When Baby Steps Go Too Far
I’ve talked about the importance of baby steps for years: Taking small steps, making small individual improvements, to get your family ever closer to real…
My Story
My Journey in 2 Minutes: Who’s Cooking for the Family
Since the beginning of Kitchen Stewardship®, I’ve always been all about the journey, and how we can support each other taking baby steps in the…
Surprises, Being Wrong and Discovering a Name (Birth Story, Part 2)
I sure made you wait a long time for part 2! I would say it’s appropriate because I had to wait to meet this baby,…
Mac and Cheese and Having a Baby (Birth Story, Part One)
Ah…baby number four. Poor child has almost no chance of having a baby book – maybe a baby folder with a few things tossed haphazardly…
Baby Step Changes May Have Saved My Husband’s Life Without Us Even Noticing
Crohn’s Disease, high triglycerides, heart attack risk…all healed with a real food diet and grain-free elimination meal planner. But it seems like a page out…
What Does It Take to Cut Triglycerides by 75%?
Many of you have been curious to get the full story about how we naturally lowered my husband’s triglyceride numbers with diet alone since I…
Does Being Too Strict on Food Take the Joy out of Family Life?
“I don’t even want to go to a barbecue at my boss’s house this summer, because it might not be any fun with all our…
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…
20 Reasons I LOVE Living with my In-Laws
There’s not a speck of sarcasm there. I am very grateful for my current living situation. Pulling back the curtain of one’s life to millions…
Jonathan Michael: The Birth Story
“How many hours were you in labor?” I still can’t figure out what my answer is going to be. A week? A day? 2 hours?…
Natural Remedies for Morning Sickness and Prenatal Vitamins
The first trimester of a pregnancy, for many women, is like no other time in their lives (except maybe having the flu). I have been…
Why I Choose Raw Milk
This is my opinion, and only my opinion. What works for my family with raw, unpasteurized milk may not be possible for yours, and it…
I Just Love Finding Bugs in My Lettuce
I’ll take bugs, please. What’s on your produce? When a friend of a friend moved to Colorado, my friend was telling me about the organic…
My Story: The Origins of a Book (or My Time of Insanity), Part One
It all started with a bad economy. And a new baby. And the first fall I didn’t work. And finally getting around to creating a…
My Story: Things I Learned Because of Children
I got a bit distracted from sharing the story of my journey to living a Kitchen Stewardship® lifestyle during August, but it’s time to get…
My Story: What I Learned from My Mother
My parents with Lovey Girl on her birthday We all do a lot of things because it’s the way “Mom” did it. Sometimes that’s good,…
Mary and Martha Moment: Balancing Time, Family and Food
There are a few topics – even in the kitchen! – that I am so underqualified to write about it’s not even funny. A few…
Kids in the Kitchen: Potato Salad “With Help”
Nothing says summer to me like grilled hamburgers and homemade potato salad. It remains one of my favorite dishes that I could eat for breakfast,…
No Sugar for Lent: a Mary and Martha Moment
Give Up or Do More? The query, “What are you giving up for Lent?” just doesn’t cut it with me. It falls short of recognizing…