October 16, 2010

Whole Foods for the Holidays: A Real Food Progressive Dinner!

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With both Thanksgiving and Christmas fast approaching, it’s time to begin thinking about holiday menus! Serving food that is both nourishing and frugal (and still delicious!) is absolutely possible and our family and friends will thank you for it. I’ve paired up with 7 of my favorite real food bloggers and for the next 8 weeks we will be hosting Whole Foods for the Holidays– a real foods progressive dinner. A progressive dinner – real food style! Starting this coming Tuesday we’ll take turns hosting [...]

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October 11, 2010

Using Sourdough in Wonderful and Unusual Ways

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I tend to be a creature of habit. I like to do things the usual or "normal" ways. I color inside the lines. I like clothes in classic styles that match easily. I prefer using tried and true recipes or simply adapting an existing recipe rather than creating my own from scratch. It shouldn't surprise you, then, to know that I use my sourdough starter for making (what else?) bread. Just bread. How much I've missed by believing that sourdough is only good for bread [...]

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October 7, 2010

Simple Organic: 5 Simple Home Remedies That Really Work

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Fall is here, and with it comes the usual season of colds and flus. Many of us are searching for more natural ways to treat sickness when it arises, and the good news is that you don’t have to be a herbalist, naturopath or health kook to use home remedies that really work. There are many home remedies out there that are difficult to make, full of expensive and exotic ingredients, or that have questionable results or even safety concerns. Happily, there are also many [...]

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October 4, 2010

Resources and Links for Natural Home Remedies and Illness Prevention

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I am continually amazed and grateful to discover all of the simple, natural ways that God has given us to stay healthy and to deal with sickness, injuries and symptoms when they do occur. I have personally begun to venture more and more into the vast array of natural remedies and holistics methods of healing over the past 5 years or so. Though I still haven't been able to delve into these studies quite as much as I have with nutrition and natural living in [...]

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June 23, 2010

Easy Breakfast Ideas: From Scratch, With Real Food

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Written by Anne Elliott, Contributing Writer As my family increased in size, I started trying to figure out more inexpensive ideas for breakfast. It had nothing to do with health back then. Later I found out that making breakfast at home was also one of the easiest and most influential things we could do to improve our health. But making breakfast from scratch, from non-processed foods, can be really intimidating at first. If a woman is also battling chronic health problems, she might fear that [...]

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June 4, 2010

Simplified Menu Planning with Plan to Eat: Review and Giveaway

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I've been menu planning for many, many years now and I've always been a paper and pen kind of gal. However, when Clint from Plan to Eat asked me to review the site and offer a giveaway to my readers, I was excited to give something new and different a try. My first impression of Plan to Eat was, "This is fantastic. And it looks so easy. If only I didn't have to spend hours upon hours entering in all of my recipes. Maybe I [...]

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April 14, 2010

Safe & All Natural Beauty Products You Can Make at Home

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By Angela Beery, Contributing Writer Have you ever wondered exactly what ingredients your beauty products are made of? Are you sure that the ingredients in your beauty products are safe? Many of us have never stopped to consider the ingredients in our cosmetic products and how they might be affecting our appearance and our overall health. The good news is you can know exactly what goes into your products!! The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has put together a website called Skin Deep that provides a [...]

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February 10, 2010

A Simple Plan for Healthy Food: The GNOWFGLINS Fundamentals eCourse

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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, raise your hand! (Yes, that's my hand raised along with all of yours!) If there's one thing that I hear over and over again from the women that [...]

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