Welcome to Sunday School! I’m so excited for this! As I announced last week, we will be hosting our very first blog carnival today, in addition to sharing links from our favorite recent blog posts (similarly to What I’ve Learned Wednesday)! Sunday School is a time to teach, learn, share, and reflect on all that is…
I Will Not Be Pinkwashed: Why I Do Not Support Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Pinkwashing America It’s October. And that means, it’s prime pink season. It’s national “Breast Cancer Awareness Month.” It’s that magical time of the year when shades of pale pink are plastered onto every product, every container, every conceivable gadget or gizmo that the Susan G. Komen Foundation can get their hands on. When that iconic…
Announcing Sunday School at Butter Believer: Link Love + Blog Carnival!
Hey guys — got an announcement to make! I’ve so loved sharing all the awesome tips, tricks, information, and other real food inspiration I learn on my weekly series I’ve had going, What I’ve Learned Wednesday. But recently I thought, how could I make my little link love post something our readers could interact with…
Learning to Make Milk Kefir
KEEF-uhr. Keh-FEER! Keff–ur? Urr… Whatever you want to call it, this is a must-make staple of a Real Foods diet. Delicious dairy cultured with these curious little clusters of “grains” I kept hearing about — I had been dying to get my hands on some for quite a while. I’d mastered my first weird homemade…
What I’ve Learned Wednesday: Links from Real Food Blogland 10/5/11
One of the things I like most about being a Real Food-er is (virtually) meeting all the amazing people who make up this worldwide community of crunchy food fanatics. Many of them can be found blogging about their traditional-fooding lives, and most of them have been doing both of those things a lot longer…
Crowding Out vs. Cutting Out: What’s Best for a Real Food Transition?
Usually when people think of beginning a new diet, they envision having to summon the strength to turn down all the tasty foods they love. Muster up the willpower to cut out the bad stuff, and only eat the good. But what if there was a way to switch to a better diet without being…
How I Accidentally Rendered Some Chicken Schmaltz
I have a feeling some of you seasoned Real Fooders are gonna laugh at this one, but here goes yet another story of this noob’s traditional cooking adventures. Maybe there are still some of you that have not yet made this discovery like me. Either way, it’s pretty awesome. So, I was roasting up a…
What I’ve Learned Wednesday: Links From Real Food Blogland 9/28/11
One of the things I like most about being a Real Food-er is (virtually) meeting all the amazing people who make up this worldwide community of crunchy food fanatics. Many of them can be found blogging about their traditional-fooding lives, and most of them have been doing both of those things a lot longer than…
How Craigslist Can Help Your Real Food Lifestyle
Do you ever kind of wonder how in the WORLD we ever managed to function as a society without Craigslist? The free classified ad service is used for everything now — from finding a job, to buying a house, to hiring a handyman, to hosting a never-ending virtual garage sale of stuff we don’t want…
My First Homemade Chicken Stock!
[Fair warning: this stock is not for the faint of heart! Graphic chicken bits ahead. Deliciously carnivorous discretion is advised.] I did it! I made my very first chicken broth, with my own two hands in my own little kitchen. I’ve been waiting for this day for quite some time. I’d been putting it off…