First, don’t forget about our give away!!! My family has a tradition: every time we decorate the tree, we have hot chocolate. And since we decorated the tree on Sunday, we had hot chocolate! This is the most you will get to see of foster son, because I am not allowed to show his face … Read more
Our chickens have cut down on their egg production. Next year, maybe we’ll get more chickens so that even during winter months they’ll meet our family’s needs. For now, it takes getting really creative. What do we eat when we don’t have enough eggs to feed 9 hungry people?? Well, it was one of those … Read more
Wishing you all a happy and healthy Thanksgiving! I pray that you will be able to feast on foods that don’t make you ill. That you’ll stick to your convictions, and that if you don’t, that you won’t be riddled with guilt. 😉  I pray that your children will be grateful to eat whatever … Read more
I posted yesterday about how to find out if you are deficient in iodine. Now, let’s say that you find that your body needs iodine. What do you do? Dr. Natasha said that you can keep painting iodine on your skin and let your body absorb it as it needs it. I say, … Read more
I have heard mixed messages about iodine from different doctors and medical studies. There is a massive amount of research available on what can happen in the body when a person is deficient in iodine. If you are not getting enough iodine, you could face: And yet, when I listened to Dr. Hilgartner at … Read more
I mentioned to you all how much I LOVE Delicata squash. YUM. That is what inspired me to make this lovely dish! I highly recommend making this the day after Thanskgiving with your leftover turkey! If you want more ideas, don’t forget about my Thanksgiving Leftovers book. It’s inexpensive and has some great recipes for … Read more
So, how is my move going? We’ll…so far it hasn’t been so fun. I really try to be someone who looks on the bright side of things, but moving right now just feels crazy. I even told Tim once this week that I wasn’t enjoying GAPS that day as I just wanted to order a … Read more
You know the holiday staples, but now that you’re grain-free, or on GAPS, or gluten free, what are you going to eat? Try these recipes in my book A Whole Food Holiday! A lot of people have been asking about the recipes in A Whole Food Holiday. Since I like you all and want to … Read more
Excuse the blurry picture, I took it on my iphone! This is Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride at the 2011 Weston A Price Foundation Conference in Dallas, TX. I got to sit in the very front row for an entire day, listening to this brilliant doctor. She is my favorite doctor, EVER. 🙂 I took 40 pages … Read more
(photo credit) One of my very first posts on this blog was called I Dream of Chickens. Then I wrote I Dream of Chickens Part 2. Warning: if you have a weak stomach, don’t click on those links! I originally gave this blog the title The Well Fed Homestead, thinking that I would talk about … Read more