Couscous (pronounced KOOS-koos) is made from semolina, a coarsely ground durum wheat that is the main ingredient in Italian pasta.

An alkaline diet is a diet that emphasizes, to a varying degree, fresh fruit, vegetables, roots and tubers, nuts, and legumes.

This vegetable broth fits the guidelines of the alkaline diet.

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients:
4 cups crispy brown rice cereal
1 cup brown rice syrup
2/3 cup peanut butter (or try almond, cashew, even hazelnut)
healthy dash of umeboshi vinegar
healthy dash of vanilla
optional: cinnamon, nutmeg, raisins, roasted almonds, peanuts or cashews

Ginger is a home remedy for nausea and motion sickness. This is an easy recipe for crystallized ginger. You can pack some ginger pieces in an airtight sandwich bag and carry them around with you.

Ginger is a home remedy for nausea and motion sickness. This is a recipe for ginger ale.

This is a tea recipe made with ingredients traditionally used to balance the vata type according to Ayurveda. It was created by Ayurvedic chef Patti Garland

This is a tea recipe made with ingredients traditionally used to balance the pitta type, according to Ayurveda. The recipe was created by Ayurvedic chef Patti Garland

Ginger tea has a spicy, invigorating taste. It's used as a home remedy for indigestion, nausea, and to ward off colds, flu, and sore throats.

Green tea lovers may tell you that the best-tasting green tea is brewed for under one minute with hot water that hasn't reached the boiling point yet. It is also steeped for a short period of time. Boiling water and longer steeping times impart a bitter flavor to green tea.

Insomnia is defined as difficulty in sleeping, or disturbed sleep patterns leaving the perception of insufficient sleep. There are many herbs with reputations as being effective sleep remedies. The key to successful treatment of insomnia is to find the cause. If you do not want to take prescription sleep medication, then there are a plethora of holistic medicines available to you. Often the key to successful treatments lies in the focusing upon some part or function of the...