Whether you’re looking to revamp your skincare routine (maybe a new, glowing face mask), mix up your natural cleaning products (you can never go wrong with hand sanitizer) or are shopping early for holiday gifts, Wyndmere Naturals is here to help! Keep scrolling for new DIY recipes – featuring products you can find at Basil Bandwagon Natural Market today.
Have you ever wondered why they package their essential oils in cobalt blue bottles? It’s because the colored bottles help keep out deteriorating sunlight which helps allow each product to stay fresh longer!
‘Tis the season to keep your medicine cabinet stocked with products that help you and your family feel well and stay healthy. Thankfully, Boiron’s homeopathic medicines do just the trick! Made with natural, non-drowsy ingredients, you will feel the relief day and night with multi-symptom and targeted solutions for the whole family. Want to know more information about some of their cold and flu relief products? Keep reading – and who knows, you might just find additional tips from Boiron themself!
Wherever You Go, Take Oscillo!
Oscillococcinum® (also known as Oscillo) works best when taken at the first sign of flu-like symptoms, such as fatigue, headache, body aches, chills and fever.
For everyone ages 2 & up, non-drowsy Oscillococcinum® has been shown in clinical studies to help reduce both the duration and the severity of flu-like symptoms.
They Have Kid-Friendly Options Too!
Multi-symptom formulas help target more than just your runny nose or cough! Their Chestal® line is available in easy on-the-go meltaway pellets and sweet-tasting syrups.
Medicine Cabinet Must Haves
Their ThroatCalm®, ColdCalm® and SinusCalm® products are specifically designed to help relieve specific symptoms at the onset, established and resolution stages of the common cold.
BOO!
Don’t be scared, you found Boiron’s additional tips to help keep you healthy this cold & flu season.
Have you been looking for an easy and ready-to-eat breakfast that ACTUALLY tastes good?! Then try MUSH and their ready-to-eat oats for a flavorful breakfast experience like no other!
One of the cool things that makes these oats so unique is that instead of cooking the oats to make a traditional oatmeal, MUSH cold-soaks their oats in dairy-free milk to get them to a fluffy, pudding-like texture we love.
In addition to the creamy, light texture, this soaking process not only helps the ingredients retain their valuable nutrients, but also makes them easier to digest! These flavor-rich and ready-to-eat oats will make you wonder why you ever chose another breakfast!
Vanilla is rich in Antioxidants
Blueberries are packed with Vitamin C
Apples are loaded with Vitamin C
Strawberries are potent in Manganese, Potassium, and Antioxidants
Coffee increases energy levels and improves brain function
Every MUSH starts the same but is finished off with nutrient packed ingredients that provide a delicious flavor profile. Oats are one of the healthiest, most nutrient dense superfoods available.
They are heart and metabolism healthy because they contain large amounts of beta-glucan fiber, which is known for lowering blood sugar levels, improving insulin resistance, and reducing cholesterol levels.
MUSH then adds clean, healthy ingredients that give each one a rich and delicious flavor!
With MUSH, anyone can elevate their nutrition to the next level! To learn more, go to their website https://eatmush.com/ !
Qure Water believes that an active lifestyle, proper hydration, and natural nutrition are crucial to good health, happiness, and a balanced life. Thus, Qure set out to achieve an exceptional pH of 10, allowing one to completely hydrate, restore, and re-energize oneself. Qure is the ultimate alkaline water, as the pH of 10 has many health and hydration benefits.
Qure’s hydration concept is simple: to make a high pH water that is only made with super clean base water and infused with natural ionic alkaline minerals. They decided that the best way to do this would be to research how Mother Nature naturally mineralizes it’s spring water and replicate this process. By creating a big portable clean room with reenacting rain and the pressure, Qure figured out a way to simulate nature in a large box. This Quration process is something that has never been done before in the water industry and thus sets them apart from their competitors.
Qure constantly strives to provide optimal health benefits, as well as a consistent pure, clean, and refreshing taste.
Come into any one of our Basil Bandwagon Natural Market locations to Qure Your Thirst – on sale through July 31, 2021. For more information on Qure Alkaline Water, please visit https://qurealkalinewater.com/ .
Hardy Nutritionals Daily Essential Nutrients is a unique micronutrient formula that consists of 16 minerals, 13 vitamins, 4 amino acids, and 4 antioxidants/botanicals. One unique factor of the Daily Essential Nutrients is that organic molecules and micronized minerals are combined to maximize mineral absorption and delivery to cells. It is also clinically proven to help improve mood, focus, mental clarity, emotional stability, and sleep quality.
