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Fast Fried Okra

Our silver queen okra was planted in various areas around our tiny backyard in early May. I wondered if 7 plants were nearly enough. Then we got slammed with okra, filled baskets and entire fridge drawers with our white okra. Sometimes I didn’t get to it fast enough and it would grow too big and become too tough or what is called woody. Other than gumbo or mixing it raw and disguised in…

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Paprika Roasted Chicken Over Grain Free Pasta With Mushrooms and Onions

Paprika Roasted Chicken Over Grain Free Pasta With Mushrooms and Onions

Every single night my family wants to eat dinner. It’s crazy how that fact can still sneak up on me sometimes. That’s when it’s nice to have something fairly easy to prepare with crowd-pleasing results. Paprika Roasted Chicken Over Grain Free Pasta With Mushrooms and Onions can save me when I’m running behind. It’s served family style. Each person can easily split off a piece of chicken and a…

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Why We Chose Worm Composting

Why We Chose Worm Composting

Feeding the soil is big deal. Without nutrient dense soil, plants simply will not thrive as they should, at least not a lot of them. There are a lot of ways to feed the soil to grow a garden or even just landscaping. Many thrifty, no waste folks compost their food scraps and turn it regularly as it ages. Others  have a herd of livestock that poops regularly. The poop or manure ages and then it…

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Watermelon Lime Slushies

It’s been a hot summer. I think people are probably tired of hearing me talk about it. It’s been hot and it’s been dry. We try to get outside everyday whether it’s hot or not and we found some ways to beat the heat. They include water (pool, sprinkler, water play) and frozen fruit or slushies. I’m at the point in my life where I think a high-powered blender is a necessity. If mine broke, I’d have…

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Banana Pudding Blender Ice Cream

Banana Pudding Blender Ice Cream

Who hates bananas? Whoa! Not me. I got the idea to freeze bananas broken into pieces to accommodate a high-powered blender several months ago. Banana Pudding Blender Ice Cream was born and we ate it or slurped it through a wide straw like crazy. Then one day I had some extreme chocolate cravings and added cocoa powder to the mix. It totally relieved the chocolate cravings for about 24-48 hours,…

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Peach and Herb Butter Roasted Chicken

Peach and Herb Butter Roasted Chicken

How many flavors of roasted chicken are there? My guess is infinite. We’re over here in the Dallas/Fort Worth area of Texas in a heat wave like I’ve never experienced before other than a time that I was briefly in a middle eastern desert. This is the time that local peach trees decided to bestow their kindness upon sweltering humanity here in July. What a gift! A morning of peach picking with my…

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Pastured Pork Vermicelli

Vietnamese Pastured Pork Vermicelli aka Bun Thit Nuong and I began a long-lasting relationship about three years ago. My husband tried the conventional version first near his office in Tampa and told me that I absolutely had to try it. One hurried night he brought some home for all of us and it was love at first bite. We continued to enjoy it through the years. In fact, we met for lunch to eat…

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5 Coffee Hacks To Stir Up Your Coffee Game

5 Coffee Hacks To Stir Up Your Coffee Game

America has a love affair with coffee and rightly so. It can increase alertness and is high in antioxidants. It also stimulates the liver. What is problematic with coffee is that many times it contains some really heavy duty pesticides, can cause stomach upset in some sensitive individuals, decaf coffee is created with a really toxic process and some folks are ultra sensitive to caffeine.

There…

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CBD Oil

  (As a distributor for Kannaway, a company that provides pesticide, herbicide and fertilizer free CBD oil, I am not allowed to make health claims about CBD oil. If you are wondering about any possible benefits of CBD oil, I encourage you to google it.) 

CBD oil is very popular now as many people are making lifestyle adjustments that are more holistic in nature. Some families rely on it…

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Grassfed Beef Stew

Grassfed Beef Stew uses one of my favorite super foods: Grassfed Beef Bone Broth. This stew is so scrumptious that we fight each other over the last serving. The last several times I’ve made it, I’ve made it in normal portion sizes, instead of assuming that every family member will want four bowls. The flavors that make this stew over-the-top are an organic or imported dry white wine, marjoram…

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Epic Grain Free Chicken Noodle Soup

Making Epic Grain Free Chicken Noodle Soup is simple and the flavor is amazing as well as comforting. When we were grain free as a family, I tried using zucchini noodkes, spaghetti squash noodles, etc. It wasn’t terrible, but it certainly didn’t give the satisfaction of real noodles.

Several years ago I went to an Asian market for the first time. I was in awe of all the noodle choices that didn’t…

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Chili

Homemade Chili has multiple uses and it utilizes some nutritional powerhouses like bone broth, grassfed beef and turmeric. I enjoy making it regularly for a bowl of enjoyment, of course, but also for making baked potatoes topped with chili and sour cream. Chili cheese fries are also healthy when they’re fried in a healthy fat like pastured lard, beef tallow, or refined coconut oil and topped with…

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Instant Pot Baked Beans

Instant Pot Baked Beans

Instant Pot Baked Beans takes a dish that traditionally takes a considerable amount of time to prepare and instead is done from start to finish in about an hour, with the majority of time being totally hands off. When made from scratch, one can know that all of the ingredients are sourced well.

Making use of dried beans is not only delicious, but frugal. Many times, I’m able to find organic navy…

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Natural Disaster Food Prep

Natural Disaster Food Prep

There’s a great peace of mind that comes when one prepares for a natural disaster. After living in SW Florida for eight years, preparing for hurricanes became second nature and it was something I did every year for just-in-case.While some real food compromises may be necessary, for the most part, I was able to prepare while still maintaining a decent variety of healthful foods. I’m one of those…

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Amazon and Whole Foods Slashing Organic Food Prices

Amazon and Whole Foods Slashing Organic Food Prices

For years, health conscious consumers have jokingly called Whole Foods, “Whole Paycheck.”  Is the era of a shopping trip taking a giant chunk of a paycheck coming to an end? In June of 2017, Amazon announced that it would be buying organic giant, Whole Foods. Their 13.7B cash deal will be finalized this Monday, August 28.

Amazon is known for making very competitive deals on products and it does…

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How to Keep Your Kids Entertained This Summer

How to Keep Your Kids Entertained This Summer

We are currently experiencing neighborhood terror from some naughty young teens. They are ringing random neighbor’s doorbells, unlatching fences to let dogs out (ours included), throwing eggs at homes and hitting folks out exercising with paintballs. Clearly these young blessings need some activities and supervision to keep them busy.

I’m home all day, year-round homeschooling and my kids aren’t…

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Gluten Free Soy Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake or Cookies

Gluten Free Soy Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake or Cookies

Back in the day, I was gluten free for a few years exclusively. Later I healed my gut on a gut healing protocol and now I can handle properly prepared gluten-filled grains just fine. In my gluten free days, I got tired of seeing recipes requiring 2-6 kinds of gluten free flours in order to get good cookies. I’m a bit of a science nerd in the kitchen and I pay VERY close attention to textures. I…

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