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The Nitty-Gritty on The Real Food I Buy and Where I Buy It

May 5, 2011

Today and tomorrow, I simply want to share where I buy what, the best prices I've found, and some of the excellent deals that help our family to be able to eat plenty of wholesome, real foods on a tight budget. This isn't a "how-to" post necessarily, because most of you don't live where I [...]

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Finding a Local Farmer

March 15, 2011

Written by Kate Tietje, Contributing Writer
With spring just around the corner, that means it’s time for outside activities! Gardening is a big one we’ve been talking about in the last couple of weeks.
But maybe, for some reason, you aren’t planning a garden. Maybe you don’t have the space, or the time. I understand that! I’m [...]

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Hamburger Soup: Hearty, Seasonal, GAPS Friendly

February 21, 2011

There's something about the heartiness of this soup that makes it feel like such nourishing comfort food to me. Packed with seasonal winter veggies (onions, carrots, turnips, celeriac) and grass-fed beef, this is a meal that truly satisfies, even without grains on the side.
Quite sadly, soup lovers do not inhabit our home (other than my lone [...]

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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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Understanding Communited Supported Agriculture (CSA’s) and Their Benefits

June 25, 2010

Guest Post by Kate
If you want to provide cheap, fresh, local produce for your family, you only have one option, right? To grow it yourself.
But what if you don’t have time? Or energy? Or you have a brown thumb? There are farmer’s markets, in some areas, but then you’re paying retail price for all [...]

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Questions to Ask at Your Local Farmer’s Market

May 19, 2010

Photo by shaggyshoo
I grew up in West Michigan where the local farmer’s market was always a highlight of the summer. Early on Saturday mornings my sisters and I would head to the market with mom to buy yummy, fresh, and local produce, and THE BEST cinnamon rolls from a Mennonite family to eat on Sunday [...]

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

May 7, 2010

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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Organization in the Real Food Kitchen: Menu Planning

January 11, 2010

Of all of the things that I spend time planning, the one that I feel probably has the biggest payoff in saving me time, frustration and even money would have to be menu planning!
I've been menu planning faithfully for about 3-4 years now. Every once in a while I briefly slip up and go a [...]

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