I confess. I had an addiction to Dr. Pepper. What finally cured me?
Kombucha — the fizzy, mildy sweet and tart, health drink that works wonders detoxing our bodies.
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I confess. I had an addiction to Dr. Pepper. What finally cured me?
Kombucha — the fizzy, mildy sweet and tart, health drink that works wonders detoxing our bodies.
Kombucha, the effervescent and tangy health drink made from fermenting sweetened tea, is my family’s favorite beverage. We drink about 2 gallons of the stuff per week. But what if you’re a lone wolf, daring to make kombucha on your own? Where are you supposed to get a good SCOBY? The most reputable online stores charge anywhere from $20-$35 per kombucha mother. YIKES! So, I thought I’d show you how to grow your own for about $3.50.
Have you heard of the upcoming e-course called Real Food For Busy People? It’s an all new online course taught by — count ’em — seventeen of your favorite bloggers, each one of them intent on giving you their favorite tips and tricks for saving time in the kitchen.
You’ll learn how these professional bloggers and cookbook authors get real food on the table in a fraction of the time. These women juggle appearing on the national news, producing their own online television shows, running full-time chiropractic or acupuncture practices, writing cookbooks and blog posts, managing farms, home schooling children, running farmer’s markets, you name it. They are busy mommas, and they’re here to help!This week, I’ve got my hands on TWO sneak peeks into the kind and quality of lessons you’ll receive as a student.
Are you like me? Do you find yourself scouring the internet every month looking for the best deals on coconut oil, fermented cod liver oil, and other 100% real ingredients? Do you sometimes find that you’ve just got poor timing? I can’t count how many times I saw a HUGE sale on something just after…
Even in the best of economic times, we’ve always had a rather small budget for food. When my husband and I first got married, we were both full-time students working part-time, minimum wage jobs at $4/hour. There were months when I fed both of us for just $15/week!
Granted, it wasn’t particularly Real Food, but I mostly mention it to say: I’ve been there, folks. I’ve been dirt poor trying to do the best I can with what I had.
The farmers I buy my pastured chickens from charges $3.25/lb for a whole chicken. The rancher I buy my pastured beef from charges around $3.80/lb for a butchered, processed, and packaged side of cattle.
To some, this seems expensive. Afterall, supermarket sales regularly sell chicken or beef for as little as a dollar per pound.
Yet, these are the same people who are willing to pay almost $10/lb for a box of breakfast cereal.
When talking with others about my eating habits, one of the first questions they ask me is: “How do you have time to do it all?” Granted, it sounds like a lot. Everyone would love to prepare nutritious, wholesome, nutrient-dense, traditional foods for themselves and their families, but who has the time?
Once upon a time, I began each week with a meal plan. It was an amazing little thing — a simple sheet of paper with hand written notes outlining the week’s meals. It also made doing traditional foods preparation a lot simpler. If I planned sandwiches for lunch on Tuesday, I would make a note to bake sandwich bread Monday night. I’d note when to make mayonnaise, ketchup, or dill pickle relish. I’d tell myself when to marinate meat or start the crock pot. When to sprout grains or legumes.
Okay. Now for some really exciting news. Drew over at How To Cook Like Your Grandmother has created an all-new, color, illustrated version of his cookbook. And he’s giving away three copies! Drew is the guy who taught me how to render beef tallow (among many other interesting and handy kitchen skills I didn’t pick…
It’s fast. It’s nutritious. It’s Egg Drop Soup. My kids love it, and it’s a tasty way to get quality animal proteins into our diet without spending a fortune. We have it with lunch or dinner about once a week. It also has the added benefit of being primal. You know — the kind of…