One of my favorite things about the spring and summer seasons is all the fresh fruits and vegetables we reap from our own garden, from the gardens of our friends, and from our local farmers’ markets and co-ops. We are usually lucky and have stores of fresh produce left by the end of the harvesting […]

Most mornings, I wake up to enjoy a nice cup of bulletproof coffee with a veggie-filled egg dish or breakfast burger full of protein. I believe the old adage that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and that this meal is what kicks off my day, both literally and figuratively. If I start […]

As a little girl, I remember sitting in my grandmother’s old kitchen and talking with her as she cooked dinner for us all. There was a window over the sink where she stood peeling potatoes or apples, and it looked out over a large field. She would point to different spots in the field and […]

There’s not much I love more than a simple weeknight meal like Italian beef or pulled pork in the crockpot, casseroles, and big salads. Dinners that are easy to assemble and require little brain power from me make my life so much better! During the spring and summer, we spend many evenings outside taking a walk […]

In our house, we’re all about recreating some of our former non-real food dishes. We love to find ways to make these favorites with nutritious ingredients, at a lesser cost, and that taste way better. If your kids love treats like jello or gummy bears, there are great ways to put a healthy spin on […]

When I was younger, before I began my real food journey, I loved the biscuits served at one of the nation’s favorite seafood restaurant chains. I could consume an embarrassing amount of those biscuits in one sitting. I don’t care much for dinner rolls or hearty pieces of bread (unless it’s a slice of grain free […]

“How did you feed them all without going bankrupt?”, I asked my mother-in-law, wondering how on earth she managed to feed five hungry boys throughout their childhood and growth spurts. I’ve always been impressed by how much food my husband and his brothers can put away in a sitting, and I couldn’t imagine what their […]

Before my switch to a real food and predominately gluten free diet, I ate pasta on a regular basis. Pasta is a major comfort food and there are countless variations of noodle and sauce. I still love pasta, and eat it on occasion, but I always regret it afterward. So I turn to healthy alternatives […]

Any time we can give our kids something that seems like a treat, but is actually very good for them, we count that as a win. That’s why why love triple chocolate brownies made with coconut oil and gummy bears made with elderberry syrup. And while we don’t encourage rewarding kids with food or centering […]

Pumpkin is so popular this time of year, which is why most of us gobble up recipes for chocolate chip pumpkin cookies and DIYs like pumpkin spice room spray and pumpkin spice sugar scrub. We can’t get enough! And because we can never get enough, this paleo pumpkin smoothie was just added to our list […]