Having a healthy food stockpile list is essential to any household - but what's a real foodie to do? What are the best fruits and vegetables to stockpile when you don't want preservatives or processed foods? Here is the best food to store up from the produce section: The best food to stockpile is what your family already eats! The best food to stockpile is primarily getting ahead on what your family regularly consumes. In addition to fruits and vegetables, this works really … [Read more...]
Easy Instant Pot Bean Soup Recipe
Let’s make an easy, comforting, healthy dinner that is about as budget-friendly as you can get! In Fall and Winter, we crave soup. It’s one of my favorite meals to make for several reasons: Simple Clean ingredients Leftovers! - Just reheat and serve with bread or crackers and a side salad Allergy-friendly - it’s so easy to make soup that is free of the top 5 allergens or fits your friend’s new vegan/paleo/keto lifestyle Budget-friendly - broth, vegetables, maybe some rice … [Read more...]
Could Masks be Helpful AND Harmful to our Kids?
I'm still sad every single time I see a child wearing a mask. My kids are wearing masks daily for school in person, but this is not the way we were created to be. I tell my kids often: This is temporary. It will end. We're only doing this for a little while to respect others. I don't want masking to be normalized. I don't want people to get used to it, to be boiled like a frog by those in power who miiiiiiight just be trying to figure out exactly how much control they … [Read more...]
Storing Protein, Meats, Beans, Nuts & Oils Long Term
What is the best long term storage food? Storing protein in case of emergency is an important part of your preparedness plan. We'll cover meat storage, how to store meat in the freezer, and best beans for long-term storage. Plus, we'll touch on storing oils and fats. Many of the preparedness food storage solutions for meat are a far cry from a hamburger or a whole chicken simmering gently on the stovetop. They're more likely to have no meat involved or be packed with additives … [Read more...]
Christmas Gifts for the Natural Foodie & Family
What are the best kitchen gifts for Christmas? I've tested all of these foodie gifts for Christmas that will please any cook you love. I hate shopping. If I need new jeans, I'll put it off for as long as I can. Even a shopping trip without children, which should be pure, untouchable bliss, quickly turns sour after a few rejected piles in the fitting room. Now tell me I have a half hour to kill wandering around a health food store, and I'll gladly read ingredients and ogle … [Read more...]
Should You Be Cooking With Olive Oil?
Is cooking with olive oil harmful to your health? I used to think so but updated research has shed new light on the topic. Keep reading to see what changed my mind. Olive oil -- the food that brings us all together. Whether you're keto, paleo, vegan, vegetarian, eat a low-fat/high carb diet, or low carb/high-fat diet, it seems everyone agrees that olive oil has impressive health-promoting properties and should be consumed regularly, especially in cold applications like salad … [Read more...]
How to Save Money on Grass-fed Meat Shipped to Your Door {Butcher Box REVIEW 2021 & More}
Remember back in March when you could find ZERO ground beef in any stores? It was pretty clear that people were stocking up for the taco/spaghetti diet! :) And...I was uncharacteristically completely out of grass-fed ground beef! I had a touch of food insecurity. I felt so much more relieved (and taco-secure) once I made my Butcher Box order, which I usually do every 3 months to supplement what I can't find at our favorite local farm. Grass-Fed, Pastured, Sustainable … [Read more...]
Organize Your Kitchen Efficiently: Kitchen Organization Hacks You’ll Want to Start Today!
These are the best organization tips for the kitchen I've collected over the years to reorganize a kitchen efficiently. Streamline it with kitchen zones, counter organization, and moving unneeded items out so you can have an efficient kitchen. Today we're going to take a critical look at your kitchen and reorganize for efficiency. Trust me, you will feel so much better. Reorganize Kitchen Efficiently When we moved over a decade ago, I took the most time planning and unpacking the … [Read more...]
Five Minute Dairy-Free Caramel Sauce – Perfect for Dipping Apples!
Living on an 80-tree apple orchard, we eat a lot of apples! Thankfully my kids are on board with my love of keeping Real Food as simple as possible. They are content to eat the apples right off the tree. It really doesn't get any easier! But a couple of years ago I thought it would be fun to make homemade caramel sauce for dipping our apples. I found a relatively simple recipe, and it turned out so well! The kids loved it. There was just one problem...my oldest son is dairy-free. So, while … [Read more...]
Make-Ahead Breakfast: Cherry-Almond Soaked Baked Oatmeal Recipe
I've noticed it takes approximately once for kids to assume something is a tradition. Do anything once, especially near a holiday, and suddenly that is "the way we do it." The kids will expect it every time. Thank goodness, I've been using a simple, make-ahead breakfast for every Christmas and Easter for years. So when my kids think of a holiday with fun gifts showing up in the morning and a really special mass, they will also think of baked oatmeal in many flavors. It's absolutely our … [Read more...]
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