If we can regrow/heal bone, why not teeth? When I posted this question on Facebook last week along with my story, the interaction and reactions were pretty intense, so I realized I need to blog about not only the aftermath of my little experiment, but my plan from the beginning. Note: Erm…I was wrong about […]
On day four of Gabe’s life, we found ourselves in the emergency room getting a quick blood test for bilirubin levels. The kid hadn’t had a bowel movement for 40 hours and was looking a little yellow, and since it was a weekend and labs were closed, the ER was our only option to make
Risks and Benefits of the Vitamin K Shot vs. Oral Dose for Newborns Read More »
For better or for worse, I’ve always turned down the Vitamin D drops that docs say infants should take from birth to six months. I might be completely wrong and haven’t done research on it for quite a number of years – which is not a good practice, given how quickly things can change! – but
Are Babies and Toddlers Getting the Nutrients They Need? Read More »
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to STOP buying boneless skinless chicken breast and buy a whole chicken instead. Welcome to a four-part series giving Help Handling the Whole Chicken! We’re starting off with a Monday Mission. Now if you’ve been around Kitchen Stewardship® for very long, you may be scratching your head
Monday Mission: Buy A Whole Chicken {Debunking 6 Objections to Buying A Whole Bird} Read More »
You’re thinking you might benefit from “healing your gut” and you’re ready to cut grains and more out of your life. How long is this going to take? Is it a long weekend without toast in the morning, maybe a few weeks to really cleanse, a couple months, or are we looking at “bread behind
Part Two: How the Poop Do I Know When my Gut is Healed? (i.e., Bring on the Bread!) Read More »
After a big meal, the last thing you want to do is prepare more food, right? It seems almost unfair that two huge “food” holidays are so close together. No sooner do we get through the turkey day meal than we have to start planning for Christmas dinner (with a few dish-to-pass parties and potlucks
The following is a post from Georganne Schuch of Mom To Many Girls. Feeding a family, especially a large family, requires the financial savvy of an accountant, the gourmet finesse of a chef crossed with the flexibility of a short-order cook, and the organizational skills of a project manager. And that’s just for starters. Once
Large Family Logistics: Real Food on a Budget {GUEST POST} Read More »
Fall is here and so are pumpkins! I love stuffing these nutritious veggies into cookies and more. This sugar-free gluten-free pumpkin cookie recipe is a big hit in the Kimball household. What’s 10 tablespoons divided by (7×12) cookies? Got your Math brain on? I’m running on even less sleep than usual since the arrival of
Looking to buy well-sourced beef? Find out the difference between grass-fed and organic and what else you need to ask the farmer about! A couple of years ago I had a guest post on sourcing beef from field to table. Food research and thoughts are always changing, so I’m excited to welcome Caryl Elzinga of
Well-Sourced Beef: What You Need to Know {GUEST POST} Read More »
First time parents quickly realize that suddenly being thrown into THIS new job – no training, no breaks, no going home at the end of the day to decompress and refresh – likely has the steepest learning curve they’ve ever experienced. It can be totally overwhelming just sustaining the new little life, let alone realizing
