Last weekend, a friend came to visit. It was wonderful to see her, and a few of us did the usual thing you do when a friend comes to stay: we went out one night to a fun bar, spent a day and night with drinks & movies & chatting into the wee hours, and [...]
You don’t want to end up like this, but if you do, it’s ok. There is a lot of information on the web (and on this site) about how to switch to real food, how to make better choices, and the like. For a different take, here are some things not to do if you’re [...]
Continuing from my last post about the 7 steps to switching to real food, here is a more detailed look at one way to switch: this is the basics of how I did it. Please take my ideas as just one way among many; doing these steps in this order may or may not work [...]
With all the talk about real food these days, I thought I would offer my version of making the switch. Of course, eating more eggs, raw cheese, grass-fed beef, nitrate-free bacon, and grass-fed butter is easy, right? Well, sure, eating the good stuff isn’t a problem; it’s eating the good stuff all the time and [...]
I love this Cornishware lard jar! I gotta get one for my kitchen. Pic from this site (but sadly I cannot find one for sale, anywhere! Must keep searching…). One of the first things I learned on my real food journey is that far from being the cardiac danger that the mainstream health experts would [...]
I have a little worry and cynicism I want to get off of my chest. I beg your pardon if this isn’t your cup o’ tea. Despite being a real food & small farmer champion, I’m not political otherwise, and I rarely read or watch the news. I’m an admitted cynic who prefers to mind [...]
Continuing on from Friday’s post about my five favorite immunity boosters (apparently when I write “tomorrow” regarding the next post, I mean “two days later”…lol!), I can’t talk about improving immune response without also talking about what to do when even the strongest immune system comes under attack. For years I did what most people [...]
It seems I can’t go a day without hearing about someone “catching a cold” or about someone who knows someone who has the flu (or swine flu, or H1N1, or whatever strain the media are scaring us into believing are out to get us). Sure, it’s winter, so it’s “that time of year.” But what [...]
Let me say right now that I think bone broth is the easiest, most delicious, and most cost-effective way of improving and maintaining health; it is true kitchen alchemy, the power of the hearth at work. I’m going to write soon about that power in more detail, but for today I’ll just focus on another [...]
Whoops…I’m a bit late posting my next month’s self-challenges…heh. *blush* As for the January self-challenges, I “won” two out of three. I’d posted already that I decided to forego the no-TV challenge, since I just missed it too much. NOT the ads and NOT the news—I refuse to watch either (egads, I’ve become my father…I [...]
Image from this Treehugger article; I love that this pic shows a healthy cow, raw milk, and lush grass…all vitally important for real food and real health! I decided to do a series of posts on the subject of real food and what it means to me, including what I’ve learned and am learning as [...]
Glad you stopped by! This blog is focused on real food: cooking it, growing it, and its politics. It is also focused on the real, true health & healing that comes from eating nourishing, nutrient-rich food and developing a thriving immune system. These topics usually branch out into self-sufficiency, sustainability, and simple pleasures. For more about the project, see this page.
DISCLAIMER: I am not a doctor or nurse or in any way a "trained health professional." I am simply one gal reading voraciously, making changes to my life that make sense to me, and sharing what I know. Please take what I say as my own opinion and do your own research into the topics that interest you.
