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New to Keeper of the Home? Allow me to show you around a little!

First of all, learn a little bit about me, and the other fabulous writers who contribute here.

Read about my time blogging for Compassion International in the Philippines.

Or find some tasty whole food recipes that I've shared.

Check out my two books, both available in ebook and paperback:

Healthy Homemaking: One Step at a Time

Real Food on a Real Budget: How to Eat Healthy for Less

Read through one of our most popular posts:

• My Simple Cast Iron Care Routine
• Cutting Down on Sugar: 21 Ways to Eat Less Sugar
• A Tour of Our Family Closet (Video Blog)
• The Soy Decoy: Don't Be Deceived
• The Thoughtful Parent's Guide to Thinking Through Vaccinations
• Preserving Summer's Bounty: Recipes and Tutorials to Keep You Busy Until Thanksgiving
• Cold Kicker Remedy: A Tried and True Recipe
• Boost Your Immune System for the Coming Cold Season Using Real Foods
• Creating a Homemaking Binder
• Homemade Cough and Cold Syrup

Or a series of posts:

Traditional Foods (raw milk, old-fashioned fats, meat, fish, fermented foods-- the things that have kept people healthy throughout history!)

Gardening 101 (turnings seeds into food on your plates!)

Preserving Summer's Bounty

Natural Home Remedies and Illness Prevention

Real Food Family Makeovers (4 regular families share their struggles and get a real food "makeover")

GAPS Diet

Organization in the Real Food Kitchen

A Month of Routines (a collection of various routines and thoughts on bringing more order to the home-- for mealtimes, when Mom's feeling worn out, in the kitchen, etc.)