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coconut oil

Grace Organic – Jamaican Rice and Peas

By //  by Candace Sampson 3 Comments

I am on a quest in 2015 to find as many recipes as I can that are healthy and taste delicious. This is not an easy task. It has been my experience, that most healthy foods fall flat on the taste spectrum, where as all the really bad-for-you stuff practically explodes with flavour, like bacon. Need I say more? In cases where I've found healthy food that tastes delicious, it's almost always been in the tropics—namely Jamaica. Everything they cook in Jamaica from Jerk Chicken to their staple …

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Recipes, Sides, Sponsored Posts Tagged With: coconut milk, coconut oil, coconut rice, easy coconut rice recipe, Grace Foods, Jamaican Rice and Peas, rice

Making your own moisturizer

Make Your Own Coconut Oil and Shea Butter Moisturizer

By //  by Kelly Given Williams 7 Comments

I’m writing this because I am either a hippy dippy, tree hugging granola woman who makes her own deodorant and moisturizer, or because I’m a person who needs to compensate her affinity for hair dye and oven cleaner with natural beauty products. You decide. Or can I be both?  I dislike the idea of big companies making a ton of money selling me chemical-filled products that cannot be good for me or the environment, especially when great alternatives occur in nature. I am also a bit vain …

Filed Under: Beauty, Living Tagged With: coconut oil, coconut shea butter moisturizer, making your own beauty products

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