Why make your own nut butter? Among the classic American comfort foods of childhood, a PB&J sandwich ranks pretty high. Sadly, conventional peanut butter is not a health food, but probably not for the reasons you may think. Some folks avoid peanut butter because it is ‘fattening,’ and in recent decades there has been an
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Wild Mushroom Soup Recipe
My dear friend and Real Food Devotee compatriot, Allison, recently gave birth to a really truly beautiful baby boy. I mean gorgeous, y’all. Side note: who are the people who can keep themselves from speaking in cutesy baby tones to babies? Impossible! I digress….When sweet Allison gave birth, our Real Food Devotee menu celebrated by offering
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Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream That Isn’t As Hard As A Rock
Maybe you didn’t grow up having a bowl of ice cream each night before bed, but I did. “Bed-time snack-time, now or never!” My mother would announce. Just as much a part of our bedtime ritual as a bath or teeth brushing. We always had at least two or three flavors to choose from. Vanilla, mint
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Mama’s Chicken Soup Recipe
It seems like 7 out of 10 people I shook hands with this week had just sneezed on that very same hand….Whether born of allergy or cold, everyone seems to have the spring sniffles. Through the muffled coughs, sneezes and wheezes I hear a lot of remedies being traded about but, you know folks, I
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Raw Liver Shooters Recipe
Hell yeah, y’all! As daunting as it may sound, raw liver consumption in our modern world just requires a little creativity and courage – assuming we take care to assure food safety. Fresh air and sunshine are huge protective factors for animals. Animals raised outdoors convert sunshine to vitamin D, and consume the natural foods that
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Making Grilled Cheese Better
Growing up I had my favorite meals – Ellio’s frozen pizza was number one, followed closely by Chef Boyardee Beef Ravioli from a can, Hungry Jack mashed potatoes, Kraft Mac ‘n Cheese, and grilled cheese sandwiches made with white ‘Italian’ bread, margarine, and Kraft Singles (notice how the word ‘cheese’ is conveniently left out the last
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Bieler’s Broth For Spring Cleansing
I’m not a huge fan of fasting, as the extreme and temporary nature of a fast can be unnecessarily shocking to the body. In an ideal world, everyone would simply eat a well balanced, nutrient-dense, seasonal diet and avoid junky, over-processed foods. In reality, however, this doesn’t always happen, and occasionally it’s nice to give
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Irish Corned Beef Stew
I’m not hardly Irish but, I relish any excuse to celebrate with food! We love corned beef around our house. And since I decided I would only eat corned beef if I had cured it myself (another recipe for another time)….well, I make quite a bit at once. This always leaves some left over for a
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Beautiful Beet Borscht
Hello. My name is Monica and I am a Real Food Nerd. I love exploring faraway cultures through food and food custom. A couple of years ago, I spent about a month wandering through Poland. Eating my way from one place to the next and learning traditional Polish food ways from Polish grand-mamas…other people’s grand-mamas…okay, strangers.
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Chicken And Spaghetti Squash Carbonara (Dairy and Grain Free)
Ladies and Gentlemen, do you remember pasta? (not imposter pasta). Comforting, tantilizing tendrils of spaghetti? The perfect accompaniment to wine, candle light and children who fall asleep with full happy bellies. Are you on the GAPS diet? Are you not eating dairy? Even if the answer to these questions is yes, I do not believe this means
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Mushroom Moussaka – Grain Free And Freezer Friendly
Warning: This dish takes time, energy, and a bit of enthusiasm. Yet, today I had no interest in cooking. But my family and I still enjoyed the most delicious and complex wonders of freshly baked mushroom moussaka. Why? Well, besides being time consuming, this recipe is quite simple to double or triple, and on another day, I
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Perfectly Seared Beef Bavette
I am drawn to food lovers as friends. Many times, my friends will call or text with a few hours notice that they’ll be in my neighborhood around dinner time and couldn’t possibly brave the wilds of Los Angeles traffic. So, impromptu dinner at mi casa it is! What I’m about to share with you
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