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Month: September 2014

What's Right for Your Family: GAPS or Traditional Foods? | The Traditional Foods Movement has been an impressive agent of change in thousands of people’s lives. Out of this movement have come many heroes: WAPF, Paleo, Primal, GAPS, AIP, Grain-Free, etc. But what are the differences? And what is right for your family? | GNOWFGLINS.com

What’s Right for Your Family: Traditional Foods or GAPS?

Hills of Shiloh Farm | We’re heading down home… to your farms! Urban, suburban, or rural -- whatever you’re growing and doing, we want to see it. This time you get to meet Leslie, Ken, and Nathan, who are growing heirloom vegetables and fruit plus raising chickens, ducks, goats and cattle on 15 acres in Vermont. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Hills of Shiloh Farm

More Urban Farming with Greg Peterson (plus free webinar) | One of our most popular guests, Greg Peterson is back for the third time. He's been inspiring others and practicing urban farming on his 1/3 acre city lot for 25 years. We're talking more about The Urban Farm (his home), the concepts of "food miles" and seasonal eating, plus he is inviting you to a free webinar on urban farming. | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/85

More Urban Farming with Greg Peterson (plus free webinar) (KYF085)

Homemade Bread in the Sun Oven | Baking bread in a sun oven is so easy -- it yields bread with a nicely browned crust and a moist, soft inside, plus keeps your house from getting too warm in the summer and saves electricity. Plus, you get to pull up a chair and read a bit while it bakes! | GNOWFGLINS.com

Homemade Bread in the Sun Oven

10 Easy Ways to Pack More Fermented Foods in Your Child's Lunch | Fermented foods pack a nutritional punch for any meal. But, what to pack and how to provide variety? Here's how to make the most of your child's school lunch with fermented foods -- without adding lots of prep time. | GNOWFGLINS.com

10 Easy Ways to Pack More Fermented Foods in Your Child’s Lunch

Roasted Corn, Tomato, Sweet Onion, and Salmon Salad | Summer may be officially over, but in most areas of the country the late season harvest is still in full bloom. This delicious recipe isn't a light salad, but a satisfying, nutrient-dense mixture of ingredients that touches on all the taste points of the culinary palette. In other words, it's da bomb dot com! | GNOWFGLINS.com

Roasted Corn, Tomato, Sweet Onion, and Salmon Salad with Creamy Herb Dressing

Going Gluten-Free: Fad or Necessity? | I went gluten-free a little over a year ago. Since then I've heard gluten-free eating called a "craze" that lacks common sense, hurts the wheat industry, and randomly condemns an entire food group. Is gluten-free eating a fad -- or is it a necessity? After intense soul-searching and research, here is my answer to this question. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Going Gluten-Free: Fad or Necessity?

Homespun Seasonal Living | Lover of glass jars and honey bees, Kathie embraces seasonal living in the Flathead Valley of Montana. She's a writer and teacher and shares her love of simple living and creativity both locally and online at her blog, Homespun Seasonal Living. Get to know Kathie through this podcast. Plus... the tip of the week! | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/84

Homespun Seasonal Living (KYF084)

A Chicken Coop in the Making (Granary Turned Coop) | We remodeled an old granary into a chicken coop nearly three years ago. To be honest, there's not much that we would change or do differently. It has happily housed so many of our egg-laying friends that I thought I'd show you what we did, why we did it, and what we changed. | GNOWFGLINS.com

A Chicken Coop in the Making (Granary Turned Coop)

Chai Chocolate Chip Ice Cream | While autumn is definitely imminent, summer is still going full force for at least half of the time. And believe me, there is no desire for hot drinks or baked goods on those hot days. Thankfully I came up with a solution: fall-infused iced treats! | GNOWFGLINS

Chai Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

This is my story... what's yours? | Coming out of high school, I was all about “healthy living” -- except I had no idea what healthy was. I exercised excessively and ate low-fat vegetarian. I lived by and obsessed over an unhealthy desire to be stick thin. I chased after accolades and accomplishments. The cost was high. Here's my story... what's yours? | GNOWFGLINS.com

This is my story… what’s yours?

Tips for Growing Fall Vegetables | One of the best ways to settle into growing your own food is to change your perspective on the growing season. Gardening is not just a summer activity. Depending on your zone, gardening is something that can happen year round. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Tips for Growing Fall Vegetables

KYF #083: Getting Your Spouse on Board with Erica Mueller | Though she was raised on from-scratch cooking and whole foods, Erica Mueller's journey started all over again once she got married. Her husband was not on board, so they started with baby steps and won him over bit by bit. And now, Erica and her husband both feel strongly that their boys should grow up knowing and loving the taste of real food. | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/83

Getting Your Spouse on Board with Erica Mueller (KYF083)

Time-Saving Tips For The Traditional Foods Kitchen | The true challenge of traditional food prep is not so much skill as time. It takes so much time to plan, prepare, and serve traditional foods. In an effort to improve in this area, here are goals I made for myself. I’d love to hear some of yours as well! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Time-Saving Tips For The Traditional Foods Kitchen

How To Save Heirloom Tomato Seeds | One of my favorite things about heirloom plants is being able to save the seeds. Purchase the seeds once and then, by the beauty of God's design, you can save the seeds to plant year after year to feed your family. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

How to Save Heirloom Tomato Seeds

5 Ways to Preserve Your Herbs (plus easy pesto recipe) | Fall is just about here and many of us are busy preserving the summer harvest. While you are freezing, canning, and dehydrating fruits and veggies, don’t forget to preserve your herbs, too! Both medicinal and culinary herbs can be preserved in a variety of ways for use throughout the year. Here are 5 ways to preserve and store your herb harvest. | GNOWFGLINS.com

5 Ways to Preserve Your Herbs (including easy pesto recipe)

Frozen Mocha Chicoccino | Made with a brew of roasted chicory root, ice, raw milk or your favorite dairy substitute, roasted cacao powder, and a bit of rapadura sugar, then topped with a spoonful of whipped cream and some cacao nibs, this cold drink makes a great summer afternoon treat! | GNOWFGLINS.com

Frozen Mocha Chicoccino