Traditional Confinement Recipes
Below are the recipes I have hand picked as the top essentials. All these recipes are courtesy of www.chinesesouplady.com or http://chineseconfinementfood.blogspot.ie. I have modified the ginger and...
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Top 5 Ways to Cut Your Sugar Habits!
Like heroin, cocaine and caffeine, sugar is an addictive, destructive drug, yet we consume it daily in everything from cigarettes to bread. -William Dufty, author of Sugar Blues. Ahh, sugar…the guilty...
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Diet for a Healthy Pregnancy
Navigating the pregnancy food recommendations can be challenging. Some health professionals get super technical and overload us with too much information. Others are too restricted. So what is right?...
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Interpreting Traditional Pregnancy Confinement
At Isla, we are constantly seeking to culturally broaden our horizons. This week, Kaman Ryan thoroughly explains her personal experience with the Chinese tradition of Pregnancy Confinement: The...
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Breathe Your Way To Relaxation
Life is often stressful enough. Sometimes a glass of wine does the trick, or a bit of chocolate. But when you’re pregnant, the wine kinda goes out the window. So what can you do to relax? Breathe…...
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Happy St. Paddy’s Day, with Love from Ireland: Bacon & Cabbage
St. Paddy’s Day; a day to celebrate Irish culture, eat Irish food, and wear green. The recipe that comes to mind with St. Paddy’s Day around the corner is Bacon and Cabbage. Prior to moving to...
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What Brought Me to Ireland
Many people have one dramatic career- or life-changing moment. I’ve had the pleasure of having two. The first started in New York and the second will take me to Ireland. This is where the story begins....
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