kitchen

Training Kids to Help in the Kitchen

July 28, 2011

Knowing how to prepare real, whole foods is an absolutely necessary life skill that every child should learn. Children who are not taught the basics of food preparation will end up defaulting to processed, packaged foods, simply because they haven't learned to make anything better.
If we don't take the time to teach them, how will [...]

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Saving Money by Using Cloth

May 26, 2011

Cloth. Such a simple word. Only five letters. But, oh, what a money saver!
Think about all the paper products you use during the day. How many of them do you throw away once they've been used?
Now think about how many of those products could be converted to cloth, washed and reused.
Here's my list:
paper [...]

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Christ in My Kitchen

May 10, 2011

Written by Sharon Kaufman, Contributing Writer
A Divine Calling
Recently, while junking at my favorite thrift store, I found a kitchen blessing written on an old wall hanging. (Oh...the joys of thrifting!) I did edit it a little and added the last few verses. There was no name to identify its author.
But the poem reminds me why [...]

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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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Better, Cheaper, Safer 4-Way Soft-Scrubber

March 8, 2011

Written by Sharon Kaufman, Contributing Writer
Conventional household cleaners = money and toxins down the drain
Nowadays, consumers literally throw money down the drain with the industry's household cleaners that really don't even get the job done. But that's not the most serious consequence of using conventional cleaning products. Of course, I refer to the hundreds 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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How to Prepare for Going on the GAPS Diet

January 24, 2011

Just today I was over at a friend's house and as I said "no thank you" to the offer of coffee, I casually mentioned we had just started a special diet. She asked which one, and (as a mom of children with special needs) when I said the GAPS diet, she responded with a knowing [...]

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Using Four Frugal Foods from the Produce Section Creatively

December 3, 2010

Written by Cara, Contributing Writer
As we have been focusing on eating grain free meals to help with some health issues, I've had to learn how to shop for other foods besides grains that are filling, healthy, and easy on the budget! Since we aren't using bread or rice as a 'filler' for meals, we've [...]

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Whole Foods for the Holidays: Main Dishes

November 15, 2010

During the holidays, main dish entrees are the belle of the ball. This is one of the few times of the year when we really go all out with time-consuming meals, expensive ingredients and make fancier courses that will knock our family's socks off.
Of course, I'm referring to the traditional turkeys and hams, but also [...]

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Keeping Kids Entertained While You Work in the Kitchen

September 24, 2010

Written by Emily McClements, Contributing Writer
While it is definitely a great thing for our kids to help us with cooking in the kitchen, sometimes we just may not need, or want, their help, or they may be really too young to be helping. But, we still need a way to keep them happy and occupied [...]

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