cooking

1000th Post Party Giveaway: 5 Homestead Blessings Videos and $25 Gift Certificate from FBS Books

June 16, 2010

As a homeschooling mom myself, I've found that it's not always easy to find all of the curriculum and resources that you're looking for in one place.
So it was wonderful to realize that one of my current advertisers, FBS Books, not only has almost all of the curriculum that I have chosen for our next [...]

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Learn to Cook Nourishing and Frugal Food from The Nourishing Gourmet (And a Giveaway!)

June 10, 2010

Do you struggle with knowing how to balance the time and budget demands of making food for your family, with your desire to cook whole, nourishing and traditional foods?
If so, you will love this new eCourse being offered by my dear friend Kimi of The Nourishing Gourmet! It's called "A Peasant's Feast: [...]

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Cook More Real Food: Freezer Cooking Day 1 Results

June 8, 2010

Today was Day 1 of the Freezer Cooking portion of the Cook More Real Food event. It's been a long day of cooking, but it's exciting to see the results of all that hard work! Phew!
In the first picture, you can see:

Jars of chicken broth
2 dozen pumpkin gluten-free muffins (hmmm, now where did that [...]

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Cook More Real Food Event: May 20th-June 12th

May 20, 2010

I've been writing lots about saving money on a whole foods diet, especially around the launch of my new book, Real Food on a Real Budget. Hearing about concepts that will help you to cook more from scratch, improve your diet and lighten up your grocery budget is a really good thing.
Actually DOING those things [...]

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Real Food Encouragement: Whole Wheat Bread

April 28, 2010

By Sherrie Cook, Contributing Writer
Confession: I am not so skilled in the kitchen.
Conflict: I need to write a blog post about a real food kitchen for Keeper of the Home.
Solution: Write about hope. Hope for those of us who feel clueless and overwhelmed at the thought of making better choices for our families. Hope that [...]

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Homemade Beef Tallow: A Simple and Convenient Way to Store It

April 8, 2010

Last year, I was delighted to learn how to render my own beef tallow from all the bones/fatty pieces that came with our side of grass-fed beef.
Just the other week, I picked up a new side of beef and was more eager than ever to whip up some nourishing bone broth, and in particular, to [...]

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A Simple Plan for Healthy Food: The GNOWFGLINS Fundamentals eCourse

February 10, 2010

Edit: Wardeh just sent me a link to watch a video sneak peak! Learn how to make Soaked Muffins and get a feel for what this eCourse will be like. Let Wardeh show you how to make soaked muffins!

Image by Elena Ho
All those who read Nourishing Traditions for the first time and felt entirely overwhelmed, [...]

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Organization in the Real Food Kitchen: My Recipe Binder

January 22, 2010

We've talked about some ways to streamline our meal planning, as well as how to use lists of your favorite recipes for ease of planning and quick reference. Here is the last step of the recent meal planning/recipe overhaul that my own kitchen has been receiving lately:

My beloved recipe binder!
It doesn't get much simpler and [...]

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Baking Day Comes to an End

November 3, 2009

**Mmmm... delicious granola bars I made this afternoon!**
Phew! I am tired after a looong day in the kitchen (not to mention being up late the night before, grinding grain and getting everything soaking!).
No energy or time to post up pictures, but just wanted to share the final outcome of the day.
This was my hopeful to-do [...]

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Baking Day: Filling my Freezer with “Convenience Foods”

November 2, 2009

Filling your freezer with food isn't just for having a new baby or to get by during morning sickness. It's a wonderful tool that helps real mamas make real, nutritious food during regular seasons of life, without going insane. Especially those days where there just isn't enough energy and/or time to pull anything real together.
Fish [...]

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