Folks often save up a fund for vehicles, vacations, and home remodels. Real foodies are crazy enough to have funds saved up for kitchen tools: Dehydrators, grain mills, and high-powered blenders seem to top the list of what I like to refer to as “small appliances that cost as much as large appliances.” I have […]
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Don’t tell anyone, but we had some potato chips around here for Thanksgiving. I wanted to make that French Onion chip dip again that is in Better Than a Box, and I’m telling you: they were good. It really is far too easy to overeat things that are crunchy, salty, and a little greasy. Even
A Real Food Alternative to Potato Chips: Munchy, Crunchy, Salty, and Nourishing! Read More »
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to consider your next baby steps to better nutrition. I really enjoyed putting together the new and revised Kitchen Stewardship® Top Ten Baby Steps last week. I was pleased to find out that my list from three years ago held up to the test of time, more
Monday Mission: Top Ten Advanced Baby Steps (for your consideration) Read More »
I’m lying in the title. The soup I’m sharing today is really one of those “framework recipes” to help you craft a soup that is just exactly how you like it. We’ve enjoyed a simple, creamy butternut squash soup that’s a little spicy, and we’ve also tried the roasted garlic base, which of course becomes
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Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to organize your spices. When we moved last December, unpacking forced me to start from scratch with spice organization. It was refreshing. You probably have nothing forcing you to do it right… except a Monday Mission. You know you have to do these, right? Totally required. So
It’s heartbreaking when our family has stomach pains after eating or other nasty symptoms. If the typical BRATY diet doesn’t work for your family’s health, these are some real food alternatives for the BRATY diet with foods to bind diarrhea and other digestive upsets. My 4-year-old daughter throws up like a champ. Ever since she
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to clear your counters and make sure you can get to the things you use the most. Take a critical look at your kitchen and reorganize for efficiency. Trust me, you will feel so much better. Yes, some things really do belong on a counter. I’m not putting
Top 10 “Do It Now” Tips for Organizing Your Kitchen Read More »
Our family loves chicken casserole with stuffing. It’s easy to make on the stovetop, even if you don’t have soup! I’ve even made a healthy version to satisfy everyone around your table. If you wish you could cook from scratch without finding all new recipes, you need Better Than a Box. If your family complains that
Looking for a natural dishwasher detergent but don’t want to waste your money? You’re in the right place! The natural dishwasher detergent saga is as old as Kitchen Stewardship® itself. Update 2020: I used the individual dishwasher packs for a few years, because doggone it, they really are convenient. But the more I read about
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Use ANY meat with this easy DIY homemade sausage seasoning recipe. Avoid MSG, unhealthy white sugar, and chemical additives by making homemade Italian or spicy sausage seasoning with just a few simple ingredients to fit your grain-free, paleo, or keto diet. Seasoning in Sausages You’ve read the labels on sausage, right? Along with classic sausage
This pumpkin baked oatmeal is a family favorite! Baked oatmeal makes a great healthy breakfast for fall and the perfect holiday breakfast recipe since it’s prepped the day before and all you have to do is pop it in the oven in the morning! What do mornings look like in your house? Every now and
Healthy Breakfast for Fall: Pumpkin Baked Oatmeal Recipe Read More »
I used to daydream about being famous and decided that if I was ever a movie star, I would be that person whom no one had ever seen without her perfect makeup. It would add to my mystique, and when I got married, my husband would know he was special because I’d allow him to
As I was working on the Monday Mission about safer toothpaste, I realized that telling you about the various natural toothpaste options I’ve tried needed to be a post in itself. That post may have made you depressed about all the junk in toothpaste and in our city water, but today you can be glad
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to examine and potentially replace your toothpaste. I come from the town that actually has the distinction of being the first in America to add fluoride to the city water supply. And I’m about to tell you I think that’s a dangerous and irresponsible practice. This post
Our family discovered spaghetti squash, MUCH to my 7-year-old boy’s chagrin, when we first went grain-free two years ago. When cooked properly (i.e., not too mushy), it makes a pretty decent substitute for spaghetti. It’s great for those on a keto diet as well. My husband, who doesn’t eat squash or any mushy orange vegetable of
Spaghetti Squash Lasagna {Low-Carb, Gluten-free, Grain-free} Read More »
Does your melon ever taste like onions? Your pineapple, like jalapeno peppers? Using my one large wooden cutting board for everything has its drawbacks. Although I do love working on wood, the one thing I haven’t figured out is how to get the onion smell out, completely, without working too hard. I tried to keep
Apparently, I’m a cast iron dunce. I’ve received more helpful “teachable moment” comments and emails (no phone calls yet, thank goodness) about this cast iron and egg cooking debacle than anything else I’ve written about! I mentioned cast iron and cooking eggs (and the messes I make) when I talked about safe cookware, Teflon-Free Tuesday,
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to examine the safety of your current cutting board and replace it with something safer if necessary. I don’t know about you, but I spend a LOT of time at my cutting board. You can tell this by the amount of schmutz on the floor where I
Something old, something new – scrambled eggs make Katie blue. We’re not getting married, just on the hunt for the pan to kick out the Teflon once and for all. We eat a lot of eggs here at the Kimball house, particularly since we’ve gone grain-free and gluten-free on elimination diets. I’d say 2-5 breakfasts
{REVIEW} Is Xtrema Ceramic Cookware Safe (& more importantly, can it handle EGGS?) Read More »
We live in a world, unfortunately, where we’re exposed to all sorts of materials that can cause our body harm, from BPA in plastic food storage containers to pharmaceuticals in our water. This means that while we’re already worrying about getting the right food into our mouth, we also have to make sure we’re cooking
