Tonight I got busted on my own meal planning. I knew what I was going to make. I’d thawed the meat two days ago. I assumed I could make a recipe I’d made before, because I always have basic items in stock. Oops. The whole reason I planned this meal was because I had open [...]
Entries from March 31st, 2009
Making a Healthy Meal from Packaged Recipes
March 31st, 2009 · 5 Comments · Do It Yourself, Upgraded Nutrition
Two Paradigms of Healthy Eating
March 31st, 2009 · 8 Comments · KS lifestyle, Science of Nutrition, Upgraded Nutrition
Ask not what you can take out of your food, but what your food can put into you. Eating “Healthy” The way I see it, there are basically two philosophies on how to eat “healthy”. The first involves eating less: low-cal, low-fat, low-carb, low cholesterol, low salt…the list goes on and on. The second is [...]
Tags: Super Foods
Monday Mission: How to Make your own Homemade Chicken Stock/Broth
March 30th, 2009 · 123 Comments · Avoiding Waste, Do It Yourself, Frugality, KS lifestyle, Recipes, Science of Nutrition
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to make traditional homemade chicken stock. Impact Ratings: Level of Commitment: Making Strides Now that (hopefully) you’ve successfully planned at least one meal in advance, it’s time to try your hand at making chicken stock. It couldn’t be easier, really. If you’ve ever made any kind of [...]
Mental Mission: Healthy Eating
March 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Your mental mission this week is just to consider what you think “eating healthy” means. What are healthy foods? How do you include them in your diet? When do you “break the rules”? Are there foods that are “not healthy” that you try to avoid? I’m excited to begin a new series on healthy eating, [...]
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Spotty Internet…
March 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Our Internet is failing whenever it feels like it…so I don’t know if it will be up long enough to upload the Monday Mission this morning, or if I’ll have to wait until I can travel to a wi-fi spot this evening. Apologies!
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Mary and Martha Moment: Trust in the Promise of your Meal Blessing
March 27th, 2009 · 15 Comments · Mary and Martha Moments, Prayerful Kitchen
This is the first in a series of Mary and Martha Moments to build you up in your quest for stewardship of all God’s resources. For an amazing spiritual outlook on food, you’ll want to check out the philosophy behind GNOWFGLINS blog and eCourses. Mary sat at Jesus’s feet and listened to Him teach. Martha [...]
Tags: prayer
Food for Thought: Health and Nutrition of Traditional Homemade chicken Broth/Stock
March 26th, 2009 · 34 Comments · Science of Nutrition
The more I learn about the many ways a good broth/stock can improve my health, the more excited I am to share this information with you, as well as the proper way to prepare a stock (your next Monday Mission). Plus, it’s really yummy! Home vs. Store Before I even begin sharing the facts, it’s [...]
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