We have never planted a full-fledged plot garden before, but we love our herb box and our container gardening. Just from our little experience in this area, it has taught me why so many of our family and friends over the years shared an abundance of produce from their gardens with us. Some vegetables just […]

My husband loves a good chicken salad, especially during the summer. Where some people have an inclination to brownies or chips, my hubby pines for chicken salad. And he claims that he’s quite the expert when it comes to a truly tasty chicken salad. So I’m constantly on the hunt for a new and easy […]

My college roommate had a major love for hot sauce. I have never seen anyone use a single condiment on everything from eggs to casseroles to even ice cream (I know, crazy, right?). She loved this stuff, and at first, I gave her a hard time about it. I enjoyed spicy food, but didn’t see […]

There have been times when I have gone long stretches without drinking coffee … but then I became a mother, and those periods of fasting from coffee are no longer realistic 😉 My cup of morning coffee is a staple in my day, and I love to enjoy coffee in it’s many forms. Typically, my […]

As we fire up our grills for steak, chicken, and vegetables, and pour ourselves tall glasses of iced peach and lavender tea, I can’t help but think about my grandma’s summer cookout spread. Deviled eggs and green beans cooked with bacon grace the table, but the real star of the show is always her potato salad. […]

For a long time, the only thing I knew about whey is that Little Miss Muffet ate it alongside her curds while sitting on her tuffet. What I eventually learned is that Little Miss Muffet was supporting her gut with beneficial bacteria and enzymes from the whey. Whey is a central ingredient in many delicious, […]

Do you ever wish you hadn’t eaten certain foods before you discovered the benefits of a real food diet? Sometimes I wonder if I would occasionally miss things like pasta, ice cream, or fried chicken if I’d never had them. Even so, I’m grateful for real food versions of these awesome dishes that satisfy the […]

As we enter prime crop season, I cannot contain my excitement for the bundles of fresh produce that will come our way. We have some small container gardens in our own yard full of fresh herbs and some of our most frequently eaten veggies. We have many friends that have bigger gardens, bee hives, and […]

When it comes to meal planning, we like to keep things simple around here. Over time, we have discovered our family’s favorite real food meals and pretty much keep those on rotation over the course of two or three weeks. We typically gravitate toward easy, basic, and delicious meals like stuffed peppers or crock pot […]

Despite the common controversy over the potential dangers of seafood, we’re champions of including seafood from the right sources in our diets. The biggest problem I encounter with this is the fact that I really don’t care for the taste of seafood. We didn’t eat it much while I was growing up, so I don’t […]