December 2011
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Back to Basics: Homemade Granola Bars (Recipe #2)
This weeks Back to Basics post is a homemade, no-bake granola bar recipe. I’ve previously posted a homemade granola bar recipe here, along with a short explanation on why it’s important to make your own rather than continue to eat store bought granola bars. Also, it’s important to remember to soak and dry all of your ingredients beforehand (I mentioned how I do this at the...
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Farm Fresh Milk Warning
Nourishing Our Children shared this picture via Facebook so I had to post it here.
Check out Nourishing Our Children’s overview of raw milk vs. pasteurized milk here.
[http://www.nourishingourchildren.org/Milk]
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Back to Basics: Healthy Homemade Ketchup
Have you ever read the ingredients list on the back of your store bought ketchup bottle? High fructose corn syrup is often one of the main ingredients (yuck!)
Ever since we finished using our favorite store bought ketchup, I decided to no longer buy ketchup, and that the ketchup we use in our house would only be homemade. Of course, there’s always the all natural, organic ketchup that can...
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"Top 25 Ingredients in Taco Bell's 'Beef'." →
What’s really in that Taco Bell Beef ______ you love? Find out by clicking the link above. As it turns out, Taco Bell “beef” is actually only made up of 36% cow meat, aka: beef.
This means the other 64% is all filler. Yuck. Check the link for the top 25 ingredients list of this highly processed “food”.
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Back to Basics: Roasted Chicken
I’ve been cooking a lot of chickens lately and I love it. So this Back to Basics post will be dedicated to the process I take to make a delicious chicken and what I do with the leftovers!
To start:
We have a chicken that came from Clover Patch Farm via the 4 Season Harvest Buying Club (which I’ve previously blogged about here). This was somewhat of a smaller chicken than what we...
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For 150 Years, the Pitbull has been labeled... →
Okay, so although this is kind of irrelevant & random, I wanted to include this as one of posts because of my love for pitbulls and how much we, as people, have done them wrong. We think of them as evil & dangerous dogs that should be put down, regardless of the fact that that entire thought process is completely wrong, and we are 100% at fault for creating the idea that these animals are...
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Back to Basics: How to Make (Liquid) Whey
Liquid whey is much different from whey protein (in powdered form), which is derived from whey and is often used as a supplement by many health enthusiasts. Powdered whey, however, is denatured and often toxic, and contains MSG (although it will not be listed on the label, since the MSG is a byproduct of the manufacturing process and is not added). Whey protein is extremely delicate and should...
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Back to Basics: On a Quest to Eating...
I’ve previously posted an introduction to my new venture in life: eating traditionally (video included). Today’s Back to Basics post is in regards to some of the changes that I’ve made so far in my quest for a healthier lifestyle. Most of the changes I’ve made are small things here & there, removing some ingredients used & replacing them with healthier, less...