Articles by Kristen Michaelis CNC

Kristen Michaelis CNC is a published author and teacher. She's created a general nutrition curriculum used by classrooms around the US and written Beautiful Babies -- a book on nutrition for fertility, pregnancy, and breastfeeding that premiered at #1 on Amazon in its category, beating out What to Expect When You're Expecting.

Better Barbeque Sauce Recipe

I’m a fan of a better barbeque sauce. Too many are sickly sweet, or use ketchup as a base. This one does neither. It’s relatively low-carb, AND it’s got a hearty bone broth as a base.

(You do remember how good bone broth is for you, don’t you?)

Container Gardening: Growing Salad Bowls

Container gardening, particularly growing vegetables in containers, is new to me. Oh, I knew it could be done. I’d just never done it. A couple of weeks ago I moved from a house into an apartment. With the move went any hope I’d had of creating a garden that could keep my family in vegetables all summer long.

The Soil Crisis And The Problem Solvers

It’s easy to forget that good soil is the wealth of nations. Everything about today’s economy is so abstracted and global that the quality of your local dirt isn’t likely to make your list of top 5 economic resources.

Nevertheless, it’s true. Soil is far more than just dirt for your kids to play in.

Fight Back Friday April 9th

Welcome back to yet another Fight Back Friday! After a two week hiatus due to my moving (both to a new town and moving the site to new servers,) I’m glad to finally be bringing together another collection of recipes, tips, anecdotes, and testimonies from members of the Real Food Revolution.

Your Adrenals: Understanding The Keys To Health

These tiny, triangular shaped glands sit on top of your kidneys and are responsible for creating and releasing hormones for helping you cope with stress (most notably cortisol and adrenaline). When you’re stressed, your adrenals release adrenaline (also known as epinephrine). The adrenaline increases your heart rate, contracts blood vessels, and dilates air passage ways to quicken your fight-or-flight response.

Fight Back Friday March 19th

Welcome to yet another Fight Back Friday! Today we’re bringing together another collection of recipes, tips, anecdotes, and testimonies from members of the Real Food Revolution.

Who are they? Why, they’re the Food Renegades. You know who you are — lovers of SOLE (Sustainable, Organic, Local, and Ethical) food, traditional food, primal food, REAL food, the list goes on. I believe that by joining together, our influence can grow, and we can change the way America (and the industrialized world) eats!

So, let’s have some fun.

Real Food Recipe Corner

Everyone’s always looking for inspiration with their food. About once a week I thumb through my collection of cookbooks (see my top 5 faves here) just to remind myself about all the wonderful options out there. And then there’s the internet. Pictures of tasty dishes and step by step instructions sometimes make me want to eat my computer screen. What kind of host would I be if I didn’t share some of this love? This week, I’m opting for five recipes that simply look amazing. All use real food, healthy oils and fats, and put a unique spin on dishes you’re sure to love.

Backyard Farming Is A Feminist Act

So says Peggy Orenstein last week in The New York Times Magazine. Are you a stay-at-home mother who keeps chickens, maybe a small garden, perhaps even a beehive? Do you dabble in preserving your food, making your own bread, and cooking nourishing, wholesome, seasonal food for your family? Then you’re what’s quickly becoming known as a “femivore,” a woman who turns her homemaking into something more earthy and industrious than the consumer-driven model that’s dominated America’s cultural landscape for the last half century.

Fight Back Friday March 12th

Welcome to yet another Fight Back Friday! Today we’re bringing together another collection of recipes, tips, anecdotes, and testimonies from members of the Real Food Revolution.

So, let’s have some fun.

Announcing a Real Food Nutrition & Health Course

In the world of homeschooling, the options for Nutrition & Health curricula are down right scary. Everything out there teaches the USDA Food Pyramid’s fear of fats and love of grains. Everything. Never mind that the grains are refined, extruded, denatured constructs of modern engineering. Never mind that the meats come from an inhumane, unsustainable, and unhealthy industrial food supply. Never mind that the dairy is all pasteurized, fortified, and full of antibiotics and pus.

If you’re trying to teach your kids to love Real Food (food that is traditional, old, sustainably and ethically grown or raised, etc.), you won’t find a textbook to support your view. If you’re trying to teach your kids to love saturated fats like butter, coconut oil, and tallow, you won’t find a curriculum that even comes close.

So, for the past six months, I’ve been writing a book just for you. It’s written at a high school level, and covers the same basic topics that are covered in a high school Nutrition & Health course. Only there’s a difference. I’m on your side.