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Cooking Real Food: Minimally Processed, Unrefined Fats & Oils

October 12, 2011 | by Jenny | 23 Comments

I’m often asked about healthy fats – and how they can be appropriately used and while I’ve written on the subject of healthy fats and oils before, it never hurts to revisit Read More →

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Guest Post: The Messed Up Food Pyramid

April 29, 2010 | by Jenny | 24 Comments

This is a guest post from Kelly of Kelly the Kitchen Kop, one of my favorite real food bloggers whose down-to-earth attitude and charming witticisms make healthy eating fun, Read More →

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Molasses Custard

February 16, 2010 | by Jenny | 38 Comments

Gently flavored by blackstrap molasses - a mineral-rich, natural sweetener - this custard has quickly become a favorite dessert in our home, and one my four-year-old Read More →

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Making Fat: How to Render Lard

January 3, 2010 | by Jenny | 160 Comments

Rendering lard is a lost art - a worthwhile technique forgotten in a fat-phobic, Lean Cuisine-centered culture. Many cooks, seeking out local foods and forgotten traditions, have Read More →

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Disease and Vitamin D Deficiency

September 3, 2009 | by Jenny | 12 Comments

I recently had my vitamin D levels checked with a simple blood test. While my results came back within the optimal range (35 - 50 ng/ul which should be a minimum of 40 and Read More →

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49 Reasons to Be a Vegetarian – A Rebuttal

May 13, 2009 | by Jenny | 57 Comments

I came across this page today highlighting 49 Reasons to be a Vegetarian and wished to address it point-by-point for the edification of readers who may be recovering vegetarians or Read More →

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Killer at Large: Why Obesity is America's Greatest Threat

May 4, 2009 | by Jenny | 10 Comments

Killer at Large: Why Obesity is America's Greatest Threat, a new film addressing epidemic obesity in the United States, opens with a stirring speech by former surgeon general Dr. Read More →

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10 Reasons NOT to Give Up Red Meat

April 7, 2009 | by Jenny | 60 Comments

1. Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) Found in the meat and milk of grass-fed ruminants, like cows, Conjugated Linoleic Acid or CLA is a potent nutrient. Researchers are just beginning Read More →

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Fats for Cooking & Fats to Eat Uncooked

April 6, 2009 | by Jenny | 26 Comments

Fats contribute a great deal to food and cooking, but not every fat is suitable for every purpose. Just as not every fat is suitable for cooking, neither is every oil available Read More →

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Fat Soluble Vitamins: Vitamins A, D, E & K

April 1, 2009 | by Jenny | 29 Comments

Fat Soluble Vitamins Fat soluble vitamins are critical to health and wellness--particularly reproductive health and wellness. Unfortunately, adequate intake of fat soluble Read More →

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