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…
No-Nonsense Nutrition
Butter is NOT Fattening!
I seriously wanted to preface that with, “For the LAST time…” but, let’s be honest. This will not be the last time I preach about the wonders of one of nature’s most perfect and healthy foods. The wonderful substance still vilified even by well-meaning but misinformed doctors, nutritionists, and health-conscious consumers. It drives me absolutely…
What to Do When You Can’t Get Raw Milk
I am relatively certain that I live in the most difficult area in the entire world to gain access to raw (read: REAL) milk. Not only is it completely, totally illegal to sell in my state (via retail OR farm sales, for humans or pets), but alternative legal loopholes such as herd shares are virtually…
One Simple Change to Feel Healthier and Have More Energy
Over the past week, I’ve been putting to the test one of the easiest ways I’ve found to help your body stay healthy. It doesn’t involve starting a recipe 100 hours ahead of time, or making weird science experiments in your kitchen, or any of the other somewhat overwhelming tasks a Real Food-er must do….
The GAPS Diet: How Food Heals Autism
I hadn’t planned on blogging about GAPS until I actually started the diet myself, but I was so stirred and encouraged by a recent article from Dr. Mercola that I feel compelled to begin sharing my thoughts on this subject which I feel so passionately about. If you’re not already familiar, Dr. Mercola is a…
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’m Growing ‘Shrooms… for Kombucha
Now, I don’t think you can rightfully call yourself a “Hippie” unless you are a consumer of the marvelously weird (and healthy) superdrink — kombucha. Seriously. Do you know any crunchy people who don’t drink this crazy concoction? There are plenty of good reasons for why they (we? you?) all do. Or at least should….
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…
$93.38 Worth of Protein Powder… In the Trash
This sucks. But I have to do it. I bought these large, expensive jugs of hyper-processed protein particles and diet supplement powders at the end of last year, as a part of a nearly life-long effort to gain weight. And today, I am dumping them out in the trash. Oh, you read that right, by…
Why I Literally Cannot Stomach Buying CAFO Anymore
This past holiday weekend, at a seemingly innocent celebratory social gathering with friends at the beach, something awful happened to PH and I. Stomach-turningly, gut-disruptingly, immune-compromisingly…awful. We each partook of a completely normal, barbecued rib eye steak bought at the supermarket. It was…gritty. Chewy. Stringy. With end notes of environmental pollution and sulfuric gas. It…