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How To Cook Pastured Chicken | Since you and your neighbor aren't "engineering" your chickens to be plump and juicy, you may notice that your pastured meat is sometimes dry or tough after cooking. No one wants to eat dry chicken, especially when you've spent years raising it or quite a lot of money to buy it! Here's how to get tender and juicy pastured chicken. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

How To Cook Pastured Chicken {so it’s flavorful & juicy!}

Chocolate is one of my must-haves. Can I get an amen? However, after looking at the ingredients in a regular chocolate bar, I couldn't eat it without a major prickle in my conscience... | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

What’s Hiding In Your Chocolate?

10 Things To Consider When Buying Land For Your Homestead | When we began to consider our move to the country, purchasing land was intimidating. Neither of us (my husband nor I) had made that kind of purchase before. While there are many things to consider when purchasing an acreage, here are 10 important things that we learned (some the hard way) along the way. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

10 Things To Consider When Buying Land For Your Homestead

10 Reasons to Use Coconut Oil | If you've been around traditional/paleo/real foodies for any length of time, the subject of coconut oil has probably come up! Unlike the popular fats like canola oil, vegetable oil, and wannabe butter spreads, saturated fats (like coconut oil) are actually the healthiest fats you can eat and use in a variety of ways. Here are 10 reasons to use coconut oil... plus 33 recipes! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

10 Reasons To Use Coconut Oil + 33 Recipes!

How We Came Upon Traditional Foods | I never imagined that a bottle of baby shampoo could change our lives. After the birth of our son (our first child), I read an article mentioning all the horrible chemicals it contained. And I cringed. So much questioning began. Traditional foods did not enter the picture right away. They came eventually, after other changes led the way. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

How We Came Upon Traditional Foods

Reconsidering the "Cleanse", part 2 | Sadly, this world of ours is a toxic place. We don't need to panic, however, because our bodies are amazingly designed by our Creator to detox on their own every single day. Here are 7 effective, simple, and inexpensive things you can support your body's natural detox pathways. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Reconsidering the “Cleanse”: 7 Easy Ways to Support Daily Detox

Reconsidering the "Cleanse" | Looking to make some healthy changes this year? I encourage you to steer clear of the boxed detoxes, multi-level marketing cleanse programs, and juice and smoothie fasts. Surprised? Here's why boxes, kits, powders, fasts, and pills aren't the best idea... | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Reconsidering the “Cleanse”: Why Kits, Powders, Fasts, & Pills May Not Be for You

KYF #097: Happy New Year | In today's podcast, I'm sharing the highlights of 2014, and I talk about what I have in mind (Lord willing) for 2015, plus I share my "word" for 2015 and give you a printable of my favorite quote by Mother Theresa. But it doesn't stop there. No, this podcast requires your input, too! Plus, the tip of the week and the weekly listener question. | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/97

Happy New Year (KYF097)

Blossom Cheese {Easy Homemade Soft Cheese} | Since I am nursing a little one and homeschooling, time is not on my side. So I need a simple way to make cheese and add some variety to it as well. So here you are: the easiest cheese to make, requiring little working time and effort, and our favorite variations: Honey Hazelnut Yogurt Cheese Ball and Onion & Garlic Yogurt Cheese. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Blossom Cheese {Easy Homemade Soft Cheese}

What is Nutritional Balancing? | Today, I want to introduce you to Nutritional Balancing (NB). If you experience unresolved or mysterious health issues that don't seem to improve with dietary changes alone, it may be time for something a little more intense. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

What Is Nutritional Balancing?

I'm back answering listener questions. I don't know what I would do without all of you. It's truly a blessing to hear from you and be able to help you figure out this thing we embrace called Traditional Cooking. Thanks for honoring me with your trust. I hope you find today's episode (and the answers) helpful on your journey. Plus... the tip of the week! | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/99

Fermenting Questions Answered (KYF096)

Merry Christmas! {plus video of YOU} | Merry Christmas and God bless you! We are grateful and thankful for YOU. For some weeks now, I've been collecting pictures of what Traditional Cooking School families around the world have been up to. And, tada! Here YOU are in this short video, growing and learning and blessing and being blessed. Thank you for sharing your lives with us. May your 2015 be as joyous as 2014, and rich with God's blessings. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Merry Christmas! {Video of YOU}

Gifts That Will Last | How many moments of blessing or gratitude have I missed by simply not looking? Busy-ness lends itself to fast-paced thoughtlessness. By not finding this balance, do I miss many gifts from the Lord that are right before my eyes? I think the balance is struck when we focus on what is lasting. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Gifts That Will Last

Orange Ginger Cookies {with dairy-free option!} | Citrus and ginger blend together so nicely -- especially when paired with a little bit of molasses. And it ain't Christmas until the molasses comes out to play! You get all three in these soft, melt-in-your-mouth cookies. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Orange Ginger Cookies {with dairy-free option!}

A red mug filled with peppermint mocha and frothy foam on top. Small chunks of chocolate are scattered on the table around the mug.

Frothy Peppermint Mocha {Nutrient-Dense}

Anatomy of a Blended Soup | The sky's the limit when it comes to deciding what to put in your blended soups. Use up any stray produce: an extra potato that didn't get baked, bits of broccoli or red pepper from a party tray, zucchini that's gone soft, wilty herbs that might be thrown out anyway... Anything is fair game. And delicious! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Anatomy of a Blended Soup

These are real food gifts that specifically provide for a need or hearken to a greater gift than just the gift itself. The gifts are a thoughtful ministry to honor and care for the deeper physical and emotional needs of our friends and neighbors. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Homemade, Real Food Gift Ideas To Bless Your Friends and Neighbors

Holiday Cheese Ball: 3 Variations | A cheese ball is PERFECT for holiday gatherings. They're easy to serve and keep well, plus they're upbeat and (can be) healthy and appeal to a large crowd. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

3 Variations of the Traditional Holiday Cheese Ball