{Series: Those Weird Veggies} Everything You Didn’t Know to Ask About Rutabaga + Scalloped Rutabaga Recipe
This post is a continuation of a series on “Those Weird Veggies.” You can also read about parsnips and kohlrabi. Are you an avid gardener?…
Instant Pot Pumpkin Spice Steel Cut Oatmeal Recipe
This post is from contributing writer Steph Jenkins of Cheapskate Cook. Fall is the perfect time to make warm, comforting breakfasts. But on school mornings, hot breakfasts are…
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Hope for Heavy Periods: 5 Root Cause Solutions That May Surprise You
Have real heavy periods? You’re not alone – continuous, sticky, yellow cervical mucus, and irregular cycles all make Natural Family Planning (NFP) difficult. However, there…
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Easy Breakfast for School Mornings: Granola Bar Bowl Recipe
Getting a healthy breakfast on the table for your kids before school is a common struggle whether you homeschool like Mary or have kids in…
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Irradiated Spices: Are They Safe For Your Family?
When you sprinkle cinnamon over your lovingly homemade organic applesauce, are you also adding a tiny dose of radiation? If not, are you adding deadly…
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How to Find an Affordable Non-Toxic Mattress
The dangers of mattresses off-gassing are talked about far more now than when my husband and I got married and bought our first mattress in…
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How to Make Homemade Yogurt in the Instant Pot
Introducing my good friend and fellow real food proponent, Stephani Jenkins! Steph writes at The Cheapskate Cook about eating healthy on a budget, and I’m…
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Non-Toxic Nail Polish Review: Final Test Results are In!
Back when I wrote about non-toxic nail polish (important because of all the negative health effects of the chemicals found in conventional nail polish) tons…
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How to Teach Your Kids to Cook (In Just Two Weeks!)
Can you believe a mom of 4 could teach her big kids how to cook in just 2 weeks?? I love that Mary used my…
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How to Treat a Tick Bite Naturally
I shared here about how to remove a tick safely, but what is a naturally minded person to do after a tick has been removed?…
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Do You Have Trouble Meditating the “Right” Way? {REVIEW}
I couldn’t tell at first if the shrieks were of joy, annoyance, or pain coming from the pool with 11 children in it. When I…
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How to Remove a Tick Safely
Perhaps an old dog can’t learn new tricks, but he can see new ticks! My husband, who has made plenty of changes in his day,…
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Healthy Strategies for Real Food in the Summer
If you can’t stand the heat, how can you stay in the kitchen making real food all summer? It’s a struggle for me every year,…
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Why You Should Never Use Chemical Sunscreens
If I go down in history as the Wikipedia of mineral sunscreens, I might be just a little proud of that moniker. Since 2010 my…
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How to Stay Safe in the Sun to Get the Health Benefits of Sunshine
If you’re going to be outside enjoying the healthy sunshine, be sure to have a safe, mineral sunscreen on hand for longer days! My first…
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Potential or (Soda) Pop: What’s the Future of Food Pantries?
Not long ago, we had a conversation on the Kitchen Stewardship® Facebook page about whether food stamps (actually called SNAP benefits) should be used for…
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Allergy Friendly Healthy Breakfast Hummus Recipe
I have four kids. They all have individual eating styles and food preferences. But in general I know what they like. Three out of four…
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Permaculture Techniques for Container Gardening {Guest Post}
This is a guest post from Nicky Schauder of Permaculture Gardens. Molly had decided, this was the year! She had started buying more and more…
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How to Create a Half-Barrel Garden {Guest Post}
Gardening in barrels and planting in barrels isn’t just a trend! Gardening barrels, especially half barrels, are easy to try. This is a guest post…
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Zinc-Based Sunscreens People Love Asking Me About (and why I don’t love them back)
My family has tested over 100 natural mineral sunscreens over the years and inevitably, we’ve found some we just don’t love as much as our…
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