The Secret to Stress-Free Holiday Entertaining
Is it just me or is it a whirlwind between Thanksgiving and Christmas? The last thing I want to do is spend half of my…
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Top 10 Secrets to Maximizing Fruit and Veggie Nutrition
Have you ever walked around the produce department of your grocery store and felt overwhelmed? Wandered the Farmer’s Market and wondered how to choose from…
Creamy Lentil Coconut Curry Recipe + Easy Ways to use Roasted Vegetables
After a long, hot summer using up those CSA vegetables from our local organic farm, cool weather provides a welcome opportunity to switch strategies. Many…
How to Use Squash and Recipe Round Up (includes Instant Pot!)
When winter squash are suddenly everywhere in the fall, acting like they’re all gourmet or something – what’s a home chef to DO with them?…
Gluten Free Cinnamon Raisin Bread Recipe
Ask anyone who’s been gluten free for a while and they’ll tell you it’s really not that hard. Katie has some really great gluten free…
Teach Kids These 5 Habits for Lifelong Healthy Eating!
As parents, we decide what foods our babies try first. We control the menu and set the standards of “what we eat.” But at some…
You Really Can Cook in Your Bathroom!
This post is from KS contributing writer Becca Stallings of The Earthling’s Handbook, with photography assistance from her son Nicholas Efran, who knows how to…
3 Easy Ways to Preserve Tomatoes (That Don’t Involve Canning!)
Have you ever found yourself surrounded by a sea of tomatoes on your counter and wondered “What in the WORLD will I do with all…
Reusable Shopping Bags for Every Grocery Run
One Christmas when I was in college, my mom gave me a sturdy canvas tote bag with a picture of the Earth and the words…
Why a Gut Healing Diet may NOT be the Place to Start
When I first started my baby steps into the world of real food nobody talked about Paleo or GAPS or Keto. It was simple. Eat…
Kick the K-Cups! 3 Easy Ways to Make Garbage-Free Coffee
How would you like to pay 8 times as much for a cup of coffee, drink endocrine disruptors along with your caffeine, and circle the…
How to Use Beets and Why You Should plus Instant Pot Black-Eyed Pea and Beet Green Soup Recipe
If I could have a separate garden devoted just to beets I think I would. Yes, I truly think beets are that amazing. Both for…
Salt Preserved Fresh Herbs: Simple Ingredients, Endless Possibilities
Summer is here, which means the gardens are coming to life…and it’s time to start harvesting and preserving produce! Yes, I know it seems early, but…
Using Compost to Nourish Your Garden
This post is from Becca Stallings of The Earthling’s Handbook, with photographs by Nicholas Efran (age 12) and Dan Efran. After setting up your thrifty…
How to Successfully Make the Transition to Homeschooling
It still feels strange every time the words “I home school my kids” come out of my mouth. Yet here we are, coming to the…
Want Backyard Chickens? Here Are 3 Things You Need to Know First!
I never knew I would fall in love with chickens. Look at them. You’ve got to admit they are a little freaky. They’re twitchy, spastic…
Work Composting Into Your Kitchen Routine!
Composting can feel overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be. It is an easy way to save money while helping reduce waste in landfills. Recently,…
Peach Cobbler Smoothie Recipe for Picky Eaters
There are a few parts of parenting that should be easy…and yet they are not. Like potty training, getting kids to sleep and feeding. All…
Secrets to Reducing Food Waste -It Starts in Your Kitchen!
I stared at the towering boxes and stacks of produce in disbelief. “You mean to tell me, ALL of this was destined for the landfill?”,…
Easy Steps to Composting Affordably
If you’re trying to lead a greener life, you’ve probably heard that you ought to be setting aside your biodegradable garbage and composting it to…