Category Archives: Successful Homemaking

Butter–The Healthy Fat “They” Don’t Want You to Know About

Sarah Pope of the Healthy Home Economist blog details the untold story of how butter came to be demonized and replaced by unhealthy manufactured fats.

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Read Ingredients Labels Carefully!

There is a cool i phone app for avoiding toxic food ingredients. Plus, a food blog reader has asked that we spread the word about a sneaky ingredients change in a sprouted wheat bread.

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Top 10 Foodie Christmas Gift Ideas

Kimberly Hartke gives holiday gift ideas, perfect for the food lover in your life…and where to donate if you’d rather forgo gift giving this year.

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How Many Meals a Day Should You Eat?

Shannon Wills suggests 5 or 6 meals a day is healthier than the traditional 3 square meals. What do you think?

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Cooking for the Holidays with Stan Fishman, Author of Tender Grassfed Meats

Stan Fishman shares an inspiring holiday feast he is planning for this year’s family gathering. Grassfed prime rib must be cooked differently than a conventional roast.

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Book Review: Tender Grass Fed Meat

Kimberly Hartke highly recommends a new cookbook, Tender GrassFed Meat–Traditional Ways to Cook Healthy Meat.

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Fizzy’s Lunch Lab a Little Fuzzy on Nutrition

A concerned mom evaluates PBS children’s show through the lens of the latest nutrition science and local, sustainable food.

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Lactose Intolerant? Got PKU? Try Coconut Milk!

Jordan Wright reviews a new line of coconut milk products by So Delicious brand.

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Nourishing Traditions–so Simple Even a Husband Can Do It!

Cooking from Scratch, Fermenting Foods Easy for Men
Since I am recovering from the flu, my husband has been pressed into service in the kitchen to keep nourishing foods on the table. I couldn’t resist taking pictures of him in action this morning, as he made sausage from scratch and took care of the olives which [...]

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New Guide to Raw Milk Food Safety Released

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Hot off the Press! Keep that Milk Chilled!
Consumers’ Guide to Fresh, Whole, Unprocessed Milk: Safe Handling
by Peg Beals, Guest Blogger

Who is responsible for the quality of the milk you drink?  For increasing numbers of people, the answer is, “I am.”  The recently published eight-page booklet Safe Handling gives consumers interested in claiming [...]

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