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How to pack a Real Food Lunch Instead of Buying Expensive Junk When Traveling

We Don’t Do Lunch (How to Pack Real Travel Food for Day Trips)

Everyone knows not to drink the water in Mexico. Same rule should apply to theme parks and other one-day excursions. Don’t drink the $5 bottled water. It’s a rip-off! But when you’re on vacation, enjoying a special day with your family, you feel trapped. Like a lion at the zoo eating a piece of meat […]

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Dairy-Free Creamy Cauliflower Soup ~~ my kids were drinking this through a straw, it was so good!

Dairy-Free Creamy Cauliflower Soup Recipe {excerpt from The Blender Girl}

“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

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Desserts in jars are such a fun and unique way to serve your family homemade treats. These White Chocolate & Orange Cheesecakes with Cranberry Sauce are amazing and are pretty enough for company as well.

Easy Desserts in Jars and Making Sugary Recipes a Little Healthier {GUEST POST + Recipe}

This is a guest post from Shaina of Food for my Family, author of Desserts in Jars. You might wonder why a healthy, “real foodie” blog is promoting a mainstream desserts book (with…gasp!…white sugar in there!). There are a couple of good reasons: 1. I’m a compromise girl. If I had been told I had

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Real Food Nutrition & Health Curriculum Textbook REVIEW

A Real Food Nutrition & Health Curriculum Based on WAPF Principles {REVIEW}

There are a couple reasons I realized I wasn’t called to homeschool, although I gave it a go for 3-year-old preschool and failed miserably once I started blogging and Paul was four. As a former teacher with a mean streak of perfectionism, I was never satisfied with the curriculum. I knew I would forever be

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