Monday Mission: Plan Your Breakfasts
A lot of people plan dinners and understand the importance of doing so, but lunches and breakfasts are often spur of the moment or just…
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Monday Mission: Shred Your Own Cheese
What are the benefits if you shred cheese yourself? Shredding cheese can help you avoid some nasty stuff and save money along the way. Your…
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Eat Well, Spend Less: The Gift of a Meal
The gift of food is often the greatest gift to receive. It doesn’t cause clutter. It saves the recipient time and money, and lends itself…
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A Sweet, Sweet Summer: How to Bake with Honey (& Other Recipes)
If you need a honey recipe to use up what you have OR wish to know how to substitute honey for sugar in baking recipes,…
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Let’s Talk Fermentation, Folks
Let’s just start by looking at some pictures, shall we? Aren’t those some of the prettiest foods in jars you’ve ever seen? I haven’t made…
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A Sweet, Sweet Summer: Does Raw Honey Have Nutritional Health Benefits?
Honey – especially raw honey, has many health benefits. Raw honey’s nutritional value is awesome, plus, it tastes great! Honey is a great bridge to…
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Monday Mission: A No Sugar Day
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to go one day without eating any refined sugar or artificial sweeteners. You’ll have to be a…
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6 Ways to Eat Well, Spend Less While Camping
Camping starts out pretty doggone frugal. No maid service. No rules about towels on the floor vs. hanging them up. No concierge or valet parking.…
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Monday Mission: Get Natural Outdoors
Let’s talk about natural alternatives to all the chemicals we parents are made to believe are necessary from insect repellent to sunscreen. Your mission, if…
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Can You Take Your Weird Real Food to a Party with Normal People?
Finding healthy party food to please a crowd is hard! Not to worry! I have some easy ideas for healthy food for parties and potlucks.…
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Mary and Martha Moment: Why I Choose NFP
Having kids really changes the way most people look at the world, and for many, myself included, children are the motivation to begin improving one’s…
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The Water Dilemma: How to Store Enough for a Disaster…Without Chemicals
When it comes to preparedness and having enough clean water in a crisis, I’ve never been more grateful for my Berkey filter. You don’t NEED…
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The New Mom’s Guide to Still Eating Healthy
We all get worn out sometimes, and after a busy day or week (or month!) there are occasions when I’m just. too. tired. to cook.…
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Theology of the Body, Part Six: Celibacy for the Kingdom
This is the one I’ve been dying to share with you. Christopher West has been criticized for emphasizing the marriage part of Pope John Paul…
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Grain-Free Apple Flax Muffins Recipes
We threw my sister-in-law a real curveball, coming to visit during Lent when our entire family was grain-free. I’m pretty sure she had a spectacular…
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How to Eat a Beef Tongue (and What Not to Say to Your Husband)
An observation: When you cut grains, there’s still something else that takes their place as the “eat it at every meal” regular. Suddenly eggs are…
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Theology of the Body, Part Five: The Resurrection of the Body (Our Destiny)
Blessed John Paul II, pray for us! I’m so thankful to our former Pope John Paul II for leaving this legacy of the Theology of…
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Theology of the Body, Part Four: Man and Woman He Redeemed Them (Our History)
Think God should stay out of your bedroom? That being naked is shameful? Pope John Paul II and Christopher West have something better for you.…
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Healthy Food Resources in Michigan and the Midwest
I live in Michigan, where we have all four seasons, sometimes three in one day. If you’re in the Midwest as well, I hope there…
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Theology of the Body Part Three: Man and Woman He Created Them (Our Origin)
Boy, am I glad that I wrote up session four soon after hearing Christopher West speak! Not so for this session, which is a distant…
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