A Scholarship Opportunity: Real Food for Rookies

The Scholarship winner has been chosen among over 75 applicants, and we wish to congratulate Kim W. and her ex-husband who will be participating in Real Food for Rookies. If you’re interested in participating: register for the class and enter the code NourishedDeal at checkout for 15% OFF.

There’s a lot of talk about real food – about growing your own, about ditching the boxes and packages and about shopping farmers markets.  Real food has swept the nation; better yet, more and more people are beginning to better understand the values behind traditional foods and native nutrition – those foods that nourished your ancestors and helped them to

For many people, giving up decades of eating processed foods and microwavable meals in effort to provide healthier and better alternatives for their family is a challenging prospect.  Worse yet, after jumping through that first hurdle and finally making the transition to organic meats and milks and other foods, families learn that industrial organic alternatives may not be all that much better for them than conventional foods – what they really need is grass-fed, local foods.  For those that truly want to make that transition from the Standard American Diet to real and traditional foods, that epiphany seems to open up an entirely new conundrum: Just how do you make that transition happen?  Just how do you find fresh raw milk from good quality farms when you live in the city?  How do learn to read labels and what do you look for?  And if liver is oh-so-good-for-you, how on earth do you get your kids and husband to eat it?

A good friend of mine, and a fellow real food blogger,  Kelly of Kelly the Kitchen Kop, is launching a 12-week online class designed to help guide families into making that transition from the standard American diet into a more traditional, nourishing diet featuring real foods.  I love Kelly for her down-to-earth attitude and that lovely midwestern charm only a mother of four rambunctious kids can cultivate.  Where I wax poetic about the flavor of melted butter on fresh sole, or the humble luxury of rendering lard on the stove top, Kelly tells real families like yours just how to actually get it done with her down-to-earth and matter-of-fact grace.

Her class, Real Food for Rookies, features twelve weeks of stunning content all designed to teach you how to get your kids and family off the packaged foods and back onto food the way nature intended.  From videos outlining how to read labels to avoid excitotoxins and all those ingredients that contribute to hyperactivity, learning disabilities and depression to practical tips on avoiding refined sugars and cooking healthy foods in big batches.  She even features audio interviews with some of the most influential experts in the traditional foods movement such as Sally Fallon Morrell and Dr. Kaayla Daniel.

I’ve been talking with Kelly a lot about her class, and the critical value it can offer many families who are just learning to ditch those prepackaged pseudofoods and center their lives around healthier, natural real foods. Graciously, Kelly has offered a scholarship to Real Food for Rookies for a Nourished Kitchen reader and his or her friend. You just have to contact me explaining who you think deserves to win the scholarship, and why.

So if you know of someone who really wants to steer away from the junk and learn to cook more healthy foods, nominate them.  If you know a mom who’s desperate to get her kids and husband to eat real food, nominate her.  If you know of a young couple who is just now starting out their lives together, nominate them.  Everyone can learn from this class.

Win Real Food for Rookies for You and a Friend

• Contact me no later than Thursday at NOON Mountain Time and, in 300 to 500 words, explain who in your life would most benefit from Kelly’s Real Food for Rookies.
• Kelly and I and a few other folks will examine the entries and select one as the winner.
• I will announce the winner here, including his or her essay (by permission) on this post Friday.
• So take a look at Kelly’s course and let me know who you feel would most benefit from her class.

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