You know, I have tried so many times to like kale chips. I know all about how healthy they are. I know other people love them. I’ve made half a dozen batches TRYING to LIKE them, and I just never have… they’ve always been bitter. And who likes bitter?! But then my wonderful friend and neighbor Sarah came over with a little bowl of kale chips for me to try,…
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{Nourishing Traditions} Coconut Chicken Soup.
I love soup. Which is semi-unfortunate, because my husband is a meat-and-potatoes man who will only eat soup in the event that there’s a zombie apocalypse and soup the only thing left after the dog food is all gone. The few times I’ve served up soup for dinner, he’s gagged, flailed, seized, and fallen out on the floor in a big dramatic display. So I don’t cook soup very often,…
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The Margarine Myth.
It’s no secret that I love butter. If you’ve ever perused any of the recipes I’ve posted, you know. But my love for butter goes way beyond the taste and richness of a good buttery dessert recipe…. I believe butter is GOOD for you, too. And if you don’t believe me, just check out the Nourishing Traditions book I’ve been telling you to buy for years now… I’ve been so…
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{Nourishing Traditions} How to Make Whey and Cream Cheese.
This whole blog post here came about because I needed Ranch Dressing, because everything tastes better dipped in Ranch. And all store-bought Ranch mix has MSG in it, and we don’t want to eat that trash. And then I realized that to make Ranch Dressing, you need mayonnaise, and all store-bought mayonnaise has soybean oil in it, and we don’t want to eat that trash either. So then I realized…
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{Nourishing Traditions} How to Make a Kombucha Mushroom.
When I first heard of kombucha and began reading more about it, I kept seeing the word ‘mushroom,’ and to be honest… it GROSSED. ME. OUT. I pictured this hot bubbling fermented fungus brew, and wondered what sort of freak hippies drank this stuff? But then the more I read, the light bulb came on and I realized it wasn’t an actual FUNGUS mushroom; that was the silly name somebody…
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Five Things I {Try To} NEVER Feed My Kids.
Please don’t call me a hypocrite if you ever see me and my kids out at McDonald’s happily chowing down on man-made, processed, genetically modified, deep fried MSG, ok? In this crazy, chaotic world in which we live, sometimes… we eat junk food. And it’s just gonna happen. I’m just sayin’, is all, that my goal is to feed my kids zero of this crap. I’m a long way from…
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{Nourishing Traditions} Kombucha.
Seems like once upon a time, someone had great plans to post a Nourishing Traditions recipe at least once a week. Someone should know better than to commit to anything these days. But here we are two months later, and you didn’t click on this post to read more about my A.D.D. situation so let’s cut to the chase: Kombucha. Oh my goodness gracious… I love the stuff. If you have…
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{Nourishing Traditions} How to Make Chicken Stock..
I love the Nourishing Traditions book. I know, I know, I’ve mentioned it a time or two over the last few years. Nourishing Traditions is so much more than a cookbook…. I read through it with my highlighter; its a science textbook, history book, and nutrition wisdom book, all rolled into one Let me clarify: it’s the utmost non-politically correct wisdom on how to eat healthy…. and explains all the…
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Annie’s Diet, Part One: Nourishing Traditions.
Tuesday I took Annie to see Dr. Roy Morgan, who is a fabulous Chiroprator in Jacksonville. Only he’s not *JUST* a Chiropractor….he is also a nutritionist, very knowledgeable about natural healing, and a believer in using the food and supplements that God has made to keep the body running as God designed it. Furthermore he’s the father of seven kids, so I could truly sense that he was a man…
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