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Did you know cavities don't need to be drilled and filled? They can actually heal. For some reason, despite research (just one source: Mellanby M, Pattison CL. The Influence of a Cereal-Free Diet Rich in Vitamin D And Calcium on Dental Caries in Children. British Medical Journal 1932; 1(37): 507-510.) that supports the healing of cavities, almost no one knows this and it is nearly impossible to find a dentist that will admit it.

Well Aellyn has a cavity and I'm so reluctant to go to the dentist because I don't feel like arguing with a doctor. Do you know they now use general anesthesia on little kids to fill cavities? Did you know the sealants they use are BPA (or just as harmful BPS if it says "BPA-free") and flouride? I'm sure to have to argue about flouride to someone who doesn't know or won't admit its link to cancer, lower IQ, and infertility.

Sometimes I just don't want to argue.

So my options are to drive 3 hours to a holistic dentist (who probably won't take my insurance) or heal Aellyn's teeth naturally. I'm going to give the latter a go.

Here's what we're going to try:

Daily cod liver oil/butter oil blend

Buy only grass-fed, raw butter (as soon as I can find a source)

Add a high-dose vitamin D supplement

Add calcium, magnesium, and phosphorous to her diet

Limit grains (this one's hard!) and sugars

Wish me luck and I'll keep you posted.

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I am a biscuit fanatic! My grandmother made a biscuit like this one from a flavor perspective but she had to roll them out and cut them. I figured that was too much work in my tiny (non-counter-space-having) camper. I also found that most drop biscuit recipes require a food processor to incorporate cold butter with the flour. This is an absolutely delicious way to get tender, flaky biscuits. However, a food processor did not make the cut in our tiny space (I do have a Vitamix that will do the trick but I left it at my sisters). I knew there had to be a way to make biscuits easy - one bowl, one measuring cup, one spoon, etc. These are so yummy! Note, that I don't like sweet biscuits and that includes buttermilk biscuits. I like a really baking-powder kind of flavor. I'll put changes/additions if you want a sweeter biscuit like you'd get at Bob Evans.

Toaster Oven Drop Biscuits (Sweeter Version in parenthesis)

2 cups flour 1 Tbls baking powder 1/4 tsp salt (2 Tbls sugar) 1/2 cup butter, melted 1 cup milk (or 1 cup buttermilk)

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Preheat oven to 450. Move the rack to the center (see pic) - this helps ensure that your biscuits won't burn on the bottom. If your toaster oven doesn't have a moving rack, reduce the temp to 400. Mil flour, baking powder, and salt. Melt 1/2 cup butter in a 2 cup measuring cup. Pour milk on top of melted butter until the measuring cup reads 1 1/2 cups. Dump into the dry mixture. Combine gently with a folding over motion. Batter will be lumpy. Drop spoonfuls onto your baking sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes or until the tips just start to get brown.

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These are so tender and crispy on the outside but they actually stay together. If you want to split them and add butter you should make them a little larger. I make them the size of 2 bites and don't even need butter. Enjoy!

I want to share my adventures in RV Living and what it means for cooking. Things like toaster oven and campfire cooking. Our RV doesn't have an oven so we bought a toaster oven and I'm loving it! I can take it outside and bake cookies while the kids play.

One caveat: I am NOT. A food blogger. I'm not a baking expert and I'm not going to start doing food photography so please enjoy my humble RV kitchen experiments and iPhone photos.

Toaster Oven Chocolate Chip Muffins

Ingredients:
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
1/4 cup honey
1 ripe banana
1 tsp cinnamon
2 tsps baking powder
1 1/2 cups flour
Chocolate chips at your preferred amount. I used 1/2 a bag of semi-sweet morsels

Turn your oven on to 400 degrees and put the rack in the middle. If you can't move your rack and it is fixed on the lower level then reduce. Temp to 375 so the bottoms don't burn. Put dry ingredients in a bowl. Add wet stuff right on top (because who has time for that separate crap?). Mix. Add chips. Spoon into mini-muffin tin that fits in your toaster oven. Bake for 11-13 minutes. Makes 24 mini muffins.

These are really cinnamon-y which I love. We make them for a quick breakfast.

A note on ingredients. You can use a milk alternative like almond or rice milk (don't use soy, that stuff is poison). I use whole wheat flour which probably makes them less yummy, lol. I haven't tried it but if you don't eat egg you could probably add more banana instead. In my version you can't taste the banana but it would be tasty with banana flavor. You can also use carob if you don't eat chocolate. If you can afford it buy ethical chocolate.

Add ins could include flax, oats, nuts, or dried berries.

Enjoy!

The Stannard 5

Healing Cavities