Welcome to Raising Healthy Families – a fun and informative series designed to help you and your family thrive!

Each Friday, beginning February 22, we’ll be addressing some of the most common questions and challenges families face while trying to live healthy in a not-so-healthy world.

Posts will cover topics such as:
• Natural methods for improving your family’s health
• Strategies for combatting allergies and environmental toxins
• Wholesome family-friendly recipes that even picky eaters enjoy
• Natural, holistic approaches to health and healing
• Helping children to embrace nourishing whole foods

This helpful series is the result of 17 natural living bloggers from the Positively Real Media Network (PRM) coming together to share a variety of helpful and inspiring ways to raise healthy families.

So be sure to subscribe to one, two, or all of these blogs, so you don’t miss a single post! And to wrap up the series, a free Raising Healthy Families eBook will be provided to subscribers with all of this information and more!

We look forward to seeing you next Friday as we launch this exciting new series! 

Participating PRM Bloggers:
Whole Intentions                                       Red and Honey
A Jewel in the Making                             Day2Day Joys
A Delightful Home                                    Authentic Simplicity
Accidentally Green                                 The Cheapskate Cook
Creative Christian Mama                        Royal Little Lambs
Learning and Yearning                            More Than Mundane
Your Thriving Family                                  The Greenbacks Gal
Live Renewed                                           Jill’s Home Remedies
and yours truly here at The Nourishing Home!

“The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.” -Thomas A. Edison

Please note:  I’m happy to partner with Positively Real Media Network on this series in order to provide you with a wide and varied body of knowledge and information about natural living. However, I want to be sure to point out that I do not know every single one of the bloggers participating in this series on a personal basis, nor have I reviewed the entirety of the content on their individual blogs. Therefore, I want to caution that there may be bloggers participating in this series with theological viewpoints and opinions that do not reflect my own personal opinions and beliefs. Please know that I am striving to get to know each of the women in this new natural living network better, so I can ensure I’m developing connections with other bloggers who strive to bring glory to Christ first and foremost in all they do! The bottom line is that I appreciate being invited to join this network and participate in this series. I am praying that we all draw closer to the Lord as we strive to be good stewards of the resources and relationships He provides!

Today, I’m sharing my Honey Cream & Berries Oatmeal recipe over at Honey Pacifica. This special breakfast treat features creamy nutritious oatmeal nestled in a bowl of warm honey-sweetened milk and is topped with sweet berries and a sprinkling of crispy walnuts! Such a quick and easy way to bring a little extra love to the day!

So please join me and my favorite raw honey friends at Honey Pacifica’s recipe blog to check out this delicious and nutritious way to say “I love you!”

My friends at Honey Pacifica have been producing delicious raw honey since 1978. Their cold-packed honey varieties are 100% raw, unheated, unfiltered and unprocessed in order to preserve all of the honey’s natural anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties. That’s why I’m honored to partner with them and appreciate their commitment to helping me serve you all by continually providing The Nourishing Home with fresh raw honey to create many of the recipes on this site.

Joyfully Serving HIM, Kelly

P.S. Be sure to check out my little secret on How to Add a Boost of Healthy Protein & Nutrients to Your Favorite Oatmeal!

Warm, creamy oatmeal is such a comforting breakfast favorite, especially on cold winter days! And when it’s prepared using the traditional method of soaking, it’s a hearty meal that packs a solid nutritional punch as well.

Yet, as much as my family adores soaked oatmeal, sometimes it can be … well … boring! So in an effort to keep things fresh and exciting, I’ve developed a few new variations on our favorite cold morning breakfast, which I’ll be sharing each week this month. This first one is my new dream breakfast – it’s so incredibly yummy that you may find yourself daydreaming about it!

What’s not to love? It’s wholesome soaked gluten-free oatmeal with a generous handful of candied pecans, a drizzle of pure dark maple syrup and a big ole splash of creamy milk. It sounds pretty basic, but the flavor combination is so delightfully complex with subtle hints of cinnamon and rich pecan and maple undertones. Yum!

This is just one delicious way we like to spice up our morning oatmeal. For more ideas, check out my special recipe section devoted to Wholesome Breakfast Porridges. Enjoy!