(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
{photo credit} I am at the 2011 Wise Traditions Conference in Dallas, and last night I listened to a real food bloggers panel. There is a lot of interest in learning how to blog and understanding why people blog. This is my story. I am a writer. It is just in me! I’ve been writing … Read more
Let’s face it, real food cannot be prepared as quickly as a TV Dinner. While you might find 5 ingredient real food recipes, and possibly even 30 minute dinners, you will likely have to do some prep work (like mincing garlic ahead of time, etc.). Animal protein takes a while to cook. And since animal … Read more
This is our kitchen on a day when we must have been having people over good day. I LOVE my kitchen. Sure, there are things I don’t like about it: the 1 drawer that is unfinished. The water that really needs a water softener hooked up to it so that my dishes won’t be … Read more
{photo credit} I’m not opposed to all factories, or even the overall concept of factories–they have their place. I believe that food, however, should not be a factory product. When industrialization and capitalism and food meet, the end result is not pretty. Because the problem is, industrialization and capitalism are also so closely connected to … Read more
Two weeks ago, I wrote a post called GAPS vs Paleo Part 1, and then a couple of days later, GAPS vs Paleo Part 2. Well, I am always learning, and I realized (thanks to many of YOU! :)) that I had something wrong. I thought that there were hugely differing Paleo views out there. … Read more
The GAPS Diet does not allow soy (because soy does not help when you are trying to heal your gut), but I was anti-soy before GAPS. Why am I so against this supposed health food? I highly recommend reading this book for more details: Soy is touted as a health food, and … Read more
We’re on the GAPS diet, which is a big jump for a lot of people! We didn’t start here. My husband grew up on a lot of packaged and boxed, processed foods. I grew up on a lot of homemade dinners, but SAD ones (Standard American Diet, including Rice A Roni, Cream of Mushroom Soup … Read more
We’re not allowing our kids to have sugar on Easter. We’re terrible parents, aren’t we? 😉 I will make honey chocolates, and they won’t miss a thing. My kids don’t complain about not having sugar. They do not lack good food, that is for sure!
We have lots of reasons we’re not allowing sugar this Easter. Every one of us is healthier without it. I’ve read a lot about sugar, too. Did you know that in a correctional facility for aggressive juveniles, there was a 44% decrease in aggression and anti-social behaviors just by decreasing the amount of sugar that they ate?? That is phenomenal.
My friend Heidi e-mailed me last week and asked for some ideas of a baby step she could take towards healthier eating for her family. I wrote the Food Challenge in April and challenged you all to eat the way I think is ideal and healthy, but didn’t think about the fact that the whole thing … Read more