How Much is Too Much?
If someone has scrambled eggs for breakfast, egg salad at lunch, and egg quiche for dinner, most folks would say or think, “Wow, that’s a…
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That Whole Grains Question: Is it Time for "To Soak or Not to Soak?"
If I make my mom’s biscuit recipe with unbleached, unbromated wheat flour, home-rendered pastured lard, Real Salt, and organic, grassfed milk, but the flour happens…
How to Feed 25 People Real Food & Not Lose Your Mind {Eat Well, Spend Less}
My husband really wanted us to go with pizzas for my son’s First Communion party, especially once we branched out from immediate family and invited…
What Does a Real Foodie Buy at…Costco?
It’s inevitable. Any time I mention shopping for food at a store, someone asks, “So…what do you buy there?” I’ve had conversations on Facebook recently…
10 Real Food Brunch Dishes to Pass
What to bring to a potluck brunch? Here are my favorite healthy brunch and breakfast ideas for a potluck. Need ideas for a breakfast potluck? …
Are the New "Natural" Lunchmeats Real-washed?
When at least 80% of my meat comes directly from the farmer, it feels kind of sacrilegious to buy Oscar Mayer hot dogs. Conventional (read:…
Five Keys to Weight Loss with Real Food
We joke sometimes that we’ll launch a “Kitchen Stewardship® Diet Plan” with weird taglines like “Eat nuts, all the time!” or “Eggs, eggs, and more…
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…
Monday Mission: Plan Your Breakfasts
A lot of people plan dinners and understand the importance of doing so, but lunches and breakfasts are often spur of the moment or just…
Eat Well, Spend Less: The Gift of a Meal
The gift of food is often the greatest gift to receive. It doesn’t cause clutter. It saves the recipient time and money, and lends itself…
Can You Take Your Weird Real Food to a Party with Normal People?
Finding healthy party food to please a crowd is hard! Not to worry! I have some easy ideas for healthy food for parties and potlucks.…
Whole Foods for the Holidays: Homemade Irish Cream Liqueur
An easy recipe for homemade Irish Cream, just like Bailey’s but with real food and no cans! This will be the best Irish Cream Liqueur…
Monday Mission: Fight Germs Naturally
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to find a new way to keep the sick bugs away, naturally. I have to admit, this…
Olive Oil Primer: How to Buy, Use, and Store and Some Precautions
Putting together the post on monounsaturated fats for you all really underlined the vast wealth of information (and confusion) about olive oil. It’s a Super…