Lemon Wedge in My Water? Not Anymore!
I’ve really been enjoying squeezing lemon into my water lately and dropping in the wedge to flavor the next refill a bit. I’m already changing…
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Research
If you love reading academic research and the science behind what you eat, this is the section for you. Join us as we try to understand how our bodies, earth, and food work and the causes of disease.
Wheat is NOT Genetically Modified…so why so Many Sensitivities?
I used to get really upset when I was wrong. About anything. I’m not sure how I thought I should always be right, and I…
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Healthy Breakfast for Fall: Pumpkin Baked Oatmeal Recipe
This pumpkin baked oatmeal is a family favorite! Baked oatmeal makes a great healthy breakfast for fall and the perfect holiday breakfast recipe since it’s…
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Monday Mission: Get Safer Toothpaste
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to examine and potentially replace your toothpaste. I come from the town that actually has the distinction…
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Is ANYTHING Safe to Eat Anymore? (& Other Things that can Overwhelm)
What do you do when something is stressing you out or overwhelming your brain? Fight, flight, or…have a pity party with ice cream? (I suppose…
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How to Find Butter That’s Better
I got a Costco membership just for the butter. Hundreds of dollars later, I still haven’t found the butter I was aiming for, which is…
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New Naturally Softer Kerrygold Butter: Was "Beware" Unfair?
I’ve often said that whenever I see “new” or “improved” on a food product, that’s a red flag that it’s processed and probably something I…
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I’m Surrounded by Cheese Wrappers! (or, How to Find Quality Cheese)
I love cheese. I’m no conoisseur by any stretch of the imagination; in fact, give me a fancy dancy, potentially expensive cheese, and I probably…
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What to do With that Beef Heart in Your Freezer (and how to tell your husband)
Warning: Raw meat photo spoiler! Do not open if you are pregnant or otherwise do not want to see pictures of raw beef heart… “What…
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Beef: From Field to Freezer, a How-to-Buy-a-Cow Guide
This is a guest post from Renee Harris of MadeOn Hard Lotion. How much does it cost to butcher a cow? Buying a cow is…
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Whole Food Protein Sources: After a Workout, During Pregnancy, & Brain Boosters
Protein shakes, energy bars, and supplements marketed to athletes sometimes feel like the worst offenders in the processed foods world. Between the odd chemicals claiming…
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Quinoa Oat Protein Bars Recipe
My husband doesn’t eat quinoa, no matter how I serve it, but when he tried this gluten-free quinoa oat protein bar recipe, his feedback was…
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Five Keys to Weight Loss with Real Food
We joke sometimes that we’ll launch a “Kitchen Stewardship® Diet Plan” with weird taglines like “Eat nuts, all the time!” or “Eggs, and more eggs!”…
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Healthy Breakfast Idea: Apple Baked Oatmeal Recipe
What smell will fill your house on Easter morning? Between hunting for eggs (we hide…ahem, I mean, the Easter Bunny hides…the real hard-boiled eggs), getting…
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I’m so Mad I’m Turning RED (no. 5)
I have a renewed, deep distaste for the food processing industry. I’ve been getting many, many comments from readers on previous posts about food dyes,…
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A Sweet, Sweet Summer: Date Sugar, Yacon, Fruit Sweeteners and Non-Sweeteners that Taste Sweet
I’ve decided to have “fruit for dessert” at least once a week around here. Last night was “fruit night.” When I was cutting the cantaloupe…
Do Yellow Pickles Keep You Up at Night?
“Looks like food coloring isn’t the cause of the fits,” I told Jen of The Unprocessed Kitchen just a few days into our experiment to…
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A Sweet, Sweet…Spring? Coconut Sugar and Palm Sugar Step up to the Plate
See? Procrastination has its upsides: I’ve stretched the Sweet, Sweet Summer series it hit another season that allows for alliteration. Now I sound cute again. Lots…
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Juice makes you pee your pants (and other reasons not to drink it)
Juice is fruit, so it’s healthy, right? Not really. First, let me make clear that I’m talking about the juice you find in bottles or…
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The Dangers of Artificial Sweeteners — Are They Safe for Kids?
In food, marketers would like you to believe it’s the same system. Chemists create a new “food” in a lab, advertisers promote it, and once…
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