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Monday Mission: Try Organ Meats

February 7th, 2011 · 59 Comments · Monday Missions

Pin ItYour mission, if you choose to accept, is to…*cringe*…I know, I know…try organ meats! Impact Ratings: Level of Commitment: Making Strides It’s pretty mean, I know, to go right from the Back to Basics series into organ meats. It took me quite some time to try organs for the first time, and I’m still [...]

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Whole Foods for the Holidays: Tuscan Beef and Bean Stew {Main Course}

November 16th, 2010 · 13 Comments · Recipes

Pin ItI know it’s pretty standard to serve a big old hunk of meat as the main course if you’re hosting a holiday dinner, and I admit the last time we hosted Christmas Day dinner at our house, we served a grocery store ham. I’m not sure if I could do that in good conscience [...]

Why You Should Really, REALLY Get to Know Your Farmer (Even if Your Friends Already Have)

October 20th, 2010 · 105 Comments · Food for Thought, Science of Nutrition

Pin ItOur family has been buying grass-fed beef and chicken at a premium from Grassfield’s Farm in Coopersville, MI for about 18 months now. When we began, I didn’t ask a zillion questions, simply because I knew enough trusted real foodies who went there and I knew they had good quality, organic, grassfed products. Last [...]

In-Season Recipe Connection: Mexican Stuffed Peppers

August 17th, 2010 · 24 Comments · Recipes

Pin ItAre you tempted by the lovely basket of peppers at the Farmer’s Market but not quite sure how to deal with so many all at once? Since most recipes seem to call for one pepper at a time, you either have to preserve the peppers by freezing or dehydrating, or find a great stuffed [...]

Recipe Connection: Grassfed Beef Burgundy

June 1st, 2010 · 17 Comments · Recipes

Pin ItIs “grassfed” a sort of status symbol when stamped on a recipe? You betcha. You can make just about any recipe, especially one that cooks the meat for a long time and in liquid, with either grassfed or conventionally raised beef. It makes the recipe title sound fancy, though, doesn’t it? UPDATE: A commenter [...]

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Monday Mission: Got Meat? (Where does your meat come from?)

May 3rd, 2010 · 37 Comments · Monday Missions

Pin ItYour mission, if you choose to accept, is to learn about where your meat comes from. Impact Ratings: Level of Commitment: Baby Steps Perhaps you already know everything about your meat. Perhaps you’ve watched Food, Inc. and seek out local, grassfed or pastured, organic meats. Your job, then, is to find the balance. Keep [...]

A Guest Recipe Connection: Modern Alternative Mama’s Chili

February 3rd, 2010 · 13 Comments · Recipes

Pin It Chili is a great winter comfort food. It’s warm, hearty, and of course it includes beans! Good, healthy, yummy stuff. Unfortunately, a lot of recipes, like my husband’s old favorite, contain a lot of canned ingredients – canned tomatoes, canned “chili” beans, and more. So what is a whole-foods-eating-girl to do?