2015 has come to a close and we can’t thank our readers enough for all of your support! We couldn’t do this without you! We wanted to share with you our top posts for 2015! These are the posts that got the most traffic all year! We hope you enjoy them, if you haven’t seen them already! We wish … Read More
Nourishing Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe
Who doesn’t love ice cream on a nice summer day! My daughter is always begging for some. Many people always talk about ice cream being a ‘bad’ food. I disagree. I do not like to talk about food in terms of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ but rather ‘nourishing’ and ‘not nourishing’ or ‘real’ and ‘fake’. Ice cream made with nourishing ingredients … Read More
A Real Food Thanksgiving Recipes Roundup
Can you believe turkey day is right around the corner? Where has time gone??? I am beginning to plan my menu and have been looking around for new and exciting Thanksgiving recipes. And, sure enough, some of my favorite bloggers have come through with some pretty cool dishes. And without further ado…here they are! Side Dishes: Acorn Squash Custard … Read More
Italian Sausage and Pepper Strata Recipe
We love breakfast foods in our house…especially savory breakfast foods with plenty of eggs (from backyard chickens, of course)! We even love to have them for dinner! Breakfast food is good food anytime of the day! Frittatas, Bacon Hash, Breakfast Casseroles, even Oatmeal! Yum!! Can’t get enough!!! I got this recipe for an Italian Sausage and Bell Pepper Strata from … Read More
Nourishing Nachos
Nachos are always a crowd pleaser! The good news is they don’t have to be a junk food! You can prepare nachos for your family using nourishing and delicious ingredients! Not only can you source good and local ingredients, you can give your favorite toppings an added boost! For example, you can add a frozen cube of pureed beef … Read More
Healthy Snack Ideas For Kids Who Play Sports
Fall is upon us. The children are back in school. Everyone is settling into a routine and many children are playing recreational sports…soccer, football, volleyball, and the like. Most of these recreational sports include snacks, after practice and after a game. Sadly, many of the snacks and drinks served are just highly processed, sugary, non-nutritious ‘food’. If you are wanting healthier … Read More
Homemade Cheese Sauce
Homemade cheese sauce, made from four simple ingredients, can be an amazing addition to your cooking skills. I mean, come on, what CAN’T you put cheese sauce on? In our house, cheese sauce is most often used for macaroni and cheese. Making your own cheese sauce doesn’t need to be so scary. As long as you follow a few … Read More
Real Food Fourth of July BBQ Ideas
What are you doing for the Fourth of July this summer? Going to a barbecue? Want to change it up this year and bring a dish with REAL ingredients? I have put together a round up of great real food Fourth of July BBQ ideas from some of my favorite bloggers! Drinks Strawberry Basil Lemonade from The Organic Kitchen Homemade Flavored … Read More
How to Make Healthy Homemade Jello
I loved jello as a kid! Particularly cherry jello. A big bowl of cherry jello with Cool Whip on top. Now that I know better, that doesn’t sound like the perfect dessert at all! Check out the ingredients of Cherry Jello: Sugar, gelatin, adipic acid (for tartness), artificial flavor, disodium phosphate, sodium citrate, fumaric acid, Red 40, Blue 1. Yuck! … Read More
SCOBY Snacks Anyone?
Today we have a very interesting recipe brought to you by our friend, Louise, who blogs over at Loula Natural. She has written an amazingly comprehensive book on kefir and kombucha called Culture Your Life. Today, she shares a recipe from that book! This is a recipe I have read about in her book, but was a bit scared … Read More
Gluten Free Peanut Butter and Chocolate Cookies
I love making chocolate chip cookies! A warm cookie out of the oven has to be one of the best things in the world! Since my oldest son avoids gluten now, I have been unable to make my favorite recipe. I miss it.
30+ Deliciously Healthy Green Drink Recipes
As you know, I have made the commitment to drink a green drink every day this month! Are you joining me? There are myriad recipes out there for green smoothies and green juices. The sky really is the limit with the combinations that can be made. Right now, my favorite are the following two recipes for fresh juice: Spicy Vegetable … Read More
Chocolate: Health Food for the Soul – 40 Real Food Chocolate Recipes
Chocolate is the only ingredient that is its very own food group. Well not really—but it seems as if it should be. Powerfully comforting, creamy, delicious—many people eat chocolate at least several times a week. Which begs the question… Is Chocolate Good for You? The answer is both yes and no. There are many health benefits of chocolate. Chocolate has … Read More
Oh Lardy’s Top 10 Posts for 2013
Another year is coming to a close! It will now take me until March to get used to writing 2014, lol! We want to take a minute to thank our readers for your support! We love blogging and providing you with tips, recipes and research. We have a lot in store for the new year…including a newly designed site which … Read More
Homemade Egg Nog
During Christmas time, when I was growing up, there was always this buzz about the “Korte Christmas Egg Nog.” I watched my grandmother prepare this prized holiday beverage. I watched my parents make it as well. People who were planning on attending their holiday party would ask, “Are you making the Egg Nog?” As a kid I … Read More
What’s the Deal with Winter Squash? and a bunch of delicious recipes!
Fall and winter bring the onset of winter squash. At my grocery store, I am starting to see all sorts of weird, bumpy squashes for sale. My CSA has been full of them too! I have 3 acorn squash and one spaghetti squash sitting on my kitchen counter. The great thing about winter squash, however, is that they last a … Read More