Yes, you heard that right. I make my yogurt in a crockpot. I do it once a week. We save money and get fresh, tasty organic yogurt that is pretty easy to make. Before Babe was born I made yogurt on the stove. I needed a warm oven and a thermometer. And a clock to [...]

Since being accepted by the midwives months ago, Papa and I decided this was something we would mostly keep to ourselves. When people asked where I was having the baby, we answered honestly, but we weren’t going around shouting it from the rooftops. No one wants to continuously defend a decision to birth at home. [...]

Last time I was pregnant, as I’ve mentioned, there were things I didn’t prioritize or even know existed! I knew about Lotus birth and while it intrigued me, dragging my placenta around until it naturally detached from Babe wasn’t something I wanted to do. I also heard some people fry up and eat their placenta. [...]

You might have already read my birth story. I wrote it for a magazine whose audience is pregnant women. It’s just a version of what really happened. I wrote it with the reader in mind. It’s an optimistic version so as to not scare the woman reading it in her doctor’s office. But the truth [...]

For someone whose family calls her “Grano,” I’ve pretty much sucked at making my own granola. I’ve also burned my fair share of batches. Sometimes I burn the raisins, sometimes the oats. It’s never tasted good. Until now. Behold! Mama Naturale’s simple, sweet, healthy granola! I try very hard to keep refined sugars away from [...]