“Why are we going there? Are we getting poor?” I could hear the concern in my daughter’s voice after I told them we were going to Buist Community Assistance Center, our amazing local food pantry, for a tour in a few days. Just as learning practical life skills like cooking is important to their development, […]
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Breakfast. It’s the one meal of the day that I don’t typically “cook” for my family. At least not on a weekday. Mom and Dad are up early. The kids get up a bit later. Sometimes we’re relaxed. Sometimes we’re rushed. But that doesn’t mean breakfast isn’t important to me! Quite the contrary. I know
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I’ll start with the explosion and make you wait for the gluten free camping food. Here’s what happened to the Kimballs out in the woods when I tried to make breakfast using this new gluten-free camping meal plan instead of our old standard camping meal plan with lots of whole grains. All while still trying to keep
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Hooray, summer! Time to break out the (homemade, dairy-free) ice creams, popsicles, and other frozen treats. *laughs* Who am I kidding? I have been pretending it is popsicle season for a few months, ever since we were able to sit outside in only a light jacket, and barely shiver, while eating them. No matter what the
Sugar alcohols aren’t new, and I’ve researched them before, but we are seeing the “-ols” more and more – especially in chewing gum. I don’t allow artificial sweeteners in our family at all, and it’s VERY hard to find gum without the worst offenders. What about chewing gums with xylitol? It seems that may be
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Here’s one for you: Q: What do you get when you cross a child under 10, a can of bread dough, and a bag of shredded cheese? A: A children’s cookbook. Up until a few years ago, it seemed like our culture didn’t put a lot of trust in kids’ tastebuds or cooking abilities. Recipes
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Does teaching kids to cook help them to eat healthier as an adult? Hmmmm… I love science, but sometimes it’s baffling that certain things even need to be studied. If you were to ask any mom out there whether learning to cook would help someone eat healthier, she would say, “Well yeah, duh, obviously it would!”
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If your kids only want to eat fruit gummies and won’t even eat raw veggies with a delicious homemade ranch to dip them in, you’re not alone. Picky eating (better termed selective eating) is a bit of an epidemic in America, but it doesn’t have to be this way! A lot of parents think that
I love dairy. In all forms. If I could choose one food group to never have to give up…it would be dairy. And yet I or someone in my family (or a combination) have been dairy free for anywhere from six months to two or more years at a time during the past seven years.
Here at Kitchen Stewardship®, I’m sort of known for both comprehensive and honest reviews of natural living and real food cooking products. People turn here first when it comes to what natural mineral sunscreen to buy, how to choose a good reusable bag for school lunch, and even non-toxic nail polish, a review we’re still
Homemade pizza is a favorite for kids and adults alike – well, ANY pizza will fit the bill for many, but if you value real food, homemade pizza is truly the best “healthy junk food” ever! At least two of my children would eat pizza every day and never bat an eye. 😉 They all
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Why grinding grains for flour and baking is WORTH it, the best way to jump right in, and much wisdom from a grain milling expert. Today’s interview is one I’m excited to share with you, and it’s the last in this Grinding Challenge Series, as we’ve explored how to bake with einkorn, incredible gluten-free baking
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Save money and time and boost nutrition by making your own homemade whole grain gluten-free flour blends! When switching to a gluten-free diet, everything can be overwhelming, sometimes even more so than just beginning a real food diet. You feel like there are no cheats possible! There’s so much to learn, so many places gluten
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Want to experiment on homemade gluten-free tortillas with me? We’ve even done a keto friendly tortilla recipe. Leah and I made some videos of our testing with the Mockmill and einkorn and gluten-free grains in tortillas, and I wanted to let you know a bit about what you’ll see. We’ve made homemade whole wheat tortillas
Gluten-free pizza is known for being a bit granular, almost powdery…perhaps chalky, almost certainly tasteless, and either with the texture of cardboard or so crumbly or floppy you can’t pick it up. And that’s refined flour pizza crust! Try to get a whole grain or partially whole grain gluten-free pizza crust and now you’re in
The smell of something baking in the oven can literally make my kids swoon with joy, and the aroma of freshly baked honey whole wheat sourdough bread or whole wheat tortillas frying up on the griddle used to be a common occurrence around here. As we’ve cut down on grains over the years, any baking
I explore with a gluten-free baking expert the elusive perfect homemade gluten-free loaf – it’s really possible! It’s weird being friends with me. I tend to give a lot of food advice, and when my dear friend’s daughter suffered from headaches every day, I kept gently mentioning that I thought an elimination diet meal plan
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I’ve been experimenting with baking by weight, and once I figured out how to convert my favorite recipes from cups to grams, I’m really thinking it’s the best way to learn to bake for kids. We teach kids how to measure flour in our Kids Cook Real Food online cooking class for kids – that
Gordon Food Services locations are popping up in new places. What is theirstock? Does Gordon have good prices? Read on to find out. Several years ago, I noticed a new store perched on a mountain overlooking the William Penn Highway–the main road of Monroeville’s huge shopping district east of Pittsburgh. I guessed from the name
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Ever wonder which is the more effective way to bake? Should you use weights or volume measurements? (And if you have a recipe in cups, how do you convert it to grams? Or the other way?) As I’ve worked through my Grinding Challenge, I have been able to test out both ways of baking, actually
