Hey everyone! Welcome back to Sunday School! This is our weekly time to teach, learn, share, and reflect on all that is Real Food blogland. I’ll start by posting my usual blurbs and links to my latest favorite blog posts, followed by featured submissions to the carnival, then opening it up for links!
Lesson Notes: Links from Real Food Bloggers
Butternut Squash: I bought a butternut squash for the first time in my life a couple months ago, and I remember bringing it home and thinking, “Um…okay, what now?” I sure would have liked to have this post from Traditional Foods back then to reference — I would have learned how to properly choose, prepare, cook, and even freeze and store these things easily! Oh, they also have a recipe for butternut squash custard that looks really good.
A Visit to Sally Fallon Morell’s Farm: OH how jealous I was when I pored over all the gorgeous pictures and read the charming account of Jill from Farm Food Blog‘s visit to none other than the Sally Fallon’s farmstead. The animals, the quaint countryside, the food… what an idyllic fantasy land of real food come true! You gotta see this. And if you live anywhere near Maryland, you should pay Sally a visit, too! Her farm is open for business and sells delicious, fresh food.
GAPS Intro Stage 1 — It’s So Easy! Is it really? I sure hope so! Cause we plan on taking the plunge here very soon at the BB house. I loved seeing this breakdown of intro from experienced GAPSter, Joy of The Liberated Kitchen. From Portland, OR — where I’m traveling to tomorrow! How cool.
Teachers of the Week!
Is Your Baby’s Blue Vein a Sugar Bug? by Holistic Kid. Did you know that a visible bule vein across the bridge of a baby’s nose could be an indicator that the child may be more prone to hyperactivity and be overreactive to sugar? Traditional Japanese medicine teaches that children with this syndrome may need special care. Really fascinating stuff!
Mulled Apple Cider by Food Farm Health: Oh this post just called to me. I’m returning to the land of apples this week from where I grew up — the Pacific Northwest. There had better be some rich and warm, spicy cider there waiting for me. I’ll bring along this recipe just in case.
Pumpkin Snickerdoodles by Whole New Mom. What could be better!? One of my favorite flavors and favorite cookies, all rolled into one. This recipe includes options for dairy, egg, gluten, and sugar-free dietary restrictions.
Show & Tell — It’s Blog Hop Time!
Classroom Rules:
- Please only link to posts covering real rood or healthy lifestyle-related topics. In my eyes, this includes nourishing recipes, articles about (real!) nutrition, tutorials, discussions of food politics, homesteading, tips and tricks for keeping a green, healthy home, and other healthy, holistic living topics! If you’re a B.B. subscriber, you know that I myself don’t only blog about food — sometimes I write about pretty random things — but it all relates to simple, healthy living that goes against the grains of conventional wisdom.
- If you do post a recipe, please don’t include any fake or weird, chemically ingredients! No vegetable oils, processed sugar, white flours (well, maybe here and there is okay, even Sally uses all-purpose flour for pie crust sometimes), hydrolyzed soy protein, powdered eggs/whey/protein/ANYTHING, low-fat fakeness, or other non-real “food” product ingredients! If you’re unsure what Real Food is all about, just poke around this site and the ones listed on my blogroll, and you’ll start to see. Or just raise your hand and someone will call on you! (email or comment.)
- Please update your post with a link back to this Sunday School post, so your readers can get in on all the learnin’ going on here! A simple, “This post is linked to Sunday School at Butter Believer!” is perfect. Just blog carnival courtesy, is all!
- I can’t imagine having to do so, but if our rules aren’t followed by certain links, I guess I’ll have to delete them. I’m sure everyone is more than capable of playing nice, though!
Good morning, Emily! Thanks for the highlight!
I’m sharing several posts this morning including possibly the tastiest popcorn topping you’ll ever have. (Except for straight real butter of course. I guess you could drizzle butter and then put this on :-)). My youngest is anaphylactic to milk so I’ve never tried it – maybe I can make 2 batches next time….
I should know better than to post early in the morning when my brain is not quite on. The one under my name is a post from this past week taking apart a list of purportedly healthy eating.
Hi! thanks for hosting. I posted a recipe for sweet potatoes that I really love. Also a post about how prevalent the “low-fat=health” message is, an finally a post on how Western medicine does good… and then screws it all up.
Thanks for the link! If you’d like to come see our place and say hello when you are in town you are more than welcome! Just send me an email and we’ll work out the details. We’d love to meet you if you have time.
As for my post about GAPS being easy, I realized half way through the series that what I really meant was simple. It can be challenging to keep up the routine of making stock and probiotics if you are not already in the habit of real cooking. And it can be tough to go through physical changes as you heal. But it *is* doable!
I’ve got several posts about the physical changes we’ve experienced, and how to cope with the emotional aspects of being on a strict special diet. I hope you’ll enjoy them. Here’s how we deal with the challenges shared meals of the holidays can bring:
http://theliberatedkitchenpdx.com/challenges/the-holidays/
Oops! I’m a big dork! I tried to submit my link: Picky Eaters to the list but gave it *my* name instead of the title “Picky Eaters.” Sorry about that!
http://theliberatedkitchenpdx.com/challenges/picky-eaters/
I’m sharing a few different posts this morning. First of all, I share a review and giveaway for a guide for quickly preparing a variety of veggies in an easy and delicious manner. I also share some reading I’ve been doing lately about how to avoid fake foods in our diets. My update on my T-Tapp bootcamp challenge fills everyone in on how that’s been going for me.
Thanks for hosting this link up!
Good heavens, I’m a mess today. I was trying to share a family favorite for Lacto-fermented Cabbage Casserole, but put my name in instead of the recipes. (You’re in good company Soli!) Thank God for grace.
Hi Emily! Thanks for featuring my post last week: Is Your Baby’s Blue Vein a Sugar Bug? This week I’m sharing my four favorite ways to eat liver. Merry Christmas!
http://www.holistickid.com/my-4-favorite-ways-to-eat-liver/
I linked up my Cranberry Banana Smoothie recipe as well as my Gingerbread Muffins recipe. I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!
Thank you for hosting! I shared my post from today where I baked pumpkin spice muffins using an all purpose gluten-free baking mix for the first time. I’m a newer real food and gluten-free foodie that feels like I’m mastering cooking and baking all over again! Happy to be a part of Sunday School to get schooled. 🙂
Hey Emily — I am getting ready for Christmas and posted to sweet treats for recipes. My fantastic Adult Butterscotch Custard/Pudding and a recipe for Chocolate covered candied orange peels (with variation for stuffed dates.) Have a MERRY CHRISTMAS!
It’s another REAL FOOD 101 post from me. This week I tackle Homemade Buttermilk Ranch Dressing, a favorite from my childhood that I have real foodified. I have been like a kid in the candy store with it around. We’ve been dipping fried cheese sticks and veggies in it, and eating it on salads of course. Yum!
http://www.ournourishingroots.com/real-food-101-how-to-make-buttermilk-ranch-dressing/
For Christmas coming up over the weekend I am making these peanut butter cups that I made with cocoa butter and honey. They are GAPS-legal! And you won’t feel sick after you eat one during the holiday season.
The PB cups at our house are going into stocking in place of store-bought candy.
http://www.ournourishingroots.com/honey-sweetened-gaps-peanut-butter-cups/