Cookbook: Cavemom's Cooking

Cavemom's Cooking, simple paleo meals. 168 Recipes.  Print Version, 125 pages, full color photographs. E-book version, PDF format. 122 pages. 2215 KB file size.

one mom's journey to help heal her son

Cavemom's Cooking was written by Anne, mom to a sweet little boy with Down Syndrome, who used to have Infantile Spasms.  When Anne felt the doctors and specialists had failed her son, she followed her gut and began keeping food and seizure logs, and eventually figured out which foods were triggering her son's seizures: carrots, sweet potatoes, and all nightshade foods - tomatoes, potatoes, all peppers - sweet and hot, eggplant, paprika, etc.  After eliminating the offending foods, not only did her son's seizures stop, his development began to fly!

"Cavemom's Cooking is not only a cookbook, but my son's story: how I stopped my son's benign myoclonic seizures and awoke his sensory processing abilities, our decision to go paleo, and the simple paleo recipes that followed. When we went paleo, I never thought about writing a cookbook. But as time went on and my son made so much progress, I knew his story needed to be told. And what better way than with what helped him the most? Food! Volume 2 is currently in the works!"

Paleo eating is grain and gluten free, dairy free, legume free, and nightshade free. Simply fresh, whole foods - fresh fruits, vegetables, meats, nuts, and seeds. Easy to make, tasty to eat! If you're looking to get away from today's processed foods filled with artificial ingredients, preservatives, colors, and flavors, give Cavemom's Cooking a try.

Anne also owns Greenchild Creations, where she makes some pretty awesome cloth diapers and natural skin care!

For more information on Greenchild Creations, visit greenchildcreations.etsy.com, on Facebook, and her blog. 

To purchase Cavemom's Cooking, visit greenchildcreations.etsy.com where you can purchase the cookbook in either Print or E-book.  Visit Cavemom's Cooking blog too!

Greenchild Creations Natural Skin Care

 

natural skin care - cloth diapers - crafty things

Greenchild Creations is run by a WAHM, Anne, who loves to create!  Besides a some fantastic cloth diapers, including her unique fitted diaper design, Anne makes natural handmade lotions and cold process soaps. 

Greenchild Creations' Natural Skin Care

Orange Petals Hand & Body Lotion 2 oz. $5.00



 

Citrus Scrub Cold Process Soap, $5.50

"Growing up, we used whatever commercial lotion smelled nice. I remember having terribly raw, red, chapped hands as a child. In my later teens, I switched to more natural lotions. They smelled great, but I needed to apply them all the time to keep my skin moisturized, which, since they smelled so good I really didn't mind. But I still had really dry, itchy skin in the cold winter months.

In my twenties I worked in the natural skin care industry for a few years and learned quite a bit. Those "more natural" lotions I thought were better still had petrochemicals and other artificial ingredients. At the time, my father had recently passed away from cancer so I really wanted to make healthy changes in my life. I had always been interested in nature and natural remedies, and it was time to get it in high gear.

I bought books on soap and lotion making, took classes, and began creating cold process soap and made-from-scratch lotions & salves in my own kitchen. My first attempts were . . . less than pretty, LOL!! My first attempt at soap I discovered I don't like olive oil as a main ingredient - one of the ingredients, yes, but not the main ingredient. That yields a greenish-yellow, slimy, low-lather bar. It cleaned, but it wasn't anything like the luxurious cold process soaps I'd previously used. My first attempt at lotion I used beeswax and borax together as the emulsifier - tricky getting the amounts right, but it did the job! However, it made for a gritty-feeling lotion.

With my mini-successes, I began to purchase better ingredients for the job and have been experimenting ever since. I love to try out different ingredients! There are so many oils, butters, essential oils, and extracts to choose from! And the never-ending list of botanicals . . . I've been successfully making lotions, soaps, and salves for over a decade now.

The best part though, is knowing I'm giving my skin what it needs most - healing, moisturizing goodness right from nature. I only apply twice per day now, and that's more out of habit than need (and because it smells fantastic!). Even with washing my hands what seems like a zillion times per day with diaper duty, I don't need to apply lotion very often - and, a tiny little bit goes a very long way!  The worst part is having to wash my hands in public restrooms when on the go. Oh, I forget how harsh and drying those handsoaps are! Ouch!! I need to remember to keep a small bar of my soap in the diaper bag!!"

If you're looking for a gift for the hunter in your life, try out a bar of Greenchild Creations' Unscented Hunter's Camo Soap!  The size makes it a great stocking stuffer!

Unscented Hunter's Camo Soap, $5.50

For more information on all of the wonderful things Greenchild Creations has to offer, visit greenchildcreations.etsy.com, Facebook, and their blog!