Category: Traditional Food
Egg Preservation How we Save our Summer Eggs for Winter Despite the cold, wet, dreary days, we KNOW that spring is coming. Because ~ look! Eggs, eggs, and more eggs! The Winter Egg Famine As the daylight hours decrease in late fall, the number of eggs that[…]
Shopping for Real Food In order to make real food an affordable option for your family, you’ve got to know where to shop. Whole Foods and other health food stores are convenient for quick stops and sometimes have the best price on a specific item (or great sales),[…]
Money Saving Tips From Our Family to Yours Transitioning to a real food diet can come as quite a shock to the pocketbook. And while you may be fully convinced that making the switch is necessary for the health of your family (and indeed it is), figuring out[…]
Traditional Foods A Traditional Foods Diet is just what it sounds like. It’s about growing, preparing, and eating food in a way that is consistent with how all people throughout all of history (until very recent times) have grown, prepared, and eaten their food. No counting calories[…]
Beans are a nutritious and affordable food, full of antioxidants, fiber, protein, vitamins and minerals, even omega-3s. Unfortunately for most people, beans are also the cause of terrible, um.. digestive distress. The reason is that beans contain large complex sugars called oligosaccharides. We humans do not produce the enzymes[…]
Nuts are full of life-giving vitamins and minerals, fiber, fats, and protein, but have you ever noticed that when you eat a few too many they can tend to sit very heavily in the stomach? (Read more about why traditional preparation of / soaking nuts, beans, and grains[…]
This recipe for a no-knead sourdough loaf is definitely a favorite! Because honestly, what could make a person happier than warm, crusty sourdough bread slathered in butter? Nothing. At all. In the whole wide world. Unless, of course, it were warm, crusty sourdough bread slathered in butter ~[…]
Making Sourdough Work for Your Real Life This post is about how I make sourdough work in my real-life kitchen ~ A simple guide to sourdough for real-life mamas. I am not a sourdough expert. At all. So, if you are looking for a post about how to[…]
Over the years we’ve been gluten-free and at times even grain-free,, but at present our family is able to enjoy a moderate amount of grains without any adverse effects. And boy are we happy to have our bread back!! Come along as I explain how and why we[…]
Whole Grains, Beans, and Nuts are Healthy, Right? Well, yes… and no. In recent years it has become quite well known that whole grains are by far more nutritious than refined grains. This is because the nutrients found in grains are highly concentrated in the hull (or[…]
Our Favorite Traditional Foods / Homestead Kitchen Resources Learning to prepare whole, traditional foods can be overwhelming, especially if you’re trying to keep to a budget and feed a growing family at the same time. That’s why I’ve created this list of my favorite homestead kitchen resources to[…]
Once upon a time all milk was raw milk. They called it “milk”… not “organic” “grass-fed” or “raw”, though of course it was all of those things. Human beings have been drinking raw, grass-fed milk for thousands of years. It has been known to be among the most[…]