Category Archives: Successful Homemaking

Nashville Flood Points to Need for Household Emergency Preparedness

Nashville-Flood-Aftermath

Peggy Webb, an eyewitness to a natural disaster, the Nashville Flood gives her ideas for preparedness. Twenty feet of water was inside the Nashville Gaylord Opryland Hotel, a billion dollar resort.

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

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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!

Gluten Free Aisle

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

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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?

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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

Herb Crusted Prime Rib, Cabbage and Potatoes

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

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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

Professor Fizzy in his Lunch Lab

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!

Coconuts

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!

Keith mixing pork sausage

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 [...]

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