“I don’t like muffins!”That is a common phrase heard coming from my youngest daughter (almost eight). Of all my kids she is the only one…
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I love an easy, fresh, fun, real food meal. Pinto bean tostadas are simple, delicious, comforting, and oh-so-very flexible, depending on what you have in…
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“Mom, I’ve had a lot of muscle twitches lately. Why is that?”My kids ask me a lot of health-related questions. Being a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner,…
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I mentioned in the last two posts on grocery budget during inflation that I have been appalled at how much my bulk foods have increased…
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Quinoa is one of my favorite hearty cold salad ingredients, and using it in my Americanized version of tabbouleh makes an easy, healthy quinoa recipe.…
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Your grocery budget might not be able to just absorb the rising costs of food in times of inflation. From November 2021 to April 2022,…
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Is organic food actually better for you than “regular” food? And what about GMOs (genetically modified organisms)? Are they really that big of a deal? …
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Okay, we’re trying to eat better and take baby steps towards more healthy living. We’re also trying to be better stewards of the planet and…
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When I was about five years into my Real Food journey, a friend was raving about the health benefits of sardines. Sardines? For real? I…
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One thing we’ve tried really hard to do as a family is making plant-based, plant-forward recipes that we all love. A recent discovery is this…
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Every Friday my kids and I work together to plan our meals for the coming week (the meal they plan they also help cook since…
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I love a good blueberry muffin. Actually, what I really like are the blueberry muffin mixes that don’t even use actual blueberries – just those…
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It’s Christmas! Let the Christmas cookie baking begin! Listen, even before I was trying to make our food a little healthier, I loved baking homemade…
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It’s the holiday baking season! Literally my favorite food of the year. I’ve been cooking real food holiday dishes for over a decade now, and…
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How many servings of vegetables do your kids eat on a regular basis? Two? Three on a good day? Do you ever wish you could…
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A beef roast is one of my favorite meals to serve to guests. It’s simple to make, made with a budget-friendly cut of meat, but…
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There’s something for everyone in this pot roast recipe! Pick one of four flavor variations to try this week and then come back for another…
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The last time my husband’s family was together we were celebrating my brother-in-law’s graduation. Since there are 18 of us in total (including 10 young…
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“I just don’t like cooking,” is often an excuse when people want to avoid cooking real food and stick with processed foods and quick meals. That…
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“What do you think about raising lambs?” My husband asked me that question last fall. It definitely caught me off guard. “Lambs? We’ve only ever…
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