Daily Archives: May 31, 2011

Issue 27 — June, 2011

In This Issue: 1) Eat Your Sunscreen 2) Growing Our Own 3) Q and A: Soap and Shampoo 4) Recipe: Portabella Burgers Dear Reader: Happy June! It’s been a busy spring of touring. I am looking forward to the summer months when I’ll be able to spend more time at home in the Pacific Northwest…

Recipe: Portabella Burgers

When you crave red meat, try portabella mushrooms, which have a dense, meaty consistency and rich flavor. As summer bbq season approaches, you can grill your portabellas instead of beef at backyard cookouts, and top with all of your favorite burger fixin’s, like lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, mustard, etc. This recipe can be found in…

Growing Our Own

About three years ago, my husband Doug and I became interested in growing some of our own food. There’s something so fulfilling about planting seeds and watching them flower into food that can actually nourish your family. Even more, kids who are picky eaters are much more interested in food that they’ve grown themselves. It’s…

Eat Your Sunscreen!

I am in the process of developing an all-natural line of beauty products, with ingredients that are so healthy you could actually eat them. However, I’m not suggesting that you’d really want to eat sunscreen out of a jar. Instead, as summer approaches I’d like to recommend that you eat the many fruits and vegetables…

Q and A: Soap and Shampoo

Dear Dr. Ray: In Do You Have the Guts to be Beautiful, you discuss the best ingredients to use for washing your face or giving yourself a facial. But what about the rest of your body? What kind of soap do you recommend? What about shampoo?   Dear Reader: I am currently in the research…