Ingredient Spotlight | My Source Life

Ingredient Spotlight: Turmeric

Keep hearing about the medicinal properties of Turmeric but have no idea how to take it? Here's the 411 on this anti-inflammatory powerhouse, and how you can reap the benefits! [read more]

Ingredient Spotlight: Apple Cider Vinegar

You want me to do WHAT?!! Drinking vinegar doesn't sound appetizing AT ALL, so why is everyone doing it? Find out about the hype surrounding Apple Cider Vinegar. [read more]

Ingredient Spotlight: Nutritional Yeast

Nutritional Yeast. Could a name be any less appetizing. It has its devotees and its detesters, but when used right, this ingredient can be a valued addition to your cooking seasonings, as well as an added source of nutrition. [read more]

Ingredient Spotlight: Kuzu

Kuzu is a starch that is used in cooking as a thickener, but there are a few reasons you might want to use Kuzu over cornstarch, potato starch or arrowroot. [read more]

Ingredient Spotlight: Chia Seeds

So what is so great about these little seeds? Why should you want to add them to your diet? Honestly, its just a missed nutritional opportunity if you don't use them! [read more]

Ingredient Spotlight: Agar

If you haven’t heard of Agar, then let me be the first to introduce you! For vegans it is an absolute must-have ingredient in your cooking toolbox, and for non-vegans, its a way to replace gelatin in your diet. Agar, also referred to as Agar-Agar or kanten, is a gelling agent that comes from seaweed. It can also be used in fruit preserves, [read more]

Ingredient Spotlight: Kala Namak

When I was a kid, the most dreaded item I could find in my lunchbox, besides a tuna sandwich, was a hard-boiled egg. Upon cracking the shell, the sulfurous stinky smell exploded in a cloud that elicited exclamations of ‘Ewww gross!! Rotten egg!!’ Which was then followed by a mass exodus of those around me and a mortification that [read more]