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Eat Well, Spend Less: The Never-Ending Chicken Broth (Am I "Stocking Up" or Being Greedy?)

January 24th, 2012 · 49 Comments · Do It Yourself, Frugality

People are often asking where to start: you know, when they’re first coming over to a real food lifestyle and feel overwhelmed at the laundry list of changes they’ll have to make to their standard American diet (read: processed foods). Now that I’ve survived the last six months, moving twice, living with my in-laws (which [...]

How to Make Water Kefir Update {VIDEO}

January 19th, 2012 · 79 Comments · Do It Yourself, Recipes

While at my in-laws’ house I became hyper-aware of kitchen tasks and organization, since I was pondering my new kitchen and experiencing someone else’s on a daily basis. It was a great way to figure out priorities and make “rules” for the new place. One rule is: If you do something often, put the things [...]

How to Teach Others About Real Food–Lead by Example {Guest Post}

September 14th, 2011 · 28 Comments · Do It Yourself

This is part two of a guest post from Laurie of Common Sense Homesteading. Read part one HERE. Lead (the Way to Real Rood) By Example In my day to day life, I’ve become a bit of a “real food evangelist”. I’ve got several t-shirts that are great conversation starters, such as “Butter Was Framed”, [...]

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How to Teach Others About Real Food–In the Classroom {Guest Post}

September 9th, 2011 · 11 Comments · Do It Yourself

This is part one of a guest post from Laurie of Common Sense Homesteading. Once you’ve mastered the basics of real food and seen its positive effects, how do you introduce friends and family (and anyone else who is willing to listen?) to dietary concepts that fly in face of mainstream nutrition? I’ve chosen to [...]

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Recipe Connection: Homemade Vanilla Extract

August 29th, 2011 · 56 Comments · Do It Yourself, Recipes

If you’ve been missing the Monday Missions while I was sort of on maternity leave, you can consider this week’s mission: to think about homemade Christmas gifts. Crazy, I know. I hate when stores start Christmas preparations as soon as back-to-school stuff is put away. But if you want to make homemade vanilla extract as [...]

Back-to-School Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner & Snacks – Eat Well, Spend Less has You Covered!

August 27th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Do It Yourself, Frugality

The back-to-school sales at the end of July may have been jumping the gun a little bit, but I think it’s time to admit now that summer’s nearly over and school really is coming (and has started in some parts of the country, I know). We’re at T minus eleven days and counting… Packing lunches [...]

Monday Mission: Plan Your Breakfasts

August 1st, 2011 · 53 Comments · Do It Yourself, Monday Missions

Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to plan your breakfasts for (at least) a week. Impact Ratings: Level of Commitment: Baby Steps A lot of people plan dinners and understand the importance of doing so, but lunches and breakfasts are often spur of the moment or just something simple like toast or cereal [...]