In this podcast episode, part 1 of 2, we’re diving deep into encouragement for moms on ways they can motivate a love of helping in the kitchen, and a love of real food over processed food in their family, even when the children are very young. For more encouragement, follow the Simple Doesn’t Mean Easy […]
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Homemade soda… DIY coke… Whatever you want to call it; I didn’t think homemade soda could possibly be any good. So I stuck with homemade gatorade and DIY kombucha, but I never even tried to make homemade soda. I’m about to show you something that will change the way you look at soda forever.
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Why I plant sunflowers in the garden One sunflower’s giant bloom is covered in hundreds of tiny flowers. Flowers that attract and feed pollinators all day long. All summer long. What’s not to love about that? Without pollinators, my garden would never be able to provide our family with all the goodness it yields; so
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This amazing way to sip away a hot summer afternoon all starts with my favorite tea on the planet… this herbal tea that tastes like coffee that I make from 3 simple ingredients. Or if you’d rather not make it yourself, grab some of the organic Not Coffee tea right here and support a wonderful,
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I had a handful of folks asking me if it was worth it to try to grow seedlings to sell for profit when i shared I was doing that very thing on instagram. So I thought I’d document what I did, what I earned, and if it was worth it.
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Strawberry Dandelion Kombucha is the epitome of seasonal deliciousness. “Real food is seasonal, yet our society insists on having all flavors available at all times. But it’s the out-of-season time that makes ripe, off-the-vine taste more appealing. It’s the eleven months of unavailability that makes just-picked food so delicious. Sadly, we’re out of sync with
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I’m on a mission–everyone should know how to bake with lard. Why? Because it’s a truly healthy fat, if it’s sourced from a pasture-raised pig. And as long as you know How to Render Lard, or purchase your lard from a good source (more on that below), it’s amazing in baking.
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Yes, I bake using lard. And yes, it’s a good fat to have in your family’s diet and use in your kitchen daily. Read more about baking with lard (& why you should) here. But this recipe is also delicious is all you have is butter on hand. Since butter behaves a little differently in
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Rendering lard from pigs? It’s way easier than I imagined and produces much more amazingness than I ever knew.
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Pork lard is an amazing thing. I use it in my kitchen daily, in one of many ways. The first year we brought pigs home to our little New England farm, I had no idea of the joy their amazing variety of fat would bring me. I was, afterall, just in in for the bacon.
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