As you read all this nutritional and safety information, keep in mind that I am not a doctor.  I am constantly reading and learning in the classroom of life, just like all of you.  You will find my sources to be joe-schmo books that anyone can read and understand.  If you want to know the detailed medical and scientific information behind any of my recommendations, you’ll have to go two degrees away and check out the sources of my sources.  Believe me, there are enough medical journal articles and long, academic papers in their sources to keep you reading (with eyes crossed) for ages.

I am a teacher, by vocation and by passion.  I was created with the ability to read or hear information, digest it, learn it, apply it, and then explain it to other people in multiple, easy-to-understand ways.  That is the job of a teacher.  Learn it – regurgitate it.  We’re a lot like penguin mothers who chew – i.e., partially digest – baby’s food before feeding it to them.

Don’t read the medical journals.  Don’t reinvent the wheel.  I’ll partially digest your information for you and make it easy to read, easy to remember and easy to implement in your busy life.  That’s my goal as a teacher.  And as a mother, you can bet I’ve tried everything in this book and trust it for my family.  Just ask the penguins what moms will do for their kids.

Books I’ve read lately:

Next on my list:  Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day

The Schwarzbein Principle II: The Transition and The Schwarzbein Principle Program by Dr. Diana Schwarzbein

The Way we Eat by Jim Mason and Peter Singer

King Arthur Flour’s Whole Grain Baking Cookbook

Dinner Diaries by Betsy Block

Green Goes With Everything by Sloan Barnett

Real Food for Mother and Baby by Nina Planck (our little one will have a cameo on her website sometime soon – I’ll provide a link when I know where it is!)

Lights Out by Wiley (but I wouldn’t recommend this one unless you’re ready for some uncompromising doomsday talk:  “We’re all going to die!”  I took 95% of this text with a grain of salt because of the authors’ attitudes.)

The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan

Real Food: What to Eat and Why by Nina Planck

Living Green by Greg Horn

The Untold Story of Milk by Ron Schmid

Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon and Mary Enig

Wild Fermentation by Sandor Ellis Katz

Holy Cows and Hog Heaven by Joel Salatin

Super Baby Food by Ruth Yaron

A Mother’s Rule of Life by Holly Pierlot

More With Less Cookbook by Doris Janzen Longacre

Miserly Moms by Jonni McCoy