November 2009

Organizing the kids' clothes

Monday, November 30, 2009 Add Comment home, organizing Edit

Kind of off topic, but I'm rather tickled that I did something somewhat organized, and I've stuck with it for longer than 12 seconds...

Deal on Coconut Oil

Friday, November 27, 2009 Add Comment stewardship Edit

Tropical Traditions is having a Black Friday sale- with a coupon code (it's found in the sidebar of their site for $10 off) edited to ad...

Real Honey!

Add Comment know your farmer, traditional food Edit

7.75 pounds of honey, from the farmer we visited. We loved learning about his bees, and he was happy to share. He told us about how the be...

New to Juicing- carrot apple spinach juice

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 Add Comment GAPS, gut and psychology syndrome, juicing Edit

GAPS recommends juicing. Before, I wasn't a fan of juicing because it's only using part of the food, and in general, whole food is ...

Do You Know Your Farmer? (buying local)

Monday, November 23, 2009 Add Comment know your farmer, traditional food Edit

Last weekend we went out to a farm outside of town, Johnson's Pumpkin Farm (off Hwy 212 outside of Laurel if you're in the Billings,...

Tropical Traditions Review and Giveaway

Friday, November 20, 2009 Add Comment traditional food Edit

Giveaway's over! Using Random.org the winner is #37, ProjectHope 7! I'll be emailing you for your contact info in a minute. Tropica...

Frugal Gifts This Holiday Season: Bookmarks and Marshmallow Fudge Brownies

Thursday, November 19, 2009 Add Comment confessions, holidays Edit

Nourishing Gourmet asked for this week's Pennywise Platter Thursday post to be about frugal gifts, nourishing if possible. For "N...

Golabki, pigs in a blanket, Krautwickel, grumpkies...

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Add Comment dinner, GAPS, traditional food Edit

Golabki, pigs in a blanket, Krautwickel, grumpkies... these were all names that people called this dish when I posted to facebook that I was...

What do you use coconut oil for?

Monday, November 16, 2009 Add Comment traditional food Edit

What do you use coconut oil for? I use it for everything. And now that I know that eating fat is okay , I love using it to cook with and add...

Farm eggs!

Friday, November 13, 2009 Add Comment traditional food Edit

I found a supplier of yummy fresh eggs, from chickens that are pastured and fed non-GMO feed. We're going to meet down the road weekly ...

Thursday Inspirations: Real Food Links

Thursday, November 12, 2009 Add Comment herbal medicine, herbs, natural health, Thursday Inspirations, vaccinations Edit

(photo from Stock Exchange) Thursday inspirations: Because sometimes you need to be inspired to keep up the momentum for the last two days o...

Make Jello Blocks Made From Fruit Juice

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 Add Comment confessions, scd Edit

Made only from fruit juice and gelatin, these are a dye free, corn syrup free, GMO free, much better alternative to jello from a box. Not a...

Easy lunch: Meatballs and cooked apples

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 Add Comment GAPS, lunch, traditional food Edit

Taking the grains out of our diet for the time being has simplified meals quite a bit. To make up meals I try to just make sure there is som...

Homemade Vaposteam Humidifier additive

Monday, November 9, 2009 Add Comment herbs, natural health Edit

I posted this on my other blog last year, but wanted to move it over here because it's more health related. I just remembered to refill ...

10 Ways to Find More Grocery Money

Wednesday, November 4, 2009 Add Comment groceries, stewardship Edit

If you're new to real food and notice that your grocery spending is climbing climbing climbing each month, or you're wondering how ...

Good Quality Olive Oil and Antioxidants

Add Comment GAPS, traditional food Edit

In GAPS it's recommended to drizzle a little high quality cold pressed olive oil over your food daily. While I'm not following GAPS...

Easy Honey Almond Brittle

Monday, November 2, 2009 Add Comment GAPS, gut and psychology syndrome Edit

I lasted a whopping 3 days without candy. To make something using 'allowed' ingredients, I figured I could heat honey until it hard...