Buckwheat coconut porridge

This is serious porridge!  The coconut milk reminds of Asian black sticky rice; warming and super-filling.  This was my first attempt so ad-libbed with the ingredients and ratios, but they worked thankfully.  You can use other milks and it will be much lighter, but it is a cold and misty day in the mountains so…

Basal temperature charting

What is the basal body temperature? The basal body temperature is the lowest normal temperature (i.e. without any illnesses or abnormal environmental conditions). Why record the basal temperature? The two most common reasons to record your basal temperature is to provide information about thyroid function (people with under-active thyroid may be ‘colder’ than typical) and…