Parties and potlucks aren’t exactly a bastion of healthy food. It’s not like people usually walk away from a buffet table groaning, “Oh, I feel…
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Do you have a picky eater? Are meal times a battle? Before you get frustrated and assume your child is just strong-willed, take a closer…
Can gluten cause behavioral symptoms? Is there a link between food and autism? When my eleven year old son was diagnosed with High Functioning Autism…
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Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to brainstorm some ways that you can bless others with food without compromising (too much) on your…
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Can you imagine a group of 8-year-old girls spending ten minutes talking about chicken skin? True story. When I taught third grade, one of my…
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Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to resist the temptation to compromise on food because you’re rushing around or otherwise away from…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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? …
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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