HEALTHY Food Stockpile Options: The Best Produce to Stockpile
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…
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6 Ways to Use Zucchini When You Don’t Like the Taste (And How to Save It for Winter)
Zucchini is an amazing vegetable, but you have to know what to do with it. Maybe you’ve tried zoodles and need more zucchini ideas? Should…
What to Do With Fresh Strawberries and How to Freeze Strawberries
Every June it sneaks up on me – strawberry season. I’ve spent the last few months working through our freezer stash and home-canned goods. The…
20 Easy Ways to Eat, Preserve and Freeze Apples – with No Sugar!
Apple season is here! If you can buy in bulk, you’ll want to make lots of healthy recipes PLUS preserve apples for later – read…
DIY Greens Powder and the Easiest Way to Preserve Your Greens
Want to learn how to make dehydrated greens for smoothies and more? It’s easy to make a dehydrated greens powder when you dehydrate spinach, Swiss…
A Real Food Appreciation Note to Mom (& a Recipe for Crispy Baked Apple Chips)
It’s pretty typical for a daughter to cook more or less like her mother, at least as she gets started in her adult life. Perhaps…
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…
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…
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…
Frugal Pantry Storage Tips {Guest Post}
I’m so pleased to introduce a local colleague, Adrienne of Whole New Mom, a rockstar blogger much more experienced than I am in the world…
Preserve the Harvest: How to Dehydrate Vegetables
It’s just as easy to dehydrate vegetables as it is to make steamed vegetables or roast veggies. Read on to find out how I make…
How to Dehydrate Fruits
Sick of paying a fortune for a small bag of dried fruit? Curious how to dehydrate fruit at home? It’s easier than you think! Dehydrating…
Excalibur Dehydrator Review: Head to Head vs. Nesco American Harvest Dehydrator
I think people are starting to expect this sort of thing from me. When I realized I still had my friend’s Nesco American Harvest dehydrator…
What Can an Excalibur Dehydrator Do? {REVIEW}
“It better be able to make the whole meal at the touch of a button,” my husband said when he saw the Excalibur come out…
How to Sprout Whole Grains and Make Sprouted Flour in Bulk
Want to learn how to sprout wheat and then make sprouted flour for bread? Sprouting grains for flour is doable with these tips on how…
How to Make Nourishing Traditions Crispy Nuts to Reduce Phytic Acid
I’ve been soaking my nuts and seeds to reduce their phytic acid content for years, and I’ve learned quite a bit along the way, especially…