Please tell me I wasn’t the only weirdo at the Thanksgiving table telling everyone, “Save the bones for me! Oh, and don’t you throw away that turkey carcass!” Er, yeah. Those of us who eat traditional foods and live the Real Food life know that good bones are traditional health gold. GOLD, people! You gotta…
Recipes
25 Days of Nourishing Traditions: Stuffed Peppers
Stuffed Peppers This recipe comes from page 360 of Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats by Sally Fallon. Click HERE to enter to win TWO copies of the book in our 25 Days of Nourishing Traditions Giveaway! Ingredients 6 green peppers 1 pound ground beef or other red meat 1⁄4 pound ground heart (optional) 2 tablespoons olive oil…
25 Days of Nourishing Traditions: Ginger Carrots
Now that we’re all stuffed to the brim from Thanksgiving, how about a little digestive support with a nice vegetable ferment, eh? I know I could use this right about now. Ginger Carrots This recipe comes from page 95 of Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats by Sally Fallon….
25 Days of Nourishing Traditions: Sweet Potato Puree
Sweet Potato Purée …Or in my case, Sweet Potato Not-So-Pureed-But-Rather-Chunky-and-Princess-Colored-Sweet-and-Sour-Magic. I thought this would make for just the perfect Thanksgiving recipe today — delicious sweet potatoes with minimal ingredients and fuss — sounded right up my alley! Well, it didn’t go perfectly as planned, but it sure made for some funny pictures! Sweet Potato Puree…
25 Days of Nourishing Traditions: Onion-Cranberry Compote
Welcome to the very first day of 25 Days of Nourishing Traditions! Onion-Cranberry Compote Today’s recipe is Onion-Cranberry Compote, from page 293 of Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats. There’s this cute little list of a suggested Thanksgiving dinner menu on page 392 that includes this compote, so I…
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…
Simple Shrimp with Carrots
I had one of those awful, “Waaahhh, there is nootthiiiiing to eeeeat in my houuuuse” days last week that left me wondering what in the world I would scrounge up in my kitchen to make lunch. Realizing I did indeed have some decent staples worth working with (butter, garlic, lemons, rice, frozen shrimp), I decided…
Magic Color Change Monster Cookies
I’m pretty sure this one is gonna raise some eyebrows. I mean, how could a real food recipe have magically-changing colors without some sort of nasty chemical concoction inside? I… I don’t know. But these cookies do — they are indeed magic! It is a mystery. I did not know these existed, nor did I…
Kombucha Success! Our Finished Brew
We did it! We grew our own SCOBY ‘shrooms, let them live in some sweet tea for a while, and now we have tasty, healthy kombucha! It was crazy easy, you guys. There is no good reason for anyone to pay those ridiculous prices for store-bought ‘bucha! First, I whipped up a pot of tea….
I Think I Just Made Yogurt…
Yesterday, I dug a little deeper into the world of real, homemade food. Somewhere I honestly would have never thought to go before. I’m pretty sure I made… yogurt. I mean, yogurt is kind of one of those things that you just assume you need to buy from the store. But from the various…