Monday Mission: Make a Grocery Price Book
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to make a price book to keep track of the best deals on real food in your…
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Save Money
Save money and live wisely! Organic food and farm-raised, quality meat and produce definitely cost more up front. Trust that you’ll reap the benefits on the other end because you’re seeking good health, but also learn the least expensive ways to source real food, plus where to save on natural living practices. No need to go broke!
Homemade Hard Lotion: A Tale of a Distracted DIY Mom {GUEST POST}
This is a guest post by my friend-in-real-life, Laurie. She and I met and connected because we both had babes in slings at our sons’…
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Have You Ever Successfully made a Homemade Dishwasher Detergent Recipe?
I haven’t. Being honest right up front there. I had many failures using natural DIY dishwasher soap a few years ago, and I’m afraid my…
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How to Make Homemade Orange Power Cleaner
In addition to your non-bleach disinfectants, like hydrogen peroxide, an easy homemade orange cleaner does the job! I love how I can clean with orange…
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A Real Food Alternative to Potato Chips: Munchy, Crunchy, Salty, and Nourishing!
Don’t tell anyone, but we had some potato chips around here for Thanksgiving. I wanted to make that French Onion chip dip again that is…
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How to Clean Produce Naturally and Save Money
Want to know the first thing I do after I get all my groceries put away each week? Take a nap. (Umm, just kidding. I’d…
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How to Make Homemade Sausage Seasoning
Use ANY meat with this easy DIY homemade sausage seasoning recipe. Avoid MSG, unhealthy white sugar, and chemical additives by making homemade Italian or spicy…
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10 Tips to Pack Brilliant Eco-Friendly School Lunches (& Avoid Wasting Food)
My post on packing healthy school lunches has always had quite an incredible response. This tells me moms are hungry for more than just good…
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How to Store Fresh Herbs {the lazy way}
Got basil? I tend to make impulse buys at the Farmer’s Market, and I don’t always consider whether I’ll be able to use things quickly…
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Simple Blender Hummus Recipe
This is a guest post from Rachel of the Thriving Home. Hi, I’m Rachel and I’m a hummus addict. (Hi, Rachel.) I can eat a…
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Homemade Natural Insect Repellent Options
The KS readers are just fantastic! This post is packed with reader recommendations for DIY and homemade insect and mosquito repellents – they are by…
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Eat Well, Spend Less by Fermenting Your Own Vegetables (& a Kimchi Recipe)
Who knew you’d need so much courage just to accomplish things in the kitchen? Forget worrying about whether you’re measuring flour correctly or cutting the…
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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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How to Dehydrate Yogurt: A Healthy Snack or Long-Term Storage Option
Even before I went on a quest to find real food high protein workout snacks last month, I’d always wanted to dehydrate yogurt to see…
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How to Make Homemade Fruit Rolls {VIDEO}
My 7-year-old helped me demonstrate how to make homemade strawberry fruit rolls (also called fruit leather) in our dehydrator in this simple video: If you…
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Eat Well, Spend Less: Sprouted Lentil Salad
I’m happiest at the bottom of a salad bowl. You know how when you get to the end, you’ve run out of lettuce, but there’s…
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Making Homemade Yogurt: Easy Picture Tutorial
Zero dishes, no special equipment! Making homemade yogurt is a simple 4-step process. Photos show every step for how to make yogurt successfully! This is…
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Eat Well, Spend Less: Has Our Real Food Budget Grown?
I spent $469/month on food last year. Yes, I do keep track that closely. If you had asked me a few years back whether that…
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Eat Well, Spend Less: What Goes on this Real Food Baby’s High Chair Tray?
You know that meme about how parents’ treatment of pacifiers changes as they have more kids, from sterilizing the thing every time it touches anything…
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Easy DIY Natural Food Coloring
Food coloring is a fun way to color homemade frosting on cakes and decorate cookies, but it’s not healthy. That doesn’t mean your food can’t…
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