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Traditional Food -If I'm avoiding preparing foods during 'working hours' ( more about that here) I need to have meals that bu...

Simple summer food. These are store bought croissants ( I have made croissants before though! ) but they are made with real butter. Topped...

Since we're in a bigger place now we finally have enough wall space for a play kitchen area! The kids receive money for gifts from rel...

I've wanted to give up coffee for, well, over 4 years now (since I got pregnant the first time) and it hasn't happened for longer th...

The Local Cook is having a "Cookin' Across America" contest, to showcase different food from different states in the US. Isn...

I tried Donielle from Naturally Knocked Up's black bean brownies . Yummy guiltless chocolate , and they passed the kid and husband test ...

Wrapped in lettuce, eaten justwith a fork, or in a bun- barbecued grass fed beef burger, topped with guacamole, cheese, and fresh veggies i...

I got a chance to try an Excalibur dehydrator after using my friend's garage sale dehydrator for the past few months. Oh wow what a di...

Real Food for Mother and Baby by Nina Planck is such a fun encouraging book to read. Nina explains what nutrients are needed to grow a hea...

Homemade beef jerky is something I'm loving bringing along when we're out this summer. I have a bunch of grassfed hamburger in my f...

Kombucha- also known as SCOBY, Mother, Baby, Mushroom, Tea Beast- it all is on the weird side of traditional foods, but is interesting none...

I just ordered sprouted spelt flour to use in my Challah, and Peggy from To Your Health Sprouted Flour has some to giveaway for you as well!...

After we have burgers for ourselves or for a crowd, there inevitably are leftover sliced onions, tomatoes and cheese. We used spinach dip a...