Nutrition

Weston Price and The Detox Cleanse I’m Doing

April 14, 2011

Every once in a while, I have a blog post composing itself in my brain, and before I actually get it onto my keyboard, someone beats me to the punch.
This time, it was on the topic of Dr. Weston A. Price, the dentist-researcher behind the book Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, and the foundation upon which [...]

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Preserving Food with the Lactic-Acid Fermentation Method: Sauerkraut Tutorial

April 12, 2011

Written by Sharon Kaufman, Contributing Writer
The original cabbage patch kid...
For as long as I can remember, I've loved sauerkraut. As a small child, my mom served it on a regular basis with roast and mashed potatoes. I would scoop out a hole in my mashed potatoes, fill it in with sauerkraut and then dish on some gravy. Oh, what [...]

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What is Traditional Food?

April 4, 2011

The month of April is Traditional Foods month here at Keeper of the Home. Between myself and the amazing writers who contribute here, we will be delving deeply into a wide variety of traditional foods (raw milk, grains, fermented foods, grass-fed meats, cod liver oil, just to name a few) and we'll share some of [...]

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A Sweetheart’s Breakfast: Oatmeal Whole Wheat Pancakes and Homemade Pancake Syrup

February 8, 2011

Written by Sharon Kaufman, Contributing Writer
The heart bone's connected to the stomach bone
We don't eat pancakes too often anymore, but for Valentine's Day breakfast I'll be serving these luscious oatmeal pancakes to my hubby. After all, the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, right? Even after 34 years of marriage, this still [...]

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Simple Food {for winter} : Nourishing, Seasonal Recipes

January 12, 2011

The idea of seasonal eating is coming back into vogue, as notions of local food and "100 mile" eating spread. A small portion of the general population is beginning to realize that out-of-season foods like fresh lettuce from California, avocados and tomatoes from Mexico, or watermelons from Ecuador in January (for goodness sake, seriously people?) just [...]

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Cutting Down on Sugar: Why Do We Eat It So Much?

September 9, 2010

I find it highly ironic that as I sit here writing this post, I am slurping (and I do mean slurping) up the last precious drops of my favorite homemade mocha frappuchino drink.
Sugar just tastes good. Really good. I love it as much as the next woman.
Unfortunately for my sugar habit, I've been studying health [...]

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Real Food on a Real Budget: Eat Local, Eat Seasonal

May 7, 2010
gorgeous watermelon

This is the last of the excerpts from my new book, Real Food on a Real Budget. It was taken from Chapter 7- Eat Local, Eat Seasonal. This month one of the topics here at Keeper of the Home is local and seasonal food, so this seemed a fitting topic to share!
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In one of my [...]

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Real Food on a Real Budget: Finding Sources for Purchasing Real Food

May 6, 2010
farmers market veggies

Today's post is a brief excerpt taken from Chapter 2 of my new book, Real Food on a Real Budget. The chapter explores how we can examine the options and resources available to us, as we seek to find sources of high-quality AND affordable food wherever we live.
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It’s a bit of a game to [...]

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How to Find Local Sources of Raw Milk

May 5, 2010

Written by Anne Elliot, Contributing Writer

I first learned about the benefits of raw milk ten years ago. It was obviously God’s leading and guidance because I wasn’t looking for it. I didn’t even know you could buy milk that hadn’t been pasteurized or homogenized. I didn’t know all the benefits that would come when our [...]

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Introducing My New Book: Real Food on a Real Budget

May 3, 2010
good frugal food book cover2(2)

I am so excited to introduce my newest book to you!
Real Food on a Real Budget has been a bit like having two babies in one year... first, we welcomed Johanna into our family this August. Within a week of her birth, while being told "sit down, rest, stop getting up!" by my loving hubby [...]

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