“There is no reason for a confinement house in the country, in the world, ANYWHERE!  Know your farmer, and just completely opt out of the system.”

American Meat – Is it *Possible* to Change the System?

Are you a homeschooling mom? Did you do tons of research before making the decision to home school? Did you talk to people both for and against, research curriculum options until your eyes crossed, and deck out Pinterest boards with every conceivable craft idea known to man?

Homeschooling with toddlers isn’t easy, but here are tips to teach your older kids and keep the younger kids happy, too!

12 Tips For Keeping Toddlers Busy While Homeschooling

Creamy Mexican Burrito

Do your kids usually turn their noses up at this type of recipe?  Mine normally do, but they ate every bite of these and asked for more!  Of course they didn’t want the chunky salsa on theirs like we did, but at least they ate the beans, the taco meat (ground beef with heart), and cheese!

My New Creamy Mexican Burrito Recipe with Lots of Pictures!

Gluten Free Chocolate Brownies That Taste Like the Real Thing!

For those who are gluten free or on a grain-free diet for whatever reason, you’ll love these gluten free chocolate brownies – they are super moist and taste like a “real” chocolate brownie!

Gluten Free Chocolate Brownies That Taste Like the Real Thing!

“The Great Culling” – Your Fluoride Fears are Well-Founded

A 19 Year Old Success Story: How to Heal Your Body with Real Food

Kent said this was the best roast he’s ever eaten.  Your house will smell amazing in a few hours after the flavors get going in the crock pot.

Simple Melt-In-Your-Mouth Crock Pot Roast Dinner

To Salt Your Food or NOT to Salt Your Food?

For years the idea of cutting back on our salt intake hasn’t felt right to me.  Salt is a traditional food!  And besides, how many thousands of years has it been used as a natural preservative?!

To Salt Your Food or NOT to Salt Your Food?

The “Local Food Tsunami” and More from this Real Food Rock Star

Since I didn’t grow up on a farm like Kent did, and instead was a “townie”, I found this interview about basic sustainable farming methods to be crazy interesting, even though I’ve heard Joel Salatin speak before.  After watching it again to pull out the quotes below, I’ll tell you what, Joel Salatin is now even more of a rock star in my world.  He begins by explaining what the role of an herbivore is in the big picture, as well as the role of the bird that follows along behind, and why, when all of this is done correctly, it forms a perfect system.  Big surprise!  God’s way, the natural way, is best once again.

The “Local Food Tsunami” and More from this Real Food Rock Star

Homemade Beer Bread with Crispy Roasted Garlic and Olive Oil for Dipping

You’ll love this Homemade Beer Bread with Crispy Roasted Garlic and Olive Oil for Dipping

Want to impress your guests one of these days or even your own family?  This recipe will do it!  I’ve always loved beer bread and of course wanted to find an easy version without any junky ingredients, so I came up with this one.  The garlic dipping sauce was a big hit with the kids because to them, any type of “dip” is its own food group anyway.  

Homemade Beer Bread with Crispy Roasted Garlic and Olive Oil for Dipping

Healing Autism (and Fussy Eaters) with the GAPS Diet and Grandparent Power!

With God’s touch, food can change lives, it can bring about miracles and heal.

What you’ll read below is, in a nutshell, why I blog.  It’s why I began and why I continue.  With God’s touch, food can change lives, it can bring about miracles and heal.  This story brought tears to my eyes, especially the ending, and it renews my vigor to keeping telling the world what I’m learning.

Healing Autism (and Fussy Eaters) with the GAPS Diet and Grandparent Power!

Stieler Family

Earlier this week a friend emailed me the article with the news that Jacob Stieler’s cancer has returned.  I was shocked and so sad, as everyone was.  So of course I got in touch with his Mom, Erin.

I Hate Cancer… Jacob Stieler Update

Recently I received an email from a member of our local Weston Price chapter, who was concerned about finding a day care for her kids where they would be fed the nutrient-dense foods that we all know is so important…

“I wondered if you know of anyone in this group who is offering daycare services?  My husband and I are looking at daycare options in the GR area and I was thinking how wonderful it would be to have a day care in line with the WAPF and Nourishing Ways line of thought…? Just wondering if it’s out there!”

After having done day care in my home for over twenty years, I had a few thoughts to share with her.

Straight Scoop On Day Care and What If They Don’t Serve Real Food?

Classic Escalloped Potatoes and Ham

Is there anything that isn’t delicious with a white sauce?  And when you throw ham, potatoes and cheese with it, really, how can you go wrong?  This is a classic home-cooked meal to fill up on after a busy day.

Classic Escalloped Potatoes and Ham

Mandatory Flu Vaccines for Healthcare Workers – Why One Man Is Choosing the Mask

It appears that the CDC is in the business of selling flu vaccines, which are a difficult sell if the public isn’t frightened enough.

What’s the big deal about a flu shot? 

They contain dangerous preservatives and other scary ingredients, they weaken our immune systems, and they often don’t even work to prevent the flu at all!  I’d rather eat right to keep my immune system strong, and if I do get the flu, allow my body to fight it off naturally, and thereby making my immune system stronger.  And that’s only the tip of the iceberg compared to what you’ll read in this post.

Mandatory Flu Vaccines for Healthcare Workers – Why One Man Is Choosing the Mask

Homeschooling: the Good, the Bad, and One Very Ugly Day

There’s so much I want to share with all of you about how our first weeks of homeschooling have gone that I don’t know where to start. I’ll begin by telling you about today, our very ugly day…

Homeschooling: the Good, the Bad, and One Very Ugly Day

You MUST Send This to That Person You Know Who Has Cancer

Coffee Replacements

Coffee elicits passionate responses in people like few other topics.  If you’ve given it up, often due to health reasons (as you should if you have any type of hormonal issues), then you can probably list all the reasons coffee isn’t good for us.  If you have no health issues, enjoy the taste and aroma, and plan to continue your cup-a-day habit, oh… like myself perhaps, then instead you probably appreciate articles that cover the health benefits of coffee.  (Just for the record, I’m not talking about those nasty $4 cups of coffee loaded with sugar, or fake sugar, and fake creamers, those are baaaaad.)  Click the link to read more…

Are There *Any* Good Coffee Replacements Out There?

Most peanut butters are not good for us…

You’ve probably always believed, like I did, that a good natural peanut butter was a healthy choice for quick lunches on soaked/fermented bread or even on celery or a spoon for a quick snack.  Yes, peanut butter is a good source of protein.  And yes, it’s low-carb.  Also, if you buy an organic nut butter, then you don’t have to worry about trans fats.  But you could find that they still have nasty vegetable oils, which aren’t good even when they’re organic, and virtually all peanut butters have other toxins and anti-nutrients, too, so keep reading.  Especially if your kids like it as much as mine do…

Most peanut butters are not good for us…

Oh how savvy those drug companies are.  Thank you Lori, for sending this to me:

“Kelly, did you see this?  It’s a popular PBS kids show promoting the flu vax. I saw this while my son was watching TV. I wouldn’t be surprised if the pharmaceutical companies paid for this program. It’s called ‘Sid the Science Kid’…”

Flu Propaganda for Children