Their products are readily available at all Basil Bandwagon Natural Market locations, in both clinical strength and regular strength –
Clinical Strength: (Daily Essential Nutrients with Added Vitamers) A broad-spectrum micronutrient formulation. It is specifically formulated for individuals with certain genetic variations of Vitamin B6 and Folate metabolism.
Regular Strength: (Optimal Balance for Women or Men) An excellent daily micronutrient formulation for adults and children who don’t need the clinical levels found in the Daily Essential Nutrients.
If you wish to learn more about Hardy Nutritionals and their supplements, we recommend visiting their website https://www.hardynutritionals.com/ .
Raisins didn’t qualify for the Dirty Dozen™, since we don’t include processed foods in the list, but if they did, they would top the list by a mile. Ninety-nine percent of conventional raisins tested positive for at least two pesticides, including some that can harm kids’ developing brains!
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Strawberries are once again at the top of this year’s Dirty Dozen™ list, taking first place for produce with the highest levels of pesticide residues. Ninety-nine percent of strawberries have pesticide residues, and up to 22 different pesticides were found on a single strawberry!
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Many Americans enjoy starting their day with a healthy serving of citrus fruits, but they may be unknowingly getting a side of cancer-linked chemical. EWG scientists discovered cancer-linked imazalil on nearly 90 percent of non-organic citrus samples!
Even after the fruit is peeled, the average concentration of imazalil was about 20 times higher than EWG’s recommended limit to protect children’s health! See the full results HERE.
Click the image to sign the EWG’s petition to BAN imazalil!
Christine Waltermyer is a local and renowned Wellness Chef, private chef to celebrities, published cookbook author and founder of the Natural Kitchen Cooking School, which offers an online Plant-Based Cooking Program. She also loves shopping at Basil Bandwagon! Visit naturalkitchenschool.com to subscribe to her email newsletter for new recipes, tips, and FREE access to the Power of Veggies mini-course!
Did you know that gut health is essential for a strong immune system? Some of the best gut health boosting foods are those that are fermented and pickled! There are many health benefits of pickling, but the most talked about benefit is the fact that they are probiotic – and you can pickle so many different vegetables to change up your flavor profiles. Check out (& print!) these three simple homemade pickle recipes thanks to Christine Waltermyer!
Wide-mouth 16 oz glass canning jar with a lid (Make sure it’s really clean. You can even boil it for a minute to sterilize it.)
8 oz glass canning jar that fits inside the 16-ounce glass jar
Cheesecloth
Small pot
Ingredients
½cupwater
2 ½tablespoonstamari
2tablespoonsbrown rice vinegar
½cupbroccoli stems (peeled)sliced into thin rounds
½cupcarrot slices (thin)
½cupthinly sliced celery
1tablespoonmaple syrup
Instructions
Place the water in a small pot. Bring to a boil briefly, then shut off the heat and remove from the stove. Set aside to cool.
Once the water is cool, place it in the glass canning har. To make the pickling brine, add the tamari and brown rice vinegar. Place the lid on the har and shake well. Pour the pickling brine into a bowl.
Layer the vegetables in the glass jar. Pour the pickling brine over them. Place the smaller jar on top of the vegetables, inside the jar. The weight of the har will press the vegetables under the surface of the brine.
Cover the jar with a square of cheesecloth and secure it in place with a piece of kitchen twine or a rubber band.
Let the jar sit at room temperature for 24 hours. The room should be between 65 to 80 degrees F.
After 24 hours have passed, add the maple syrup. Place a lid on the jar and gently shake to mix the maple syrup into the brine. Refrigerate the pickles at this point. Enjoy a teaspoon or so at a time with a meal. Pickles will keep up to 5 days in the refrigerator.
16 oz glass canning jar with a lid (Make sure it’s really clean. You can even boil it for a minute to sterilize it.)
8 oz glass canning jar
Cheesecloth
Small pot
Ingredients
¾cupwater
¾cupfennelthinly sliced
¼beetthinly sliced
¼cupume ("umeboshi") vinegar
Instructions
Place the water in a small pot. Bring to a boil briefly, then shut off the heat and remove from the stove. Set aside to cool.
Once the water is cool, place it in the glass canning jar. To make the pickling brine, add the ume vinegar. Place the lid on the jar and shake well. Pour the pickling brine into a bowl.
Layer the vegetables in the glass jar. Pour the pickling brine over them. Place the smaller jar on top of the vegetables, inside the har. The weight of the har will press the vegetables under the surface of the brine. If the liquid is too high in the har, you can remove it as long as all of the vegetables are submerged under the brine liquid.
