Real Food Cooking
Healthy, traditional cooking: real food recipes, monthly and weekly meal plans, alternative cooking methods, and much more.
5 Ways to Cut Down on Food Waste
Did you throw $6.23 in the garbage can today? Food waste can be a huge expense for your family! 5 Ways to Cut Down on Food Waste According to...
Stewed Meat- 2 Ways
Tougher cuts of meat can be very budget friendly. Preparing the meat in a manner that makes those tough cuts tender and delicious is important. If...
Menu Week of September 24
This week started very fun! On Sunday Joe and I got up at 4AM to go archery deer hunting. Well, Joe was hunting I just went along. He took me to a...
Stocking the Real Food Pantry
This is an exciting season for my husband. It is hunting season. One of the reasons we moved to Wyoming 3 years ago was for the hunting...
It’s Good to be Home and Menu Week of September 16
Christopher and I arrived home from Oregon late Saturday night. Overall our trip went very well. It was a 'work' trip as opposed to a pleasure...
Menu Week of August 26
Week 2 of school but the first full week. We seem to be adjusting to our schedule. Christopher really missed his sisters last week and kept asking...
Super Flexible Stuffed Burritos
While we were on our family vacation this summer we ate out at Chipotle's. We each had a huge stuffed burrito and while dining Joe said we should...
Menu Week of August 19- Back to School!
It has been an interesting few weeks! With work, a minor kitchen re-do, a new job for Kiki, getting ready for back to school and a few health...
The Road to Good Health is a Journey
A few years ago I thought my health was fine. Sure, I took a few different medications. One for stomach issues (Irritable Bowel Syndrome or IBS),...
Good-Bye Intro, Hello Full GAPS
So we lasted a total of 6 days on GAPS Intro. We knew from the beginning that it was possible we wouldn't be able to do the entire Intro process so...
GAPS Intro: Plan for Stage 2
"All disease begins in the gut" Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine. We are doing GAPS Introduction at my house. The GAPS diet is from the...
GAPS Introduction Ongoing Thoughts
I wanted to have a record of how GAPS Introduction progressed for us. I think it would be helpful for me to have something to look back on and also...
The Drought and Our Food
I'm sure that everyone is familiar with the fact that over 50% of the United States. I've seen several news reports that indicate we can expect...
GAPS Intro: Plan for Stage 1
"All disease begins in the gut" Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine. Today is Day 1 of GAPS Introduction at my house. The GAPS diet is from...
GAPS Intro Revisited
After a summer filled with travel and lots of discussion my family is going to start on GAPS Intro. Last October my husband, Joe, and I did...
Giveaway: Perfect for a Road Trip
Each month during the Someone Else's Shoes experience I have a giveaway to coincide with that month's experience. The first two weeks of June the...
On the Road Again
We are back in Wyoming after our surprise trip down to Oklahoma. The children and I were down there for a week and then my husband came down along...
Real Food Hits the Road: Week 2 Wrap-Up
Real Food Hits the Road is the latest installment to the series Someone Else's Shoes. The purpose of this experience was to see if we could follow...
Real Food Hits the Road: Week 1 Wrap-Up
Real Food Hits the Road is the latest installment to the series Someone Else's Shoes. The purpose of this experience was to see if we could follow...
Menu Plan Week of June 24
One thing that I used to do on this blog was share a weekly menu plan. I stopped doing it some time ago but lately have been thinking of returning...
Real Food Hits the Road: The Final Days
Real Food Hits the Road is the latest installment to the series Someone Else's Shoes. The purpose of this experience was to see if we could follow...