This roasted cabbage recipe is simple and delicious. Slow roasted in the oven with spices and smokey bacon, these cabbage wedges come to life in a flavorful way. We bet even your kids will request cabbage after they try this 😉 “Cabbage lovers will make this recipe again & again. If you are wary about […]
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Paleo Chicken Pot Pie
Chicken pot pie is a classic comfort dish that marries a gooey, creamy, vegetable mixture with a crisp, flaky crust. This paleo chicken pot pie is an excellent way to enjoy all the flavors, texture, and warmth of this favorite without the unhealthy ingredients. Because it is made with good chicken, eggs, almond flour, tapioca […]
Anxiety and Breathing for Relaxation
We all know that stress and, more seriously, anxiety, can have major negative effects on us both emotionally and physically. While there are various techniques for reducing these effects, there remains a typically unspoken solution for anxiety. Breathing methods can seriously reduce the difficulties and trials of anxiety when done properly. This post explores anxiety and breathing […]
DIY Exfoliating Scrub with Green Tea
You work hard. You balance all the spinning plates in your life and most days, you do it with a smile. A lot is asked of you, and often, your tasks as a parent, worker, cooker, cleaner, and gardener are thankless. Not that you expect large amounts of recognition and praise, but you deserve an […]
Staying Satisfied While Shedding Pounds
If you’ve been researching and learning about the kind of real food diet that we recommend, then you know that we tend to go in a different direction than the mainstream diet habits. We don’t obsess over calories, and we realize that the kinds of foods we eat is much more important than how much. […]
Chicken Afritada Recipe
Chicken Afritada is a class Filipino dish with hints of Spanish influence. It is a tomato-based stew loaded with vegetables and flavor. This recipe from Jenny is a healthy spin on the classic stew. Cooked low and slow, the flavors in chicken Afritada have time to marry and marinate to perfection. Give it a try! […]
Paleo Corn Bread Recipe
Corn bread is a great accompaniment to your favorite dinners. With this grain-free, paleo corn bread recipe, you will be able to enjoy the texture and flavors of corn bread without forsaking your health and wellbeing. Serve this paleo cornbread with your favorite chili recipe, or just on its own with creamy grass-fed butter. “I […]
Pesto Chicken Salad
A delicious chicken salad recipe with fresh homemade pesto ads sun-dried tomatoes and artichoke hearts for extra “umph!” 🙂 This pesto chicken salad is pleasing to the eyes and the tastebuds! “I prepared everything a couple of days ago and just mixed in the pesto and stuffed my face with it. I had some organic […]
Health Benefits of Walking
Walking. For most of us, it’s something that is involved in our every day lives. But are we fully aware of what walking for exercise can do for our health? Walking involves your whole body, provides a great foundation for fitness, and let’s face it, it’s cheap! In this article, Mark lays out seventeen different […]
Composting During Winter
Thoughts of gardening are usual reserved for the spring and summer months. But what about the winter? Is there nothing you can do for your garden in the chill and snow? Susan suggests that’s not truly the case. Composting during winter has numerous and notable benefits for your garden. This post explores the benefits of […]
Detoxifying Refresher Made with Lemon and Mint
Feeling low on energy? Is your body in need of a clean start? Cynthia’s detoxifying refresher made with lemon and mint is perfect for you! Lemon supports your liver, detoxifies your body (specifically your intestines), curbs hunger, and is full of vitamin C. Mint is a natural stress-reliever (who doesn’t need more of that?!) and […]
12 Minute Calorie Burning Workout
Life can get pretty busy. Between fostering our family lives, running our kids to and fro, making our own food and personal care products, working, and enjoying some down time (what is that?), it’s difficult to find large chunks of time during our day to care for our fitness. But we all know that exercise […]
How to Improve Your Memory
In today’s fast-paced world full of distractions, tight schedules, toxins, and and “‘fake” food, our cognitive abilities are more prone to decline. Thus, we could all use a little brain-strengthening. This post from Hayley outlines seven ways to improve your memory by changing your lifestyle! “It was once believed that brain function peaked during early […]
What to Do About Overactive Letdown
Overactive letdown describes the circumstance of a woman producing too much breast milk. We don’t tend to hear about overactive letdown often, but it is certainly prevalent and can take a toll on both mama and baby. This post from Genevieve details what it is about overactive letdown that is frustrating and even painful and […]
Kid-Friendly Kitchen Organization
Involving kids in the kitchen is a fantastic way to teach them how to cook and to encourage them to try new and different kinds of food. In order to involve your children more in the culinary activities of your home without losing your mind, it is so helpful to have a well-organized kitchen that […]
The Paleo Diet and Chron’s Disease
We know that diet has the ability to address various autoimmune diseases and can relieve much pain. Chron’s Disease is a condition that proves to be extremely painful for those who suffer from it. Symptoms of Chron’s Disease include severe abdominal pain, rectal bleeding, fistulas, and intestinal obstructions. Many people, however, have found relief from […]
How to Make Whey
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, […]
Top 10 Fibrous Foods
While we certainly see the value in various supplements like , we know that we cannot out-supplement a poor diet and that, ideally, we will get most of our vitamins and minerals from the f “Boosting your intake of fiber in your diet should be tops on the list of anyone hoping to improve their […]
Why You Should Skip Caffeine Post-Workout
While the health benefits of coffee are still hotly debated, we enjoy waking up to a nice cup of bulletproof coffee to give us a boost of energy for the day. But for those of us who complete a kettlebell exercise or a hill sprint workout in the mornings, we may want to rethink rewarding ourselves […]
What Is Ghee and How Do You Use It?
Something that makes many people happy when they’re making the transition to a real food lifestyle is the fact that it involves bacon and butter. Bacon and butter from good sources have many benefits and most people love the taste of each. We particularly love a sweet basil butter or bone marrow butter. Butter’s cousin, […]