Cover the har with a square of cheesecloth and secure it in place with a piece of kitchen twine or a rubber band.
Let the jar sit at room temperature for 24 hours. The room should be between 65 to 80 degrees F.
After 24 hours have passed, place a lid on the jar. Refrigerate the pickles at this point. Enjoy a teaspoon or so at a time with a meal. If you find the pickles too strong tasting, rinse a small amount before serving them. Pickles will keep up to 10 days in the refrigerator.
32-ounce glass canning jar with a lid (Make sure it’s really clean. You can even boil it for a minute to sterilize it.)
Small pot
Ingredients
2cupswater
2cupsthinly sliced radishes (I used purple daikon radish and watermelon radish but red radish works too)
1 ½tablespoonssea salt
1teaspoonpickling spiceOPTIONAL – In the video I used 1 tablespoon but it’s a little strong tasting so I recommend using less for most people’s taste.
Instructions
Place the water in a small pot. Bring to a boil briefly, then shut off the heat and remove from the stove. Set aside to cool.
Once the water is cool, place it in the glass canning jar. To make the pickling brine, add the sea salt and pickling spice. Place the lid on the jar and shake well. Pour the pickling brine into a bowl.
Layer the vegetables in the glass jar. Pour the pickling brine over them. Make sure that all of the vegetables are submerged under the brine liquid.
Cover the jar with the lid.
Let the jar sit at room temperature for 3 days. The room should be between 65 to 80 degrees F.IMPORTANT: Unscrew the lid of the jar once a day to release some of the air that naturally builds up inside. At that time make sure the veggies are all submerged and if not, gently push them down under the liquid.
Taste after 3 days and if you want to let it ferment longer it should become more sour in another day or two. These pickles are salty so I recommend rinsing the pickles before serving. If you want to balance the flavor with some sweetness just add a tablespoon or two of your favorite sweetener and it will make them a little more mild tasting. Pickles will keep for 2 weeks in the refrigerator.
Thank you to Christine Waltermyer and the Natural Kitchen Cooking School for working with us to help promote healthy, nutritious meals and products that are affordable, full of nutrients, and simple to make at home!
Take your immune health to the next level with Country Life Vitamins
It’s not always easy to eat a balanced diet with all the nutrients we need, and something as important as our immune system needs extra attention. To fill the gaps we might be missing, adding in certain vitamins to our daily wellness routine makes sure we’re covering all our bases without the added stress. Thanks to Country Life Vitamins, we can trust that the ingredients they use in their products follow their 5 pledges – Authenticity, Cleanliness, Freshness, Consistency & Accuracy.
Immune Support When It Matters
Vitamin D
Also known as the Sunshine Vitamin, Vitamin D aids in the absorption of calcium, helping to form and maintain healthy bones and teeth, as well as promote immune health.*
Multivitamins
Get the essential nutrients you need for health and wellness. Their Core Daily-1 multivitamins simplify your daily nutrition with support across seven key nutritional areas.*
Minerals
Minerals are elements used by the body that are not produced by plants, and play an important role in metabolism and other various bodily functions.* Many of their minerals are chelated (bound to amino acids) and they provide both single forms as well as multi-mineral formulas.
Calcium
Formulated to maximize your body’s calcium absorption for healthier teeth and bones, their calcium supplements may also be blended with minerals for total-body utilization. Adequate calcium and vitamin D as part of a healthful diet, along with exercise, may reduce the risk of osteoporosis later in life.*
Looking for a great way to add vitamins into your daily morning routine?
Check out this refreshing smoothie recipe!
Immune Boosting Berry Orange Smoothie
Gluten-Free & Dairy-Free ~ Serves 2
This delicious smoothie is rich in antioxidants, Vitamin C, with an added boost of sunshine – Vitamin D!
Ingredients
1 1/4 cups fresh squeeze orange juice
1 cup of your frozen berry of choice – we used blueberries (can use fresh but will not be as thick)
1/2 cup of fresh or frozen strawberries
1/4 cup of almond or coconut milk (we used almond)
1 banana
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon of honey or maple syrup
4 sprays Country Life Vitamin D3 spray (2 sprays = daily serving size but this recipe yields 2 servings)
Method
Blend all ingredients in a blender until smooth. Pour into 2 glasses and enjoy!
DISCLAIMER: *These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
Christine Waltermyer is a local Wellness Chef, private chef to celebrities, published cookbook author and founder of the Natural Kitchen Cooking School, which offers an online Plant-Based Cooking Program. She also loves shopping at Basil Bandwagon! Visit naturalkitchenschool.com to get your FREE copy of her cookbook, “7 Days of Deliciousness.”
