Not too long ago, a good friend of mine shared that she and her husband had decided to try the Keto diet. We spent a whole evening talking about how it was going and the various challenges. Snacking can be really tough, and a lot of people get in a rut of cheese and salami. Read this article…
Stop Paying Whole Foods to Prep For You: 10 Time Saving Tips for Eating Keto or AIP
When you start a new restrictive diet like Keto, or in our case the Autoimmune Paleo/Protocol diet (AIP), it can be hard on both the brain and the schedule. You are suddenly making all sorts of food you are not used to, typically a wider variety and quantity of vegetables than ever before, which means Read this article…
Real Food Thanksgiving Feast — all the recipes you’ll need for an alternative T-day meal!
We all love turkey, stuffing and mashed potatoes. But sometimes it’s nice to change things up a bit. Why not green smoothies and pork chops for Thanksgiving!? I’ve joined forces with some power-bloggers and did my part in a real food holiday feast, a collection of scrumptious, healthy recipes to spice up your Thanksgiving meal Read this article…
Family Favorite Grain-Free Avocado Taco Bowl Recipe
This post is from contributing writer Mary Voogt of Just Take A Bite. As a homeschool family learning is incorporated in all things. To help my four-year-old learn her letters we do one lunch a week that we call a “letter lunch.” We make something that starts with the letters she’s working on. For letters C and D Read this article…
How to Read the New Nutrition Facts Labels
Often one of the first suggestions when you’re trying to get healthy is to read labels. It’s something I suggest myself, especially when it comes to finding sugar and understanding just how much you are eating. But sometimes, it feels like you need a degree in nutrition fact label reading just to understand it all! Read this article…
Plastic-Free Snack Bags Reviews
No Waste Food on the Go with Reusable Sandwich and Snack Bags {REVIEW}
Hi, I’m Katie, and I’m a reusable snack bag junkie. It’s true. Now that I’ve been using reusable sandwich and snack bags regularly for over eight years, it’s not even weird anymore…to me. Every so often, I see myself through someone else’s eyes as I unzip a cloth bag full of trail mix or perhaps Read this article…
Ear Infection Remedies
Kids’ Ear Infections: A Home Remedy?
BEST Natural home remedies to cure an ear infection – what you can do NOW and to be prepared for next time a kid or an adult has an earache. Reviewed by Sheila Kilbane, MD. I didn’t think I’d ever fit this neatly into the “nuts” or “off the grid” category. I’ve always been a Read this article…
Natural Antibiotics
Is the War on Infections…or Against Antibiotics Themselves?
My story of fighting infection without prescription antibiotics. How I learned to use natural remedies, homeopathics, and essential oils for ear infections and strep. There’s little in the world I hate more than antibiotics. They scare me. Although I understand they have a place and are very important in saving lives in certain situations, Read this article…
Healthy Pumpkin Muffins
One-Bowl Healthy Pumpkin Muffins (or Bread) Recipe
Pumpkin has got to be one of my favorite fall flavors, especially in healthy pumpkin muffins or whole wheat pumpkin bread. Add a generous dose of cloves, cinnamon, and nutmeg, and I’m in love. You can’t find an easier pumpkin muffin recipe than this one. Your kids can even make it. These One-Bowl Healthy Pumpkin Read this article…
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
How to Make Crispy (Soaked) Pumpkin Seeds
That chewy, dense texture sometimes found in roasted pumpkin seeds can really turn people off from the whole Halloween tradition – but it doesn’t have to be that way. You can make totally crispy pumpkin seeds from your jack-o-lantern (and other fall veggies) and the method might surprise you. The trick is to soak them Read this article…
How to Preserve Apples
20 Easy Ways to Eat, Preserve and Freeze Apples – with No Sugar!
Apple season is here! If you can buy in bulk, you’ll want to make lots of healthy recipes PLUS preserve apples for later – read on for instructions for freezing, canning, and dehydrating apples in multiple ways plus our best real food apple recipes! If an apple a day keeps the doctor away, how many Read this article…
