And my problem? I can’t decide which one to eat first. The mud room organization? Unpacking the boxes in the corner of the living room? The basic laundry pile? Where to begin? What in the World is Eating Your Frog? When I began the day yesterday by saying to my kids, “Well, I’m off to [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Special Situations'
6 Steps to a Real Food Diabetes Diet {GUEST POST}
August 24th, 2011 · 56 Comments · Science of Nutrition, Special Situations
There are now 25.8 million people in the United States alone who have diabetes according to the American Diabetes Association. This number does not include the countless people who have been diagnosed with pre-diabetes, gestational diabetes, or the many who live with the symptoms but have not yet been diagnosed. Diabetes is becoming a household [...]
Tags: artificial sweeteners·coconut oil·diabetes·fats·guest post·high fructose corn syrup·real food·sugar·white flour
Eat Well, Spend Less for Summer Travel
June 24th, 2011 · No Comments · Special Situations
When you’re away from home, eating well (and spending less) generally becomes much more complicated. Over and over again, readers ask me about what foods can be grabbed for quick snacks on the road and how to stick to the "real food" diet when on vacation. Those questions inspired the topic for Healthy Snacks to [...]
When do you Find Time for Exercise? Do You Make Time?
June 14th, 2011 · 11 Comments · Special Situations
Nope. I do a terrible, absolutely terrible, job at this task. Now that it’s finally nice weather around here, we’ve been trying to take family walks either before or after dinner. We’ve got two days in a row under our belts as I’m writing, and last week we walked over a mile each way to [...]
Tags: fitness
The Real Food Preparedness Resource Extravaganza
June 10th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Do It Yourself, Special Situations
Many of you have asked for a one-stop-shop for the real food preparedness series that’s been running the past few weeks. An easily printable eBook would be perfect, right, because let’s face it: when in an emergency, it’s quite possible your trusty laptop may have some issues connecting to the Internet. photo source A printed [...]
Tags: preparedness
How to Keep Cooking When You’re Cut Off
June 7th, 2011 · 15 Comments · Frugality, Special Situations
We were looking at houses last week, and I think I surprised our realtor when I told him passionately that cooking on a flattop, glass, electric stove makes me want to throw frying pans out the window. I’m usually much more mild-mannered, but get me going about how I love to cook over a gas [...]
Tags: cooking fuel·preparedness
The Water Dilemma: How to Store Enough for a Disaster…Without Chemicals
May 27th, 2011 · 33 Comments · Special Situations
“Can water go bad?” I always thought that was the sort of question destined for Jay Leno to be asking stupid not-so-on-the-ball people on the street. It turns out I wouldn’t want that mic thrust in my face. Newsflash for Katie: Water can go bad! I still don’t really get it, since it doesn’t make [...]
Tags: bleach·chlorine·hydrogen peroxide·preparedness·water·water filters·water purification