Vegetable Broth
Makes 8 cups
Ingredients
1 cup fresh maitake mushrooms, or ½ cup dried
2 celery stalks, cut into big chunks
2 carrots, cut into chunks
2 to 3 cups winter squash, cut in big chunks
½ cup fresh burdock root, cut into pieces (or ¼ cup dried burdock)
1 small bunch parsley (you can leave the stems on)
This vegetable broth can be made in an Instapot, pressure cooker or regular soup pot.
For Instant Pot or pressure cooker: Place all ingredients in the Instant Pot or a large pressure cooker. Place the lid on your pressure cooker or Instant Pot and bring to full pressure on high heat. After 15 minutes, remove the pot from the heat and let the pressure reduce naturally. Strain out the ingredients by pouring the broth through a strainer into a large bowl. Remove the lid and cool completely before pouring into tall glass mason jars.
For regular soup pot: Place all ingredients in a large soup pot. Cover with a lid and bring to a boil over medium high heat. Reduce heat to simmer on low for 1 hour. Remove from heat. Strain out the ingredients by pouring the broth through a strainer into a large bowl. Cool before pouring into glass mason jars.
Store the vegetable broth in covered jars in the refrigerator for 3 to 5 days, or freeze for up to 4 months.
Lemon Sage Cold Care Tea
Serves 1
Ingredients
1 cup (8 oz.) water
10 fresh sages leaves (or one teaspoon dried sage leaves)
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon raw honey or brown rice syrup
Method
Place the water in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium high heat. Turn off the heat and add the sage leaves. Remove from the heat and let steep for 15 minutes. Strain the tea through a small strainer into a mug. Add the lemon juice and sweetener of your choice. Enjoy warm.
Thank you to Christine Waltermyer and the Natural Kitchen Cooking School for working with us to help promote healthy, nutritious meals and products that are affordable, full of nutrients, and simple to make at home!
Have you been interested in hemp products? Well now’s the time to start! PlusCBD Oil has been a pioneer in the CBD industry, taking extraordinary efforts to make high-quality, safe, and effective hemp CBD oil products.
Why should I take CBD oil? Great question! CBD can have a positive effect on general well-being, impacting mood, sleep, stress levels, and so much more. Everyone has their preference on the way they consume CBD- capsules, topically, liquid droppers, gummies, etc. Luckily for us, PlusCBD Oil just had a price decrease for all of their products so now you can try more than one and feel like you’re not breaking the bank!
How much should I take? Well that can be tricky… The best thing to do is start small and work your way up. Start with a couple of drops a day at bedtime (that way if you take too much and it makes you sleepy, you’ll be ready for bed!). If you feel like it didn’t help, try a couple more drops and work your body into it. Everyone has different tolerances so a strength that may work for your best friend may not work for you – and that’s okay! Check out some other common CBD concerns below:
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Keep Calm and Chai On
Ingredients
Strong brewed chai tea
nut milk (use your favorite!)
PlusCBD Oil unflavored oil
sweetener of your choice (sugar, honey, whichever kind you prefer)
cinnamon
nutmeg
ice cubes
Method
1. In whatever cup you plan on drinking out of, pour in the milk and chai tea you want (I prefer about half of each in the glass). It’s also easier to measure these liquids in the glass so I don’t over-pour for myself.
2. Add CBD oil. There is no right or wrong amount of oil but make sure you use only the dosage you normally take. If you haven’t used CBD before, start with a couple of drops and you can always add more as you go. Mix.
3. Add your sweetener. There’s no right or wrong amount of sweetener either, as long as you’re using what you like you’re good to go! 🙂
4. Next, add a dash of cinnamon and a small sprinkle of nutmeg. Mix.
5. Add ice cubes, mix once more, and enjoy!
Triple C Milkshake
Ingredients
4 large scoops (about 1 1/2 cups) cookies & cream ice cream
1/4 cup milk
PlusCBD Oil unflavored oil
Method
1. In a blender, blend together ice cream, milk, and CBD oil.
2. Pour into a glass, top with your favorite toppings, and enjoy!
But First, Coffee!
Ingredients
8oz freshly brewed coffee
creamer (use your favorite!)
PlusCBD Oil unflavored oil
ice cubes
collagen peptides (optional; use your favorite!)
cinnamon (optional)
Method
1. Brew coffee and place in refrigerator.
2. Once cooled, combine coffee, creamer, CBD Oil, collagen, and ice in a glass.
3. Top with a sprinkle of cinnamon and enjoy!
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*PLEASE NOTE:These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
