Real Food Wednesdays: 5 Tips for Transitioning to a Real Food Diet

February 4, 2009
Real Food Wednesdays: 5 Tips for Transitioning to a Real Food Diet

This week, Kelly is rounding up tips from those of us who’ve made the transition to a Real Foods diet. What is real food? Basically, it’s food that has a source, a face, a name. You know who made it, grew it, milked it, collected it, etc. Besides trying to locate sources for all of this real food, it can be very tricky to actually process it and make it into something appealing that your family will enjoy! Fortunately there are many resources on the web that focus on this very subject. My blog network, Real Food Media is a great place to turn for lots of wonderful information from bloggers from all walks of life, sharing about the practical application of a Traditonal Foods lifestyle. You can also read about how our family came to eating Real Food here. Here are 5 Tips I have for transitioning into a Real Food Diet.

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Of Milk and Mason Jars: My Journey to Real Food

Of Milk and Mason Jars: My Journey to Real Food

For a long time I’ve wanted to write about my journey to “Real Food” or Traditional Nutrition. I’ve hesitated because it seems like a rather long story, and a journey that quite frankly I’m still on. It’s been a pretty amazing journey, spiritually speaking, in that it has empowered me as a woman to realize my potential at bringing healing and nourishment to my loved ones. Food preparation has always been a sacrificial act of love across all cultures. Unfortunately, I grew up in a time when the food culture was probably at an all-time low in this country. My journey, like many, began with a deep question and the search for answers. Read the rest of this entry »

Menu Plan Monday: Grain Free under $50!

February 1, 2009
Menu Plan Monday: Grain Free under $50!

After another week of grain-free I can honestly say I feel really great! My pants are even feeling looser around the waist! We are doing the GAPS diet for the sake of my daughter, but it’s such a healthy way of eating (and my dear husband could use GAPS too!) that we do it for the whole family. In the spirit of thriftiness, I am putting together menus that are low-cost, and nourishing! Here are some recent thoughts I had about eating no-grain on a budget. This weeks menu cost less than $40 at the cash register, however I did not purchase the meat (I have a stockpile in my freezer that I purchased off the bone in bulk), so I estimate that if you add the cost of the meat, it would be about $50, even if you were to purchase the meat at the store. Read on to see this week’s Grain Free menu! Read the rest of this entry »

On Being Frugal and Grain-Free

The cornerstone of frugality, according to many thrifty folks, is to eat a diet that maximizes grains and produce, since both are relatively inexpensive. Unfortunately, a diet that majors on grains is not an option for an increasing number of people. How can those of us who chose to be grain-free (for weight loss reasons or health reasons) do so without spending a boat load of money? Read the rest of this entry »

Grain-Free Indian Flatbread

You know how sometimes you google a recipe you want to find and it’s a bust? Well, that happened tonight; I wanted grain-free Indian Naan (a tall order, I know…but surely someone in the great blogosphere had done it?) Alas, no luck. So, in the absence of a recipe, I modified a grain-free “skillet bread” recipe and came up with a delicous, grain-free, savory Indian flatbread to accompany a delicious, frugal, and nourishing curry I’d made. Read the rest of this entry »

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