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Katie Baldridge

About Katie Baldridge

Katie is a military wife and mother of 4. She is passionate about family, food and serving the LORD. By day you may find her changing diapers, folding laundry, home educating her older children, and cooking three meals a day with a baby on her hip next to a sink of dirty dishes. By night she writes and shares recipes, tips, and tutorials for economical, nourishing and simple gluten-free foods at Simple Foody. Join Katie and the Simple Foody Community on Facebook for encouragement on your journey to healthier living.

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Elderberries being strained out to make an elderberry tincture.

How To Make An Elderberry Tincture (just 2 ingredients!)

How To Can Beans The Nourishing Way | Canned beans are easily found on grocery store shelves, but by canning your own you can go further. And not just 1 -- but 2 -- steps further! Here are directions for *nourishing* canned beans, and you'll save money, too! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

How To Can Beans The Nourishing Way

Texas Style Salsa | People throughout the North and South American continents love salsa. Which might be an understatement! Every culture and geographical area has their own way of making it. Being native Texans, we like our salsa slightly chunky and with the bold and spicy flavors of cilantro and jalapeños. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Texas Style Salsa

Toasted Pesto Tomato Sandwich | Basil plants giving you a bumper crop? Don't let it go to waste. Prolific basil adds robust flavor to any dish. Whip up some pesto so you can enjoy this light, buttery summer sandwich. This sandwich is out of this world delicious with that other summer wonder -- heirloom tomato slices. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Toasted Pesto-Tomato Sandwich

Strawberry Syrup | This strawberry syrup contains no undesirables! Kiss those conventional syrups goodbye and say hello to this deep, real strawberry flavor made from in-season strawberries. We love this syrup as a topping to pancakes, ice cream, cake, or simply eaten right off the spoon. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Strawberry Syrup

Why We Steam Kale and Other Greens | Nutritional powerhouses like kale, collards, spinach, chard, and beet greens all contain oxalic acid, which binds with calcium and other minerals (like magnesium and iron) in order to be excreted from the body. Calcium and magnesium are precious minerals our bodies need to function and grow properly. The good news is: oxalic acid is easily reduced by steaming, boiling, or wilting the leaves of any of these vegetables. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Why We Steam Kale (and other dark leafy greens)

8 Ways To Get More Vitamin D Naturally | Coming out of the long, dark months, many of us may have a slight vitamin D deficiency. Our bodies need Vitamin D to function at our best. It increases bone health and helps the nervous system. Deficiencies have been linked to high blood pressure and even cancer. When I recently found myself vitamin D deficient, I increased my daily dose naturally. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

8 Ways To Get More Vitamin D (Naturally!)

Roasted Asparagus | High in vitamin K, folate, and vitamin A, and rich with minerals from deep in the ground, asparagus is a superfood we should be eating more! Harvested across America between the months of March and May, roasted asparagus is my favorite way to eat this delicious vegetable. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Roasted Asparagus

Probiotic Water Kefir Tea | When I began to make water kefir, I ran into a problem pretty quickly: what was I going to do with it? All of the probiotic elixir coming out of my kitchen just couldn't go to waste! At first I mixed the water kefir with freshly-squeezed lemon juice to create lemonade, but soon my family wanted more variety. So... I experimented with tea. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Probiotic Water Kefir Tea

How To Organize Your Pantry {with glass jars!} | I have an obsession with glass jars and there isn't a help line for that. I don't know what it is about seeing all those beautifully God-made organic foods -- neatly lined up in the pantry -- that puts a smile on my face. Interested in using glass to organize the pantry? Here's how to get started. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

How To Organize Your Pantry {with glass jars!}

Teach Your Child the Art of Food Preservation

Teach Your Child the Art of Food Preservation

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