Raw honey is better than white sugar – and processed honey is not. Honey has been credited for everything from curing hay fever to healing infected lacerations and has been used since ancient times as a medicine and sacred food. But before you go squeezing your honey bear and honey packets into your morning tea, we
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Make Your Own Chicken Bone Broth – From Basic To Adventurous
Bone broth. The name alone sounds medieval, something that modern folks simply don’t eat. But more and more, people are turning to stock made with the bones of chicken, beef, fish, etc, for both superior culinary flavors and old-fashioned healing properties. Admittedly, if you’re new to the world of bone broth, the image above may
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For The Love Of Oysters
When I was a kid there were more foods on the ‘don’t like list’ than the ‘like list.’ Fairly typical, I guess. But something happened as I started to grow up – I began to like more grown-up foods. First, I discovered that good tomatoes were pretty darn good. Then I began my love affair
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Doing The Bare Minimum In A Real Food Kitchen
Yesterday when I went to the dentist, I confessed that while I floss every day, most days I only floss some of my teeth – the ones that I think need it most. Yes, I understand clearly that the logic here is warped. Imagine how it sounded coming out of my mouth, “Um, I don’t
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Readers’ Questions On Cultured Foods
Are you intrigued by cultured foods but don’t know where to start? Not sure if cultured foods are right for you? Just can’t seem to find a fermented food that you love?vFellow blogger and traditional foods expert, Jenny McGruther of Nourished Kitchen answers readers’ burning questions about the mysteries and wonders of cultured foods… In the
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5 Surprising Reasons To Eat Your Veggies
I love vegetables. They are a wonderful component in a traditional, nutrient-dense diet. Many mainstream “health-conscious” folks swear on their holy China Study that a plant-based diet is ideal for their health and the future of our earth. Based on so much that I have read and studied*, this doesn’t seem quite right to me.
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8 Books That Have Changed The Way I Eat
A scan down my bookshelf is like a journey through my nutritional philosophies and food adventures for the past 15 years, each book bringing a different layer of consciousness to the way I eat. First up, the vegetarian days… The Moosewood Cookbook Despite the fact that I no longer think a vegetarian diet is ideal for
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10 Ways to Support Your Foodshed
No, this post is not about shoring up the tuff shed in your backyard and filling it with food. For Locavores (or folks who strive to eat food grown and produced locally), the term ‘foodshed’ is used to define the nearby area that can provide food for a particular community or city. Here in Los
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My Family Ate 40 Pounds of Butter in 3 Months
In mid-December a 40 pound block of butter was delivered to my home on the back of a motorcycle driven by a soft-spoken, burly man named Ren. This butter was no grocery store butter. It came from Petaluma Creamery and Spring Hill Jersey Cheese in Northern California where the cream is carefully crafted into cultured
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7 Shortcuts In A Real Food Kitchen
Soaking grains, drying nuts, fermenting veggies – so much of real food takes time to prepare – not necessarily hands-on time, but time nonetheless. So here are a few of my favorite shortcuts in a real food kitchen for saving myself some precious minutes that add up throughout the week. 1 – Prepare large batches
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The Health Benefits of Sprouted Flour
What are the health benefits of sprouted flour? I’ve written about the problems of phytic acid in grains and its negative effect on health. Unless you are eating your grains soaked, sprouted, or soured, they can be causing much more harm than good. That said, sprouting flour can transform an unhealthy food – and for some
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Why You Probably Need Cod Liver Oil
If you’ve been reading my blog for awhile, you’ll know that I’m a big fan of cod liver oil and high vitamin butter oil. I first learned about this stuff after the birth of my second child. Pregnancy and nursing seemed to have been the straws that broke the camel’s back in terms of nutritional
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