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Healthy Snacks to Go, 2nd Edition, Revised and Expanded

February 4th, 2012 · 15 Comments · What to Buy

What’s the hardest part about eating real, unprocessed foods? Betcha at least one of your top answers is "eating on the go." It’s all well and good to make your own food while you’re at home, but sometimes the challenge of leaving home, especially in a hurry, can cripple the best of real food intentions. [...]

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If You Take a Chickpea to First Grade…

February 2nd, 2012 · 91 Comments · Kids in the Kitchen

…the teacher will probably still serve pretzels. Last week I got an email from my first grader’s health teacher announcing that they’d be tasting healthy snacks that Friday, and parents were invited to send in some food for the class to share. Healthy snacks? Oh, now you’re speaking my language! Examples of healthy snacks included [...]

Eat Well, Spend Less: 10 Things to do with Apples

October 18th, 2011 · 22 Comments · Frugality, Recipes

Most people would probably be rolling in the leaves this time of year. Not our family. We’re rolling in the apples. Three weeks ago, we went to the apple orchard and picked 3 full bushels of apples (that’s 6 baskets). This weekend as we prepared to return for the later varieties, I figure we had [...]

The Wisdom of the Internet on School Lunch and Classroom Snacks

September 13th, 2011 · 28 Comments · Kids in the Kitchen, KS lifestyle

The treasure trove of knowledge found in social media amazes me sometimes. I mentioned yesterday how I was able to avoid antibiotics and poke into natural remedies for basic illnesses because of the good advice I received from the KS community on Facebook and Twitter. My readers sometimes help me more than I help them. [...]

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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 [...]

Too Busy for Real Food? Convenience Foods that aren’t a Compromise

July 27th, 2011 · 30 Comments · What to Buy

"What are these five and more tasks you usually have to do before you go to bed at night so your family can eat the next day?" a reader emailed to ask after I mentioned last week that the real food lifestyle often creates a rather more lengthy "to do list" of prep tasks than [...]

A Sweet, Sweet Summer: How to Bake with Honey (& Other Recipes)

July 1st, 2011 · 38 Comments · Recipes

Honey never, ever spoils. It’s been found in Egyptian pyramids, still edible! Now THAT’s the kind of product I want in my pantry that I know will never go to waste. A lot of standard diet eaters have honey on hand for those rare occasions that they need it for tea or a random Tablespoon [...]