Archives for October 2015

Month: October 2015

Is your lunch-packing enthusiasm waning? Do you find it hard to pack nutritious lunches that actually get eaten? Here are 10 tips to help you pack stress-free delicious lunches all week long -- that actually get eaten.

10 Tips for Easy and Delicious Packed Lunches {for Grown-Ups and Kids}

4 *More* Traditional Cooking Time-Saving Tips | Here are 4 *more* tips to help you save time with your traditional cooking... clean up as you go, keep a sink full of soapy water, go to bed with a clean kitchen, and work in 15 minute increments. | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/134

4 More Traditional Cooking Time-Saving Tips (KYF134)

"Why so gloppy and so much hooch, sourdough starter?" and "Can I leave the vinegar out of my broth?” Watch, listen, or read to find out the answer! | AskWardee.tv

Naughty Sourdough Starter + Broth Without Vinegar #AskWardee 001

Beef rendang is a common Indonesian beef stew simmered in coconut sauce. This easy and healthy recipe cooks low and long on the stove top, filling your home with fragrant Asian spices. Serve with some soaked rice or cauli-rice!

Beef Rendang {Slow-Cooked Indonesian Beef}

Have you felt overwhelmed what others say you should be doing, yet you have trouble managing it all? Keeping up can be discouraging and depressing. Yet, real food is not God and we should take care not to obsess over it to the point we put it on a pedestal. Instead...

Can Real Food Become An Idol?

#AskWardee 021: Can I Feed My Sourdough Starter Different Kinds Of Flour? | “Can I feed my sourdough starter different kinds of flour? If so, how often?" Pam F. asks on today's #AskWardee. Yes, you can feed your starter different kinds of flours. Here are some things to keep in mind. | AskWardee.tv

Got Questions About Traditional Cooking? #AskWardee

4 Traditional Cooking Time-Saving Tips | How *do* you do it? How do you juggle traditional cooking day without going crazy, turning to non-real food, or losing sleep? In today's podcast, I'm sharing 4 of my own time-saving traditional cooking tips -- the exact same tips I follow to keep sane, healthy, happy, and rested. | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/133

4 Traditional Cooking Time-Saving Tips (KYF133)

Homemade Baby Food {from the land, not the jar} | The gift I *didn't* receive at my first baby shower? A book on making baby food from scratch. So I bought one myself. I finally put it to use with our 4th and 5th blessings, who grew big and fast. Here are the foods I introduced and at what age. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Homemade Baby Food {from the land, not the jar}

Meat smothered in gravy... it's the stuff of legend in Southern cuisine. These are a bit more refined, containing tarragon for lovely flavor and nutritional benefits as well as a surprise magnesium-rich ingredient!

Tarragon-Dijon Meatballs & Garlic-Tarragon Gravy {surprise ingredient!}

Kombucha can be expensive to purchase, but it costs just pennies to make at home! Once you get the hang of it, it's time to experiment with flavorings. Here are 5 fun spiced and fruit flavorings for Fall.

5 Kombucha Flavors {for Fall}

Donuts... There's nothing like 'em! These sourdough gluten-free donuts without refined sweeteners raise the bar. They may just become a new staple!

32 Delicious Pumpkin Recipes {from Breakfast to Dessert}

Kids Cook Real Food {free knife skills videos} | Katie's family's meals were becoming boring, rushed, and often late. Life had gotten super busy. She'd stopped involving the kids in the kitchen. Her oldest son had been such a good little cook, yet his learning was stalled for four years. (Time flies, doesn't it?) The mom and teacher in Katie joined forces to turn that ship around! Here's how she did it... and how you can get free knife skills videos! | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/132

Kids Cook Real Food! (KYF132)

When my daughter asked for "lamb on a stick" (aka rack of lamb) for her 2nd birthday, I was proud as punch -- and then whipped up this rice pilaf, garnished with rosemary from our tiny urban balcony garden, to go alongside! It's simple, elegant, and perfect for any special occasion.

Simple, Elegant Rice Pilaf

You hear it again and again in homesteading circles... Loss is inevitable. And that makes caring for any living thing emotionally challenging. Can these hard times teach us anything? Difficult as it is, the answer is yes.

5 Lessons from Loss on the Homestead

8 Tips To Help Picky Eaters LOVE Real Food | Got a picky eater? God bless 'em, right?! Picky eaters can thwart our best laid plans for happy meal times. Today I've got 8 tips to help get your picky eaters on board. Because if they love real food, too, half the battle is won! | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/131

8 Tips To Help Picky Eaters LOVE Real Food (KYF131)

Donuts... There's nothing like 'em! These sourdough gluten-free donuts without refined sweeteners raise the bar. They may just become a new staple!

Gluten-Free Apple Spice Sourdough Donuts

I was somewhat idealistic about raising chickens... I envisioned going to the chicken yard in a pretty apron, grabbing a good-sized chicken, swiftly processing it on a chopping block, taking it to the kitchen, and serving a gorgeous roast chicken a few short hours later. Then expectation met reality...

Meat Birds: Heritage vs. Hybrid {What You Need To Know}

Know the feeling? You get attached to a certain bottled or restaurant dressing; then you find out it's full of junk. I can help! In this round-up of 28 fermented and probiotic-filled salad dressings, you're sure to find at least one that's just right!

28 Fermented and Probiotic Salad Dressings