Every time I’ve just cleaned up the kitchen after feeding people, they’re hungry again. I walk out after the after-school snack and homework help time…and back in I go for dinner prep. I start the dishwasher after breakfast, and before it’s halfway through its cycle, I hear, “I’m hungry! Is it snacktime?” from the toddler. […]
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to prepare for the inevitable red cheeks, singed shoulders or peeling nose this summer. Today we’re talking about how to heal, soothe and repair your damaged skin after a sunburn – naturally. The picture above is my oldest on Easter morning – not a very bad sunburn,
Popeye would be so proud. Not that I’d ever serve canned spinach (have you ever tried it? Central to the only meal I’ve ever thrown out 100% before eating without managing to save a morsel by re-making into something better) but I respect the guy for making greens seem so cool. He should be my
Cheesy Spinach Bake with Crumb Topping Recipe (Get Those Kids to Eat their Spinach!) Read More »
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to get more leafy greens into your daily meals. Spring is the perfect time for this as (finally) some local foods are going to come into season in the colder climates. For a while, it will be leafy greens, leafy greens, and more leafy greens (+ asparagus).
Chemo = throwing up, right? Admit it, that’s what you think of when you imagine a chemotherapy patient: Someone who is super fatigued, no appetite, lying on the bathroom floor hugging the toilet, puking their guts out and then crawling to bed. Not my idea of fun. Here’s the good news: My dad’s oncologist said
Chemo with Hardly Any Side Effects? Mission: Possible Read More »
Part of me feels dumb and slightly insane for publicly admitting that I think a doctor is wrong, someone who trained for an entire decade, has experience in the field, and says he has patients’ best interests at heart, and that somehow I magically know more than him – me, a random parent with an
To buy organic, or not to buy organic? Does it make a difference? It might as well be the existential, soul-defining question of our age, the way it’s debated hotly in popular media, academic circles, and blogs. Organics, of course, have zero to do with the soul but can sometimes feel as important as religion
I was Compelled to Buy Organics for My Cancer-Fighting Arsenal Read More »
Yesterday I shared a little of our family’s story, of discovering that my dad had cancer, the shock and aftermath, and my drive to DO something to help him (plus the top 10 fruits and vegetables to fight cancer). Armed with the power of the Internet, I drove north to do some food education and
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to reduce your risk of cancer by deliberately eating cancer-fighting foods. My dad has cancer. It’s still totally crazy to think about it, even though in another sense it’s become “the new normal” and we’ve had two months to get used to the idea. Time doesn’t make
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to brainstorm some ways that you can bless others with food without compromising (too much) on your real food philosophy. We’ve talked about donating food before and how tricky it is to find non-perishable real food that folks would actually know what to do with. You can
Monday Mission: The Dilemma of Donating and Sharing Real Food (& a $7 Challenge!) Read More »
“So…what’s in here?” they all asked, not in the usual, “What weird thing are you hiding in our dinner?” but in a tone of awe and wonder and genuine curiosity. I’m still not sure how Tess Masters’ Creamy Cauliflower Soup has such an interesting and non-cauliflower-y flavor with so few ingredients, no dairy, and a
Dairy-Free Creamy Cauliflower Soup Recipe {excerpt from The Blender Girl} Read More »
It never ceases to amaze me when a child pitches a fit about something that is truly a daily occurrence, sometimes multiple times a day. In our house, events like this might include the horrible and almost-too-terrible-to-mention tasks of: brushing teeth going potty before a meal washing hands after being outside/at school bringing lunch boxes
Your Child’s Life is Worth 60 Seconds (even if it’s a battle) Read More »
When I was pregnant with my first child, I was still teaching third grade at a Catholic school. I have a number of vivid memories from that time, when my journey to real food and natural living was on its first shaky baby steps (like switching from margarine to butter and letting my husband clean
Do You Need to Detox from Radiation After Flying on a Plane? Read More »
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to learn the names of some of the most common and dangerous preservatives and be on the watch for them in the foods you eat. Chances are if you’re reading this blog, you don’t have a ton of products in your home with ingredients labels at all.
There will be some who will say that I’m trying to ruin birthdays, that I’m an out-of-season Grinch, my heart clearly two sizes too small (likely from lack of sugar and white flour, they’ll snidely surmise). There will be plenty who will point fingers at me and inquire why I think I should have the
I remember back when I cooked a decent amount from scratch but didn’t know “real food” from “boxed and canned food,” I used to think of stuffed pasta shells as a “fancy meal” because of all the steps – boiling the noodles, making the sauce, mixing up the filling and taking the time to fill
I had an absolute ball Monday night interviewing two ladies with incredible stories of health transformations via diet. Amanda Torres from The Curious Coconut and Orleatha Smith from Level Health & Nutrition and Batch Cookery joined me on the KS Connect *Plus* Google Hangout and shared about their healing with the Paleo diet, which literally
3 Trillion Dependents in Your Gut–What are you Doing with Them? Read More »
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to try a natural remedy with ginger. Since you already have fresh ginger on hand for The Ginger Challenge Series (and now always will forevermore because of the super ginger storage tip!), you might as well have some natural remedy recipes to boost immunities, soothe sore throats
Monday Mission: Try a Natural Remedy with Ginger Read More »
I am not really a tea person and never have been. But because of this ginger challenge and learning how super easy it is to store ginger, I decided I’d better try it. This ginger tea, which I’m guessing shouldn’t even be called “tea” since it’s not made from leaves (?), is something special: It turns
Wake Up to a Cup of *Spicy* Ginger Tea {The Ginger Challenge} Read More »
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to try a homemade drink with fresh ginger. It’s part of the Ginger Challenge Series for February, and I think it’s the one I personally had the most fun with. Last week we talked about using fresh ginger in recipes, like my slow cooker ginger beef, and
