10 Easy Lunches for Kids Using Mason Jars
The holiday break is over. The new year is here. That means it’s time to get back on track with healthy eating! One very important…
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5 Things I Learned From Feeding My Family Real Food On The Road
Once upon a time my husband and I flew from Missouri to Maryland to look for houses for a week, followed shortly by taking our family…
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Monday Mission: Buy A Whole Chicken {Debunking 6 Objections to Buying A Whole Bird}
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to STOP buying boneless skinless chicken breast and buy a whole chicken instead. Welcome to a…
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Tired of Unhealthy Choices at Every Social Gathering?
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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When a Picky Eater Might Have More Going On: How to Identify and Solve Oral Sensory Processing Disorder
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…
Real Food and My Child’s Autism Diagnosis
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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Monday Mission: The Dilemma of Donating and Sharing Real Food (& a $7 Challenge!)
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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How to Adapt Chicken Breast Recipes to Use Whole Chickens
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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Monday Mission: Take Real Food With You on the Go
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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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…
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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…
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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…
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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? …
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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, and more eggs!”…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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