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When one finds out that they are unable to eat a certain food, the mind automatically goes to extremes. “I guess I’ll never eat ice...

Wash on Monday, iron on Tuesday, mend on Wednesday… you remember how it goes in Little House on the Prairie, don’t you? And Saturday was...

I remember cooking omelets in teflon pans in high school and thinking how easily they came out of the pan despite the lack of fat...

I’m not sure how this happened but everywhere I turn there are remnants of a humanely butchered animal. Now, before this comes off as morbid...

One of the foods I will buy when I’m crunched for time is canned beans. I’ve been cooking dried beans for years, but sometimes I...

When we don’t have vegetables coming out of the garden that I can work with, I generally buy quite a bit of produce every week....

There are a lot of takes on what exactly the pilgrims ate at the first Thanksgiving. I wouldn’t even hazard a guess, except to say...

I think it’s easy to get so bogged-down with the zealotry of idealism that we are too overwhelmed to just do what needs doing. I’ve...

Besides broccoli, I know of no vegetable that brings on fear and loathing like the Brussels sprout. They’re so cute, the children say, like tiny...

Nearly two years ago I wrote about dealing with scratch cooking burnout. Even us die hard real foodies get a case of burnout every now...

If you’re anything like me, then you could happily cook all day long without complaint. Three meals a day? No problem! Homemade everything? Sure! Dishes?...

So, last month we talked about Buying the Whole Cow – reasons why you might want to buy meat in bulk and the cost savings...

Only crazy people buy a whole cow at one time. The people who raise a pig and then slaughter it, resulting in 231 pounds of...

It’s no secret to most people that certain foods are cheaper during certain times of year. Obviously, the best time to buy a watermelon is...

As the cold weather approaches, I’m able to indulge my home-body nature and do a lot of cozy, homey activities.  We build fires in the...

If there is one thing I’ve learned about eating well it is that we need some enzymes. Well, that and good bacteria, but definitely enzymes....

I haven’t juiced in a really long time. For one, the only reason we really got started on juicing was when we were doing the...

A freshly plucked, sun-ripened strawberry has no rival. Eating fresh fruit in season assures you the best taste, nutrition and environmental stewardship. Now is the...

We almost never order pizza. If we’re having pizza, I’m making pizza. Unless, of course, it’s almost 100 degrees in which case ordering pizza happens...

Pictured below: the non-GMO corn tortillas that led me into so much more! (here is part 1 and part 2 that started this story). Before...

I know this isn’t the case for other regions of the country, but it has already started to get hot here. We’ve already hit 100...

My first round of GMO-free, organic home made tortillas were great. Bob’s Red Mill brand of Masa Corn flour worked well… but would soaking my...

There are SO many health benefits to making salmon and other fish a part of your diet. However, there are NOT many benefits to your...

One thing leads to another. There’s that moment you realize diet can actually help heal your child’s chronic ear infections – and before you know...