Kitchen Stewardship

Find all the Kitchen Stewardship series here (clicking a topic will take you to a master list of all the related posts).

I’ve also hosted carnivals in the past, although I don’t have a current weekly carnival.  Jump straight to the carnivals.

It’s fun to browse archives, isn’t it? 

Series at Kitchen Stewardship

Mary and Martha Moments:  Encouragement on the Journey!:  Trust God, take Baby Steps, Keep Body/Soul priorities in order, Pray in the Kitchen.  These posts will give you soul food as you try hard to do the best you can in the kitchen for your families.  The link takes you to the first post; find the others at the end.

Mind the Microwave in May:  A challenge to cut down your microwave use, one baby step at a time.  Find out the conflicting research on the dangers of microwaves and decide for yourself.  Includes lots of practical tips for making the change.

Mary and Martha Moments:  The Four Pillars of Kitchen Stewardship:  This blog is dedicated to balancing your family’s nutrition, the environment, your budget and your time as gifts from God.  Read the foundations of the philosophy in these posts.

Super Foods Series:  Want to eat the healthiest foods you can withOUT having to go to the health foods store or buy something you’ve never heard of before?  Kitchen Stewardship Super Foods are regular, plain-Jane foods that you probably already have in your kitchen, listed because they pack a nutritional punch more than their counterparts.  We spent 15 weeks going through a list of 20 Super Foods and 18 Honorable Mentions.  You’ll find easy, yummy recipes, nutritional info and kitchen tips to include more nutrients on your plate.

How I Love Beans! I talk about them and eat them a lot, and now you can read about them and learn more:

• Bean Foundations:  Why Beans?, How to cook dry beans, Recipes, and my embarrassing bean story.
• Summer Foods:  Broth and Beans?
• Bean and Veggie Meal Plan Analysis:  I analyzed 6 real meal plans and gave practical tips to help readers include more beans and veggies in their regular dinners.  You can use the tips to upgrade your family’s nutrition, too!

Woman’s Call to Vocation:  A Study for Moms This is a 5-part study based on Scripture, the Catechism and Catholic Church teachings.  The study includes the Call to Sacrifice, Vocation of Wife, Vocation of Mother, Discipline of Children and Vocation of the Home.  It is outside the realm of Kitchen Stewardship, so a bonus for those of you interested!

Real Food, Real Moms

• What if I Work Outside the Home?
• Working to Feed a Family, Freezer Style
• SAHMs Work in the Kitchen

Analyzing Aluminum in August:  What are the dangers, researched and controversial, about our use of aluminum?  Where do we find aluminum in our daily lives (you’ll be shocked)?  Find seriously simple, practical tips for reducing your encounters with aluminum and being more kind to the earth at the same time.

My Story:  The tale behind the beginning of a blog and the author who types it.  Start here:  On Conscious Thought and then go here: My Life in Three Lists

Natural Kitchen Cleaning (and more):  Not an official series, but helpful nonetheless.  Do you want to get the toxins out of your cleaning cupboard and your indoor air?  Kitchen Stewardship’s cleaning posts are always (1) easy, (2) inexpensive, (3) environmentally safe, (4) safe for humans, and (5) effective.  For the basic 3 cleaners, start here.

Food to Go:  Packing a Lunch

You don’t have to be mystified (or hit up McD’s) when it comes to taking healthy food on the road.

• Healthy School Lunch Packing
• Packing a Reduced Waste Lunch
• Kids’ Responsibility for Unpacking the Lunch
• Healthy Camping Food

A Fat Full Fall:  Butter.  Canola Oil.  Coconut Oil.  Lard.  How do you figure out what fats are “healthy” fats?  Low fat?  No fat?  How much fat to eat?  Find everything you ever wanted to know about fats in this series, plus some rockin’ recipes and easy challenges.  This is perhaps the most popular series at Kitchen Stewardship so far.

The Ultimate Traditional Real Food: Jesus gives His life for us. (Follow the link at the bottom of this post for a comprehensive post that lists all those in the series.)

Advent Daily Dose:  A short nugget of thought for every weekday of Advent, including reflections, encouragement, lessons and challenges.

Find out how to use your busy-ness for prayer, take time away to be quiet and ideas for kids to enter into the season.  Even if it’s not Advent, you may find some reflections of interest in this series.

Decreasing Disposables in December:  More waste is generated in America during the months of December and November than any other time of year.

There’s no better time to focus on small ways to reduce our waste by using and reusing real items instead of throw-aways.

TOP 10 TIPS FOR STARING OFF IN THE REAL FOOD WORLD

Real Food Bloggers Face-Off: Over 2 dozen bloggers answer questions about how they came to real food and what they think is important on their plates.  These are fascinating people!  The series ended with TWO famous finishers who dished out on how they got started as well:  Sally Fallon and Nina Planck.

An Exploration of Soaking Grains: The cookbook Nourishing Traditions claims that traditional cultures always soaked or sprouted their grains, nuts and legumes before eating.  Some say that claim doesn’t hold water.  I was curious about the science behind the issue.  Join me as I delve into food science and research journals to try to find the answer: How should we prepare our grains?

Adventures in Sourdough: Research shows that sourdough fermentation is both traditional and incredibly healthy for a myriad of reasons.  Learn how to make your own sourdough starter and a bunch of KS readers’ favorite recipes for using it. Lots of photos and encouragement from those who have been there already.

Organic Gardening Series: Rene from Budget Saving Mom is a series guest poster all summer long in 2010. She’ll teach you gardening every step of the way, from building the beds to finding seeds, and the nitty gritty of fighting diseases and pests, harvesting and preserving. I learned so many helpful tips!

Go Local! Challenge: During June 2010 we talked about the best eggs and milk you can buy and how to find good local produce and farmers. Includes “10 Questions to Ask your Farmer” and the unveiling of the Grand Rapids Area Local Real Food Resources Page.

Coming Soon:

• Natural Sunscreen Review (mid-July)
• Back-to-School Bonanza (August)
• Seeking the perfect homemade whole wheat bread (Fall 2010)

Past carnivals at Kitchen Stewardship

• Meatless Meals Carnival
• Make-it-from-Scratch Carnival host (July 2009)
• Make-it-from-Scratch Carnival host (September 29, 2009)

October Fest Carnival of Super Foods (explanation, invitation)

Tons of bloggers participated to share a plethora of recipes. October Fest remains a superb resource!

• October1:  Bean Recipes
• October 8:  Broth Recipes
• October 15:  Super Food Recipes
• October 22:  Unprocessed Foods Recipes
• October 29:  Healthy Fats

A few random themed recipe round-ups:

• Meals that Hamburger Helper was TRYING to Imitate! (1/28)
• Homemade Salad Dressings (2/2)

The “What are you Doing for Lent?” Carnival Get inspired by what other folks across the blogosphere sacrificed and accomplished as part of their Lenten devotions.

Spring Cleaning: Get the Junk Out

KS and nine other bloggers from a variety of niches teamed up to get the “junk” out of your life.  We went beyond the dust bunnies into your kitchen cupboards, shopping cart, bathtub and more!  Each week a different blogger wrote their story and factoids at Kitchen Stewardship, then followed up with part three, the “practical application,” at their own sites. Other bloggers also linked up their own posts that fit the theme, so the resources run deep and the challenges were intense.

Current and Upcoming Carnivals

• Soaked Grain Recipes (coming soon)