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Category: Simple Living

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

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?

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)

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

Yesterday's Food: A Conversation With My Grandma | My maternal grandmother is an active and healthy 91 year old. Her secret? Eating as naturally as possible. She attributes her longevity and good health to the natural, home-grown, and locally-sourced foods of her childhood. Recently I visited with her about her growing up years on a small farm in the 1920s. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Yesterday’s Food: A Conversation With My Grandma

Loss on the Homestead | In a life of caring for and raising our animals, loss is unavoidable. We have experienced it. We must learn to live with and learn from it, but I admit, sometimes we struggle. Recently, we experienced a strong blow. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Life and Loss on the Homestead

Runner's Story | I woke up on the big day -- the day devoted to butchering our first rooster, Runner -- to the sound of squawking guineas and roosters crowing. I had imagined this day over and over again in my thoughts but I didn't know how it would go. How would I feel? Would I be able to participate? | GNOWFGLINS.com

Runner’s Story

A New Life {Amos Thomas} | Ten months ago, we found out we were expecting our fifth child. After practicing a traditional foods diet for two and a half years, I was so excited about the potential impact on me and the new child during my pregnancy, especially because I have a rare genetic disorder. God is good... | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

A New Life {Amos Thomas}

How to Start a Simple Advent Wreath Tradition | The sad truth is that Christmas can be the most stressful time of year. Shopping, baking, and social events take us away from each other as well as what should be the focus of the season: the birth of Christ and what He means to us. Follow these 3 simple steps to make the advent celebration a part of your holiday tradition. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

How to Start a Simple Advent Wreath Tradition

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

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

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}

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)

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

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

Last year propane was nearly double what we'd paid in the past. So, after considerable research and shopping around, we purchased a Napolean wood burning stove with a cook top. Here are a few of the advantages and disadvantages of heating with wood -- as well as some things we learned when purchasing our stove. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Heating With a Wood Stove

In all my years of cooking outside, I've learned a thing or two. Here are my 8 best tips for cooking over an open fire. Whether you're just getting started or you're a seasoned off-grid cook, I can't wait to hear your best tips. Be sure to share in the comments! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

8 Tips for Cooking Over an Open Fire

What if I told you there's a way to cook your food without any fuel costs, that it always turns out moist, and that it's as easy as cooking with your crockpot? It's all true when using the power of the sun and the All American Sun Oven. A special coupon for you, plus the tip of the week! | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/101

Cooking with the Sun (KYF101)