer
If I wanted to kill something, I would starve it and stop feeding it. I would figure out the least violent path with a 100% guarantee that it would die. Seriously, it isn't rocket science that a person can only go without food and water so long before they eventually shrivel up and die, right? So, when your baby gets cancer, you begin racking your brain, thumbing through research, sleep less and read more...until all of the sudden ...
Butternut Squash & Bacon Stew
This Butternut Squash & Bacon Stew is one of our favorite healthy, nutrient dense meals. I've shared that we follow a Ketogenic diet to assist Kicker's body get rid of the cancer. Well, many people assume that eating this is boring, too bland, and maybe a bit too complicated. This delicious recipe will prove all of those assumptions wrong! So, here's what we are having for dinner... PrintButternut Squash & Bacon StewYield ...
Grain-Free Graham Crackers
I have always LOVED graham crackers, especially with cream cheese on them...oh my!! However, I don't love that most store-bought graham crackers have high fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated oils, enriched flour and an endless list of less than healthy ingredients. So, after a year of experimenting with a few different recipes, I finally perfected the yummiest, grain-free, dairy-free, and sugar-free graham cracker...you're will love ...
The Ketogenic Diet & Where to Begin
The Ketogenic Diet is a high fat, adequate protein and low-carbohydrate diet that forces the body to burn fats rather than carbohydrates. Typically, carbohydrates contained in food are converted into glucose, which is then transported around the body. However, if there is very little carbohydrates in the diet, the liver will convert fat into fatty acids and ketone bodies. Cancer is an obligate glucose metabolizer. A person's normal cells ...
