Life Update: An Explanation for my Blog Slackerness

I know that keeping and maintaining a blog is such a presumptive venture: it assumes you both have something to say and someone who might actually find your content interesting enough to follow. I hope on some level, I meet those minimal requirements. Yet, the funny thing about blogging is that you kinda have to walk [...]

Announcing the Winner for Cultures for Health!

I apologize for the delay in announcing the winner to this contest; I had intended to do so last Wednesday but our modem broke, and we just got it fixed; which left me sans internet for several days.  But, without further delay:
Congratulations to Kelly Busby!  You are the winner of 3 amazing cultures from Cultures [...]

Matsoni: The Counterculteral Yogurt

Last week, as you may know, we were running the Cultures for Health giveaway for 3 starter cultures of your choice! In honor of my giveaway, I wanted to reflect on why investing in a starter culture is an easy, no-fuss way to add more nutrition and less cost to your life!
Matsoni is what I [...]

Another week of Paleo Food:

Greetings! It’s early Tuesday morning (read: I’m still up from Monday night) and I am up blogging. It was a hectic (but great!) holiday weekend, which meant little time to attend to those things around the home so I am playing “catch up”t: stock is simmering on the stove, lunch and dinner’s veggies are chopped [...]

Win Some Counterculture

This contest is now closed! Thanks for all who participated. The winner will be announced on Wednesday, Sept. 16th!
So, maybe you’re one of those back-to-basics types who has caught the wave of traditional foods and is enticed by the notion of making your own sourdough, sauerkraut, and yogurt.  Perhaps you’ve read about the benefits of [...]

Success Begins at Home

My original inspiration for becoming Organic & Thrifty was and remains my husband (he especially appreciates the thrifty part). The health issues that he encountered about 7 years ago set me on the journey to health and nutrition that led me to where I am today.  The past several years he hasn’t always bought in [...]